Angelfairydust's 'like mother, like daughter' pillowcase top

After making a dress for myself in the summer, I had this left over from the bottom of the dress....

Well I decided to make a top for my eldest girl from it.

So I started here....

Chop chop!!

I took measurements of my eldest girl and measured about 1 inch extra for seams. I cut the fabric with my pinking blade and then I cut two curves for the arm holes. Bare in mind this is two pieces, the front and back as I cut it with a seam at one side so I only had to sew one seam.

Then I folded over the armholes and pinned. I cut little snips to make it easier to fold around the bend

Then I sewed with my sewing machine!

Then I snipped some some fabric to make straps.

I sewed it together end to end with right sides facing and turned it inside our with a pencil. This is pretty tricky so I sewed one end shut to make it easier.

Then I pinned the top of the dress down to make a tunnel for the straps and sewed it in a straight(ish) line!

Then I took my new straps and threaded them through

And voila! A gorgeous pillowcase top for willow!!

Yay it fits!!

:) tadah!!