Friday, March 23, 2012

Circle Neck Dress

So this week I made Mady a dress.


Actually I made her 3 dresses.

And a skirt.

( I'll post pictures as soon as I can coax a smile out of her each time she's wearing these suckers. She is a moody 3 year old after all).

But this dress I made the pattern too. And unlike my last attempt, it actually worked.

You see, I had been looking for ideas for dresses online one night and I kept seeing the ones that have the round neck/straps (where the neckline is part of the straps in kind of a donut shape). And then I got it stuck in my head that this was the style of dress I wanted to make next.



So I looked for a tutorial. I couldn't find one.

I could find patterns I would have to pay for, but I could tell it was literally 4 pieces. Actually 2 pieces cut 2 times. I just didn't want to spend money on a pattern for that. I figured I could do it myself.

So I thought about it and studied pictures and eventually I did figure it out!

And here is the end result:


Cute huh?

I can think of all sorts of ways to make it more fun:
-A contrasting neck piece
-ric rac
-little fabric flower or bows
-ruffles at the bottom (I'm kind of obsessed with ruffles...)
-Ribbon (doesn't ribbon just make everything better?)

Mady's favourite part are the little purple polka dots right here:

I won't tell you how many times I had to rip things out. Logic doesn't always come naturally to my creative brain and I may have assumed that fabric could pass through itself in an attempt to turn it right side out. So that explains why I didn't add the embellishments on this exact dress, but now that I have the pattern, I will be making variations!


I'll get a tutorial to you soon so that you can make your own too.

Edited to add: You can now find the tutorial here.

Linking up to some of the parties in my Place I Like to Party tab.



8 comments:

  1. Well done! It's really sweet, look forward to the tutorial!

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  2. Nice job! She is so cute too - the pictures are adorable. Thanks so much for stopping by my blog!

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  3. Great job! your daughter and the dress are darling!

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  4. So cute. Can't wait for the tutorial!!

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  5. That dress is so cute I will be waiting for the tutorial. I don't like buying patterns myself. I am a new follower of your great blog. I hope you can find the time to come check out my little blog too. @ http://www.arosiesweethome.com/ I also host a Sunday link party if you would like to link up. Hope to see you there
    Thanks,
    Rose

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  6. What a darling little model you have!! i love the fabric you chose. So perfect for spring! Thanks for sharing at oopsey daisy!

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  7. Melanna, your Mady is so adorable and so is the darling dress you made! Such a pleasure to have you join the party at Rook No. 17! I hope you'll come back and share more of your talent and creativity this coming Tuesday!

    Warmest wishes,
    Jenn

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