Ever since last year, when I made this dress I’ve been getting heaps of requests for a tutorial. But if you have been reading my blog since then, you’ll know that pretty soon after I made it I found out I was pregnant, got incredibly morning sick and took a break from blogging… and totally forgot about the dress! Until I wore it again when I was preggers and remembered I’d promised a tutorial – and it’s been on my to do list since then!
As a side note I get a huge number of emails about beginner sewing projects- and pretty much everyone wants their first sewing project to be some sort of party dress… I generally recommend against dresses as beginner projects because there’s so much involved – BUT I think this dress would actually be do-able as a beginner project, as you’re really only sewing the skirt part, and you’re using a tank top for the top.
So if you’d like to make one yourself, click on the link below and download the tutorial. (I know it’s a giant button, but there’s always someone who can’t find the hyperlink so I’m trying to make things easier!) Happy sewing!
ps. please excuse my weird hair… like I said the other day it got super frizzy by the end of a day at the fair!
Dress: Megan Nielsen – made from an old tank top
Shoes: Ninewest
Locket: Vintage family heirloom from my mom
Thank you for the tutorial. I’ll be using this one for sure.
Trudy
http://www.sewingwithtrudy.blogspot.com
Thank you for posting this! I’ve had my top and bottom pieces waiting in a bag all week :)
Love this dress. I may have to make a couple for my daughters after they have their babies.
These dresses are adorable and I’m seeing them everywhere at the moment. Definitely want to try this one!
I love your stripey one!
It was a great idea for me to catch up on my blog reading. I have been wanting to be this type dress. Thanks for sharing the tutorial!
That’s genius! And a cute piece, too! your creativity never ceases to amaze me!
Great idea! Love the skirt. Found you through http://www.sewwhatbyjo.blogspot.com/
Cute dress! I’ve been wanting to make a dress like this for a couple of months now… I have the tank and skirt picked out… I just need to find wide elastic.
Thanks for the great tutorial. Will have to give this skirt a try.
[...] wore the dress I’d just finished making that morning. It’s inspired by a new Megan Neilson tutorial, but I used a romper I had that had a number of holes in the shorts instead of a tank top, and a [...]
[...] to start and finish a project I’ve been thinking about for a while. Ever since I saw this post from Meg, I’ve been wanting to use this older vintage fabric to make an elastic waist skirt [...]
This is a brilliant tutorial, thank you so much! I literally just saw dresses like these at a craft fair over the weekend and was tempted to buy one but for the extortionate price tag. Now I can make one myself, so much more satisfying :-)
I just wanted to say thanks for the demo and directions.
i have wanted to make one of these types of dresses for awhile and couldn’t find waht i was looking for!
you have no idea how happy this makes me!!!
thanks again!
[...] using this pattern from Burda – tank dress with help from Megan Nielsen’s DIY Fridays post – Cynthia Rowley 2593 in a vibrant watercolor voile – all cut & ready to go! – Cynthia [...]