M and I had a conversation when I first got a sewing machine about 5 years ago; M said that I should sew clothing. And I remember telling him that I would never, ever in a million years sew any clothing. Nope, I would never do that!
Well, I guess I am eating my own words now. I have started sewing clothes around Christmas time. I got inspired by the T-Shirt Dress Tutorial
on thelongthread.com blog.
The tutorial has step-by-step instructions. But there aren’t any photos showing any of the steps except for when you place the skirt part inside the T-shirt. No worries though – the construction of the dress is very, very easy. You basically take a t-shirt and cut off the bottom hem. Than you’ll take about half a yard of fabric (cut to your specific length) and sew the two short sides together. You hem one side, and on the other side you’ll sew a basting stitch to gathering the fabric to the same size of your t-shirt. The last step is sewing the skirt piece to the t-shirt.
The tutorial mentions that a 10” length would fir a 3 year old and a 12” will fit a 5 year old. I cut my length just a tad different. I made dresses for a 6, 8, 9 and 10 year old. I used a 13” length for the tall 9 and 10 year old girls, and a 11” for the rather small 6 and 8 year. They are wearing the dress with leggings and I figured that the dress shouldn’t be that long than.
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