the-warhold-dress-instructions.pdf

THE WARHOL DRESS

patterns by made

www.dana-made-it.com

Made from a Thrifted T-Shirt

In Sizes: 6-12 Months and 3-4 Years

PATTERN INSTRUCTIONS

THE WARHOL DRESS

A simple girl’s dress is one of my favorite things to make. It comes together quickly, it looks

darling, and if I can make it from a man’s T-shirt, even better! This pattern design is great

because you can adapt it in many ways. Soon you’ll be using it to make shirts, tiered

dresses, you’ll try it out in cotton, hey…..you may even make a tank version for yourself?!

FOR THIS DRESS YOU NEED:

•

ONE man’s T-shirt

•

Small amount of knit fabric for the Warhol Banana or Italy cutout

•

Small amount of knit from another T-shirt for neck yoke (only if you choose to make

a contrasting yoke, as in the Amore Italiano dress)

•

Freezer paper and small amount of fabric paint

THE WARHOL DRESS

FABRIC CHOICES:

•

Men’s T-shirts work best for this project because you can use the hem of the T-shirt

as the hem of your dress. If you find a shirt with a cool printed design on the front,

you can incorporate that as part of your dress. Or, as I did here, solid colored shirts

work best because they give you more options

•

Knit fabric works the same as a T-shirt. You will likely only need ½ yard to ¾ yard.

Once you cut out the pattern pieces you can measure how much you’d like.

•

Cotton fabrics (printed, seersucker, shirting) would be very cute on this dress. Note:

you do NOT need a serger for this project, but if you don’t have one and choose to

use cotton fabric…..you need to extend each arm hole ¼ inch, so you can fold it

over twice as your iron (more info later).

•

Make sure you Wash/Dry all fabrics and T-shirts before getting started.

This document provides pattern instructions for making the Warhol Dress. In the other

document are all the printable pattern pieces and stencils. All you need to do is print and

piece the pattern together.

But, should you ever want to create your own pattern or make a different size, here’s how

I created the original pattern pieces.

Some of you email me saying, “ help! I need to make a baby dress but I don’t have any

babies at home, so I’m not sure what size to do.”

Don’t fret! You have Pattern-Making options:

•

Save clothing along the way. Often when my kids have grown out of something, I

keep a few of those items in a drawer, so they’re always on-hand when I need to

make a pattern or a baby gift. If you’re still in the baby stage, start doing this so

you’re prepared for future projects.

•

Borrow a shirt as your guide. If you’re babies are gone…..borrow an item of clothing

from a friend or….go to your local Target/Walmart and buy a simple shirt or dress in

the size you need. Use that as a measurement guide so you know how wide to

make the dress, how long the armholes should be, etc. If you’re just using this as a

reference, you can return it to the store when you’re done.

THE WARHOL DRESS

To create the 6-12 month size pattern, I used an old tank top my daughter used to

wear. I laid it on the T-shirt, adding extra length to the bottom, since this is a dress and

not a shirt. I used a marker to trace around the shirt, adding an extra ½ inch

everywhere for seams and created an A-Line for the dress. To make the dress

symmetrical, I traced one side, cut, then folded it in half and traced the other side. Do

this for the front and back of your dress. If you’re unsure about tracing directly on to

your T-shirt, trace first on scrap fabric, pattern making fabric, or paper. I’m usually

anxious to get started, so I draw directly on to my fabric. But there’s definitely more

room for error that way!

When figuring out the length of the neck, I measured from the top of the old tank

shoulder, around the neck and over to the other shoulder top. Then I added a few more

inches or so, since I knew this part would be gathered.

Again, We’ve provided the pattern pieces for you, so you don’t even have to do this part

but now you know how to make your own next time around. You can also read more

about Pattern Making on the MADE website ( www.dana-made-it.com ) Just look in the

Tutorials tab at the top.

THE WARHOL DRESS

Okay, now we’re really ready to start cutting and to get sewing! The pattern pieces for

the dress are found in the OTHER DOCUMENT.

PRINTING AND READING the pattern:

•

there are 3 pages to the pattern. All three pages are full size as you see them on a

normal 8 ½ x 11 inch page. If you are printing in another country, you may need to

adjust or shrink the print size a tad to make it fit on your paper standard.

•

Print each page and tape them together where the arrows and letters correspond.

The lines should match up well. Do not overlap the pages; place them right next to

each other and tape.

•

There are two dress sizes on the pattern. The large size is 3-4 years, the small is 6-12

months.

( if you need to ADJUST the pattern size, refer to the pattern making info above or use our

pattern pieces to help extend or shorten as you would like. We do not provide specific

instructions here for all sizes but trust your skills and gut. You can make adjustments! You

can make it work! Making our own adjustments builds sewing confidence)

•

There are measurements printed on all sides of the pattern piece. You don’t really

need these but I’ve provided them simply for reference or if you’re printing on a

different size paper and would like to know the exact size. The measurements are

from one line (whether curved or straight) all the way to another line.

•

The dots on the pattern indicate where you will start and stop gathering the collar.

•

The “FOLD” line should be placed on the fold of your shirt (just as shown above in my

pattern making section)

•

The pattern is meant to use the existing hem of your T-shirt for length, meaning, you

will not need to hem your dress when finished. Just lay the bottom of the pattern at

the bottom of your T-shirt. If you choose NOT to use the T-Shirt hem of if you make

this from other fabric, keep this in mind, as you will need to add additional length to

the dress for a hem.

Phew. That was a lot of info.

Okay, print off your pattern pieces, tape them, cut out the pattern, lay it at the bottom of

your shirt (with your shirt folded, so that the “FOLD” Is on the fold of your shirt), trace, and

cut! You need to cut an identical FRONT and BACK for your dress.

And now we’re really ready to start sewing.

We’ll start with the armholes.

If you have a serger, serge around each arm hole. If you don’t have a serger, you can

zigzag your arms or just leave them raw. Since we’re sewing with knit, the edges won’t

fray (but a serged edge looks a bit nicer and polished). If you’re making this dress with

cotton fabric or other fabric that will fray, you definitely need to serge or zigzag the edge.

Plik z chomika:

Inne pliki z tego folderu:

Inne foldery tego chomika: