Thursday, April 12, 2012

Easiest Maxi Dress Tutorials Ever!

We are planning a vacation to the beach and I really wanted to have some easy maxi dresses for the girls and I.  I searched for a while and tried out a few things but then redid them. So this is what we ended up with...

Here is my dress. This is me trying to show you that it is a short version of the maxi dress... it is especially hard to take pictures of yourself when you have no long mirror in the house. I was standing on a toddler step stool.

*Also notice in the pictures below, the top right corner was how it first looked on... I thought it looked to baggy in front so I simply pulled the excess fabric to the back and it totally gave me a slimming look in front and a nice bit of curve.. uh um... out back where I don't have much.
 I used this tutorial to make MY Boho Maxi Dress. Seriously, the EASIEST thing EVER!!! Anyone can make this!!! It's just basically one giant rectangle with a seam on 3 sides and a few slits cut for a neck line and sleeve holes! AWESOME!!

All you need:
*For a long one: 60"x65" piece of knit fabric
*For a short one: 50"x60" piece of knit fabric
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This started out as a dress for me- this is when I realized it has been a LONG TIME since I have made something for myself! I had forgotten how to make grown up girl clothing and only knew how to make little girl clothing! So I simply cut down the length for her(Cutest 4 year old ever) and took in the inseam a bit.

All you need:
*a tank top(I used one of my old ones and downsized it)
*knit fabric... length depends on the individual and what you are going for. I did it about 2-3 times the width of the waist too. It really didn't take much at all.
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And then I made this one as almost and after thought... the ruffle was actually a scrap piece of fabric cut off from the dress above in attempt to make it smaller! My daughter was playing with the scraps and had a "surprise" for me... she really did surprise me when I saw the ruffle and how darn cute it was!


All you need:
*a tank top(I used one of my old ones and downsized it)
*knit fabric... Just for the ruffles... so scraps from another dress works perfect!


**Sorry about the not so great pictures. It was all done inside with bad lighting... We'll get more pictures at the beach! :)
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3 comments:

Rick and Sue said...

First of all your skinny, second you can use a sewing machine

Rick and Sue said...

First of all your skinny, second you can use a sewing machine

Julie said...

Well, Thanks Sue but I do have to say that for whatever the reason I looked abnormally skinny in these. Maybe it's the color? And YOU CAN USE A SEWING MACHINE TOO! :)

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