Making a pillowcase dress

My best friend showed me how to make a cute pillowcase dress for my girls. I decided I would post directions/pictures for others so they could make their own.

You need two fabrics that will work well for each other.

1. Fold your fabric in half and lay it on your cutting board.





2. Lay a dress that currently fits the little girl on the fabric. You want to add about 2 inches in width and about 3 inches in length, cutting a rectangle around the dress. I did not add enough, so the dress will only fit my daughter for this St. Patrick's Day, but that's ok.




3. Cut your bottom fabric, enough for how much you want on the dress, plus about 2 inches. It needs to be the same with as the fabric you previously cut.


4. Sew the two fabrics together, wrong sides together.

5. Fold the sewn together pieces over, so the right sides are now facing each other, and sew again, making sure you sew far enough to not get the original seam caught in the new one you're sewing.



6. Hem the top of the dress.




7. Fold the dress like this, making the seams meet in the middle, and allowing a little extra to eventually sew together.






8. Fold in half again.




9. Cut the sleeves. Make sure they will be big enough to fit the child's arms.



10. Hem the sleeves. Another option is to use bias tape, but not necessary.



11. Sew the ribbon between the two pieces of fabrics. I had fun and did a decorative stitch.

12. Set down the back of the dress, first sewing with the two wrong sides together...

Then with the two right sides together, making sure not to catch the seam in what you're sewing.

13. Fold the top of the dress over, on the front and back, leaving enough room for the ribbon.

14. Thread the ribbon through each of the top two hems you just made, making sure there's enough room on both ends to tie it. Then stitch down the middle to make sure the ribbon stays in place.

15. Hem the bottom of the dress.






Try the dress on your child, tie the ribbons, and enjoy! :)