I know that I have already shared some of these, but I really enjoy making them. I have had these cut out since our LNKHandmade team meeting on the 3rd. I guess my favorite part is shopping for the shirts, it’s a shopping challenge to find interesting shirts that can be reassembled in to adorable dresses.
The minute I saw this shirt I had to have it, unfortunately it wouldn’t fit anyone, but add some hearts and tie dye and it really makes a fun little dress. Little Miss says she only likes the hearts.
Once you get the hang of this pattern you can really make these fast. I think I can make one in about an hour and, believe me, I am not rushing. I have even been using some of the decorative stitches on my machine for the edge stitching. I have also been using some interesting colors of thread from my giant bag of thread that I got from my Aunt, it seems to have almost every color and I have used up at least 5 spools.
This flora fabric was one of my first purchases for making the Sienna Dress. I liked the pattern so much I didn’t notice that it was 100% polyester. It is still a knit, but it does not stretch as well, which is important for the neck binding (I should have used a different fabric for that) and it won’t breathe as well, but it sure is cute!
The tie dye fabric on the sleeves is from a shirt I dyed myself and wore to death years ago. Luckily there were still a few usable areas left. I need to use that technique again, I love how it looks like fire.
I have almost finished my new nursing top and I’ll have that tutorial to share tomorrow or Friday, now I’m just testing some embellishment ideas, you know I couldn’t just leave it plain, right?
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