Halloween Inspired Dress + link to free pattern
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Halloween is one of my favorite Holidays to sew for. There is always the cutest fabrics to choose from. Sew your own Halloween Dress with your favorite pattern or use my free peasant dress pattern! (Free peasant dress pattern comes in sizes 12 mo to 14 yrs.)
(Originally published 10/2011)
I finished up this little Halloween dress yesterday just in time for us to go outside a take a few pictures before the sun went down.
This little peasant dress turned out so cute! I’d bought the purple fabric last year to make her a dress, but never got around to it, so I wanted to be sure to finish the dress early this year. (I also made it a little big so she will be able to wear it next year and maybe the year after too.) The purple fabric came from Hancock Fabrics (now out of business) but the coordinating fabrics came from a Riley Blake fat quarter set I bought last month. This particular fat quarter set is almost impossible to find anymore, but Craftsy and Fabric.com have a huge selection of reasonably priced fat quarter sets to browse through.
If you would like to make a similar dress, you can use my free peasant dress pattern, found here: peasant dress pattern.
I shirred the sleeve edges instead of inserting elastic. (I love the way the shirring makes the sleeve edge ruffle up.)
I used the tutorial from TaDa! Creations to add the ruffle and bottom band.
I debated on whether to use the green polka dot fabric as the bottom band or an orange polka dot. In the end I went with the green since I already had the coordinating ribbon in my stash. Plus, (you can’t really see it in the photos) the cat eyes on the purple fabric are the same color green.
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| Photo bomb… Had to include this one too! |
Next on my list are some Halloween themed shorts for my son and I have one other project in mind for the fat quarter set. It’s a surprise, hopefully I will get it finished soon to show off for you later this week!
*update:
Other Halloween themed projects here.
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Mindie Hilton says
Super cute dress. I made a Halloween candy corn scarf to share this week.
Connie the crafterbug says
Oh my gosh! How cute! I love all the colors you used.
Connie
WhyCuzICan says
This dress is so cute (but the model IS cuter:) and I like the green pokadot fabric on the bottom for sure! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Visiting from MidWestern Sewing Girl's linky party (Everything Halloween)
~Suzanne in NW Illinois
KayleighAnn says
Very Cute! I cannot sew so jealous of your skills
Kaysi says
So cute and I love the colors!!
Mama Lusco says
Darling dress! Perfect for October 🙂
Maggie @ Midwestern {Sewing} Girl says
Oh, this is so darling! I love love love the ruffle down the front! Thank you so much for linking up to my Everything Halloween party!
Sunny Vanilla says
Love the combination of fabrics! The ruffle down the middle makes it so adorable!
Crafty Mischief says
So cute! Found you through Sew Woodsy.
Q @ JAQS says
So lovely and spooky ;)tml
Andrea says
Your dress is super cute. I love all the Halloween ideas I've been seeing and yours is so bright and cheerful! 🙂
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Hollie - TheSevenYearCottage says
Adorable dress!
Emily @ 52mantels says
I love it!! I wish I could sew..
Amy says
Cute dress…and model! 🙂
Lindsay says
This is the cutest! And your little model makes it even better. 🙂 Great job making it so festive & very fun! Thanks so much for linking up at Show & Share! SO happy that you did!
Stephanie says
This dress is adorable! Perfect for Halloween! I have yet to try shirring, but it looks so fun! Thanks for sharing at the Stache Party! I hope you'll come back next month to link up!
Stephanie
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The Monko says
Wow, I love this dress its so cool. What amazing material.