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08.17

pattern hack: pleated front baby dress

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I love patterns! They are a great starting point for creativity.  I had a little newborn girl to sew for so of course I made her a dress. And in true pleat week fashion, I added pleats! I started with a simple baby dress pattern:

I wanted it to look a little industrial, so I added a gray geometric pleat feature on the front.

pattern: Simplicity 2900
hack: add sleeves and pleated front feature, lower necklace. Make facings.

When I traced my patterns onto pattern paper, I omitted the extra part on the top of each shoulder seam for a folded over element. Instead, I made it a normal seam. I also lowered the necklines and added a button closure to the back.

Pleat front feature:
The front is just folded over fabric, with knife pleats facing upwards (which I realize now may act as an unwanted crumb catcher, oops!). The pleats open up and get bigger towards the bottom. Like a pyramid. People call these ruffles in blogland. They are most definitely pleats. Sometimes pleats look like ruffles.

Sleeves:
For the sleeves, I used the existing sleeve for style A, but took out most of the “puff” and added a single pleat instead. 

The end. Doesn’t look anything like the pattern. So we’ll declare this pattern: hacked! 

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10 Comments

  1. Taylor

    08/17 at 8:29 PM

    So cute! And jealous that you found a girl to sew for :)
    -taylor made

  2. Ana

    08/17 at 8:53 PM

    This is so cute!! I love the print!

  3. Jess

    08/17 at 9:29 PM

    fabulous! I love the fabric, too. What line is it from?

  4. Meagan

    08/17 at 11:15 PM

    how about a tutorial on that adorable dresS/???

  5. Amanda

    08/18 at 2:24 AM

    Hacking pattern’s is right up your ally! You rocked it with this little number….Loving the fabric choices Kate.

  6. Eleni

    08/18 at 4:01 AM

    This is just darling cute :) I want so much to try to sew a dress for my niece, she’s 6 months old, but I haven’t yet dared to!! Too intimidated!!! I love the fabric you chose :) and the fact that it’s not PINK!!!! and tooooo girly :)
    Love it!!!

  7. Sew Delicious

    08/20 at 10:19 AM

    Lovely! Great fabric choice too!

  8. Amy @ dwell in the season

    08/20 at 5:12 PM

    So cute! I love this fabric too – I made a skirt and camera bag out of it!

  9. ALi

    09/04 at 3:21 AM

    this dress is adorable and I think what also makes it so cute is your choice of fabric, loving the mustard and gray

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