A zesty frock design that requires little effort to create? We’re so in! Shun ready-made garments this summer and instead use our template to create versatile dresses for your youngsters time after time. With a little embroidery skill and some simple stitchwork there’ll be no stopping you.
Download the template below, cut out two dress pieces from floral fabric and two from lemon cotton (for the lining), as well as two bands from fusible webbing. Iron the webbing onto the wrong side of a piece of green fabric, cut out and pin a strip along the right side of each of the floral pieces, 5cm from the bottom seam. Using white thread, work a zig zag stitch along the edges of each band to secure them in place.
Cut two petal motifs from white fabric and one from medium-weight interfacing, using the template on pages 82-83. Iron the interfacing onto the wrong side of one of the fabric pieces. Press fusible webbing to the back of a scrap of floral fabric and cut out one flower section. Zig zag stitch the flower to the middle of one of the petal pieces, on the right side.
Press both white petal pieces together with right sides facing and machine stitch around the curved edges leaving the top section unstitched. Turn through and press. Using the pocket template (downl