Friday, October 26, 2012

A Pillowcase Dress

A month or so ago Jess and I decided to make some dresses for Bella Boo. We started with a dress that had been gifted to Jess. It was super long. probably a christening type gown. I convinced Jess that we could make it into something Bella could wear. Copying a dress from Baby Gap, in about a hour, we had a dress. It took that long because sometimes I can not get around doing things the hard way....
The hem of the old dress was a very pretty border of embroidered flowers. It was so easy to make, we ended up making two more. Getting pictures is the hard part. I used a soft cotton twill tape for the shoulder straps. the front and back panels have a casing at the neck with elastic through it. I like that you don't have to have actual ties to hold the dress on.
She has already grown so much, that it is more of a top than a dress! That's the nice things about clothing like this, it can go through several growth spurts before being too small. We'll try to show the other versions soon!


6 comments:

  1. Very cute! love the detailing on the dress.

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  2. So pretty!!! I love the embroidered hem!

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  3. oh man this is adorable!!!! It's soo super pretty! Well done:)

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  4. What a sweet little baby doll! You are so blessed!

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  5. You whipped it up in an hour...seriously? It is beautiful and she looks adorable in it.

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