How to make an easy summer dress:

I hope everyone is having a relaxing weekend. It's raining in New York therefor is a perfect day to sew! My husband would rather see me painting but I am in love with sewing at the moment and I must put my brush down.

As I mentioned to you on my "How to make a tunic dress" post about my friend, Yulia. When I last visited her, she was kind enough to make me a dress pattern from a dress I no longer wear but love the shape of. My first attempt to sew my own dress was not the tunic dress, my first attempt was a much simpler dress which I had a pattern for.  I changed the pattern just a tiny bit. Why? because I was scared to make a mistake on the collar area. There! Okay, I feel better.  There were some mistakes along the way, but I think the project turned out okay. I was content with the results and I made 2 other dresses with the same pattern.

I took a picture of the dress patterns before I started to sew them together to help you understand what pieces you will need and as picture of the results. It's a very comfortable and easy dress to make. 

Cut 2 pieces.

 I used Cotton Jersey fabric and 1/4" elastic for the waist. 

 

Here I used linen fabric and 1/2"elastic for the waist. 

How to make an easy tunic dress:

Happy Friday everyone!

When I was expecting my first child, my nesting instinct started to kick in but it went a little further than I thought. I started to sewing like a mad woman. I made a pillow, AC cover, bedskirt and even made a robot plushy for my son. Crazy, isn't it?  When I met my husband's friend's wife, Yulia. I was even more inspired to do more than just baby stuff since she is a sewing expert.  Yulia has been such a great friend and sewing supporter that I actually intended to make myself a dress. We started by going to Moods in NYC. I am so in love with that store! 

What I have learned so far is that the most simple way to make your own dress is by finding an old dress you don't wear but love the style. The next thing to do is to turn it inside out. You will quickly learn the pattern of the dress. Cut it apart by following the stitched pattern and you will soon have your dress pattern.

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Please feel free to add your own recommendations and/or corrections to my instructions in the comments. I would love to learn to sew the right way. :-)