DIY Ruffle Dress
I made a midi loose fit dress with raglan balloon sleeve with a twist lace insertion and ruffles. At the neck has elastic inserted , so you can wear it also on your shoulders. This dress can be made in a variety of fabrics such as polyester or cotton and you can accessorize it with a belt.
Supplies
- 3 to 5 meters of fabric
- elastic 2 cm wide
- 2 meters of lace
- thread
- sewing machine
- scissor
- some pins
- iron
- serger machine- optional
Take the bodice front ruffle and fold it in half. Sew at 1 cm from the edge with the longest stitch length of your machine so you can make the ruffle by pulling one thread.
Take the bodice front ruffle and sew it on the bodice front ruffle. You have to hold underneath the 1 cm edge and sew
Take the bodice front panel and bodice back panel pin them together (right sides facing in) and sew along the edge
Take the sleeve ruffles and fold it in half. Sew at 1 cm from the edge with the
longest stitch length of your machine so you can make the ruffle by pulling one thread.
Take the top part sleeve panel and the top part sleeve ruffle and sew it together
Take the Sleeve bottom part and the sleeve bottom ruffle and sew it together
Take the middle sleeve panel (lace panel) and place it on top of the edges and sew along the edge
Sew the sleeve close- (right sides facing in) and repeat the process for the other sleeve
Sew the sleeves to the bodice
To make the elastic channel along the top of the entire bodice piece and sleeves, measure 4 cm from the top neckline and fold inside of the dress,with 1 cm folded inside. of the channel so you can have a clean edge.
Leave an opening to thread in a piece of elastic that's slightly shorter than the length around your shoulders.
Close the opening
Finish the edge of the sleeve with an overcasting machine and make the channel for the
elastic of 2 cm leaving an opening to insert the elastic, which can be slightly looser than
your wrist measurement.
Close the opening and repeat the process for the other sleeve.
- Take the Front panel ruffle and the back panel ruffle and sew them together (right sides facing in)
- Sew at 1 cm from the edge with the longest stitch length of your machine so you can gather the ruffle by pulling one thread.
- Sew the ruffle to the bodice - right sides facing in
- Make the hem
If you want to make this dress you can find my PDF pattern on my etsy shop https://www.etsy.com/shop/MaryTheDressmaker?ref=profile_header