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Tutorial: Girl’s modern checkerboard dress

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checkerboardRachel from Nest Full of Eggs shows how she made this modern checkerboard dress for her daughter.  She used the Oliver+S Roller Skate Dress pattern for the dress, with on seam side pockets using Freshly Picked’s free pocket pattern. Her tutorial shows how she pieced the pink and white checkerboard fabric and how she modified the pattern to work with the checkerboard print.  Check out how perfectly all of her piecing and cutting lines up!  Go to her blog for the how-to.

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  2. I loved the way u did that dress. I made me a checkerboard scrub for work, but I have not made me a dress yet. Thank u. U have made my decision for me. I am going to try to make one to.

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