Girls Sleeveless Linen A-Line Button-Front Dress

This sleeveless A-line dress is an easy warm-weather staple for girls, built around a full-length functional button placket that runs from neckline to hem. The clean A-line shape skims rather than clings, giving plenty of room to run and play, while the open armholes keep things cool on hot days. The working buttons make dressing simple for small hands learning to do things themselves, and they give the dress a classic shirt-dress character that suits both everyday wear and tidier occasions.

Linen is the natural choice here, holding the A-line silhouette with a soft structure that only improves with washing. Linen blends, chambray, cotton lawn, poplin and light double gauze all work well too. Wear it to the park, on holiday, to summer parties or over a swimsuit at the beach, and layer a tee or cardigan underneath in cooler weather to extend the season.

Sizes run from 2Y to 12Y (2Y, 3Y, 4Y, 5Y, 6Y, 7Y, 8Y, 10Y, 12Y). The pattern is a PDF for printing at home on US Letter paper, and it also includes an A0 file for printing at a copy shop. Each size is a separate file, so you print only the size you need.