Then I made the pleated flower for the front. I cut 2 strips, one 2″wide and one 3″ wide, both about 30″ long. I folded them in half lengthwise and ironed them for a crisp edge. Then I started making little pleats (with the 2″wide piece) in a twisting shape like so.. and tacking them down with my hand needle.
A cute dress for a cute girl-she looks so grown up in this dress!
Super cute! Thanks for the tutorial. I’m bookmarking this for later.
–Jill
Jill Made It
I can’t wait to make this except I am using holiday colors for Thanksgiving and Christmas dresses.
Gosh, I want to make this dress! I’d have to do some number crunching, of course (I’m 13 years old, and almost 5’6″!), but this is adorable. What is it about little girl clothes that makes them so cute, and so… wearable? Love your blog, and love your tutorials! (:
Oh so cute! I might have to make one of these for my daughter. Thanks for the tutorial!
Just need to put in the zip, which of course is still at the store, but I’ll take care of that detail tomorrow. Turned out really cute, easy to follow your tutorial even though I was uber nervous about not have a ‘real’ pattern to work with. Once this grandma goes to Frankfurt she will photograph the little doll in my spin on the Knock Off dress.Thanks for sharing your ideas and talent with us!
Love this! Is there a way I could pull this off without the zipper? I am fairly new to sewing and really worried about the zipper part. Any suggestions would be wonderful! Thank you for sharing this!!
Tammi
you could try it with buttons-just check out my other tutorials to find something similar 🙂
Thank you!!
Again, a big thank you for this beautiful tutorial ! Your instructions are always so comprehensive, love it .
Marie
Belgium