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

A while back a dear friend asked me if I would make something for her new granddaughter. She loved the color purple so I made three outfits for her to choose from.  The one she chose was my all time favorite.  I hand dyed a onesie and tee-shirt and used yards of cream color vintage lace and made a infant gown.

With my new granddaughter here I wanted to make her and Aria matching dresses and I knew I wanted to do the gown for Aniyah.  

So here is my first tutorial. I will post a tutorial for Aria’s dress tomorrow, then pictures of them in their dresses later.

I hand dyed two (one for Aniyah and one for Aria) men’s size M white T-shirts and one newborn long sleeve onesie the yummiest color blue, then I washed and dried them.

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I cut the lace out of an old vintage dress and gathered together all my lace.

I measured the length of an infant gown from the neck to the bottom and added a couple of inches.

I folded the t-shirt in half for a double thickness, using the already hemmed bottom for the bottom of the gown, then I cut it in the shape of a trapezoid.

I decided where I wanted the top of the skirt to come on the onesie and folded it, making sure it was even on both sides and ironed a crease.  This is my sewing line.

I laid out the lace on the bottom of the gown for placement and to make sure I had enough.  I used two different size laces and alternated them.

I measured two pieces of 1/2 inch elastic about 3/4 the length of the bottom and pulled it through using a safety pin.

Then I sewed the sides together.

I turned it right side out and ironed the seams flat. Then I began to sew the lace on starting with the bottom. I used the hem of the skirt as my guide.

When all my lace was sewn in place, I attached it to the onesie, using the ironed crease as a guide. 

I then embellished the front of the gown with extra lace and fabric roses, made out of the same   t-shirt.

I cut the neck off the t-shirt and used that for a headband and embellished it with trim, lace and the same fabric roses.

DONE!  As I said, this is my first written tutorial so if you have any questions feel free to ask. I am sure I have left out something or totally confused you.

Thank you so much for looking.

She makes linen garments and sells them, And supplies sashes for the merchants.        Proverbs 31:24