So, my mom recently gave me this really pretty Indian cotton shirt. Unfortunately it wasn't especially flattering for her and was on the thin side, but she thought it might make a good dress for Nia. I grabbed an adult XL tee the same shade of pink for the lining and I was ready to start cutting!
Using another dress I had made as a guide, I cut out my pieces from both shirts, leaving the bottom hems intact. I also cut the main shirt so that the bottom two buttons of the original placket would now be fastenings in the back of the new dress.
I stitched up the side and shoulder seams on each of the lining and outer dresses and then attached them at the neck with the wrong side of the lining facing the right side of the outer dress. This was so that when I turned the outer dress rightside out, the inner dress would also be rightside out since the bottom hem showed in a side slit.
After turning, I topstitched the neckline with embroidery thread (3 strands) and secured the two pieces at the top of the button placket in the back after cutting a matching slit in the tee lining. (I didn't worry about binding off the edge of this slit since jersey doesn't fray.)
I decided to add some ruffled cap sleeves out of the outer material, so I cut pieces from the bottom edges of the sleeves (once again, keeping the original hems). After gathering, I basted the sleeves in place as well as the entire arm opening. Then, I whipstitched the rough edge of the opening and turned it under 1/4 inch. Finally, I topstitched the armholes with embroidery thread just like the neckline.
This one turned out so pretty! I think it's a keeper!
