For women who can and love to sew, daughters, as a rule, are more calm and confident. Little fashionistas do not need to ask their mother for a long time to buy a beautiful dress. She will take it and sew it. And for many needlewomen it is a great pleasure to make a children's dress with their own hands. The imagination and skill of our mothers and grandmothers can be envied by eminent designers.
To sew a baby dress with your own hands, you will need:
- 70 cm of cotton fabric with a width of 1.40 - 1.50 cm;
- 30 cm plain cotton fabric for oblique inlay;
- centimeter and ruler;
- hairpins;
- sewing machine;
- iron;
- scissors.
Cut
1. Before you cut a children's dress, do it yourself and iron the fabric with your own hands .
2. Make a pattern on paper. From point I to the right, set aside 14 centimeters, down to point II 10 centimeters and to point III - 60 centimeters. Then set aside from point II to the right 21 centimeters and from point III 27 centimeters. Connect all the deferred points and draw a smooth armhole. Cut the resulting part.
3. Fold the fabric with its face inward, edge to edge. Attach the part with the flat side to one of the bends. Secure with studs.
4. Circle the pattern with a pencil. Lay another line, backing off the seam allowances: in the upper and lateral parts by centimeter, by the bottom of the part - 2 centimeters.
5. Then turn the part over and attach to the second fold. Do the same as in the previous paragraph.
6. Cut out the parts.
7. Cut on a plain fabric oblique inlay 4 wide and 46 centimeters long.
Walkthrough "Sew a baby dress with your own hands"
1. Fold the upper edge of the front by 0.5 cm and iron, bend again by 1.5 cm and also iron. Lay the line. Do the same with the back.
2. Thread the elastic into the tucked top of the part and secure with pins. This must be done on both parts. Sew the elastic bands to the fabric with a needle and thread.
3. Fold both sides inward, aligning the side sections. Download details. The edge can be swept overlock, zigzag or manually.
4. Iron 2 slanting ties. First, bend 1 cm on both sides of the tape and fasten it with a hot iron, and then fold it in half along and iron it well. Then attach the middle of the inlay to the side seam in the armhole (align with the front sides) and fix with sewing pins.
5. Stitch the trim on the dress.
6. Make a finishing seam throughout the oblique trim.
7. Work the bottom: fold 1 cm, iron, then another one and sew.
That's it, the summer light sundress is ready! If you sew a dress according to this pattern from satin or lace fabric with a lining and with whole straps, and even festively decorate, you will get a wonderful children's dress, elegant and beautiful.
Finishing clothes for young ladies
There are a lot of options for how and how to decorate a children's dress. The most popular are satin ribbons and artificial flowers. Dresses in combination with knitted flowers look interesting. The smallest dress is made on the application, although the girls will not refuse it if it is creative and fashionable. In festive occasions, jewelry can be attached to the dress. Compositions of sequins, beads and rhinestones are very popular.