Do It Yourself Paper Dresses

Pattern for Dress One: Model Femke

Directions for Dress One: Model Femke

1. Print out all the panels belonging to Model Femke and enlarge each page by 333%.
2. Carefully cut them out along the dashed line.
3. Begin with the front panel of the bodice. Fold pleats as indicated and fix by stitching at mark. Close the darts by folding the indicated lines into each other. Finish by stitching them together.
4. Prepare the back panel of bodice by sewing upper and lower part together. Cut a slit at the indicated line.
5. To complete the construction of the bodice, lay the printed side of the back panel over the printed side of the front panel. Sew shoulders and left side along the seam lines. Turn bodice right side out
6. To make the skirt begin by stitching the two panels together on the left side. Fold the pleats as indicated and stitch to fix along indicated marks.
7. Pin the skirt to the bodice by matching the marks on each respective section. Sewing the seam on the interior side, fix the bodice to the skirt. After completion turn dress right side out.
8. To make the drawstrings, fold paper along the indicated lines and reinforce the length with a straight stitch. Finish the dress by attaching the drawstrings to the indicated cross marks on the right hand side of the skirt with a short stitch.

Buy the Large sheets of Paper to make this fabulous dress.