With this dress I decided to go with a light knit in yellow which means, no need for hemming (knit doesn't fray much) and it is quite flowy and comfortable. After you have finished making this super easy dress, just slap a cute belt on it and you're ready to rock and roll!
Supplies:
lightweight flowy fabric, knit or polyester
sewing machine or needle and thread
thread
scissors
flexible measuring tape
pins
marking pen or chalk
Instructions:
1. follow the cutting instructions on the picture
2. gather the neckline
3. gather the sleeves by gathering from the end of the sleeve to the neckline.
4. repeat with under the arm as well
5. At the end...you don't need to hem. That simple! Just slap on a belt.
Oh. How perfectly lovely.
ReplyDeleteThis looks beautiful on you. Great job figuring out the proportions on this.
ReplyDeleteIt's gorgeous!
ReplyDeletehaha...looks so simple and the end product is lovely!
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Oh so pretty! Yellow is a great color on you.
ReplyDeleteAbout how much fabric did you use for this?
ReplyDeletelove this color and the dress is so flowy! perfect.
ReplyDeletei signed up for the giveaway and picked the midi skirt but now i want this!!!!! i love it!
ReplyDeleteLovely!
ReplyDeletePretty!
ReplyDeleteIt makes me think about those sunny days.
I found your blog today and I must say that it's amazing!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for sharing your beautiful tutorials with us.
P.S. You are very pretty:D
Best wishes from Austria,
Dana - fashion.onblog.at
Simply beautiful!! I agree with Raya...it does make you think of the sunny days! The dress is gorgeous on you, I can only hope it looks half as that well on me. ;) Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteI am an artist working in fibres for wearable art and this easy pattern is genius. Love it! Thank you for sharing your talent
ReplyDeleteVery pretty. About how many yards of fabric would i need to make this dress?
ReplyDeleteI love this dress, and want to make one soon,,,, but I am wondering how far from the edge (the first picture) do you cut. it says fold once then twice not sure about that either. Please help me.
ReplyDeleteCheers A
How much fabric would you use for this dress? And where it says cut here in the first picture how many inches in do you cut from the salvage? Thank you
ReplyDeleteIt looks to me like you can figure out how much fabric by measuring from your top shoulder seam to where you want the dress to hit you on your leg or a little longer. If it is longer than you want it when you are done, if you choose the right fabric, hemming isn't necessary.
ReplyDeleteI don't understand what the fold once then twice means either. Hope an explanation comes forward.
It was the amount of fabric to go around you that I was wondering about in my comment above, as how far from the salvage. the lengh i do understand.
ReplyDeleteCheers A
Sure wish the instructions were clearer
ReplyDeleteI agree it is beautiful and I would love to make one, but the instructions seem to be missing some steps. I know when I was making beading patterns and instructions I had a friend read thru them and catch the small things that I had left out because to me they were natural, but to others it was a step that was missing.
ReplyDeleteInstead of cutting off the salvages and wasting that fabric, I just sliced my 60" fabric halfway between the salvages to make two 30" wide pieces and then sewed them together to make a longer piece. Then I just used my new seam line to gather the shoulders, so there was no extra sewing. This method worked great to create a dress for a size 6, and it would probably work fine for a variety of sizes, if you just adjust the amount of gathering you do.
ReplyDeleteI also used an initial neckline opening of 7 inches (when the fabric is folded in fourths) and then cut the front out slightly more once I'd tried it on.
The step where you sew the side seams also seems to be missing from the tutorial.
Oh how cute! And it would be school appropriate so I don't need a cardigan
ReplyDeletecould elastic be used instead of gathers?
ReplyDeletecould elastic be used instead of gathers?
ReplyDeleteDon't you hate when you can leave a comment but it falls on deaf ears? Why have a comment section if you don't respond? Just wondering.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry...this one want so old, I haven't checked it out in a very long time. I will make a new tutorial for it! I'm sorry I wasn't available.
DeleteI'm sorry...this one want so old, I haven't checked it out in a very long time. I will make a new tutorial for it! I'm sorry I wasn't available.
ReplyDeleteLizzie - I think it's a great tutorial - thank you for posting it ;-)
ReplyDeleteThis is a 'fantastic' tutorial. Every time we travel my youngest daughter always wants more dresses. And she loves this style. Thank you so much!
ReplyDeleteThis dress is lovely. I tried to make it but your tutorial was not very helpful. The dress looked terrible that I made. Oh we'll. at least yours is cute.
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