What can I say, I am a bit brain dead at the moment? Lol – so for lack of a better post title – I will just call it what it is.
A Cute Little French Number…
After all, what kind of kids sewing blogger would I be if I didn’t at least try to sew something for the Kids Week Clothing Challenge going on over at Elsie Marley.
Have you seen the awesomeness that is going on over there right now? Gah, I am dying!
Not being in the mood to mess with elastic yesterday, I decided to take in the waist of this knit dress with fun pleats instead. And I love how it turned out.
Making it couldn’t be easier, all you have to do is:
You will need to use knit fabric for this dress, and be sure it stretches left to right.
1. Trace around a shirt that fits well (on the fold), to get the body of the dress. Really bell out at the sides, we want to be able to take that in later with the pleating. Cut (2), 1 for front, 1 for back.
Now its just sewing the dress together and finishing off all of the raw edges as you please.
Happy Sewing!
This is a great tutorial to make a very chic girly dress. Thank you so much for sharing this great idea!
LOVE this! Thrilled that you posted a “how-to” tutorial!
So cute! Great idea to use the pleats, never thought about that!
-Jen
absolutely lovely!! will be making a few of these for my girl this fall 🙂 thanks for sharing the tutorial!
Tres chic! Love it! 😀
She is getting to be so big! Cute on her!!!
What a great idea. And so simple. Thanks for sharing.
That is really cute, Jess! Neat idea with the pintucks/pleats. And you know my love for stripes! 🙂
Also loved your plaid dress yesterday…forgot to comment! You look fabulous.
I am stuck making halloween costumes this week, no KCWC for me this year… maybe next year. Sad.
I love this! Great pleats! She looks so sophisticated! I am always a sucker for a great stripe.
Such a clever idea – I love the shape that the pintucks add. You’re so good with knits!! I’m no good with naming things, but I think “A Cute Little French Number” is quite good.
Adorable! Love the stripes and little buttons and the shape of the sleeves and pictures.
What a fun looking easy dress. Your model is precious. Thanks for the inspiration.
Wow! I’m loving everything you are doing these days. This dress is so easy to make, and those pleats totally change the game. They make it look so mod and chic. Very creative Jessica!
Cute! I love the pintucks and how the skirt flares out… and the red buttons. I adore buttons. =)
Wow! This dress is stunning! So Parisian too.
Love it! And just made one for my daughter!! Quick and easy and adorable….and comfy! Her version, is however, very bright and flowery….going through a phase where she will only wear pink/flowers….. Thank you!
This dress is perfect! I love the pleates, stripes, red buttons, all of it!
So stinkin’ cute!! The pleats and buttons are perfect touches to turn this into a not at all ordinary dress.
Thank U for sharing! Love your blog 🙂
So lovely, looks like it’s easy to make. I’m mother of twins (2 girls of 3 years old) and I’m trying to learn how to sew. Guess this is going to be the 1st project. Thanks for sharing!!!