Mother! A tee to wee dress tutorial

[mzgorightry]

This is too awesome!

And now I know how to do gathered shirring, too. Thanks!

[balkandina]

By the way-I pressed "this rocks"

[OriginalYouth]

Fantastic tutorial, thanks for spelling it out for us design impaired!  I'm hoping to do a bit of sewing tomorrow, if I can put my paintbrush down. 

[Chelle]

Totally aweseome...your daughter has a cool wardrobe

[onemoreseam]

I'm not getting what I'm seeing w/the sleeves... do you gather them before putting them onto the bodice or ? 

Love the rest of it!  I've still got this funky school shirt of DD's I'm hoping to chop up & recon into a dress at some point.  Hmmmm..... 

This would also be cute if you cut a yoke for the back as well and used contrasting fabric for the skirt front/back.  Empire waist style.   

[kellygirl7]

This is AWESOME!  I bet his tears dried up fast when he saw that adorable little one in her new dress 

[zombiekilla]

ohhhh vegbee!!! you have done it again!! TEACH ME YOUR WAYS!!!

[RueRue]

This is amazing! I have a question tho..where did you get colored elastic thread?  every store around here only has white...
thanks 

[rozekitten]

Eek!  I'm almost done with mine, started it yesterday late, so I should be able to post tommorrow!  I am one hem away from finishing!  Hooray! 

I'm not getting what I'm seeing w/the sleeves... do you gather them before putting them onto the bodice or ? 

Love the rest of it!  I've still got this funky school shirt of DD's I'm hoping to chop up & recon into a dress at some point.  Hmmmm..... 

This would also be cute if you cut a yoke for the back as well and used contrasting fabric for the skirt front/back.  Empire waist style.  

Now, I am not near as talented as Vegbee, but I am almost finished with this dress.  Hooray!  I saw she is on vacation, so maybe I can help.  The way it is in the picture you would put the sleeves on the bodice and then do two rows of shirring at the hem of the sleeve.  This gathers it and gives it the puffy effect.  I actually did the two rows of shirring before I put them on the bodice and gathered them.  Then, I put the sleeves on before I sewed up the sides, and then sewed up the sides, and the seam on the sleeves all at once.  (Or you could follow the pictures and do it that way.  To each their own.   ) 

The main point is the the two rows of shirring on the hem is what makes them puffy.  There is no gathering at the top.

This is amazing! I have a question tho..where did you get colored elastic thread?  every store around here only has white...
thanks 

Don't know if you have a Joann's near you, but mine has white, black, and red.  ( -TX- )

[Tenlover]

Thanks so much for posting this. It is impossible to find cool stuff like this in the kiddy sizes, now I no longer have to search! Off to look for old shirts .