Stamped Pillow Case Dress

Mae Armstrong of Mae Armstrong Designs always creates the most unique projects and simply the best tutorials.  I love this pillow case dress that she made for her niece.  It's perfect for the season, don't you think?  Adapt and make it yours for any season with different fabric patterns, colors and stamps!  See how she created this stamped pillow case dress. 

Start off by measuring the size for the pillow case dress.   Then prepare the freezer paper initial cutout using your Silhouette SD machine, or whatever you have!

Wrap the fabric on the board (it can be any type of board).  Mae did this process to prevent the fabric paint from sticking to my table.

 Wrap and secure with painter's tape.

Iron the freezer paper stencil and make sure all sides are secure.

Start filling in the center of the cutout.  Mae picked a Tulip soft fabric paint with glitters.  Don't girls love anything sparkly? 

Let the fabric paint dry for a few hours. Then start stamping your image on to the painted area.  Mae used PSA Essentials Skelanimals Chip & Friends Peel and Stick stamp set.  Try using PSA Haunted Shack, or Hello Kitty, or any of our Peel & Stick stamps. 

Mae used Yellow Owl Workshop stamp pad. Mae did a lot of research and says she thinks she found true love pn this ink! Since she works with fabric all the time, she thinks it's worth getting the ink pad just for that purpose.

 Here's the stamped initial.

 After letting the painted and stamped initial dry. Start adding the elements to the pillow case dress.

Mae added a cute fabric trim and did a simple French seam.

 Pin all sides of the dress right side up in preparation for French seam.

 Sew all around and turned it over and iron and sew the back side completing the French seam style.

 After sewing all the sides, Mae used a garter to create the neck ruffle.

Mae created her own bias that matches the bottom trim of the dress. Pin around the arm holes and sew making sure you are catching both sides of the bias.

Sew all the way through the end of the bias.

After finishing the dress, Mae did a simple back stitch around the initial.  The design looks polished with the black border around it.

How cute is this?!