Apostolic Girls' Closet: Simple Dress Tutorial

Hey everyone hope your week is going well? I feel like I haven't done a tutorial in forever so here is how to make a modest simple pencil dress.

You will need:

A Sewing Machine

Fabric scissors

2 metres of fabric and matching thread

(optional) 1/2 metre contrasting fabric

A T-Shirt or dress that fits you loosely

A Pencil Skirt that is a modest fit

This tutorial is pretty exciting but its definitely not for a beginner.
First you will need a tee or dress that fits you well, a loose pencil skirt because we have to stay modest ladies!

To begin you will need to fold your fabric and your top and lay your tee over your fabric of it like so

Make sure your tee is folded at the center and neither the fabric or top has any creases.

Starting with the front of your dress tuck in the back of the neck and cut around the neckline leaving at least a centimeter as seam allowance.

Cut along the shoulder seam (Remember your seam allowance) it's better to have too much than too little, no one wants a dress that's too tight.

Now for the tricky bit, armholes took me a long time to master but ave found an easier way to do it. Fold you shirt arm inwards so that the seam underneath stick out and you'll have the perfect curve and cut around the curve really carefully.

I completely forgot to take a picture if this next step but you'll need to carry on cutting along the side of the tee and your skirt till you reach the end. Don't cut the folded side of your fabric.

Don't worry if it looks too long it will definitely be too long just make sure your hips match up or it will look bad.

Afterwards it should look like this

and open up to this

This is now the front of your dress now for the back, this will be easier since you now have a template you simply repeat the process without tricky armholes.

So fold your fabric again.

I wanted the back of my dress to have a seam going down the center (but you don't have to do that.)

You repeat the process of cutting around the piece of fabric from the front of your dress.

With the front of your dress it should look like this

Next you have to sew the two sides of the back right sides together.

(if you don't want a seam then you can skip this part)

It should look like this.

Next you have to sew the two shoulder seams right sides together.

Next cut out your sleeves, you will need your t-shirt again

I wanted contrast sleeves (this is optional)

You'll need fold your fabric again and lay your sleeve on top of it with the folded sides matching up flip over the shirt so the seam is showing,you'll need to cut around it to make the sleeve shape.

Your sleeve should look like this. You will need two of them

You will need to match up the sleeve to the rest of your dress where your shoulder seam finishes and sew them right sides together.

Your dress should look like this with the sides still open.

Next sew the side seams starting from the outer edge of the sleeves right sides together.

Now you will need to try it on and check the length you may need help with this I always sit down make sure it will cover my knees when I sit down, always make it a little longer for hem allowance.