30 days of sundresses…the play dress

Today I’m participating in Melly Sews 30 days of Sundresses

and since we love dresses…I HAD to participate!

I have this daughter…

she is very tom boy. But the girliest tom boy ever. She will want to ride on a motorcycle as fast as you dare go…while wearing an Elsa dress. (do you know the type?)

So I wanted to make her a dress that looks cute…totally girly. But she can move and shake in. My ONE craft store is seriously lacking on knits. I can get the basic colors of the rainbow…but no funky colors. So I instead buy and hoard giant t-shirts (and they are cheap!) I added some striped knit I had on hand…but it’s totally a great scrap buster  because it only uses a little bit.

I layed out a tank top that fit my daughter. I didn’t stretch it out or anything since I would be adding 2-4 inches on each side. I even lined it up so the bottom of the shirt was the bottom of the dress so I didn’t have hem it! Then sewed on the sides.  I love using this fold over elastic (it’s made for babies…but I love the colors and patterns they have! you can get it here

It looks totally wonky when pinned on…but you can see on the pocket it totally sews on smooth!  I love the fun bright colors– she loves that she can move and play in it.