You need to know that you can also choose the length of sleeves: they can be short, half and three quarter. Doesn’t matter what type of maxi dresses you’ll choose (mermaid, A-line, ball gown, etc.), your bridesmaids will look awesome! To keep your girls’ figures proportional and visually make them slim and tall, they should always wear heels or classic pumps with maxi dresses. If you decided that your bridesmaids would wear maxi dresses, pay your attention to chiffon ones, with flutter sleeves they look very cute and airy. So now it’s very popular decor element for any dresses or blouses. Maybe you’ve guessed that flutter sleeves are also known as bell sleeves. So how about this idea? Let’s find out how your girls can wear them and what types of dresses with flutter sleeves they can choose. Flutter sleeves can make bridesmaids’ looks more girlish, fun and stylish. It’s very interesting how one detail can change the whole look, but choosing, for example, a mermaid dress with flutter sleeves, you’ll get another effect than choosing just a simple mermaid one. If you wanna add some flirty touches to your bridesmaids’ looks, then choose absolutely beautiful dresses with flutter sleeves for them. If any of the steps seem confusing, you can visit the original flutter sleeve dress sewing tutorial for a few more photos.Today I wanna share one more wonderful outfit idea for your girls. If your daughter is on the short side, you might want to use 21 inches of elastic instead of 22. Use a safety pin to thread the elastic through. When you topstitch (in photo #2 above), do it from the underside so you can sew as close to the edge of the bias tape as possible. Make a casing for your elastic along the neckline: If you’ve never used bias tape before you may want to read this tutorial. These steps were a little hard to photograph, so I hope this makes sense. It looks like this:Īttach the sleeves to the dress (I’ve used photos from both the dress and top to try to best show the steps): It’s called single fold, but there are actually two folds in it. The under arms and neckline are finished with 1/2 inch single fold bias tape. You’ll want to cut 2 sleeve pieces, both on the fold, and two dress pieces, again both on the fold.Īdd the trim and finish the bottom edge of the sleeve: The pattern has 3/8 inch seam allowance built in. However, she’s fairly petite for her age, so if the girl you are sewing for is tall you will want to add some length (once it’s finished you can use a shoulder to knee measurement to decide exactly where to hem). Please note that I made this pattern to my daughter’s measurements and she is 3.5 years old and wears a 4T in clothes from the store. Don’t trim anything from the paper just butt the edges up against each other and tape. Print out the pattern and tape it together as you can see below. I’ve included a box on the third page that should measure exactly 1 inch when printed. You’ll want to be sure the printer settings say actual size or 100%. You can get the free flutter sleeve top and dress pattern in size 4T by clicking here. (I made this top from a shirt I thrifted for no particular reason other than that I loved the print.) The first version I made was cut a little low under the arm, so I fixed that in this version. I found it at Joann Fabrics for $2.99 for a roll of 2 yards. I used mini (3/8 inch) pom pom trim again to finish the sleeves and hem because it was so darn cute on the first version – and my daughter loves it. Those of you with girls other sizes could use the pattern as reference along with the instructions from the original flutter sleeve dress post to draft your own pattern – there’s only 2 pieces so it’s pretty simple.Īnd I thought this same pattern would probably look cute as a top, too, so I included a cut line on the pattern so you can use it to make either a dress or a shirt! Today’s post will give a few more details on how to sew either a dress or top from this pattern. I was excited that so many of you asked for a copy of the pattern! I’ve drawn up the pattern (in size 4T only) and you can download it for free later on in this post. Last week I shared a sewing tutorial for a girl’s flutter sleeve sundress and said I’d work on getting a pattern uploaded if people were interested.
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