CHURCH DEDICATION DRESS MADE WITH LOVE!!

 1. Purchase: Carters Onsies (white) , Rit Dye, baby socks, 1/2 yard of satin material, 2 yards of lace (mainly for the scallop edging....cheaper than buying lace by the yard, plus a perfect match), premade bows...or make your own bow from left over lace.

2. Dye the onsie to the color of your choice.  I wanted cream, so I brought a pan of water to a simmer, put in 1/8 teaspoon of tan dye (powder) plus 1/8 teaspoon of salt...Put onsie and socks in the pan at the same time.....stir.....I achieved the cream color after one minute.  Remove onsie and socks from pan at the same time......rinse in sink with warm to cool water.....then wash in washer and dry in the dryer.  That easy!!!!  :-)

3.  SKIRT: Unfold satin material and lay flat.  Unfold lace material and put on top of satin (scallops along bottom).  Measure baby from under arm to desired length of skirt.  Mine is 12 inches, plus 1 inch for seam allowance.  Pin and cut satin and lace 13 inches high (from bottom of scalloped lace to top of fabric which will be sewn on the onsie).  You should now have a very long piece of satin and lace, which will form the skirt.  Pin right side of lace to wrong side of fabric. Sew 5/8 seam at top of skirt. Fold lace over to right side of satin and iron.  Now you have a finished edge.  Gather this finished edge to width of onsie.  With right sides together, sew a seam on side of skirt.  Turn material to right side.  You now have a skirt which will fit around the onsie.  Sew 1/2 inch hem around the bottom of satin material, while leaving the scalloped edge hanging lower.  Sew the skirt on the onsie just under the arm area. 

4. TRIM: Cut scallop lace 1/1/2 inch thick ( I used all the scalloped edges for this project from the remainder of the lace fabric.)  Fold over 1/2 inch on raw edge of scallop to back of lace and sew.  Sew scallop lace on finished edge around the neck, sleeves of onsie and around each of the socks.

5. Sew bow on onsie.

6. HEAD BAND: Add bow to existing headband or cover elastic with lace and add bow.  :-)

7. I may make a bib to match, since Gracyn drools a lot right now.  :-)  If I have time, I plan on using one of her bibs as a pattern.  I will need to dye a  white cloth diaper  with same process as the onsie and socks. (Wish I would have thought of this before when dying the other stuff)..... I will then cut the diaper into a bib shape and will sew on lace left over from the project.