Project #2: Baby Butterfly Shirt

Here's yesterday's project!

The Baby Butterfly Shirt.  I got this idea from here.  The pattern cost money to get, so I attempted to make my own pattern. 


I looked at her pieces and just tried to mimic the look. To the right is the sleeve, and below is the bodice.

I then put the bodice pieces right sides together and sewed the side seams by starting at the bottom of the armhole down to the  bottom corners of the shirt.

 I then cut strips that were about 2 inches wide and the length of the armhole.  You then fold that piece in half and then fold the 2 edges into that fold as shown above and below.

 Then I just pinned that piece onto the armhole and edgestitched it down.

Next I did the same sandwiching of the fabric as I did with the armhole covering, except I used my contrasting fabric and made it the length of the edge of my sleeve.

Then I attached it to my sleeve by edge stitching again.

After that I matched up the top of the armhole and the top of the sleeve and stitched them together by stitching directly on top of my old seam as shown below:

This is the result:

Next, I put about 4 inches of ease stitching on the front and the back of the shirt, and then ease stitched the entire sleeve of both sleeves. Then I gathered them.

After that I did another hotdog strip for the collar, pinned that on and edge stitched again.

After completing that I cut a slit into the front of the dress, zig-zagged the edge to prevent fraying, then turned that edge under and stitched it down. I put a button and sewed on some elastic to make an opening so her head would fit through the top.








I did one more hot dog strip for the bottom of the shirt and edge stitched that one on too.  Voila! Finished! You now have a cute and totally unique shirt!