{"id":79595,"date":"2022-08-10T07:00:56","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T11:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/?p=79595"},"modified":"2022-08-10T13:02:09","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T17:02:09","slug":"tutorial-classic-shirt-to-tiered-dress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2022\/08\/tutorial-classic-shirt-to-tiered-dress.html","title":{"rendered":"tutorial: classic shirt to tiered dress"},"content":{"rendered":"

We love the tired shirtdress that Mire made from the Classic Shirt<\/a> pattern. She has provided a tutorial on how she altered the pattern to meet her vision. Check out this easy pattern hack. She liked it so much she sewed two!<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Woman<\/a><\/p>\n

I love sewing shirts, and I also wear shirts quite often. But I realized that I didn\u2019t need any new shirts, so I decided to sew a tiered shirtdress using the Classic Shirt pattern.<\/p>\n

Shorten bodice<\/h2>\n

At first, I shortened the front and back pieces to my waist. I sewed the shirt following the instructions. Then it was time to make the tiered skirt.<\/p>\n

\"Classic<\/a><\/p>\n

Add a tiered skirt<\/h2>\n

Determine the length of your skirt. When you have your length, you will need to divide the length by two. Then add 1\u201d (seam allowances) to that number to get the length of your piece. For example, I wanted the length to be 20\u201d. So the length of my piece was 10\u201d + 1\u201d = 11\u201d.<\/p>\n

The next step is to calculate the width of each tier. Measure the circumference of your bodice (shirt) and then multiply the measurement by 1,5 for the first tier. For the bottom tier, multiply the width of the first tier by 1,5. For example, the circumference of my bodice was 40\u201d. So the first tier was 1,5 * 40\u201d= 60\u201d and the bottom tier 1,5 * 60\u201d = 90\u201d.<\/p>\n

Cut your fabric using the measurements. (I cut one rectangle measuring 11\u201d x 40\u201d. Because the width of my fabric was less than 90\u201d for the bottom tier, I cut two rectangles 11\u201d x 45\u201d)<\/p>\n

Sew the skirt. Sew the short ends of the first tier together using 1\/2\u201d seam allowances and finish the seam allowances. Stitch a row of gathering stitches 3\/8 from the top edge of the skirt. Then sew a second row of gathering stitches 1\/4 below the first row.<\/p>\n

Pin the first tier to the bodice with right sides together. Then pull up on the gathering stitches to make the skirt fit the width of the bodice, distributing the gathers evenly. Stitch the skirt to the bodice with a 1\/2\u201d seam and finish the seam allowances together.<\/p>\n

Sew the short ends of the bottom tier together and finish the seam allowances. Sew gathering stitches and sew the bottom tier to the first tier.<\/p>\n

Finally, hem the skirt, and your dress is finished.<\/p>\n

\"Woman<\/a><\/p>\n

Autumn variation<\/h2>\n

I was so pleased with my new shirtdress that I also wanted to sew a long-sleeved dress for autumn. This time I didn\u2019t make a tiered skirt. I just cut one rectangle.<\/p>\n

I multiplied the width of the bodice by 1,5 and used my length measurement. (I cut the rectangle measuring 21\u201d x 60\u201d.)<\/p>\n

I used the back piece pattern of the Recital shirt<\/a> instead of the Classic shirt.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Woman<\/a>I also wanted to change the shape of the sleeve and used the instructions in the Building Block Dress book to make bell sleeves. I used the cut and flare method to make a new sleeve pattern and added some length to the sleeve pattern.<\/p>\n

\"Sleeve<\/a><\/p>\n

When it was time to hem the sleeves, I finished the raw edge of the sleeve. Then I folded it to the wrong side by 1\/2\u201d and stitched it, leaving a small gap to insert elastic. After inserting the elastic, I sewed the elastic ends together and closed the gap.<\/p>\n

\"Woman<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We love the tired shirtdress that Mire made from the Classic Shirt pattern. She has provided a tutorial on how she altered the pattern to meet her vision. Check out this easy pattern hack. She liked it so much she sewed two!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21347,"featured_media":79611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20687,3],"tags":[20783,20757,140],"class_list":["post-79595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","category-tutorials","tag-advisors-circle","tag-classic-shirt","tag-tutorial"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Liesl-Co-Hero-Template-2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5jZS5-kHN","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":73490,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2020\/01\/seven-ways-to-style-a-shirtdress.html","url_meta":{"origin":79595,"position":0},"title":"seven ways to style a shirtdress","author":"Masha Richart","date":"January 22, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"How many ways can you think of to style a shirtdress? 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