Going to attempt my first sewing tutorial! Remember the one I told you I would post in a couple days, 8 days ago...well here it is...finally! :) The name seems awful lengthy, but wasn't sure what else to call it! I don't know how well this will go, but thought I would give it a try, and maybe I might just help someone make a pretty patchwork t-shirt dress! :) I am also aware that this will be totally boring for most of you, but it will help me the next time I decide to tackle a dress! :)
Materials:
1 T-shirt
5 different color fat quarters (you could definitely use fabric off the bolt as well...I just wanted lots of different blues for this one)
Sewing machine
Iron
Sewing pins
Tutorial:
1. Measure your girl! See how long you want it :) I wanted this one long to get the whole princess look! :) And Measure the width of the front of your t-shirt. You will want to triple or quadruple this if you want it ruffled. We wanted ruffled so we quadrupled. (measurement was 12.5, so we will need 2, 5 inch strips of each color)
2. Cut two 5 inch x your measured length strips of each color blue
2. Pin pieces, right side together and machine sew strips to make one big rectangle. Iron all seams flat.
3. This is where I attach the ruffle around the bottom, which of course optional! Some of Ada's dresses have ruffles and some don't, depends on what kind of mood I am in. ;)
To make ruffle, cut one 7 inch wide by 2.5 your dresses width.
4. Then just sew the ends together, right sides together.
5. I then add hem to bottom. And prepare to ruffle!
6. I do apologize for not having a picture for this step. But I do my ruffles by adding a basting stitch across the top with no back stitching. Then, simply pull the bobbin thread and material will ruffle. Pull until it is the circumference of what you are attaching it to! In this case, it was the bottom of the dress. In just a few steps, I will show with pictures the ruffling I did to attach dress to skirt! When all done, you will have this..
7. The next thing I do is prepare my t-shirt. Because this one had an applique I did that first! And then cut shirt off to whatever length you would like!
8. Then the ruffling of the skirt before adding to the shirt! Below you have pictured the skirt after basting stitch was added and pulled. Then, I pinned to the shirt and sewed! Right sides together! :) We are almost there now...
9. You are actually finished with the dress now if you want to stop! I prefer to add the tie sash on the t-shirt dresses! My daughter is petite so it helps it not look "hangy" on her! :) Just my preference! But obviously it would work either way.
10. To make the tie sash, I just cut another strip 5 inches by the length you want the tie to hang in the back! Sew edges with right sides together, leaving one end open. Pull sash through the open end and stitch end closed by hand or machine! Sorry, once again, I don't have pictures of this part! Guess you can tell I am new to this!! ;)
To attach to the dress, I lined the middle of the sash up with the middle of the front of the dress, and pinned. on the sides I pinned and sewed on the side seam of the shirt. For this, I do like the make the sash a little shorter than the front of the dress, because I don't want it to hang off when she wears it.
And here it is! :)
Just for fun, I made my big boy an Olaf shirt to go with Ada's "snow princess"! :) They were happy! I have to say she wore it well! I also completed the look with some snowflakes in her braid...she was 98% sure she was the real thing. In fact, she said, "today, I am not Ada, please call me Queen Elsa"... :)
So there ya' go! I am sure there are many t-shirt dresses in our future! It has certainly become a favorite around here!! Actually, a Doc McStuffins one is waiting patiently to be sewn! :)
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