Pretty, huh?
This is my new favorite dress. I love that it's very vintage looking, yet is very fashionable. A lacy maxi dress....what's not to love?! I fell in love with this dress as I was making it. I'm not a Momma that likes to be all match-y with my daughter, but if I could find that lace I would make myself an identical dress in heartbeat.

Step 1:

Go raid your closet for a lacy skirt.
The one I used was tiered, but it doesn't have to be. I just like it because it adds fullness which makes it twirly.

Step 2:

First thing I did was grab my seam ripper. And pull the lace, lining, and elastic apart.

Step 3:

Then I measured my daughters chest to see how wide it needed to be.
I measured from the middle of the lining and marked where it needed to be cut.

Step 4:

Cut and sew the side seams of the lining

Step 5:

Repeat with the lace.

Step 6:

Next I cut arm holes. I cut them just like on a pillowcase dress.

Step 7:

Next I put the lace and lining back together with wrong sides facing each other. Baste the edges of the top and armholes

Step 8:

Pin the elastic to the top on the lining side.

Step 9:

Stitch.

Step 10:

Fold the elastic down and top stitch close to the bottom edge of the elastic.
It'll look like this on the front side.

Step 11:

Serge the arm holes.
If you don't have a serger you can zigzag stitch the edges.

Step 12:

Fold the arm hole edge down and stitch close to the serged edge.

Step 13:

With the extra fabric I cut off earlier I made straps for the dress.
I cut 2 rectangles 4" wide and 6" long.
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Step 14:

I didn't take pictures of the rest, but here's what I did.
I stitched the straps to the front of the dress.

Step 15:

I had Aiyanna put it on and I pinned the straps to fit correctly then stitched the straps in place.

Step 16:

Then I made some fabric flowers out of a thrift-ed silk curtain and sewed them onto the one shoulder. On the other shoulder I made a bow with satin ribbon.