Robe Fillette (Ric-Rac Dress) Tuto

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TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 2011

Ric rac dress tutorial

Here's how I transformed the Rachel wrap pattern into this retro ric rac d ress!

Get the how to after the jump!

You'l l need:

fabric (I used about 1.5 yards for my 2 year old, with leftovers. You need a lot of yardage

for the pleats)ric rac (I used under 2 yards)

buttons

1/4" elastic (or smaller, I used a scrap)

thread

Rachel wrap pattern

Printable version of this tutorial



First, I altered my Rachel wrap pattern-I traced the back and front together-and cut it off

about 2-3 inches below the armpits.

Then I cut the pieces-two for the front (cut them right sides facing) and one of the back. I

do wish I 'd cut a l ining b ecause it 's a t iny bit see through, oh well.

Then I pinned them right sides together at the shoulder seams, and sewed them there, then

serged the edges. (or zig zag stitch)



Then I cut a loong piece of bias tape 1" wide-you can piece it together obviously, just make

sure it 's long enough to go around the neck.

Then I pinned the bias tape l ined up with the front piece l ike so, sandwiching the ric rac in

between.

Continue around the whole neckline, pinning every l itt le bump of ric rac. Annoying, but

necessary.



Then, sew around where you pinned, making sure your seam is right in the middle of the ric

rac.

Next, on the inside, I folded it over once l ike so..



and over again to conceal the raw edges.

Then I pinned it down...



and sewed along the inside edge.

Next, the sleeves. I did them just l ike the Charlotte dress sleeves, only I sandwiched some

ric rac in between the sleeve and the binding as well.



then I cut a piece of 1/4" elastic to 2" (depends on your button, mine was rather large), and

pinned it to the inside of one of my side seams. Just make sure it 's the side you want to bebuttoning on the inside. (make sense?) Then sew the sides together and f inish your seams.

Next for the skirt. I measured around the bottom of the bodice and got a measurement of

34".

I measured around and f igured I would do pleats every 3 inches. That meant 11 pleats for

my length. I needed 2 extra inches for every pleat so I added 22 " to my 34"=56"+1 inch for

the side hem.

It didn't quite work out perfectly, but it worked out. More on that later. First, I sergedaround the whole thing (and the bottom of the bodice), and ironed over the sides 1/2" and

hemmed them, and the bottom 1" and hemmed that.



Then starting from the edge which would be in the front of the dress, I measured 3 i nches

and made a mark. (pretend that's the edge in the pic above) Then I made marks an inch

away on both sides.

Then I pulled over one mark to the center, and then the other, and pinned well.



I did this al l around, and then checked the measurement. It was too short. So I l et out two

pleats, and it measured perfectly. It wasn't a big deal s ince this was the part wrapping

around and behind the front part of the skirt.

Then I basted along the top of the skirt.

I wanted to sew down to keep the pleats in place a l i tt le, so I measured down 1.5" (though I

wish I 'd done 1"), and put a pin in o n each side at that measurement.



Repeated for al l the pl eats.

Then I sewed down to the pin mark, and then back stitched a l itt le bit, for each ple at.


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This is what it looked l ike after that step-then I s imply pinned the bodice and skirt r ight

sides together and sewed it up!

I also sewed on the button on the inside of the dress, and placed my buttons and button

holes on the front side. V oila!

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