[Nfb-krafters-korner] sewers question

[Ramona Walhof]

Jill, It wouldn't be difficult to make a dress for a small child from a 
pillow case if you had a cute print.  You would just need to shape the 
neckline and decide what kind of sleeves you want. Plain over-the-shoulder 
sleeves would be the simplest.   to finish them.  For a very informal dress, 
you could probably just turn the edges under a tiny bit and zigzag the 
edges.  Then belt the dress  in at the waste.  You could use bias tape on 
the neck and sleeves.  .  If the child were small enough, you might have 
enough fabric at the end of the pillow case away from the hem to cut 
facings, but my guess is that this isn't what is intended.  The dress would 
not be fitted, but might be very comfortable for play. Since the bottom 
would already be hemmed, and the side seams and the shoulder seams would 
already be sewed, you should be able to finish it in an hour.

I measured one pillow case, and it is 28 inches.  This means the child would 
have to be less than 48 inches.  But my experience with my grand-daughters 
is that by the time they start to school, they only want to wear dresses for 
church, anyway. But you could make this sort of thing for a top on a little 
older child. If anybody tries, it, let us know how it looks.  I guess this 
would be when you find a good pillow case sale.  They do have some cute 
prints in pillow cases sometimes.  I haven't bought pillow cases for little 
girls for a few years, but if they happened to come in pairs, you could make 
one into a dress, but the child mike not want a dress to match her pillow 
case.
Well, you see what speculation you brought on.  My brain is more active in 
the morning.

Ramona
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jill" <jillbilly4 at comcast.net>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2013 2:59 PM
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] sewers question


> Hi Joyce and Ramona and anyone else who is a seamstress!
>
> I was reading about a project called a pillowcase dress.  Could you ladies
> describe this dress ?
>
> Jill
>
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