How to Make a Pillow Case Dress

Making a pillowcase dress is a fun and easy project. The dresses are very pretty and inexpensive to make.

Things You'll Need

• Pillowcase
• Ribbon
• Scissors
• Embellishments

Instructions

1. Wash, iron and starch the pillowcase to make sure it's wrinkle free. Measure your child at the widest point around her body to make sure that the pillowcase is big enough to fit her.

2. 

   Cut the pieces of the pillowcase dress. Cut the seamed end off of the pillowcase. Fold the pillowcase in half. Using an existing sleeveless shirt of your child’s, draw the armholes for the pillowcase dress and cut them out.

3. 

   Sew the pillowcase dress. Fold the arm holes over ¼ inch and stitch them to finish the armholes professionally. Fold over the front and back of the dress and sew a one inch channel.

4. Add the ribbon. Thread your ribbon through the front and back channels of the dress. On each side of the channel, tie the front and back ribbons together at the shoulders.

5. Add decorations such as appliques, eyelet trim and other embellishments to the dress

Tips & Warnings

• If your child is too big to fit into a pillowcase dress made from a pillowcase, you can make sew the base of the dress from the fabric of your choice.

Resources

• Read this Article in Spanish