Look What I Made!

I don't sew. I have sewn. I know the basic logistics of sewing. I have a sewing machine. But I don't sew.

But I want to.

I have seen pillowcase dresses all over the internet. I didn't have an extra pillowcase but I did have this lovely damask fabric I bought last year to make a baby carrier (but never did).

There are a TON of pillowcase dress tutorials online. I made mine using a combination of two. I used this one to get the measurements, basic pattern, and bias tape instructions and I used this one for the neck line.

I thought it came out pretty good. I used the fabric to make my own bias tape to use for the armholes. This was something I wasn't sure that I could do, but since it turned out pretty good, I feel more confident for future arm holes and neck holes. So my baby dress making career can begin!

I really wanted to use some pretty satin robin's egg blue ribbon for the tie but it was about 2 inches wide and therefore did not work at all.

Finally, the fabric is not as wide as a pillowcase so the dress is more narrow than it should be. Normally, in a pillowcase dress it is gathered more on the top and therefore will flair out more towards the bottom. Mine is a bit more straight down. It think it looks great on Miss E and I think she likes it too!