My oldest wanted a Halloween costume as Katara from Avatar the Last Airbender, but this last Halloween was not the best time for it- (not that Christmas time is much better!) I bought a pajama pattern to use to make it and ended up not even opening it.
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| Finished |
First, I found a dress and shirt that I knew fit her well and used them as the base for the pattern. I allowed extra room around the chest and waist since these are pj's and she is very particular about comfort.
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| Pattern like I want it to look before adding seam allowances and pattern pieces |
I drew with rulers and careful hand the entire layout of the dress. Then I folded it down the center and made sure it was symmetrical (change drawing/trim to even out).
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| Paper placed over Pattern and traced to make smaller pieces of the pattern. |
Next, I put the tracing paper over the full drawn dress and made each piece by tracing and
adding seam allowances.
Always remember to do seam allowances if you make a pattern!
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| Close-up to pattern pieces |
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| Purple pieces |
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| White trim pieces |
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| Cut and Ready to Sew |
Cut and place on the appropriate fabrics and cut and sew! If you have a basic knowledge of how a garment is pieced together, you should be fine. This one didn't have sleeves! Yea! That's the beauty of making your own patterns- you make them as simple as you want.
She loves wearing this to bed, and it looks so cute on her!
