The Portion of my Inheritance

Today I am posting the tutorial for Aria’s dress. It is made from one of the T-shirts that I dyed yesterday, plus the rest of the T-shirt that I used for the infant gown. I also used pieces from a vintage dress.

Here is Aria’s dress.

After making the infant gown, the top part of the T-shirt was left, so I used it to make the bodice and sleeves for Aria’s dress.

I used  one of the tops that I knew fit her to cut the pattern for both the bodice and the sleeves.

Then I sewed the sleeves onto the bodice.

I then pinned right sides together and sewed the side seams together.  I turned right side out and ironed the seams flat.

I cut a skirt out of the unused T-shirt, measuring the desired length that I wanted and sewed it onto the top.

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I cut the cuffs off the sleeve of the vintage dress and sewed it onto the dress sleeves, making sure that the buttons were on the outside of the sleeve.

I wanted the overskirt to hang lower than the underskirt so I measured the desired length and cut it.

I then pinned it onto the dress and sewed it in place.

I cut a piece of the T-shirt fabric on the bias, about 4 1/2 inches wide for the neck binding.

I folded it wrong sides together and ironed in place, then I sewed it onto the neck edge of the dress, making a couple of pleats in the very center of the bodice.

I sewed lace around the top and embellished the neck edge with fabric and tulle flowers.

Here is a close up of the sleeves.

I cut the lace collar off the vintage dress and used it for a headband, embellishing it with trim and  fabric flowers and sewing everything onto a purchased stretch headband.

Done!

If you have any questions please ask!!

She makes tapestry for herself; Her clothing is fine linen and purple.  Proverbs 31:22