Cute Babydoll Dress

@Kelly T.: Thanks! Hope you get the chance to try your hand at making it sometime
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Carly

@krissalee: Thanks! I hope you had fun making the dress - the end result is pretty cute despite its humble origins!

@meg c.: It doesn't matter for the second shirt; you won't be using that part anyway. For the first shirt that you use for the body, the pocket will end up kind of under your left armpit. It will be visible if you don't remove it, so it's up to you!
Good luck! (and sorry for responding now; I didn't even see that you had commented back when you did)
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Carly

tooo cute, you are very talented!
thank-you

This dress is so cute It was one of my first solo sewing projects! You're steps are super easy to follow. Thanks!

If the dress shirts have pockets on them, should they be removed before making the dress?

@else a.: Thanks so much! Glad you liked it
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Carly

super!thank your for upload your diy dress..its easy to understand your step

@AluminaX: Do you mean not gathered by a piece of elastic? You'd either add pleats/darts to take up the bulk of the fabric at the top (rather than gathering it with elastic), or you'd have to cut the top of the front of the dress at the width you wanted the finished width, and taper the sides down to the full A-line width of the dress way back in Step 4) before sewing everything together. By making the top straight across, you will lose some of the length to the dress, and the dress will sort of "shelf" off your chest instead of hugging your shape - if you don't want it to do that, you'd probably have to add darts at the bust or curve your seams in to the bust at the top of the dress, then have them flare out below to create that babydoll A-line shape. (A piece of elastic under the bust may also be helpful if you don't want that shelf and don't want to dart.)
Hope that helps!
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Carly

i love it!!! but what do i do if i wanted the collar to just be straight-ish across?

Awww....perhaps you could use the sleeves or parts from a different, similar-colored shirt?
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Carly

I love this so much, and I was going to do it, but I cut the sleeves wrong :

Thanks emmilou p.! Yes, upcycle is so "in" right now...it's great for the planet, great for your wardrobe, tho you do sometimes have to get creative with the method!
It's such a sweet, feminine dress..I hope your hubby loves what his shirts become!;-)
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Carly

thanks for the how-to - love the whole upcycle/recon thing at the mo, also i'm needing to "lighten up" my clothing for spring (i open my wardrobe to a sea of black!! ;D ) my hubby will love the feminine side to it - even though i'll be using his shirts...hahaha!!!

Thanks Kata B.! hehe, Christina Applegate! (I loved her and thought she was soooo pretty all thru the eighties as I was watching Married with Children!
Thaty made my day!
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Carly

really cute dress!
On the second picture you look like Christina Applegate

Thank you kastom89! Love your profile piccy - uglydollz rule!;-)
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Carly

its soooooo KUTE!

Thank you judithchen! So nice to hear from you!
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Carly

awesome as usual, carly! <3

Lovette'sz-xoxo: Thank you very much! I think something like this would be a GREAT holiday gift...even for oneself!;-) Enjoy making it!
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Carly

Thanks C.T.! I love shirt ---> dress projects too!! (I mean, how many shirts does a guy really need??LOL)
A new, pretty dress is always in fashion!
Thanks for your comment!
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Carly

its sooo pretty!
this made it to my holiday howto project!
thank you.

i love your dress-shirt to dress projects! this makes me want to ransack my boyfriend's closet & go nuts. really pretty!