Wearing Green today?
We hope so!Based on the Shirt Dress Tutorial, and inspired by this cute tutorial at Freshly Picked, I went....
Instead of creating a fabric casing for the waistband, I sewed 2-inch wide elastic on to the outside of the dress (found at most fabric stores). You know, the trendy belt look we've seen this past year. I also changed out the buttons and added a few extra. Didn't even bother making button holes, just sewed them right on top. (Leggings are from Walmart):
I made the dress a little shorter than I normally would so that it's more like a shirt. I guess that makes it a Shirt-Dress-Shirt/Dress? What a mouthful.
The sun has been shining all day making our March 17th absolutely gorgeous. And Lucy thinks she looks Princess Tiana. So life is good all around.
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Click on the image below for the Shirt Dress Tutorial. And while you're at it, check out the new layout of our TUTORIALS section. We hope it's easier to navigate around. More of that to come on the blog!
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wow, thats one funky dress Dana! The wide elastic in the waist looks fantastic, and Lucy is just gorgeous!
Genius! The buttons really take it up a notch (I recall wearing large button shirts in the 80s!)
Cute dress!! Nice tutorial section too! LOVE the organized layout!
p.s. don't forget to add your yummy marshmallow cake to the recipe section!!
luce looks so cute and grown up! love the leggings.
Lovely!!!!! How do you get your childs doing all that pictures?? :-)
That is seriously the cutest dress EVER!!!
ADORABLE!!!
so cute!! I love green, seriously.
I *love* the elastic waist belt. I'm going to have to try that next....
Sooo cute!!
Happy Saint Patricks Day. Love the dress Oh and my cousin had a baby on the 17th so a Hapy St Patricks day indeed:)
I cannot believe how much older Lucy looks! She is just beautiful and the dress is adorable as well!
Absolutely Gorgeous! Dana! You keep surprising me :)Lucy is a beautiful girl! She looks great in anything !!! But this dress is amazing I actually bought a wide elastic recently and held it for a very pretty idea. I see the elastic waists in target a lot they look so great!
i started on one of your tutorials today - the shirt dress -- didn't get past the pattern and cutting the material but at least its a work in progress. can't wait to tackle this project!
Beautiful (both Lucy and the dress)
So glad you posted this, Last night I cut out my pattern for a shirt dress. I think I may have to re-cut. It is going to be a tad big for my almost 2 year old. Hopefully I will finish it soon, I want to surprise her dad with an Easter dress from the shirt I "stole" from him.
way cute! that color and the buttons and the elastic, perfect. She looks so happy!
This dress is so cute. I have been thinking about making a dress, for my little girl, with the giant elastic waist band. I am so excited you posted this. I really need to make one!
So cute! As I was reading this, I was thinking, I wonder what Dana is better at -- sewing or photography. Maybe it's a tie? They do go well together!
p.s. You've had the best locations and backgrounds for all your pictures lately too!
That is a really cute dress!
I LOVE this dress! It makes me so happy just looking at it! Everything about it is so wonderful!
Adorable! I'm definitely gonna try this now that all my closet purging for Spring Cleaning is done! I have several button ups that can be used for a few of these dresses (or tunics, if you will!) Thanks for offering such great tutorials! You're one of my favorites!!!
Sew cute!
Ah-mazing! How do you keep from eating that little cutie pie up?!?
Way cool! I love your daughter's expressions. She is so cute.
I like the big black chunky buttons down the front paired with the black striped leggings and black cardigan. I wish I had one in my size. :)
CRACKIN!!! Love it! When are you going to do something that I don't like :)
So trendy and cute. Lucy is adorable.
That is cute as can be!
A. That dress is so cute
B. Your daughter is gorgeous!
C. Your amazing!
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO cute!
That is so adorable. From pajamas? Crazy!!!
It's beautiful! I am a super green fan! And your photos are amazing... as always!
Love the dress! When I scrolled down to the last pic of Lucy I thought for a moment she had pointy ears - seriously!! XD
awwww, LOVE IT! So clever to use the piping in there for contrast! And with those striped leggings, this is just perfect!!! What a cutiepie.
cute, cute...
She's so cute and happy! Happy St. Patty's Day to you, one day late!
Love the belt and the buttons! So cute! I'm glad you said where the leggings were from...
Oh my word. So cute! If only I could find a shirt big enough to make one for me : )
Adorable! Absolutely Adorable! There's just no other word for it. You're too good, Dana. Just too good.
I love it! She looks fabulous in her new green dress. I'm definitely going to have to make one for my daughter.
I love it too!! I really want to make one of these for my 10 year old daughter, they are so cute!!
But not a real green dress, that's cruel.
I'm so sorry. I couldn't resist. I will always be a 14 year old BNL fan. :D
She's the perfect model for such a spunky little dress! :) Too cute!
That is so cute! I love it! And awesome that it's made out of a men's t-shirt! Way to recycle! Haha! :)
SOOO cute!
very cute, you keep me coming back for more!
oh yeah I was one day thinking of making split pea soup since my hubby likes it from the canned stuff. Hmm I guess I might rethink it if it stinks like that. I settle for collard, turnip, and mustard greens with smoked ham hocks when I want a little southern in my life.
Aw, how cute. Hmm, I wonder if I can nick some of my husband's old shirts without him noticing...
oooohhh... i love the green dress.. u're so talented!
so cute! I want one for me!
I love the little leprechaun girl! When did she get so big? Geesh, I take a month off and come back to society with all the little kids grown up.
Seriously! How do you come up with these projects? You are insanely creative...and that dress is AMAZING.
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This is such a fun project! Here is a link to my post about the first one I made... it was supposed to be a mock- up due to my newbie sewing skills, but the tutorial was so easy to use that it turned out great! I have another in the works.
http://spools.wordpress.com/2010/03/23/the-shirt-dress/
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