Childrens dress (4209 Views)

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  Step 1 of 29

  Gather all your materials together, if your doing a contrasting bodice and skirt. For children ages about 2-8 you need any where between 1/4 and 1/2 of yard depending on wheter or not your going to line it in the same fabric or at all. And 1/2 a yard to a yard for the skirt depending on how full you want it and the size of the child.

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  Step 2 of 29

  take your tshirt pattern and a large sheet of paper.

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  Step 3 of 29

  Fold it in half to make sure its symetrical, as you can see mine isn't, so i'm going to use the other side which i think will be a better fit.

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  Step 4 of 29

  Trace your pattern and don't forget to add seam lines and ease. do the same for the back piece.

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  Step 5 of 29

  mark where your straps should go, and cut

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  Step 6 of 29

  Now you should have a front and a back pattern

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  Step 7 of 29

  Depending on where you want your zipper or buttons or what have you place one or both pieces on a fold of your fabric. Make sure your drawing on the wrong side. And trace, pin and cut, do the same for the lining if you want to line it.

• Step 8 of 29

  The next few steps are for if you want to line your bodice. Its not entirely nescary so you can skip past this. but just in case... There are two ways to go about doing this, I only illustrated one, its actually the more time consuming one and to be honest I don't know why I did this one. but... moving on

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  Step 9 of 29

  Take your lining fabric and your outer fabric, put the right sides together, and pin.

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  Step 10 of 29

  Do this for all your pieces

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  Step 11 of 29

  Don't forget to measure and cut your straps

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  Step 12 of 29

  sew along the top of each piece

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  Step 13 of 29

  Remebering to leave a space for your straps

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  Step 14 of 29

  Clip your corners and trim your seam allowances.

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  Step 15 of 29

  Flip over and press, or like me pin and sew, because I Hate to Iron, and will avoid it at any cost

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  Step 16 of 29

  If your adding decorative ribbon or straps for a tie back pin and sew them now. (Looks like a bacon face!)

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  Step 17 of 29

  Assemble all you pieces and pin leaving one side open for a closure

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  Step 18 of 29

  Once youve put all of you pieces togehter you can add the straps and sew along the top.

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  Step 19 of 29

  Like so and voila your bodice should be done. but I forgot to take a pic of the finished bodice so... We'll have to use our imaginations

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  Step 20 of 29

  For my 3 yr old I generaly use about 3/4 of a yard, you can use more or less depending on how you like it. Decide how long you want the skirt to be and draw a rectangle on the fabric and cut two pieces. Generally the longest part of you skirt will be attached to the bodice.

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  Step 21 of 29

  Right Sides together sew and flip. but leave room for a zipper if you chose to put one in

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  Step 22 of 29

  Now mark the "four Corners" of your rectangle , by folding it in half twice.

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  Step 23 of 29

  Like so

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  Step 24 of 29

  Do the same for the bodice, Line the marks up and pin them together., this helps to ensure your pleats or gathers are equal.

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  Step 25 of 29

  Gather or pleat the excess, though I'm sure yours will look much nicer. and attach to the bodice.

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  Step 26 of 29

  Your skirt will look something like this at the top once youve attached the skirt to the bodice

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  Step 27 of 29

  Now simply hem up your skirt or if you have nice clean lines at the bottom you can zig zag stitch.

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  Step 28 of 29

  I like to go around twice just to make sure there arent any stray bit.

• Step 29 of 29

  I'll put up a pic of the final product just as soon as my battery recharges! I hope this helped a little, and it wasn't too confusing If you have any specific sugestions or questions, please let me know and I'll be glad to help! Good Luck