Tutorial: Baby doll peasant dress

Melissa from Blank Slate Patterns and Melly Sews shows how you can make a few easy adjustments to a basic peasant top to make a babydoll dress. I’m so happy to see this! I rocked the babydoll dress back in my college days, and now I’m seeing them popular again. I’ve been thinking they would be fun to wear, especially on the hot summer days. The short full peasant dress will look best out of a lightweight, drapey fabric. You’ll need a peasant top pattern to make the dress. If you don’t have one already, she gives a link to a free pattern you can download.

Click below to go to her tutorial:

Baby Doll Dress Pattern – Peasant Dress Tutorial, by Melly Sews

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