Baby Dress Tutorial---Part 2

Dear friends,

I am extremely sorry for leaving the baby-dress tutorial incomplete. We will see Step 4 and 5 today.

Step 4:

Now we need to cut some cross-grain strips of contrasting fabric (I have used a pink color fabric) for piping the sleeves, neck, and the center front and bottom hemlines. To cut these strips, draw slanting lines of equal width (1 1/2 inches) as shown in the image below.

Then cut out the strips. The strips will look like these.

Step 5:

We will use two types of piping to finish the raw edges of this dress. For the sleeves we will use the following method. Take a bias strip. Fold it in half and attach it to the right side of the sleeve hemline.

Fold the attached strip inward on the wrong side of the sleeve and hem such that the piping is visible outside, as shown in the image below.

Here is the dress with both the sleeves done.

We will see the next method of piping in the next post.

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