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Racerback Dress: A Tutorial + PDF Pattern

May 14, 2012 By crafterhours 113 Comments

I was going to say something here like, “wow, it’s been ____ since I’ve posted a tutorial!”  But then I started scrolling back and decided the fill-in-the-blank was too embarrassing to put in type.  So let’s just say: awhile!

So here it is, my first tutorial in WAY too long, and my first ever pattern made available just for you fine Crafterhours readers, for the low low price of FREE!

If you saw Susan’s posts on Friday, you know that we’re currently involved with a project to send simple dresses to little girls in Africa, dresses that are weather appropriate and don’t have buttons or zippers that can break.  Well, it doesn’t get much simpler than this.  If you have an hour and a yard of fabric to spare, you could whip up two of these racerback dresses and make a difference in the life of a little girl in need.

So let’s jump in.
First gather your materials.  You’ll need:

– The Pattern!  Get it here.

– 1 yard of knit fabric (You’ll have a ton left over but due to the direction of stretch, you’ll need to start with this much.  You can fit a 12-18 month size on 3/4 yard.)  Good knits for this project include jersey, stretch jersey, interlock, or anything with a little stretch.  A baby rib (1×1) will work, but will be harder to keep from stretching as you sew.  Steer clear if you’re a knit newbie.

– Coordinating stretch fabric for the binding.  Rib knit is a great option here, but a stretch jersey will work perfectly too.  You will need three 20″ x 2″ lengths of this, with the direction of stretch going lengthwise.  A good option is just to cut off a 2″ length from selvedge to selvedge on 60″ wide knit fabric, if you have it.

– Thread that matches your binding fabric.

– Computer, printer, tape, scissors

Please note:  

– All seam allowances are .5″ unless otherwise stated.

– I made this tutorial using only my sewing machine, but for those of you who have a serger, feel free to use that for everything except the gathering stitch and hem.  For those of you who don’t have a serger, don’t feel like you’re missing out.  I actually find that this dress comes together just as easily and more accurately using a sewing machine because I have a bit more control.

– Finished garment measurements:

sizechart*this is the length for the larger size (the 8 in the size 7-8, for example).  You will make a deeper hem for the smaller sizes so they will be an inch or an inch and a half shorter (and can be let out to fit for another year!)

Step 1: 
Read the printing directions on the second page of the pattern before printing.  Tape each page together by matching up the letters encased in half-circles.  Be sure you’re taping within the pattern, not in the empty white space.  You will have a front piece, a lower back piece, and an upper back piece.  Cut out the appropriate size.

Step 2:
Lay each pattern piece along the fold of your fabric and cut around the edges to produce one symmetrical piece.

 
Step 3:
Cut your binding fabric.  Cut 1 60″ by 2″ strip from selvedge to selvedge, or if you don’t have fabric wide enough to do this, cut three 20″ by 2″ strips.  (for you metric fans, that’s 152 x 5 cm, or 51 x 5 cm)
Make sure you are cutting perpendicular to, or against the fabric grain.  The binding strip should stretch along the long edge.
Iron the binding in half lengthwise, wrong sides together.
Step 4:
Transfer the gathering marks to the front and lower back pieces.  Make sure you flip the pattern and mark the fabric on both sides of the original fold.
 
Here is the front piece with the start and stop points marked for gathering.  I used an air-soluble fabric marker on the wrong side of the fabric.
 
Step 5:
Using the longest stitch length on your machine, stitch about 1/4 away from the edge between the markings.  Gently pull the bobbin thread to gather the fabric as closely as possible.  Return to a normal stitch length and stitch over your previous stitching to hold the gathers in place.
Step 6:
Repeat steps 4 & 5 for the lower back piece, gathering until it matches the lower edge of the upper back piece.
Step 7:
Sew the upper back to the lower back, right sides together.
Step 8:
Sew one front and back shoulder seam, right sides together.  Leave the other one open for now.
Step 9:
The next seam will need to allow for some stretch, so a straight stitch is not recommended.  Use the “stretch stitch” option on your machine, or if you don’t have one, set your machine to a zig zag stitch.  The width should be slightly narrower than default, for my machine this is around a 2.  The stitch length can be lengthened slightly, for me this is around 2.6.
Step 10:
Place the two raw edges of the folded binding even with the raw edge of the neck at the open shoulder seam.  Sew through all 3 layers of fabric with your stretch stitch.  Use a 1/4 to 3/8 inch seam allowance, depending on how wide you want your binding to be.  Important: As you are sewing, use your right hand to stretch the binding fabric slightly.  If you pull it too tightly, your main fabric will pucker, but if you don’t stretch it at all, it will gap around the neck and arm holes.  Apply a light tension to it as you go and you’ll be fine.  If you’d like, practice a little bit first using scraps from your 2 fabrics.  Also be sure your main fabric doesn’t stretch at all.
Apply the binding all around the neck seam, cutting off any excess binding.  Depending on what seam allowance you chose, you might also want to trim the seam allowance down to about 1/8 inch so it doesn’t flip out to the front.  If it still wants to flip up a little, don’t worry.  Once it is on the wearer, it won’t do this.
Step 11:
Starting at the binding, sew across the remaining shoulder seam.
Step 12:
On the wrong side, you will see a fairly large and bulky seam allowance.
Trim the seam allowance on the back side of the dress to about 1/8 inch.
Then fold the longer seam allowance over the short one.  Tack it down by stitching down the binding forward and backward once.  You don’t need to stitch all the way down the shoulder seam.
 
Here is a picture of the binding tacked down on a different dress.  If you can’t really see it, that’s the point!
Step 13:
Apply the binding to both arm holes by repeating step 10.
Step 14: 
Starting at the binding, stitch the front and back pieces together at the side seams, right sides together.
Step 15:
Iron up the hem.  Because knit won’t fray, you only need a single fold hem.  If possible, try it on your wearer and determine hem depth from them.   If your wearer is not available, follow these guidelines: If you are making the smaller size (ie: a 5 in the size 5-6, a 7 in the size 7-8), iron up 1-1.5 inches.  If you are making the larger size (or a size 2), iron up .5 inches.
Step 16:
Hem the dress.  You can use a single or double row of straight stitches with a slightly longer stitch length, or you can use a double needle or coverhem machine.  Whatever is available to you is fine.
Step 17:
Stand back and admire!  Have a good friend pat you on the back!  If you’re so inclined and you’re reading this before the end of May 2012, send your beautiful new creation to Margaret so she can send it on to Africa for you!
I’ll be sending the one above and the one below, along with some fabric and notions from my stash.  Two handmade dresses may seem like too little to really make a difference, given all the unmet needs in this world.   But as the saying goes, it makes a difference to those two.  And that makes it worth it.

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Comments

  1. Lucinda Poel says

    May 14, 2012 at 8:44 am

    Thank you SO much for gifting us with your pattern and tutorial! What a great cause – there will be two very happy little girls who receive and wear your dresses:)

    Reply
  2. Sara says

    May 14, 2012 at 9:01 am

    Wonderful!!

    Reply
  3. Kelli says

    May 14, 2012 at 9:01 am

    Adrianna, you are awesome! Thanks for sharing this tute with us, especially with enough time to send some off to share. :)

    Reply
  4. Molly @ Me and Madeline says

    May 14, 2012 at 9:17 am

    Adorable!! This might be just enough to make me face my fear of knits again! Thanks for sharing – and being so generous with a FREE pattern. You rock.

    Reply
  5. Jen@thecraftingfiend says

    May 14, 2012 at 9:18 am

    love it! thanks for sharing the pattern! I think this will be my today project!

    Reply
  6. Angie says

    May 14, 2012 at 9:55 am

    I love it! Thank you so very much!

    Reply
  7. Simple Simon & Co says

    May 14, 2012 at 10:07 am

    DArling dress….and where I lived in Africa—would be a prized possession!

    I am getting the fabric stash out today to make some!

    Reply
  8. Claudia says

    May 14, 2012 at 11:09 am

    Oh, thanks! This is great. I don’t usually make matching outfits for me and the girls but I think I will with this one. :)

    Reply
  9. Anna says

    May 14, 2012 at 11:19 am

    love love it and those knits are fabulous!

    Reply
  10. Maggie says

    May 14, 2012 at 1:18 pm

    Really really adorable. I am totally going to try this for my two girls! THANKS!

    Reply
  11. Jennifer says

    May 14, 2012 at 2:38 pm

    Super cute!! Thanks so much for the free pattern.

    Reply
  12. Twins Squared says

    May 14, 2012 at 2:49 pm

    Wow this dress is great! It’s all over Pinterest today so apparently everyone loves it too! Thanks so very much for the free pattern.

    Reply
  13. Mayda Villar (Cuatro en la Carretera) says

    May 14, 2012 at 5:12 pm

    Thank you SO, SO much!! What a great tutorial. It’s exactly what I was looking for. Greetings from Spain.

    Reply
  14. Anonymous says

    May 14, 2012 at 6:41 pm

    what great dresses for summer……thanks so much….my grandaughters will appreciate them!

    Reply
  15. yirishrose@hotmail.com says

    May 14, 2012 at 7:39 pm

    Couldnt get pattern to show up any ideas? I would really love to have it.

    Reply
    • crafterhours says

      May 14, 2012 at 8:40 pm

      Hi there,
      The link will open up a blank webpage, but somewhere on your computer it will also open up a small download dialogue box that will ask you if you want to view or save the file. You can choose from there and it will download it for you. If you minimize all your windows and still don’t see this little box, check your downloads folder and it may have been downloaded automatically. This is dependent on the type of computer/operating system you use and the settings you’ve chosen for downloads. Let me know if you still don’t find it and I’ll help you out!

      Reply
  16. Vanessa@Designs By Sessa says

    May 14, 2012 at 10:03 pm

    This is really cool!!! Can I blow this up for my size! haha!

    Reply
  17. Anonymous says

    May 14, 2012 at 11:55 pm

    sorry but I couldnt get the pattern, the page didn´t had the litlle box you said and it is not in the downloads file, but when I try to find in the that file it show me a page if I want to dowload the program toopen it, do I have to do that, my mail rojasalvarado2003@yahoo.com

    Reply
  18. Anonymous says

    May 15, 2012 at 12:03 am

    got it, my computer had a program name RUN, i COPY THE LINK AND PASTE IT THERE, 23 pages OMG, thank you for share all your magic, God bless your hands, rojasalvarado2003@yahoo.com

    Reply
    • yirishrose@hotmail.com says

      May 15, 2012 at 12:15 pm

      Thank you it worked for me to.

      Reply
  19. la inglesita says

    May 15, 2012 at 1:34 am

    Just in time for me! I´ve been wanting to draft a racer t shirt for some time… thank you!!!
    The hearts print is lovely.
    María

    Reply
  20. Truly Myrtle says

    May 15, 2012 at 3:12 am

    Fantastic! love it. My girls all one want and I still want one for me – I’ll have to scale it up :)

    Reply
  21. Corinnea says

    May 15, 2012 at 6:46 am

    Very cute and very nicely done pattern! Doing this with three wee ones…. holy cow. You’re amazing.

    Reply
  22. Kimmie says

    May 15, 2012 at 9:23 am

    I’ve wanted to try sewing with knits…thanks for the inspiration! Is a straight stitch what a knit prefers?

    Kimmie
    mama to 8
    One homemade and 7 adopted

    Reply
  23. Anonymous says

    May 15, 2012 at 10:34 am

    Where did you get the knit? Kristi at akhales@juno.com

    Reply
  24. Anshu says

    May 15, 2012 at 1:38 pm

    Awesome dress and tutorial. Stumbled it here:
    http://www.stumbleupon.com/stumbler/bloomsandbugs

    Reply
  25. The Midyett Family Blog says

    May 15, 2012 at 9:12 pm

    I can’t download and get the following error:Error (403)
    It seems you don’t belong here! You should probably sign in. Check out our Help Center and forums for help, or head back to home.

    I tried your suggestions you gave another person in comments but it still isn’t working :(

    Reply
    • craftygazebo says

      May 15, 2012 at 10:26 pm

      I’m getting the same thing. :(

      Reply
    • Kristen says

      May 15, 2012 at 11:21 pm

      Yep.. me too.

      Reply
    • crafterhours says

      May 16, 2012 at 4:23 pm

      Should be fixed now!

      Reply
    • Kristen says

      May 16, 2012 at 7:15 pm

      Yep. Got it now. Thank you! I love, love, love this little dress! :)

      Reply
    • The Midyett Family Blog says

      May 17, 2012 at 12:19 am

      Perfect! Thanks so much!

      Reply
    • craftygazebo says

      May 17, 2012 at 2:03 am

      AHH! Thank you so much!

      Reply
  26. Gissellina says

    May 15, 2012 at 10:32 pm

    Thanks for tthe tutorial but I have the same error (It seems you don’t belong here!) I’ve already registered but the error persist. If you could send it to me I’d appreciate it. Grettings from México

    Reply
  27. Christie says

    May 16, 2012 at 12:51 am

    I’m LOVING this dress! Thank you so much for pattern and tutorial! You are great and what a great cause!

    Reply
  28. mamatrey says

    May 16, 2012 at 1:29 pm

    This is awesome! We live in East Africa and I can’t tell you the litte girls I see everyday whose clothes are falling off because the zipper is broken. This is great for my 2 girls as well!

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  29. Bonnie MS says

    May 19, 2012 at 2:32 pm

    What a great cause and fantastic pattern! I love how great it will look with any kind of printed knit (I’m a print fanatic!) I think it would be really cute if made out of vintage sheets too! Thank you so much for sharing!
    Bonnie
    ridingthebonnieway.blogspot.com

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  30. Amanda says

    May 20, 2012 at 4:25 pm

    Thank you so much for sharing the pattern! I love this style dress, and can’t wait to make some for all the little girls in my life! I love your blog and appreciate what you do soooooo much!

    Reply
  31. Anonymous says

    May 22, 2012 at 9:38 pm

    Great dress! I have a slight problem, I don’t know if it’s from the knit I used but I made the size 8 for my daughter who is a size 10/12 but I figured tight would be ok. It’s actually too big and the arm holes are too big that her tiny chest shows. So i have to take it in. It actually fits me nicely as a shirt and I’m a size 12. But this could be the stretch in the fabric. I’m new to seeing with knits and it only took me an hour from cutting to finish. I will definetly make a couple for a local charity. Thank you!!

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    • crafterhours says

      May 22, 2012 at 11:56 pm

      Hi Anonymous!
      hm, it should definitely not be that big, even with a different type of knit (unless yours is stretching like mad crazy, but I doubt it). Maybe check your scaling? It must be at 100% and printed on letter paper. I made the largest size and tried it on my 6 yr old daughter and it was slightly too big, but didn’t show her chest or anything crazy. Is your 1″ square showing up as 1″? The front arm curve from shoulder seam to side seam should be somewhere in the vicinity of 8.5″.

      I’m glad the actual construction worked well for you! Thanks for helping out with a great cause!

      Send me an email directly at crafterhours@live.com if you need more help!

      Reply
  32. Johnnal says

    May 29, 2012 at 10:52 am

    Wow this is really nice, I’m going to make some to send with my friend who is going back to work in an orphanage in Haiti. I was wondering if you had thought about sizing it up for bigger girls? I find so many great tutorials and patterns, but only up to sz. 6 or so and there are lots of little girls who aren’t so little that would love to have one, including my own. I am no good at sizing up, but if you have a good recommendation or wouldn’t mind doing a bigger size it would be great! Thanks for the great pattern!

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  33. Jessica says

    May 30, 2012 at 11:53 am

    LOVE this. such a simple pretty design! Cant wait for mum to make a few of these!

    Reply
  34. Sanna says

    June 6, 2012 at 2:29 am

    Thank you! I already made two of these for my girls. What a lovely dress.

    Reply
  35. Peta King says

    June 10, 2012 at 9:25 am

    Hi, I absolutely love this dress, I am having trouble downloading the pattern, I click on the link and all I get is Google drive home page with no dialog box. I hope I’m not too late…

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    • crafterhours says

      June 10, 2012 at 4:18 pm

      Hi Peta, nope, not too late. Try to refresh your browser and let us know whether it appears. If not, e-mail us at crafterhours @ live.com and we’ll e-mail it to you. Susan

      Reply
    • Peta King says

      June 10, 2012 at 8:58 pm

      Hi Susan, still no luck. I will email you. Thank you.

      Reply
  36. Barbara Wong says

    June 17, 2012 at 6:52 am

    Great pattern! Just made one for my daughter and I’m gonna make a few more! Super quick, and so cute!

    Reply
  37. isartzazoune says

    June 22, 2012 at 11:40 am

    thank very much
    i m french i not speack very good but i just said you extra your tuto i have make a tee shirt for my girl whit your tuto in my blog .very easy thank isabelle

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  38. m hoch drei says

    June 22, 2012 at 12:41 pm

    Thank you for this free pattern – I made it today… great !

    Reply
  39. GlitzaGlitza says

    June 27, 2012 at 8:32 am

    what a cute free pattern:) I´ve made it, and added a link, onto my sidebar:)
    thank you so much for sharing, Ursula

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  40. sewcrazy says

    June 28, 2012 at 1:51 pm

    Thank-you! Love it!! A simple dress on which to practice your “sewing with knits” skills. I will be sizing this one up and down. : )

    Reply
  41. Anonymous says

    July 2, 2012 at 4:19 pm

    Hi!
    I love this dress!!!!
    But I can`t get the download…????? Help! Is it possible, to send me an E-Mail? nicole.guibtz@gmx.de
    Thanks a lot!!! Nicole

    Reply
  42. Anonymous says

    July 2, 2012 at 4:20 pm

    My E-Mail wasn`t correct….
    nicole.gubitz@gmx.de
    Thanks!!!

    Reply
  43. All Set says

    July 4, 2012 at 2:37 pm

    Hi…

    what a nice dress… I would like to make it for my daughter, but I can’t get the download too… Would you also send me a email please? Let the patern travel around the world :) My email is: lisette.goossens@upcmail.nl
    Thanks!

    Reply
  44. Sylvia says

    July 4, 2012 at 3:53 pm

    Thank you! I love it!

    Sylvia

    Reply
  45. Mrs. G says

    July 4, 2012 at 8:41 pm

    I have been looking at this dress for a month, finally made it to a fabric store, (40 min drive to the closest one) and now the pattern link only takes me to a google documents page. Help!! I really love this dress!

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  46. Mrs. G says

    July 4, 2012 at 8:49 pm

    or you can email it to tonyanading@yahoo.com

    Reply
  47. Dorothée says

    July 5, 2012 at 11:07 am

    Hi, thanks for this great pattern that I totally love ! I do love basic patterns with perfect details and that one does it exactly. I’m French and I have made one dress for my daughter for a “ikks inspiration” challenge between French sewing bloggers. I would be honored if you stopped by my bog to check it. Thank you again. http://lautreatelier.over-blog.com/article-inspiration-ikks-1-107573564.html

    Reply
  48. Linda says

    July 8, 2012 at 9:59 am

    Thank you!
    Blogged!

    Reply
  49. The undomesticated scientist says

    August 6, 2012 at 3:22 am

    this is just what i was looking for for my little girly, thank you! x

    Reply
  50. djb says

    August 8, 2012 at 10:24 pm

    where did you find that fabulous fabric? the chevron?

    Reply
  51. Lori Mehrer says

    August 13, 2012 at 10:20 pm

    The dress is adorable but like everyone else, I can’t get the tutorial/pattern like others. I think because Google is doing a transition from google docs to google drive. Old links are lost. Not smart on Googles part. Is it possible to get the pattern emailed to me? crafting4many@gmail.com Thank you so much.

    Lori

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  52. Anonymous says

    January 12, 2013 at 12:51 pm

    High-five!! Thank you so much for this tutorial! I will be sending this comfy dress in my Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes as well as making a couple for my girls!

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  53. Unknown says

    February 12, 2013 at 5:18 pm

    I would LOVE this pattern to make my four granddaughters dresses for this summer. I am having problems w/ copying. Is there any way you could email it to me? cathy.leishman@gmail.com
    Thank you,
    Cathy

    Reply
  54. Anonymous says

    February 13, 2013 at 8:07 pm

    Where do you get your knit from? I can never seem to find cute patterns in knit. Love it!

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  55. Danielle Monroe says

    March 2, 2013 at 7:11 pm

    Any chance you would be able to email the pattern? I get redirected to Google docs like the above people.
    Thanks to monroevg9@yahoo.com

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  56. pippi says

    March 10, 2013 at 2:01 pm

    Thanks so much! I whipped up two dresses for my girls last night. It was my first time working with a knit and thanks to your tutorial and great pattern, they turned out wonderfully!

    Reply
  57. poppygoeshappy says

    April 4, 2013 at 3:58 pm

    Thank you for the tutorial and the free pattern for this very nice dress :)

    Reply
  58. Holly says

    April 25, 2013 at 12:52 pm

    Hello! Cut out 2 of these for my daughters last night. Anyone have experience cutting knit on the bias to make the binding? I have a stripe I would like to use…

    Reply
  59. Made by VickY says

    June 3, 2013 at 3:38 am

    Hello. Thank you for this tutorial. I made 2 dresses for my girls!

    Reply
  60. Jennifer says

    February 3, 2014 at 12:24 pm

    Is a yard of fabric enough for size 8 dress? Thank you!

    Reply
  61. Natalie says

    February 17, 2014 at 8:11 pm

    Thank you so much for sharing this!! It was EXACTLY what I was looking for.

    Reply
  62. Sue says

    April 21, 2014 at 2:20 pm

    I didn’t read all the comments, but are there measurements for each of the sizes somewhere?

    Reply
  63. Kaesey says

    April 22, 2014 at 1:22 pm

    Thank you! I made one for my four-year-old and it’s adorable! http://kaesey.wordpress.com/2014/04/11/little-foxes/

    Reply
  64. Alicia says

    May 8, 2014 at 11:07 am

    This is so so so pretty I love it.thank you for being so generous Can you please tell me how to get the pattern on a tablet as I don’t have a computer. Please.m

    Reply
  65. PJ says

    May 14, 2014 at 11:27 pm

    This is so cute, and my daughter is in desperate need of new summer clothing, but I can’t get the pattern to open. It keeps giving me an error message that it needs to reboot, then just goes in a reboot cycle. Help please!!!

    Reply
    • Susan says

      May 15, 2014 at 9:04 pm

      I’d suggest trying opening it in a different program or from a different computer. That’s a new one to me!

      Reply
  66. Eli says

    May 23, 2014 at 2:33 pm

    Just cutting the fabric now. But a question. Do you have to add the seam allowance or is it already in the pattern?

    Reply
    • Susan says

      May 23, 2014 at 5:27 pm

      Already in there!

      Reply
      • Eli says

        May 26, 2014 at 3:20 pm

        Thanks, almost finished. Picture will follow.

        Reply
  67. Davina Briers says

    June 13, 2014 at 12:29 am

    Is the seam allowance included in the pattern or do you still have to draw that yourself?

    Reply
    • Susan says

      June 14, 2014 at 11:25 am

      Included!

      Reply
  68. Majo Hackl says

    July 7, 2014 at 8:45 am

    Thank you very much!

    Reply
  69. DAnielle Lee says

    July 18, 2014 at 8:56 am

    I’m an avid sewer, can you tell me a little more about the project for Africa? I would love to send something and do we send a dress to you or do you have a direct address to send to in Africa? Such a lovely idea. I’m not much into the blog world I just see you on FB and love your posts! So if you wouldn’t mind sending any info to my email I’d appreciate it. Thank you kindly! Danielle

    Reply
    • Susan says

      July 18, 2014 at 10:46 am

      Hi Danielle, will e-mail you also, but here’s the active information we have – the site updates what they’re collecting and where to send it: http://www.littledressesforafrica.org/blog/make-a-donation/

      Reply
  70. Terese says

    February 21, 2015 at 1:52 pm

    :) Thank you for the great pattern!! Looking forward to making it up!!

    Reply
  71. Lorie Prokup says

    April 18, 2015 at 12:06 pm

    love this pattern. has anyone made in cotton?

    Reply
  72. KChu says

    May 11, 2015 at 2:05 am

    Thank you so much for this pattern. I have sewn a little with knits and I took on this project. To my surprise it came out great. No slip ups…whew! This project built up my confidence. Thank you again and love the racerback dress. I know I will be making plenty for my 2 girls since all they love are dresses!

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  73. Pat Clark says

    July 10, 2015 at 2:11 pm

    I have just started making this dress for my grand-daughter and I have a question re Step 11. Is the shoulder seam a normal open seam with the fabric wrong sides facing?

    Thank,

    Pat

    Reply
  74. Rebecca says

    August 30, 2015 at 8:53 pm

    I cannot get the pattern pages to print. I thought it was because I recently started using Windows 10 but am able to print other pdf’s just fine. I can only print page 1 and anytime I try to print the current page (like page 10) it reverts back to page 1. If I try to print page 10-23 it just sends an error message “Sorry, did not print” I downloaded from Craftsy which is where the link takes you so maybe there is a problem with their file?

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  75. Grace says

    September 22, 2015 at 1:19 am

    Has anyone made this with a straight cotton not a knit? I have a fabric a fave fabric that I would love to make this style of dress with

    Reply
    • Susan says

      September 22, 2015 at 1:37 pm

      You’d have to make a number of adjustments to be able to get it over the kid’s head and body. A zipper on the side and an opening/button closure at the shoulder or back neck, at least. And then because knit patterns don’t include much ease, it still might not be comfortable to wear and/or could rip open at the seams. So… might be better off just looking for a pattern that’s made for wovens? You might be able to get away with making the front woven and the back knit or vice versa.

      Reply
  76. Marie Allen says

    June 15, 2016 at 3:38 pm

    This tutorial looks great! But I can’t get it to print correctly. Only the racerback piece prints correctly and other than that I get a bunch of blank pages or just the sizes, but no outlines to cut. I changed my ink cartridge and it did not help. I’m not sure what would cause this, as I have printed many other patterns. Any suggestions?
    Thanks!

    Reply
    • Susan says

      June 16, 2016 at 5:36 pm

      Most often it’s an issue with printing the file while you’re still in the browser. If you download and open it in Adobe Reader it’ll usually fix the problem.

      Reply
  77. Nahid says

    August 1, 2019 at 4:15 pm

    Plz tell what software you use to digitize your patters? Or how you grade them?

    Reply
    • Susan says

      August 11, 2019 at 11:29 am

      See more from Adrianna at heyjunehandmade.com :)

      Reply

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