{"id":9208,"date":"2013-12-04T12:34:28","date_gmt":"2013-12-04T17:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/blog\/?p=9208"},"modified":"2016-01-22T14:22:33","modified_gmt":"2016-01-22T19:22:33","slug":"customizing-with-oliver-s-modified-puppet-show-dress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2013\/12\/customizing-with-oliver-s-modified-puppet-show-dress.html","title":{"rendered":"customizing with oliver + s: modified puppet show dress"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today we’re happy to welcome Rachel from Stitched Together as our guest poster. She’s here with a really great tutorial that shows a creative way to modify the Puppet Show Dress.<\/em><\/p>\n

Hi! \u00a0I\u2019m Rachel and I blog at Stitched Together<\/a>. \u00a0Lately I\u2019ve been a little bit obsessed with the Oliver + S Puppet Show Dress<\/a>. I\u2019m not sure it gets much cuter than that Peter Pan collar, and the sleeve detail is so sweet. \u00a0I am personally drawn to subtle details and clean lines. To make this dress a little more streamlined, I made the body of the dress into one piece instead of two (bodice + skirt).<\/p>\n

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I like it so much I\u2019ve made it three times (here<\/a>, here<\/a>, and here<\/a>). \u00a0Liesl invited me here to share a tutorial describing my process.<\/p>\n

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To start, when working with paper patterns, I find my paper cutter to be indispensable. \u00a0It makes assembling the pattern easy…and a lot less tedious.<\/p>\n

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Start by marking 1\/2\u201d at the top of the skirt pattern piece and the bottom of the bodice pattern piece.<\/p>\n

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Then overlap the two pieces at 1\/2\u201d, matching edges at the armhole.<\/p>\n

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Because the original pattern has darts, the two pieces won\u2019t fit together at this point. \u00a0If you try to cut out the darts and tape the pattern back together so the pieces will fit together, the pattern won\u2019t lie flat. \u00a0It will look like this:<\/p>\n

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Instead, take your straight edge and draw a line on the inside edge of the front skirt, lining it up with the bodice piece.<\/p>\n

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Cut at the line. \u00a0You may want to pencil in the “fold” line, since you’ll be cutting off the original pattern markings.<\/p>\n

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For some reason, this pattern is particularly long compared to my other Oliver + S patterns, so I knew I wanted to shorten the pattern. \u00a0I laid one of my daughter\u2019s dresses on top of the pattern and marked the length with a purple arrow, then I added almost 2 inches, because I wanted to finish this particular dress with a wide hem. \u00a0This put me at the 0-3 month skirt line.<\/p>\n

Since we altered the pattern, the original hem facing won’t fit anymore. \u00a0I found the easiest way to finish this dress is with a narrow (3\/8″) hem, like this.<\/p>\n

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If you chose to do this, you can leave the lining and dress pieces the same length and simply fold the lining into the hem. \u00a0I was very pleased with this result, but would recommend pressing it well.<\/p>\n

For this particular version, though, I wanted to use a wide (1.5″) hem. \u00a0I cut my lining 1\u201d shorter than the dress. \u00a0 (I will talk more about the specifics of finishing the hem in the sewing part of this post.)<\/p>\n

You now have your front dress pattern piece, which you will also use as your front lining pattern piece.<\/p>\n

Repeat the process, this time with the back bodice and skirt pieces.<\/p>\n

You will now have your front dress\/lining pattern piece and back dress pattern piece cut out.<\/p>\n

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When the two pieces are cut out, you’ll notice that there’s a small notch that sticks out at the armhole. \u00a0You’ll want to cut that off to make the armhole curve smooth, like this.<\/p>\n

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Now it\u2019s time to create the back lining piece. \u00a0In order to create the button placket, the back lining pattern piece is less wide than the back dress piece.<\/p>\n

Take your bodice lining piece and lay it onto of your prepared back dress pattern piece, matching edges at the armhole. \u00a0(My lining piece is outlined in purple, below.)<\/p>\n

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Then, using your straight edge, draw a line extending the length of the dress. \u00a0I like to keep my pattern intact, in case I use it again, so I actually fold the pattern at this line when cutting out my lining, rather than cutting at this line.<\/p>\n

You may want to include a reminder that your button placket will shift, though the notch at the top of the back neckline accurately indicates where to fold the placket, so this likely will not be an issue.<\/p>\n

You will mostly sew the dress according to the pattern instructions.<\/p>\n

When creating the back placket (under \u2018Creating the Back Placket\u2019 step 1 on page 4 of the PDF), you will simply pin and then sew the dress and lining together from top to bottom, right sides together, \u00a0like this.<\/p>\n

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When you attach the prepared sleeves to the armhole, you will first want to baste the dress fabric and lining together at the armhole so they don\u2019t shift when you attach the sleeve. \u00a0Take care to avoid any puckers. \u00a0Then attach the sleeve to the armhole as per the instructions.<\/p>\n

If using a narrow hem, you simply fold the lining into the hem and press well. \u00a0For this dress, I folded and pressed 1\/4″ first, then 3\/8″.<\/p>\n

If you prefer to use a wider hem, here’s one way you can finish it. \u00a0I planned to fold and press first at 1\/2\u201d and then again at 1.5\u201d to form a deep hem. \u00a0Because this dress has so much swing, if you try to press the hem at 1.5\u201d you\u2019ll notice that you\u2019ll have to make the fabric tuck and pucker for it to fold. \u00a0To overcome this, and get a nicer finish, I ran a basting stitch 1\/4\u201d from edge of the bottom of the dress.<\/p>\n

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I folded the edge in at 1\/2\u201d and pressed. \u00a0Then I gathered the bottom edge just a bit, so that it when I pressed it again at 1.5\u201d, it folded nicely without all of those dramatic tucks.<\/p>\n

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I hope you enjoy this version of the Puppet Show Dress as much as I do.<\/p>\n

Come visit me at Stitched Together<\/a>\u00a0today to see lots more photos of my littlest girl in her new dress!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s a great tutorial on how to modify the Puppet Show Dress pattern to a one-piece body by Rachel from Stitched Together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14985,"featured_media":52937,"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":[3],"tags":[66,20692],"class_list":["post-9208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tutorials","tag-customized","tag-puppet-show"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/puppetshowdressT.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5jZS5-2ow","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":67129,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2018\/10\/five-heirloom-technique-tutorials.html","url_meta":{"origin":9208,"position":0},"title":"five heirloom technique tutorials","author":"Rachel Le Grand","date":"October 16, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Today it\u2019s all about heirloom techniques. 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