Sewing With Numbers

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How to Draft a Shirred Babydoll Dress

How to Draft a Shirred Babydoll Dress

In today's post, we'll draft a custom fitted peasant style dress that's fitted with elastic along the neckline.

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Aug 24, 2024
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Today we're going to dive into drafting the shirred baby doll dress. This tutorial is mostly based on the technique used in How to Make Sewing Patterns by Donald H. McCunn, with additional details and a slight change to the sleeve draft. Let's get started!

Update 02/2025: This post is now archived for paid subscribers. If you are interested in this project but don’t want to subscribe, you can purchase a pdf version of this project in my shop.

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