{"id":1706,"date":"2023-01-03T17:32:50","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T01:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museofthemorning.com\/site\/?p=1706"},"modified":"2023-01-03T17:32:54","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T01:32:54","slug":"turn-the-practically-perfect-tee-into-a-practically-perfect-dress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museofthemorning.com\/site\/turn-the-practically-perfect-tee-into-a-practically-perfect-dress\/","title":{"rendered":"Turn the Practically Perfect Tee into a Practically Perfect Dress"},"content":{"rendered":"
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And another tutorial to extend the\u00a0Practically Perfect Tee Shirt<\/a>\u00a0Pattern! This dress will be so much fun for running around in the summer and can really be made any length- make it longer and it will last longer as a dress and eventually as a top for your little girl, or make it knee length and enjoy the freedom running around at the park!<\/p>\n\n\n

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For this pattern extension, you will need 1.5 \u2013 2 yards of interlock for the body, depending on how long you want to make the dress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, measure your child from the bottom of her arm pit down to the length you want the dress to go. I like a knee length dress, so my measurement is 21 inches for my tall size 5 girl. If you want to hem the dress, add an inch to your measurement. If you want to just do a lettuce hem (which I love) you don\u2019t need to add anything. We\u2019re going to call this measurement \u201cX\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Now, lay out the back body piece (Piece A) of the pattern on the fold of your fabric. You\u2019ll want to add 3-4 inches to the width for a knee length dress- add even more inches to the width for a longer dress or for a child with a bigger booty.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Measure straight down from the bottom of the arm hole on the pattern to the length you measured \u2013 X. Mark this spot with dressmakers chalk or a pencil (Turquoise line in the picture).<\/p>\n\n\n

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Now swing your measuring tape out 3-4 inches and mark measurement X there (Purple line in the picture).<\/p>\n\n\n

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Now, mark a line connecting your two dots and extending out to the folded edge of the fabric (Red line). Cut along this line for the bottom.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Cut out the top part of the pattern. As you are cutting the side, cut along the pattern piece for 5-6 inches (Green Line), then angle out to meet that last mark you made at the bottom (Pink line).<\/p>\n\n\n

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Repeat these instructions with the front body piece (Piece B).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finish the dress as instructed in your pattern instructions, cutting out and attaching sleeves, neck binding and any other pieces. You can also turn this dress into a tank dress with this tutorial<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finish the hem as instructed or do a lettuce edge (my favorite way to finish a girls tee!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And voila! You\u2019ve made it into a lovely little dress. I was kind of thinking this would be Little Miss\u2019s Easter dress.<\/p>\n\n\n

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You can find the\u00a0Practically Perfect Tee Shirt Pattern<\/a>\u00a0in our\u00a0e<\/a>tsy shop<\/a>!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This post was published on Muse of the Morning.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

And another tutorial to extend the\u00a0Practically Perfect Tee Shirt\u00a0Pattern! This dress will be so much fun for running around in the summer and can really be made any length- make it longer and it will last longer as a dress and eventually as a top for your little girl, or make it knee length and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1716,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1706","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-motm-pattern-extras","9":"post-with-thumbnail","10":"post-with-thumbnail-large"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/museofthemorning.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/museofthemorning.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/museofthemorning.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museofthemorning.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museofthemorning.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/museofthemorning.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museofthemorning.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/museofthemorning.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museofthemorning.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museofthemorning.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}