Today, I'm sharing how to make this simple girl's sweater dress using my free Raglan…
Perfect T-Shirt Dress Pattern and Tutorial (free pdf sewing pattern sz 3 to 12)
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Sewing instructions: page 3.
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Laurinda says
I have so much fun browsing through your site! Patterns, tutorials, recipes and so much more. Thanks for all the hard work and time you spend sharing with others and a special thanks for you generosity.
Jamie says
Thank you! I do love cooking, sewing and eating almost equally!
Marilyn Garcia says
Perfect for my 3 yr old great-grand daughters who love dresses
Joanne says
Thanks for the cute pattern. I’m going to try this as my very first attempt at sewing knits. Fingers crossed! One question: Where do you use Fray Check?
Jamie says
I use it for all different things –
reinforcement when tying off threads or serger seams that sort of thing.
Linda says
Love this pattern. Can it be made with ribbing on neckline and sleeves?
Jamie says
Of course!
Lisbei says
Hello !
Your daugther is beautiful in her lovely dress !
Thank you for sharing pattern and tuto, I will try it for my two daugthers (3 next week and 8 years old), even if i’m a little afraid to sew knit …
Have a nice day !
Carolien says
Wauw! Love it! Perfect for my daughter. Thanks for sharing!! x
Karen says
I love following your site. I love your patterns, how well you explain how to sew them and put them together. It does take your site a while to load on my computer but I have found it is well worth the wait. Thank you so much for all you share, more than once you have brought a heart. May God be with you and yours Karen
Jamie says
Thank you, I wish I could get the tutorial pages to load faster too! There are so many images (almost 25 in this post, plus the pattern) It does slow the page down significantly. Thaks for being a reader, ~Jamie
Regina Roza says
Such an adorable dress! Great job! I have a son and a grandson, so I live vicariously through the ladies who sew for their girls!
Dolores Hòrine says
I love that you share your passion with us and I have 4granddaughtersto make clothes for
Jamie says
So cute! I love it.
Kimberly says
Thanks for another great free pattern. Just completed for my willowy 10 year old. I cut a size 12 and it was perfect body wise. Lopped off 2 inches at the bottom so it wasn’t quite so long. She loves it. Only thing I might do differently next time is set the sleeves in in the round. While I absolutely love the ease of setting them in flat, I kinda like how the hem on the sleeve looks a touch more seamless. But that’s just me.
This is a going to be a really versatile pattern. I think it would probably make some super comfy nightgowns too. Or a with a Raglan sleeve type look. I’d totally sew this for myself if it was in adult sizes! Thanks again.
Jamie says
Your welcome! I like to do the set in sleeves as well, I don’ think they are any harder to do. I have a new raglan pattern coming out in the next day or so, I’ve extended the sizes form 2 to 14 on this one.
Virginia Robinson says
Hi! Stumbled on your blog while looking for some quick, nice versatile patterns to challenge friends and sewing acquaintances to make things like tee shirt dresses, pillowcase type dresses, maybe small primative soft dolls for little girls, a large shopping/storage bag for the moms and simple shorts (when I find a very easy fit and sew pattern) for little boys…All of these are going to be shipped to help with relief in the Bahamas. So I’ll be looking through your patterns to suggest things for all to sew for this humanitarian effort. My home flooded in Hurricane Irma in 2017, so having lost nearly all I ever had, I can feel a tiny bit of the trama these good people are having to endure as they rebuild their lives.
Jamie Sanders says
I hope you find something that works!
Valerie Parker says
Hi! I Love the name of your blog, by the way! Thanks so much for all the amazing patterns. Your daughter looks so adorable in all of your creations. I am very much a beginner, but you are really inspiring me to try making more things. I just have a question, could I make this dress in a regular woven fabric if I just make it bigger, since it won’t have any stretch?
Jamie Sanders says
You could, but you will need to make changes to the neckline otherwise your child will not be able to pull the dress over her head.
Marcie Van Deren says
For those who do not own a coverstitch machine or find changing their serger to coverstitch and back again too much trouble (me!) there is another option.
Use a twin needle, sewing on the outside of the garment or two rows of stitching 1/8″ apart.
To get the perfectly even hem with no wrinkles, use a strip of machine embroidery water-soluble stabilizer. You can purchase this from a shop that sells machine embroidery supplies or online. There are several brands. It washes out when the garment is washed the first time.
1. Press the hem in your garment.
2. Cut a 1″ strip of the stabilizer the length of your hem or you can even piece shorter pieces. Place the strip or strips inside the hem.
3. On the Right side of the garment, sew with the double needle (Jersey or Knit in the width you prefer) inserted. Two rows of stitching work well too, especially when you just move the needle to the right or left, without moving the fabric, sewing on the outside or inside of the garment. It doesn’t matter which.
4. You’re finished!
Jamie Sanders says
These are great tips, thank you so much! I will say, I sew with knits enough, that I did buy myself a separate cover stitch machine. I knew if I bought a combined cover stitch/ serger I would never use it, lol!
Megan says
Just wondering if someone could give me a rough idea of how the sizing runs on this before I launch into cutting my patterns out? I have a tall 7 year old and a not so tall 5 year old. Just wondering if the pattern is roomy enough or should I size up for the 7 year old?
Jamie Sanders says
There is a fit chart in with the sewing instructions:
Size 5: Height- 44.5 inches, Weight- 42 lbs, Finished length: 26.25. Finished chest: 24
Size 6: Height- 46.5 inches, Weight- 48 lbs, Finished length: 28.375. Finished chest: 25
Size 7: Height- 51 inches, Weight- 60 lbs, Finished length: 30. Finished chest: 26.9
Angie says
Hi! I’m from Peru and I Love your page. I was wondering when you say topstitching the neckline after pressing down, this topstitch is a straight or zigzag stitch?
Jamie Sanders says
I usually do a straight stitch.
Chaya says
How could I turn this into a long sleeve dress?
Jamie Sanders says
The pattern has long sleeves.
Linda Ingham says
Thank you so much for this pattern. I’m in Scotland and our lock down over the past months has meant plenty of time for sewing. My 8 years old granddaughter loves her T shirt dress in a stylised cat print. There are some great cotton jersey prints available and this simple style shows them off perfectly. I shall be making more of them.