A Dress to Impress

Do you have some scrap fabric you'd like to transform into an adorable dress?  There is a great tutorial on how to make a pillowcase dress from The Mother Huddle blog.  Start with five fabrics and end up with one cute dress.

The dress is made by sewing four strips of fabric together and one along the bottom, resulting in two panels.

 

I learned a new technique called "top stitching" or "edge stitching".  Top stitching is used to hold the raw edges of a seam in place on the back of your work by running some stitches on the front or "top" of your work.  It also makes it look sharp and finished.

The top corners are cut off and the panels are sewn together.  Elastic is used on the neckline to make it easy to wear.  And  I made bias tape to use as straps, so they would match the bottom of the dress.  I can tell that Emberlie is very excited!