I finished my first shirt dress!!! This one was a real struggle for me. Lots of seam ripping. Not because the idea or tutorial aren't great, but I had to re-figure everything for an 80% four year old. There are only a few scraps left of the original shirt. I also cut the sleeves wrong, but didn't have any fabric left to re-cut them. I should have gone sleeveless, but sewed, seam ripped, sewed, seam ripped and sewed again. I did however make all of the necessary adjustments to my freezer paper pattern, so I expect dress #2 will be a snap. I'll let you know. In the end I am pleased with the result and am feeling a little Betsy Ross coming on.
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I finished my first shirt dress!!! This one was a real struggle for me. Lots of seam ripping. Not because the idea or tutorial aren't great, but I had to re-figure everything for an 80% four year old. There are only a few scraps left of the original shirt. I also cut the sleeves wrong, but didn't have any fabric left to re-cut them. I should have gone sleeveless, but sewed, seam ripped, sewed, seam ripped and sewed again. I did however make all of the necessary adjustments to my freezer paper pattern, so I expect dress #2 will be a snap. I'll let you know. In the end I am pleased with the result and am feeling a little Betsy Ross coming on.
The dress is fabulous! I would never have been able to tell it had been a struggle! The sleeves (which for me always cause some panic) look great and I think the shirt pattern is so fun!
ReplyDeleteThis is too cute, now I have to rethink my plans for 4th of july dresses!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I just found your blog a few days ago. And last night I started collecting my husbands old shirts. I can't wait to try to sew a dress for my 17 months old.
ReplyDeletevery cute.
ReplyDeleteit looks great. love the flowers. i am about 75% done with mine. i just need to pull out mom's old sewing machine again and get going now that i have sent my new machine back. sigh
ReplyDeletegood job! she looks great!!
ReplyDeleteIt may have been sewn and ripped and sewn and ripped, but it was worth it, it looks fantastic! :)
ReplyDeleteSo darling! I adore those flowers you put near the top - great idea!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea to make it a 4th of July theme! Very cute!
ReplyDeleteRian, this is so stinkin cute. I love the addition of the flowers, your girl is too cute, and I love the color combo. Sorry there was so much seam ripping involved. But I'm glad it all worked out!
ReplyDeletethat isn't Coy is it? Either my eyes are playing tricks on me, or she has changed A LOT since I last saw you. The dress is great. I love it.
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