Pillow Case Dress………..Minus the Pillowcase

Tired of all the money I’ve been spending on clothes lately to get ready for our trip I decided to finally try to make a pillowcase dress for my girls. The only problem I had was that I didn’t have a pillowcase to spare. Or one that was actually nice enough to make a dress out of. So, I improvised.

I had some fabric and ribbon kicking around so I decided to use that instead. I didn’t really use a pattern but having received a pillowcase dress once before I knew the basic look of it and decided to just go for it.

At first I made it way too wide so I took it in and it looked a bit better. Then I didn’t really like how the ribbon (straps) kept sliding all over the place so I grabbed some buttons I had picked up months ago from Hobby Lobby and added a nice little embellishment to the front and back of the dress sewing the ribbon in place.

I liked the dress so much better that way. Now I don’t have to worry about the ribbons slipping out in the laundry or my girls taking them out because they are notorious for doing things like that. I let Gracie wear it to school when I picked Emilee up and got so many compliments on it. I only got around to making one but hope to bang out another one before we leave. The whole project only took me about an hour which was not too bad. 🙂

I will be linking up to these wonderful parties this week:

Raising Memories

Making the World Cuter

Market Yourself Monday

Lucky Linky Tuesday

Get Your Craft On

DIY Day

Take a Look Tuesday

Letting The Creative Juices Flow

A Little Craft Therapy

Penny Pinching Party

Show and Tell

Sew Much Ado

Sugar and Spice

Make It Yours Day

Creative Share

Strut Your Stuff

Frogs and Snails

Get Your Craft On

Thursdays Treasures

I’m a Creative Cat

Craft Concoction

Look at Me I’m so Crafty

Feature Yourself Friday

Saturday Nite Special

Weekend -Up Party