Onesie Dress

Step 1: Gather your supplies.
You will need:
a onesies, any size
1/3 yard fabric for dress
1/4 yard fabric for ruffle (really just a 3 inch width piece of fabric)
1/8 inch wide elastic, length depends on size on onesie

Step 2: Wash and dry onesie and fabric.

Step 3: Measure the onesie.
Put your measureing tape straight across the front, directly under the sleeves (mine measured 8.5 inches across)


Then measure the length, starting about where you measured the width (mine was 10.5 inches)


Step 4: Cut the fabric.
For the dress: You will need a long rectangle. Take the first measurement from Step 3 (8.5 in) and mulitply by it by 4 (34 in). This is the length of the rectangle.
Take the second measurement from Step 3 (10.5 in), minus 2 inches if you will add a ruffle (8.5 in). Cut the fabric to size.

For the ruffle:
Take the length of the rectangle for the dress (34 in) and multiply it by 1.5 (51 in). This is the length of the ruffle. The width can vary, but I find 3 inches (it will be 2 inches when done) to be a good size. Cut fabric to size.


Press torn edges.


Step 5: Sew side seams together on dress and ruffle.
(I prefer a 1/2 inch seam allowance, but anything will work).

Press.

Now finish the top edge of the dress and the bottom edge of the ruffle turning the rough edge under about 1/4 inch and then again, and stitching. (if you don't add a ruffle, you would finish both edges of the dress).

Step 6: Gather the ruffle and attach to the dress.
After gathering, pin the ruffle to the dress, right sides together, matching side seams and making sure to spread the gather evenly.


Sew in place. (This step is kind of a pain).
Finish the rough edge inside with a zig zag stitch. (This keeps it from raveling and just looks nicer.)


Step 7: Topstitch
This will make the ruffle lie flat and pretty. It also looks more official this way.


Step 8: Attach the elastic.
Remember when you measured across the front of the onesie way back in Step 3?
Take that measurement again (8.5 in) times two (17 in). Cut the elastic this length. Position the elastic on the wrong side of the fabric, just under the finished edge, and sew it on, pulling tight to stretch it as you go. (You can mark the halfway point of the elastic and the dress with some pins. I try to match these up as I am sewing the elastic so it will be even throughout the dress.)


Step 9: Attach the dress to the onesie.
Pin the dress to the onesie, making sure the top edge is straight. Sew in place. I used a small zig zag stitch directly over the elastic. Take your time on this step, and make sure the onesie is flat underneath.

Easy to do and can do whatever colors you want.



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