Making a picnic dress. Several people have asked me how to make my Picnic Dress. It’s a bit too complicated for the step by step instruction on how to draft a pattern I gave for the draped t-shirt, but I hope this will be enough detail for anyone who is familiar with how dresses are made. You will need 4 yards of 45″ fabric and an 18″ zipper. These are the pieces of the pattern. Mark out the measurements listed and the distances between them. For example, on the waistband measure out the distance between your underbust/ribcage and your waist, then measure half your ribcage measurement at one side and half your waist measurement at the other. If you’re not used to making your own sleeves, trace both the arm hole and the top of the sleeve off a pattern you’ve used before and like. To make the curve of the skirt even, use your tape measure like an enormous protractor.
To gather the top, mark out a distance ¾ of the difference between bust and underbust measurement on one side. The Animé Café - Café Latté. Browser-wars.jpg from baseballbatyouth.com - StumbleUpon. How to Fold a Shirt - Stopfornothing.com Funny Stuff. Allison lehman : show + tell / 30 Day Drawing Challenge.