Itty Bitty baby dress III

Every tiny baby needs a pretty princess dress, right?! 

For this one I roughly followed the instructions for the Sweet Tartan Dress by Skirt as a Top.

The purple stars are some left over lining from a bag I made years ago, and the white is a section of bed sheet from the op-shop when they had a one dollar sale- 4m of soft white cotton with a subtle damask print (you can just see it in the photo) for $1!

Basically, I cut three pairs of the bodice- two white,and one set white and purple.

To create the wrap style bodice, I took the purple piece, and one of the whites, and cut down from the corner of the neckline to about 2cm plus seam allowance above the  far corner. 

Then sewed the front and lining pieces together, and arranges and pinned them how I wanted them to look.

From then on I treated them as a single bodice, and sewed the rest of the dress more or less according to instructions.

The back is just a single normal bodice piece:

I'm very happy with this dress, as the inside looks as neat as the outside, and that is rare for me!

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I've been told I'm not allowed to make any more baby clothes for now... but luckily another of our friends are expecting a little boy in a couple of months, and she was a little sad it wasn't a girl. My plan is to make some cute but masculine baby clothes for them so she can still play dress up!

Itty Bitty Baby Dress - They fit :)

If the dress fits, wear it!

And how cute. Brought a tear to my eye. Tiny little baby girl.

Itty Bitty Baby Dress II

This dress was made from the remnants left after I made a top. 

It was the first one I made, but I lost the photo for a while!

Its such a cute pattern, but again, totally impractical being mainly white.

I left the bottom of the skirt as the selvedge since it was part of the pattern and if it ever gets worn, it will probably only be once :)

The other baby dresses

Itty bitty baby dress

Some non selfish sewing for once!

Some friends of ours just had a little girl after a difficult pregnancy. It gave me the perfect excuse to make some tiny baby clothes to ooh and ahh over. There are so many baby projects out there, and with no babies on the cards for a few years yet, making gifts is a good way to quieten the biological clock for a while!

They're also goof for trying out techniques on small scales and using up ends of material, and they take no time to sew so they're a good quick fix!

These are probably totally impractical, but its always good to have some pretty dresses, right?

And at least they aren't pink and frilly! My aim was to make baby clothes without the baby feel, as I don't think the parents are into that kind of thing. They are all based on the FREE itty bitty baby dress pattern at made-by-rae.

The first dress is fully reversible...
White bodice with a box pleated blue and orange skirt on one side.

And this lovely brown and brights elephant print on the other.

The other baby dresses

Making the pattern reversible

To make it totally reversible, I followed the instructions given by Rae which makes a lined bodice.

I tried to chose fabrics that would work together as you will see some of both bodice fabrics on the ties.

When I was ready to sew the skirts on, I pinned one to the outside and one to the inside of the bodice, making sure that you have the fabric you want on the right side, and facing the right way.

 (I'll admit I got a phone call from the hubby while pinning this together and when I had sewn and turned it out, the orange was inside out... easy to do!)

Then sew through all four layers (skirt 1, two sides of bodice, skirt 2).

When you turn it out, the dresses fold down over the seam. 

Fold under a little of each skirt, and sew together to hem both sides at once and close up the skirt.

Try and use a thread colour which either contrasts or matches with both fabrics.