Pink and Green Dress for 18-24month Old

This is a dress I designed and made, it's the first thing I've ever made on a sewing machine so If I can do it you can too. ^-^ You will need 2 different colors of fabric for this design. About a yard of each. and you will want to label all of the pieces as you cut them.

Cut 2 Straps out of Fabric A 3" by 9 1/2"

Cut a strip from fabric A 22" by 3".

(Cut 2) 24" by 4" from fabric B.

Cut from fabric A a piece that is 22" on top, 25" on bottom and 6" on the sides. it will be angled on the sides. Same with the next 3 pieces.

from fabric B 25" on top 26"on bottom, 3 1/2" on sides.

From Fabric A 26" on top 27" on bottom and 3 1/2" on sides.

cut from fabric B 27" on top and 28" on bottom, 3 1/2" on sides

Sew together pieces 2 and 3.

Sew a gathering stitch across the top and bottom of the 2 pieces

Pull on the string to gather the material to match up with the top of piece 5, pin together.

Sew together the 2 pieces. Set aside

Sew together the bottom of piece 6 to the top of piece 7, with the wrong sides facing out.

Sew the top of piece 8 to the bottom of piece 7.

Sew the bottom half of piece 5 to the top of piece 7

Fold the straps in half and sew them together. make sure when you sew them that the wrong side of it is facing out. Do the same with piece 2.

Attach a safety pin to one end of the strap then tuck it through the middle to help you turn the strap so the right side is out. and press with iron to make flat. Set straps aside

Gather piece 3 and 4 to match up with piece 2. fold piece 2 in half on top of pieces 3 and 4, pin....

Sew together.

Sew a hem on the bottom of the dress.

Starting from the bottom half do a regular stitch from the waist of the dress down to the bottom. then on the top sew a basting stitch, from the top to the waist.

holding the sides of the basting stitch down open the zipper, place it face down on it and sew down to the bottom of the zipper. then sew across the bottom, close the zipper and sew back up to the top.

Turn the dress right side out and rip the seam out from in front of the zipper.

Attach straps to the front 3" from sides.

Attach the back of the straps right next to the zipper in back.

Make sure they are about an inch down on both sides.

Take Green Brown and light pink yarn, or yarn that matches your dress, and a size h hook.

Chain 90, seal off.

Attach brown and single crochet once in every chain on green, seal off and tie to ends of green.

Attach pink and single crochet in every single crochet of brown. Seal off and tie to ends of brown.

Ch-Chain
hdc-half double crochet
dc-Double crochet
sl st- slip stitch
sc- single crochet

With Pink
1 -Ch 3
2 -sl st into first ch to create loop
3 -10 hdc inside of the loop
4 -sl st into beginning seal off

With Brown
1-Attach brown ch 3, skip one st then sl st in next st. do this all the way around and back to the beginning (will create 5 loops)
2-ch 1 dc 6 in first loop ch 1 sl st into the base. repeat around in each loop then seal off at the end.

With Green
1-Ch 7
2-sc in 2nd ch from hook, then in next 4 sts. turn
3-sc in next 3 sts.
4-sc in next 2 sts.
5-sc around the whole outside of the leaf. seal off.

Attach the leaf to the flower and then attach the flower to the belt. and that's it ^-^