I have two wonderful boys, so I make a lot of pajamas and shirts. Never a dress. Not even for myself. Really need to find a way to get selfish with my time. I've bought fabric; I might have even washed it. My niece has girls, so now I get to spoil my great nieces. And they need cute dresses.
Always wash the fabric first. This takes care of any major shrinking that may occur and any color bleeding.
Gather your supplies. Measure from chest to where you want the dress to end to know how much fabric you need.
Fold fabric in half, raw edges together. Cut straight across length of dress. Cut diagonal line from outside bottom corner to top outside corner 2" in.
Cut "J" out for armholes, 6" down for little girls; 7-8" for bigger girls; 2" in.
Place wrong sides together and sew outside edges.
Iron seams open. Sew on bias. Or hem roll arm holes.
Fold bottom hem in 1/8", iron, fold over 1/8" again, iron. Stitch. I don't measure it. This is my least favorite part. I want it over as fast as possible.
For the casing, fold in 1/8" iron, fold over 1" (This I measure.), iron. Stitch.
If you want to add the ruffle bling, measure ribbon three times the width of the dress. Zig-Zag stitch. Pull thread to make ruffle gather, pin, stitch. Add contrasting rick-rack to top of ribbon.
Thread ribbon through casing for arm straps. I like one bow. You could make two bows. Stitch in middle to prevent ribbon from coming out of casing. You could make your own bias for the straps.WooHoo all done!
My lovely son just as he realized Daddy had the camera.
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