(Free!) Itty Bitty Baby Dress Pattern
UPDATE: The tutorial for the dress is also available in Rae's Creativebug class, which includes downloads for two sizes of the Itty Bitty Dress (renamed "Flutter Tie") and video instructions! Sign up for a free trial, or sign in if you already have a membership on Creativebug, and you'll be able to access the class video from there.
Here's one of the things I've been working on for the last couple of weeks -- a pattern for y'all. It was a baby dress I made up last summer (and consequently inspired my first post here). Here is the most recent version:
This dress is made with two fabrics, one for the outside and one for the lining. I also made my own bias tape out of the pinky-peach color, but it's alot easier to just use store-bought bias tape and piping (which looks really nice around the waist).The dress ties at the shoulders and is easiest to get on over the legs (as opposed to over the head). No zippers or buttonholes, so it's ridiculously easy and fast to make.One thing I want to stress about this pattern is that it really is VERY SMALL. Like so small it would probably sell as a preemie dress at a store, but as many of you know, often newborn babies are really really small and nothing fits them for that first month. So I was trying to make a pattern that would fit right from birth. Additionally, since they grow so fast in the beginning, it won't fit for a terribly long time. The first one I made (for friend Carrie's baby Avery) only fit for a few weeks.So if you're thinking you want to make this for a bigger baby I'd go ahead and just enlarge it on a copier. There's a ton of give size-wise in the skirt though, so you could probably even get away with keeping the skirt the same size and just enlarging the bodice for a larger baby if you want. Happy Sewing!
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CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE UPDATED PATTERN PIECES (File includes 2 sizes: newborn and 3T; does not include instructions. View the Creativebug video or download the instructions below.)
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE INSTRUCTIONS + PATTERN PIECES (file includes 2 sizes: newborn and 1-3 mos)
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE INSTRUCTIONS IN ITALIAN
special thanks to Laura of Le Pecionate for translating the instructions into Italian for me!
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