girl's dress with a bow gathered girl's skirt I made these little projects especially for my 7 year old niece. The dress based on Burdastyle Girl's Dress 08/2012 size 8, but I omitted front side panel and the pockets. I changed the pleated band in the front dress with a simple bow and reduced the length of the dress. I also drew the neckline and armhole facings. Materials : 1 1/5 yards of printed chiffon from my stash, invisible zipper and same color of thread. How I worked on the dress: I read the sewing instructions before I copy the pattern. Traced all the pattern pieces and cut all the fabric pieces. I serge all the edges using an overlocked sewing machine, then I sew front and back dress right sides together. Sew invisible zipper in the middle back side. Sew the front and back facing right sides together, press and iron it. Then sew the facing around neckline right sides together, turn it inside the dress. Press, top stitched and iron...
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