Thanks to Make It and Love It's fabulous tutorial, Turn A Dress Into A Bubble Romper, I turned a sorta outdated dress I got in a big ebay lot into something way cuter.
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| the original dress |
Bubble rompers are infinitely cuter than plain ol' dresses! They really accentuate the puffy diaper butt region. Who can resist?
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| upcycled romper! |
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| snaps and elastic leg openings |
I get extra credit for turning the no longer needed bloomers into a cute flower accent, which updates this outfit even more.
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| no longer needed bloomers |
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| floral accent with button |
For the flower, I doubled up the bloomer fabric and sewed petal shapes with my sewing machine. I left the bottom of the petal open so I could trim the petal and turn it inside out, then I pinched the bottom with my fingers, and sewed the petal to the dress. I added an eyelet cover button to the center.
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| some tools |
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This is the perfect project for a sewing machine newbie- almost instant gratification, plus it forces you to learn some valuable skills, like hammering snaps and making elastic casings.
Here's the sucky part-IT DOESN'T FIT HER! Sisi was napping when I made this, and I just eyeballed it and figured she'd fit in it. Not even close. In the last few months, Sisi has grown a ton.
((( If anyone wants this romper for their little one, size 12 months or under (I think it'd fit a 6-10 month baby best), let me know! I'm serious, I'll just send it to you in the mail. Just don't laugh at my stitching and gray thread (b/c there was gray thread in the machine and I was too lazy to swap it). Hopefully your baby's leg fat rolls will cover all that up.)))
Mommies, be sure to check out the tutorial
Turn A Dress Into A Bubble Romper.
Make It and Love It is one of my favorite craft blogs ever. She really demystifies sewing for the rest of us.
5 comments:
Super awesome tutorial! So easy and adorable =) BTW thank you for your sweet email response. You are such a sweetie and I hope we can at some point get a chance to hang out =)
- Sarah
agirlintransit.blogspot.com
This is too good to be true! I would love love to have the romper you made Sisi. Lucky for us none crafty ppl that Sisi is too big for it! I think you have my mailing address and pls let me know if I can at least pay fir shipping. Thanks Kristin!
Echo- you got it! No need to pay for shipping, I'll just put it in a bubble mailer. I'll send it out first chance I get :)
It's so cute! Such a bummer she doesn't fit in it, but at least it will go to a good home.
How do you do it all & STILL find the time to create such lovely upcycled gems?! I get excited if I'm able to put on real clothes that day....by real clothes I mean stretchy yoga pants as opposed to my PJ's. Such a bummer that it didn't fit Sisi but serendipity for Echo, yay!
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