Baby Dress Making

1. Introduction: Hi, With every newborn, a little sun rises. Along with it rises the ability to love a new beginning of all wonderful things. Wouldn't it be lovely if you could create your own baby dress to dress up that little munchkin of yours? If you're a new mother, aunt, or a grandmother, the joy multiplies infinite times. So here I am to provide you with a complete tutorial on baby dressmaking - Not only how to stitch baby dresses, but also to choose the right fabric for the baby. After all, your little one deserves the superlative of all things. Right? Hi, I'm Seema and a fashion designer partner of Fashionous. Fashionous is an online platform offering unique products and services related to fashion. And I'm a home-based entrepreneur and run my business online. So, here I'm to take you on a magical journey of learning baby dress. And we're going to see how to make a Knot Dress, Button Dress, Slip Dress, and the Front Open Dress. So let's get started. 2. Tools Required: We are going to see the tools required for baby dressmaking. Let me tell you quickly what are the basic things that we need. These are very simple materials that we get easily in the market. The things that we are going to use in this course are a pattern sheet, ruler, marker, cutter, inch tape, thread, a needle, a tailor's chalk, press buttons, scissors and the fabric. And we will be using this portable Sewing Machine. With this, we are going to see how we are going to make baby dresses. 3. Choosing your Fabric: Basically for baby dresses, cotton fabrics are used. Mal cotton is the most preferred type. Plain fabrics are mostly used. But to make it interesting, we can also use printed fabric. For now, I have taken a blue printed fabric with some printed motifs. Quirky prints make the baby dresses more attractive. Instead of choosing bright colors, pastel shades go good for baby dresses. You can also use fabrics with some cartoon characters and also some beautiful colors so that it makes it more attractive. 4. Drafting: For Baby Dress patterns, let us see the drafting. We are going to see the standard measurements for zero to one year old baby. The measurements required will be length. So to get twelve inches finishing, you're doing 14 inches length. So next is the chest. For Chest, We are going to Mark at 24 inches. So then we'll get 20 inches as finishing. next is the shoulder. For the shoulder, we have to Mark eight inches. So that eight inches shoulder width would be two inches. And next is the armhole. Armhole should be seven inches. We are going to divide by two. So seven by two is 3.5 inches. Next is the neck. The neck width is going to be standard. That's two inches. So all these measurements are adjustable according to the baby size. So you can either increase or decrease according to the baby's size. Whenever you increase the size of the baby dress, you can add extra half inches or quarter inch as seam allowance. 5. Button on Shoulder Dress - Pattern Making: For button on shoulder dress, Our required length is twelve inches. I'm keeping a point on 14 inches as two inches is going to be folding seam. For bottom, I'm going to fold one, one inch two times. So after twelve inches, I'm going to Mark 14. So I'm marking it on both the sides. Now I'm joining the points. So this is our baseline. Next, the neck width is two inches. This is the standard. And next we are going to draw the neck depth. That's two inches again and next we'll draw the shoulder width. That's going to be two and a half inches. Two inches is the width, half inch is for seam allowance And I'm keeping a point here at two inches. That's just to get the straight line. And now this is our neck part. And next is Armhole. The armhole is going to be three and a half inches depth. And towards the armhole, we are going to Mark the chest. Our chest is 20, so 20 divided by four is five. So five inches and one inch for allowance. So six inches I've marked. And now let's join the points for Armhole. Next, we're going to draw the bottom width. That's eight inches and let's join the armhole line and the bottom line. So that's going to be slanting and for shape, I am drawing a little curve there. Next I am drawing the neckline and similarly the armhole. Now this part is going to be on fold. When you keep the pattern, the cloth will be folded at this point. So now this is the front. While marking the shoulder, I'll do one inch extra above the shoulder so that I'll Mark here. So the fabric will be one inch extra here for the back so that in that point the buttons will be placed and the bottom part will have the point where the buttons will come and join. Now, we are going to cut the pattern out. These patterns are at standard size. You can increase the body size by just increasing the seam allowance of the chest and the shoulder width. If required, you can deepen the neck also. So the armhole I'm cutting it out becomes the front pattern for the button on shoulder. For the back, we'll keep one inch extra on the fabric. Now this is the front pattern which can be used for the back also. 6. Button on Shoulder Dress - Fabric Cutting: We'll look at Button on shoulder Dress fabric cutting. This is the front part and for the back part we need to have one inch extra on the shoulder so that the front part is going to remain the same. And the back part is going to have one inch extra. The front and back part should be cut separately. Onfold is common. You will have the Onfold for front and back. So it's cut one. We have to fold the fabric only once so that when you cut, you will get only one part of the front and one part of the back separately. First, let us draw the baseline. After drawing this, we are going to place the pattern sheet according to the baseline and then let's start tracing. So the front part is going to be the same for the back part alone, we have to give one inch extra. Now, we are drawing front. I'm doing the exact measurements as per the pattern. When you're done tracing, you can start cutting the fabric. So now, we are going to get only one part of the fabric that is going to be the front. Now the front part is ready. Similarly, we are going to cut the back part now. To cut the back part, we have to keep one inch extra than the front. It is already written here. Following this, let's Mark. Similarly, we are going to Mark one inch extra above the front pattern shoulder. So the one inch is going to be extended for the back part. With this, we are going to follow the front part pattern. Similarly, front and the back is the same for both except for the shoulder. So, we are making a slight variation only in the shoulder. And then, we are tracing the back part using the front part pattern itself. Now the marking is done. Let's cut the fabric. This is cut one. We are folding the fabric only once so that we'll get only one piece of the dress. While cutting the fabric, make sure you don't move the fabric, especially while cutting the neckline and the armhole. Now our back pattern is ready. When you have the front and the back part together, you can find the difference easily. I'm keeping both front and back together. You can now see the difference. The back is big and the front is shorter. So when we add the buttons, it will get folded like this button, you can fold it like this, so you can find the difference here. 7. Button on Shoulder Dress - Sewing: Now, let's start button on shoulder dress stitching. We can identify the front and back directly. The front is short and the back is long. So with this, we can identify the front and back. While stitching, first we'll finish the neckline, then the sides and then we are going to do the armhole and at last we are going to do the shoulders. The point where the buttons are going to be fixed is this. First, we are going to finish the neckline. To finish the neckline, I've taken a fabric piece which is cut in bias. When cut in bias, it gives an expansion like this. When you cut straight, you won't get that expansion. So for that, I've cut the bias piece and now I'm going to join the bias piece with the neckline. First, let's start stitching from the corner. I'm going to give quarter inch stitching. We have done this on the right side of the fabric and we are going to turn it to the wrong side. Before doing that, we are going to slit the curves so that it's going to be easy to turn the fabric to the inner part. So I'm just going to slit the curved parts.. that is all over the neck. I'm just giving small slits so that the fabric is easy enough to fold at the curves. Once the neckline is slit open, you can now fold the bias fabric inside. I'm going to fold it twice. So this is once and twice. I'm going to fold it like this and I'm going to stitch. In case you feel hard to stitch at the curves, you can iron it once and then you can start stitching. Now, I'm going to stitch at the edge of the line. So the stitch is going to fall at the edge of the folded line. Now that's done. You can even iron once after stitching so that it is proper. Similarly, I'm going to do it for the back neck also. Now the back part is done. For the front and back, I've done the seam finishing. Now, we have to join the sides of the front and the back. I'm going to tell you a different kind of finishing. I'm keeping the right side facing us and the front part, the right side is going to face the bottom. So first you're going to join the sides having the right sides facing each other, you're going to stitch at the edge now. So the stitch is going to be half inch away from the cut part. Our seam allowance is one inch. So we are going to stitch Half inch away from the cut line On both the sides. The sides are done. Now, we are going to do the armhole. So on the right side I'm again going to join bias piece. I'm doing the right side facing each other so it is the same as the neckline finishing. Next, we are going to slit it and then we are going to fold it twice. It is just the same as how we did the neckline. We're going to put a stitch on the edge. We are going to finish the shoulder part. First we'll cut off the excess and then finish the front and the back separately. So this is going to be open. For front, I'm going to fold it twice. I folded it two times so that the finishing is neat. Similarly for the back, I'm going to fold it twice. I'm folding it towards the wrong side. I'm just going to put a straight stitch for the fold. Now the front and the back is done You can see the front is short and the back is long on both the sides. Now, we are going to do the bottom. For the bottom, we are just going to fold and stitch. First we are going to start it from edge. I'm folding it once and then again. so I'm folding it twice. If you feel difficult in folding one inch, you can also fold half inches so that it will be a little long. For this also, I'm going to put a stitch at the edge. Now that's done. we have finished stitching. Now, we are going to place the buttons on the shoulders. Here, We'll have the button holes and on the top, we will have the buttons. We're going to use press buttons. Now let's place the press buttons on the shoulders. so these press buttons have two parts. one is the 'eye' and the other is the button. We're going to place the 'eye' in the front part and the button on the back part. so I'm going to fix the eye in the shorter length - that is the front. so I'm going to do two buttons on either side. If the shoulder width is small, you can just place one. I'm stitching on each hole so that the button eye stays in place. Once done, we can do the knot. I'm just knotting it at the inner side and then I'm going to cut off the thread. Now, you can close the buttons and check if those are in the correct points. I've done all the buttons for the dress. Now, the button on shoulder dress is ready. 8. Front Open Dress - Pattern Making: Now for front open Jabla, we are going to Mark the length first. Our required length is twelve, but we are marking on 14, as the bottom edge is going to be folded. Similarly I'm marking it on the other side. Next, I'm joining the bottom line. The neck width is going to be two inches. Similarly, neck depth is again two inches. I'm marking a point at two inches again to join the neckline. And from there, I'm marking the shoulder width at two and a half. Half inch is going to be seam allowance. So I'm just marking a rough chest measurement as six. Next the armhole at 3.5 inches deep. Now I'm joining the points. So the arm-hole line is done and towards the arm-hole line, I'm marking the chest that is six inches. So now let's draw the arm-hole line and then the neckline. The bottom is going to be eight inches. And then we are going to join the lines. I'm doing a little shape half inch above so that the dress gets a little shape here. So this is the back. This point is going to be on fold. So for this dress, back and front are going to be the same. So now this is the back part of front open Jabla. For front open Jabla, we need to have the folding facing us because it's going to be open in the front. So we'll fold it and we have the open facing our side. So with this open part we are going to mark the whole pattern. Now the length is 14. So our required length is twelve. So I'm marking with the seam allowance. Bottom seam, that's 14. This is going to be same as the back part. I'm going to repeat the same process again. Now, for the button holes and the buttons, we will have to do the marking. So that's going to be one inch away from the edge line. One inch is enough to have the buttons and the button holes. We are going to use small press buttons. So that will be enough. I'm joining the line. This is going to be our end line. And now, we are going to mark the neck width and the neck depth. So next is the shoulder width. It's two and a half. So this is going to be same as the back. I already told you. This is the arm-hole point and next is going to be the chest point. So we are going to have it beyond this line. Do not take it at the edge of the pattern paper. So that one inch line is going to be our base. So now I'm drawing the lines required for the neck and the armhole. So now we are going to draw the neckline and the armhole. Similarly, we are going to mark the bottom part. Bottom part is again eight inches from the line and then we are joining the bottom and the armhole line. So to check whether this is correct, we are going to have the back part as the trace and we are just going to check it or if not you can just have this back pattern and you could trace it along the edge so when you trace it, you'll get the front and the back part equally similar. Now, let's cut off the pattern. Do not cut the one inch that we have marked. The edge that we have folded should remain the same. So now this is going to be the front part for front open jabbla. So in this point, I'm going to give button holes or the place where the buttons are going to sit. The opposite part is going to be buttons. so that one inch is going to be extra in the front than the back. This is the place where we are going to place buttons. so we are going to place the buttons there and then when you fold it, it is going to be like this. 9. Front Open Dress - Fabric Cutting: For the front open Jabla, I'm going to use this remaining fabric so that we are not going to waste this. We are going to lay the patterns according to the fabric and then we can use this. This pattern has three parts. We are going to use the smaller parts on the smaller areas and the bigger part on the bigger areas. The button holes are going to be open. I'm going to keep on one edge, so it's already straight. So I'm keeping it there. Next is the front part. You can place the pattern where it fits exactly. I'm placing the other half of the front here. While placing, make sure the necklines are on the opposite sides because when you have it in the same side, you're going to get the same pattern twice. So you're going to have the neckline on opposite sides or the edges on the opposite sides. Once the pattern is laid in such a way that the fabric does not get wasted, we are going to Mark the outlines. You just have to draw the outline. Next, let's start cutting it. So while cutting, do not disturb the fabric. I'm doing the cutting in the same position as the fabric is laid. I'm going to remove the excess fabric. Now, we have got the required parts. This is the back part and these are the two sides of the front. Our cutting is done. 10. Front Open Dress - Sewing: For the front open dress, we have three parts. two front parts and one back part. We are going to join the shoulders and then do the neckline. Before doing the neckline, we will finish the bottom part. After that, the whole neckline will be finished. To do the button part, I'm going to fold it twice. I've given one inch allowance there. So I'll fold half inch twice. So when you fold and stitch, it's going to be finished. I'm going to do the same on both the front parts. I've folded it twice and I'm giving a stitch on the edge of the folding. While stitching, you can make sure you have the fabric in line and then you can start stitching smoothly. I'm going to do the same thing on the other front part as well. As we have two front parts, I'm doing the same process on the other front part as well. So now both front parts are ready, as in the button paths are ready. So when you place the buttons it's going to be like this. So the button parts will go one over the other. Now, we are going to join the shoulders. To join the shoulders, we have the right side facing us and now again the right side facing the bottom of the back part. So the right sides are facing each other and now we are going to put a stitch on the shoulder. I'm going to give half inch below the edge line. I'm going to put a stitch half inch below the edge. Similarly, I'm doing it on the other shoulder as well. Now the shoulders are joined. After doing the shoulders, you can see that our neckline is just one round. Now, we are going to finish the neckline. We can either fold it twice and just put a stitch all over. That is also easy. Otherwise we can have a bias fabric and then we can stitch it. For this, I'm going to put on the right side and fold it on the wrong side. So I have the right side of the fabric facing us. I'm going to start at the edge and I'm keeping the edge folded because that's going to be finished while stitching. We should have the edges closely together and then keep stitching quarter inch after the edge line. when it comes to the end you can cut off the excess leaving half an inch of the fabric and then that extra half an inch you can fold it inside so that the edge becomes finished. You're doing this stitching on the right side of the fabric. So when you fold this bias fabric inside, it'll go to the wrong side so that you'll get a proper finishing. You can do this in the vice versa method also. now these curved edges - we are going to slit them. When you slit them, you can get the shape in a proper manner. Otherwise, it's going to be twisted and turning. So I'm doing small slits all over the neckline and then I'm folding the bias fabric twice from outside to inside of the dress. So make sure while you're folding you don't get any extra fabric outside. It should look neat and then you can start stitching on the edge of the fabric. So when you do it on the edge of the fold line the finishing is going to look very neat. As it's a curved part, you can fold it slowly and stitch inch by inch. Because when it is curvy, you cannot stitch it at a stretch So slowly we have finished the neckline. At the edge also, make sure you don't give extra fabric outside. You should fold everything inside and then adjust it so that you don't have fabric hanging outside. Make sure you're going to make it very neat and then you can put a stitch over there. You can also do a reverse stitching there so that you can have the stitches firm. Now, we are going to finish the armhole. So to finish the armhole we're just going to do a double fold there because we may not give extra cloth to the armhole and make it bulgy. I am folding it twice - like quarter inch twice. So we are going to fold it half inch inside and then we are going to stitch it all over. Now the armholes are finished. I've joined the sides also and the bottom also I'm going to finish. Once it's done, you will have to place the button one over the other. This is inside part of the fabric. I'm going to place the button and the next part I'm going to do the button hole. Here, I'm using a Press button. On one side, you can use the bottom part and on the other side, you can use the top part. Make sure you're placing it on equal spaces. like the buttons between That is, the space between the buttons is uniform. So if you give two inches between the buttons, you are going to do the same on both the sides. Now the buttons are done. You can even do knots here instead of buttons. you can even place the buttons closer if you wish. 11. One Piece Dress - Pattern Making: We'll see how to make a one piece dress. Now we are going to take a bigger pattern sheet which has two layers. We have the onfold facing our side. We're going to use the on-fold as the base to mark the measurements. First, we are marking the length as usual - that's 12 and 14. Similarly, I'm marking the length on the other side as well. Now, I'm joining the points together. We should have a check on the total circumference of the bottom hem and we can mark approximately equal to that so that we can make sure that our pattern is not small. So I'm giving 16 inches. I think that would be more than enough for a pattern. Next, this is going to be the onfold part. So it's going to be the center of the back. Having center of the back, we should mark the neckline. The back neckline is going to be two inches. And after that the shoulder it's again two and a half inches. The neck depth is going to be two inches. I'm keeping a point there to get the neck part. Now, I'm joining these points together. And I'm marking the chest measurements approximately here. That is six. So I'll mark it on the top page also because we need this for midpoint measurement. So with this point, we are going to mark extra half inch because we are going to fold and stitch the armhole and the neckline. We are just giving half inch extra there. So that is going to be the midpoint of our one piece pattern. We are going to join these points and then after joining it, we are going to use this as a reference. Next the Armhole is 3.5. Similarly, we have to do it on the other side. I'll just measure this. It's two inches. So I'll Mark two inches there. It should be same for shoulder. Width is two and a half. So I am marking two and a half again here. With this line as a reference, we are going to draw the arm-hole line that is three and a half. Now, we are going to join the two armhole points and then the armhole depth line. This is the armhole. So the armhole is going to be common for the front and back. So this is the dress which doesn't have side seam. Similarly, we are marking the neck. So with that center point midpoint, we are going to mark the chest that is six and a half. Previously we had marked six and a half on the other side. Similarly we are marking six here. With this, we are going to draw the neckline for the front that is the front neckline. We'll draw the back neckline as well. So that's the midpoint. Just for reference, I'm marking it here and that's going to be our edge of the front. So this part of the front is going to be open. Now, we are going to cut off the pattern. Carefully cut off the armhole. This armhole is going to be common for front and back. We need not have the side seam here, it will have only the front open. So when you open the pattern, it is going to be like this. This is going to be the back. So when you fold the front towards the back, keep the center line as the reference and then fold it on either sides. So this is how the dress is going to look. For this, we don't have flare at the bottom because it's a straight pattern. This is the front. We'll open it and this is the back. 12. One Piece Dress - Fabric Cutting: For this one piece pattern, we have the back closed and then the front open. We should take the fabric with the onfold facing our side and the front open part on the other side. Now we are placing the pattern on the fabric. Make sure you place it like on fold together and then you're going to draw the bottom line. First, let's draw the bottom line for reference. And then according to that line, we can place our pattern so that we can have the pattern straight. After placing the pattern, start tracing the pattern on the fabric. It's just drawing the outline. When the marking is done, you should make sure it is on the open side. Next, we can cut off the pattern. Once you cut, you'll get the shape of the dress. And after that, it will be only about finishing the raw edges. While cutting the curves, make sure you don't move the fabric because curves make a vital role in forming the shape of the dress. After cutting, this is going to be a single piece of cloth. So when you fold it like this, you're going to have the one piece dress. 13. One Piece Dress - Sewing: Stitching the one piece dress is a little easy because it's going to be one single piece and we have to finish only the edges. And we don't have the side seams too. Here, we just have to finish the edges. First, we'll finish the front part. So it is just folding it twice and then giving a stitch. In mal cotton fabrics, this is the easy method - to fold it twice and then just stitch it. So I'm using that way. Make sure your fabric is straight and it is even enough. As it's a very soft fabric, it might go curvy. So make sure you make a straight stitch on the edge of the fold. Now it is stitched. Similarly, we are going to do it on the other front part also. Now the front parts are finished. The open part is finished. Next we are going to do the neckline and the armhole and then mark the shoulder. At the end, we are going to do the bottom hem. For the neckline, I'm just stitching on the folding. Similarly for the other neckline, I'm just doing a quarter inch folding twice and then giving a stitch on the edge of the folding. Our front necklines are over. Next is the back. You can take your time and stitch it slowly. As the part is a little curvy, it might be risky to stitch fast. Once you practice, you'll get to know how to stitch it. Now, the front and back neck is finished. Now, we have to do the armhole. Once you stitch it, you can iron once so that the curly portions will become straight so that the neckline won't look shabby. They will become neat. Similarly do for the armhole. So now the both armholes are folded and stitched. Now the armhole and the neckline are finished. Now let's join the shoulders together. By joining the shoulders, I'm going to have the right sides together and I am putting a stitch there so that when you turn it, it's going to be finished. And next do the bottom hem. When the shoulders and the bottom hem are done, our one piece dress is ready. You can have the fastening with ropes or even buttons if you want. Ropes will be very good. So I'm going to stitch ropes on both the sides of the front part. I'm going to have three ropes. First, I'm taking a pair and then attaching it with a hand needle. While stitching, you can make sure that the rope stands firm. I've done two ropes now. You can use these ropes for fastening. Even if you want the rope to be little loose, you can tie it loose or if you want it very tight, you can tie it closely together. Now, the one piece dress is done. You can also use a colorful rope so that it looks even more beautiful. 14. Slip Dress - Pattern Making : Let's make the pattern for slip dress. First, we are marking the length - that's 14. Our required length is twelve. So I'm giving two inches seam allowance at the bottom. I'm marking two points - 12 and 14. I'm going to fold one inch twice. Next, I'm doing the same marking on the other side. Now, I'm joining the bottom line. So this is done. Next, we are marking the neck width. It's going to be two inches and the neck depth, that's also two inches. So I'm marking a point at two to get the straight line. Now let's join the points. So that is the neck part. And next for the shoulder. Shoulder here is going to be thin. So I'm marking only one and a half. Next the armhole depth, that is three and a half inches. And next I'm marking the chest. The required chest measurenent is five inches and I'm giving one inch as allowance. Next, I'm joining the points. Now, we can draw the neckline and then the arm-hole. The bottom line is going to be eight inches. Now let's join the points. So to give a shape, I'm drawing half inch just to show the shape. And now this is going to be the back. So for the front and back it's going to be the same. So here it's on fold. Now here it is marked as "cut two" which means we are going to have two layers. That is front and back. Let's cut off the pattern. Now our pattern is ready. We are going to get two pieces that are both the front and the back. So this is the pattern for the slip dress. 15. Slip Dress - Fabric Cutting: Let's see fabric cutting for the slip dress. For the fabric, this is the right side and this is the wrong side. So I'm going to have the wrong side facing out because we are going to do marking on it. This pattern is a two piece pattern. It is cut two. So we need to fold it twice. So when you have the onfold you need to have four layers there. So you need to fold it twice. I've already folded it once. Now I'm going to fold it again. Make sure you fold it properly. And while folding you should check that there are no foldings inside. It should be neat and straight. You can even iron the fabric before cutting. Before starting you need to draw the baseline because it needs to be straight. I've drawn the baseline. So for this on fold, we are going to place this on fold on the folded part. Along the line, I'm placing the pattern sheet and now I'm going to draw the outlines of the pattern. So I am marking it along the pattern edge line. Now the marking is done. Let's start cutting. Always use fabric scissors. Do not use the fabric scissors to cut paper or any other material because fabric scissors is used only to cut fabric because the property of fabric is different from other materials. Whenever you start cutting, cut on the inner seam of the line. Now the cut pieces of fabric are ready . We've got two parts, that is the front and the back. Remember, We folded it twice. So we're getting two parts. 16. Slip Dress - Sewing: For stitching a slip dress, we have to finish the neckline first, then the armhole and then the shoulders. We are going to attach the rope and at last we're going to do the sides and the bottom. So for the neckline we'll do an easy finishing. We are just going to fold it twice for quarter inches and then we are going to put a stitch on the edge of the folding. So just we are going to put a stitch on the edge. For this, you need to practice because stitching on curves is quite a task. So when you practice you'll get it easily. It's just quarter inch finishing because it will look neat for babies, you can also do finishing with the bias piece with a different cloth that is cut in bias. But this is also easy and will look neat. Now, the neckline is done. Similarly, we are going to do on the arm-hole as well. For the arm-hole, we are going to start from the top. Just fold it twice - quarter inch and then we are going to stitch it same as the neckline. Using a Mul cotton fabric is very useful in this way because it will help you to stitch properly. Similarly, I finished both the arm-hole and the neckline for the front and for the back together. Now we are going to face the wrong sides together and then we are going to finish the fabric. For this, I'm going to show you a different finishing technique such that you won't get the edges outside. First you're going to have the wrong sides together and put a stitch on the edge. For this, we need to have the right side facing outside. So as such, how the dress is going to look, we are going to put a stitch. So for this, first we have to put a stitch quarter inch after the cutting line. Because we are going to put another stitch to make it inside out finishing. First, I'm giving a quarter inch finishing. Here, we have our right sides facing outside. This is a different kind of finishing. It's called inside out finishing. So inside out is done so that you won't get raw edges on the side. After doing this you should see the stitches quarter inch away from the cut line. After this, you should turn the fabric so that the right sides are facing together and then the wrong sides are on the opposite side. Then you need to put the stitch more than quarter inch, a point more than quarter inch or even half inch, however you wish, so that you will finish the inside part properly. So when you stitch properly, the raw edges will go inside the stitch line and the fabric will look neat and the finishing will also be neat. When you do this, it is going to look like this. So we are going to do the same on either side as well. So don't forget to turn the fabric such that the right sides are facing outside and the wrong sides are facing together. Because we have been doing inside out finishing. similarly, we have finished on both the sides. Now the bottom part. For the bottom, it is just folding and stitching. So I'm going to fold it twice and then put the stitch again on the edge of the folding. While stitching the bottom line, make sure that you fold it evenly because when you fold it wrong, the bottom shape is going to mess up. So while folding, you can also draw a line or put pins before stitching. Now the bottom is done. For the shoulder, we have to finish it with ropes. To make ropes, I have taken a straight piece, one inch piece. For this, we need to keep the right side facing outside and then over the wrong side, let's do foldings two times and then give a stitch on the edge. I'll show you again. I'm folding it twice and then again once. So totally three times I'm folding it and then I'm giving a stitch on the edge of the folding. I'm doing this to get a very thin rope. So you should keep folding, fold on both sides and then keep it together and then you can start stitching. Now the rope is ready. We need it for the shoulders. So we'll cut it into two because we need not have two long ropes. After doing this, I'm going to join this to the shoulder. To join it on the shoulder, you just have to place the rope on the shoulder. Before that, you just fold the unstitched part and then you can close the rope with stitched sides. You can see how I'm doing this. I'm just placing the rope in the center and then pushing both the sides together. And then you can start sewing with the hand needle. Make sure you put a firm stitch there and then you tie it properly because this is going to be there when you're going to tie and remove the dress. You can also pull and see once if you want. Make sure you stitch all together. One is done. Similarly, we are going to do the remaining. When everything is done, it looks like this. This is a slip dress. You can tie these ropes in a fancy manner. You can also use some other colorful kind of fabric only for the ropes so that it looks enhanced. It will look pretty also if you use contrast colors. So this is how a slip dress will look. 17. Conclusion: I hope you loved this session. I don't know about you, but I'm really happy teaching you, making these cute little things. Even looking at these things will make you happy and fill your heart with joy. Visit the store, choose the right material and soak in yourself in making such magical dresses. We will guide in this effort of new beginnings and let us know if you need some guidance. We know that you're taking baby steps in creating new stuff. And we will also be seeing many such classes. Until then, happy time with your little one. Thank you!