It's the perfect Valentine's Day gift, but it'll look adorable all year long. Cousin? This comfortable dress takes just an hour to sew! Start by gathering materials.
Take your adult t-shirt and cut the bottom hem straight across the shirt. The length you cut should be the desired length of your skirt. If you need to measure, measure from your child's waist to the knees.
If you are hand stamping your dress, insert foil between the bottom of the shirt. This will be your skirt portion of the dress.
Using your ink and fabric stamp, stamp in several places around both sides of the boy's skirt and shirt. Iron stamped cloth to fix the ink..
Measure your child's waist and add 2”. Cut a piece of elastic that length. Pin the elastic ends together and overlap 1/2". Pin in place, and sew together with a zigzag stitch.
Place the elastic inside the top of your skirt (at the raw edge), about 1" down from the top. Pin the elastic around the side edges and the front and back. Note:You will need to stretch your elastic to achieve this, as the skirt will be much larger than the elastic.
Using a zigzag stitch, sew the elastic to the skirt, pulling the elastic as you sew so it is the same length as the skirt.
Now you have the adorable skirt part of your dress.
Slide the skirt over the bottom of your child's shirt, until the skirt is where you want the waist of her dress to be.
Pin one more time to the front, sides and back.
Sew the skirt directly onto the shirt over the elastic with a zigzag stitch, pulling the shirt gently as you sew.
And you're done! Click on the steps below to learn how to make a small blooming flower and chain for your new dress.
To make the optional flower accessory, you will need a felt flower, a silver jewelry chain, and a safety pin. Slide the end of the jewelry chain onto the safety pin. Pick up a link about 12" apart and slide it back onto the safety pin. Slide the safety pin through the back of the flower and repeat with the jewelry chain by sliding the links through.
You can now place the flower embellishment on the dress and remove it for washing!
And there you have it:an adorable recycled heart in a t-shirt dress!
