Sew a Newspaper Dress

Step 7 Sew the front bodice pieces together

-Take the 2 pleated pieces with the stitching down the center. These will form the front of the bodice of your dress.

-Lay them down next to each other and line them up.

-Overlap the pieces by 1/2 inch.

-Carefully sew them together, sewing 1/4 inch from the edge of the piece. Remember to backstitch at start and finish.

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At this step, you could use some sort of paperweight to hold the pleats down, like the stitches do in the middle. Then spray paint! The newspaper would still show through wherever the pleats open, and then the newspaper theme would be picked up by the crumpled underskirt later on.

I'm definitely considering this project. Perhaps a little too strange for a prom dress, but there are other possibilities...