Pink Rose Princess Dress

The Pink Rose Princess Dress I made my Granddaughter.

For this Princess Dress I bought a clearance pink t-shirt, and from JoAnn Fabric I bought clearance rose fabric. This fabric is gorgeous, and I loved it so much I  also bought it in green and purple. With the fabric on sale, plus a 20% off my total purchase I was able to get 1/2 yard for around $5 dollars and the t-shirt for about $4.50. I also bought a roll of pink lace for $1 at JoAnn and a roll of rose ribbon at Hobby Lobby for 50% off which came to less than $2 a roll. The whole dress cost me about $11 to make.

The Carters t-shirt and rose fabric.

The lace and rose ribbon I bought for the Princess dress.

I prepared the skirt for this gown the same way I made the Minnie Mouse Princess Dress in my previous blog. I used the sewing machine to run a baste stitch along the top of the 1/2 yard rose fabric. I started the stitch about 1/2 inch from each edges so I could sew a back seam in the rose fabric. After sewing the back seam I pulled the baste stitch to gather the skirt to fit the width of the t-shirt.

I marked the t-shirt with Tailor's chalk all the way around the waist, and pinned the skirt at the chalk line. I then sewed the skirt to the t-shirt.

Next, I took the rose ribbon and pinned it all around the waist on top of the raw gathered edges of the top of the skirt. I hand sewed the ribbon in place.

The rose ribbon pinned at the waist.

The t-shirt had a strip of small flowers at the breast of the shirt. I took the rose ribbon and pinned it over the flowers and hand sewed it into place.

The rose ribbon sewn over the shirt's decorative flowers. 

I took the pink lace and pinned it over the cap sleeves and sewed it into place with the sewing machine.

Lace over the cap sleeves.

Because the rose fabric frays easily, I took some wide bias tape and sewed it to the raw bottom of the skirt. Then I turned the hem up about an inch or an inch and a half, and sewed the hem on the machine.

Not a pretty hem on the inside, but it will keep it from fraying.

My sweet Princess loves this new gown.

The front of my little Rose Princess. Her Princess Purse will be a future blog.

The back view of my Rose Princess.