» DIY: Tank Dress with Pockets! academichic. At long last, I present a tutorial for the tank dress I made a few weeks ago before the end of the semester blindsided me.
I’ve been seeing these tank+patterned skirt all over the place lately, but frequently they were too short or too short-waisted for my particular proportions. After some googling, and studying the really excellent skirt tutorial and t-shirt dress tutorial at Ruffles and Stuff and the skirt with pockets tutorial at Freshly Picked, I decided that even my fairly rudimentary sewing skills could handle this project.
And since I celebrated my height yesterday for Dress Your Best week, it seems appropriate to post a sewing project prompted by my need for a longer-than-in-stores dress. Supplies: a tank top2 yards or so of patterned fabricscraps of a coordinating fabric for pocketsmatching threaddisappearing fabric pen or chalk Steps: 1. 3. 4. Pin and cut out a pair. Super Easy Summer Dress. This dress is super easy and super comfortable.
Any beginning (or advanced) sewer can do. "Read on" for the Tutorial! First cut a big square of fabric. I would suggest using a jersey cotton or something flow-y and stretchy. You will want it to be about 6" longer than your measurement from the top of your bust to the floor. *I started with about 2 yards* Then sew it into a tube. Now you are going to sew a hem around the top and make it a little wide for your elastic. Put a safety pin on the end of your elastic. Slide it all the way around your dress then sew the elastic closed. Now take 3 long strips of fabric in a matching or coordinating color. Try your dress on and measure how long you want your dress to be. Now you are done. You can either knot the braided tie around your waist, Or you can twist it up and tie it around your neck. {Tutorial} Strapless Yoga Dress. I’ve done it again… do you remember the yoga skirt?
Well yoga skirt can now meet yoga dress. It took me just about all summer to complete this dress. I had a few “hiccups” along the way. Like 2 major boo-boo’s which caused me to not only have to re-cut out the skirt portion but also the top portion. I learned a lot once again, and am partly glad I messed up. Supplies: Coordinating knit fabric for top and bottom *amount depends on your size Sewing Machine, Tape Measure, Straight Pins, Seam Ripper, Scissor, and Chalk Line *Knit Sewing Needle (trust me… your life will change after you invest in the set of needles) I used the yoga skirt I made as a pattern for the “skirt” portion of the dress.
Before I cut the fabric I pinned around the chalk line ensuring that the two pieces would match perfectly. Next, you will want to cut out the band to form the tube of the top. Next you will want to sew the two top portion pieces together. Here you’ll see where I had both sets of stitching.