The 12 Days of Ellee
On the Sixth Day of Ellee
My mother made for me
More Ruffled Dresses
We started off this day with this ruffly shirt that is in Ellee's favorite color. Surprisingly, when she looked at it, she decided that she didn't like it because it was not ruffly enough. We also had this strapless sundress that wasn't going to work without some additions (you know how modest I am).
To start off, I had her try the dress over the shirt to see where it would fit right. I got an idea of where I needed to cut the top. Sadly, the dress had a small hole towards the top, so I had to adjust the top to hide the hole. She took them off and I laid it out on the floor where I would cut it. Then I began to cut. The problem was that the ruffles were not sewn straight across but more at an angle. So, when I cut it was difficult to get it even. But, we did the best we could:)
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| Laying out the dress on the shirt |
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| Cutting the bottom ruffles off the shirt |
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| The "cut" shirt top. A little uneven, but we worked that out later. |
Next, I matched up the centers and sides of the shirt with the dress. Then I pinned the dress over the shirt, being careful not to catch the other side (the back) of the shirt. The dress had elastic in it, so I had to "stretch" the dress to match the top. It worked out for me that the top and dress were the same size around.
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| Pinning the dress to the shirt |
Next, I took the bottom half of the shirt and separated the front and back then I cut the front into 3 even pieces, then matched up the ends and sewed them side to side. I then pinned the bottom ruffle to the bottom of the dress. When I had the bottom ruffle pinned on, I trimmed the excess ruffle, then proceeded to pin the ruffle flat all the way around. Sorry, forgot to take pictures of that.
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| The cut front ruffles. |
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| Cutting the front shirt piece from the back. |
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| The cut ruffles |
Next, I took the bottom half of the shirt and separated the front and back then I cut the front into 3 even pieces, then matched up the ends and sewed them side to side. I then pinned the bottom ruffle to the bottom of the dress. When I had the bottom ruffle pinned on, I trimmed the excess ruffle, then proceeded to pin the ruffle flat all the way around. Sorry, forgot to take pictures of that.
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| Lining up the ruffle end to end |
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| Topstitching on the bottom of the skirt |
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| Topstitching with a longer stitch |
Lastly, I sewed everything into place. I did not sew right side to right side, as you typically would an outfit. Instead of just sewed over the top of the shirt, topstitching the same seam that was already sewn on the dress. I stretched the fabric out flat and used a longer stitch to sew the back. (see pictures)
When I sewed the front, I used a small zig zag stitch that I centered between the blue shirt and red dress. I stretched the fabric until it was flat and evened up, then sewed my zig zag.
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| Stretching the fabric flat as I sewed a zig zag stitch. |
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