Sew dirndl dresses for children yourself

What you need:

• Fabric in two colors
• Bias tape
• 4-6 buttons for traditional costume

Upper part of the dirndl dresses

Choose for the clothing child’s two traditional costumes with floral patterns or checks that match each other in terms of color. sew You can make the dress from one fabric and the matching apron from the other.

1. Use your child's t-shirt as a pattern for the top. Transfer the shape of the front piece onto paper twice. Shorten the pattern pieces so that they end about two inches below the waist.
2. Dirndl dresses for children are buttoned at the front. Cut the pattern you want to use for the front piece 8 cm from the center, vertically, but leave a 4 cm wide strip along the neckline. Mark the center of the pattern piece.
3. Now cut the front part twice and the back part once from the fabric of the dress. Fold the 8 cm wide strip in the middle to the right. Sew the strip along the neckline on the front piece.
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4. Turn the area over so that the strip is now left inside out. Iron along the center front. Now close the side and shoulder seams.


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5. Mark the location of the buttons and buttonholes. Make the buttonholes.

Sew the skirt and apron of the children's clothes

1. For the skirt of the dirndl dress, cut a rectangle that is twice the waist circumference. The length of the children's clothes should be about mid-calf. For the apron you need a rectangle that is the simple waist size and about 3 cm shorter than the skirt.
2. Gather the width of the skirt with a row of thread so that it fits exactly to the top. Sew the skirt right sides together to the top. There should be no folds in the area of ​​the over and under step, in the remaining area these should be evenly distributed.
3. Make two buttonholes in the skirt. Sew on the buttons. Close the rest of the skirt with a seam. Make a hem.
4. Edge the rectangle of the apron along the length with narrow hems and at the bottom with a hem that is as wide as the one on the skirt.
5. Cut a rectangle 4 cm wide and a length equal to half the waist size + 4 cm from the apron fabric. Gather the unedged edge of the apron to half the waist width. Sew this edge right sides together on the strip, 2 cm should protrude from the strip on both sides.
6. Iron the 2 cm and 1 cm from the other edge to the left. Now fold the strip over the gathered fabric of the apron and sew it on the left side.
7. Sew two 1 m long and 8 cm wide rectangles together to make two 4 cm wide tubes. Turn these two hoses over. Fold in one end at a time. Iron the tubes into ribbons. Sew up the folded ends.
8. Now slide the other ends into the small openings that are on the right and left of the shooter's collar. Sew the apron strings on.

If you are practiced, you can sew sleeves on these dirndl dresses. Otherwise, the children can wear the clothes with a blouse underneath or wear them as sleeveless dresses in summer.