Tube Dresses!

Making Of The Tube Dress

This year I’m making more things for my dolls…

getting my creativity on as they say! So one of the first

things I’m making are tube dress. There are many types of

tube dress and tube wear but I am going to make one type

here today. This the first dress and it is the simplest dress

you can make. My inspiration for this dress came when I

bought the Liv windows. The mannequins have on a simple

tube dress.

As anyone who watches fashion knows, it is the

accessories that make the outfit. So I plan to spend a little

time picking them out than sewing.

This outfit is so simple.

So let's make a simple no sew tube dress. Where would

you get such a thing? Let’s start at my favorite places…

The Dollar Store.

Here is a picture of some that I purchased the other day.

They are brown, black and white striped and blue. (Sorry for

the dark background.) I have picked up a few fabric hair-

bands that are in a tube shape and doesn’t have a seam in

the back in a great color solid or print. If you can't find ones

without a seam, then you will have to make the seam the

back or side of the dress. Because these items are tubes,

they won’t require a lot of sewing. I know some of you will

want to sew to alter this dress for a more perfect fit or

more permanence and that is OK too. The bands I

purchased came with hair ties too and I will use

them if I can on the dress.

Here are the tubes!

I have chosen the strip tube so that you can see it well.

I am going to cut the seam that holds the two ends

of the tube together.

Just that quickly I have a dress! This one is going to be a

long dress. Reecie has volunteered to be our model on this

project. Thank you Reecie!

I could leave it just as it is, which might be good if I was

making the dress with a small child. It makes it easy for

them. I'm going to tuck the ends under at the top and the

bottom. It does give it a more finished look. Those of you

who are sewers, may want to sew the top and bottom under,

so feel free, but those of you who don't can simply tuck.

Now, the dress looks a little loose in the waist. You can sew it

for a better fit, or belt it! I am going to belt it...and not just

any belt but I will use those hair ties that came with the

hairband. I used three black hair ties as a belt.

So here you see the three hair ties on the dress as a belt. She

looks stylish already. I will and a few other accessories and

Voilà

High fashion!

We can cut it and make two matching dresses or we can

a short dress, or a top and a skirt.

Brown Hairband

I cut the seam jointing the two end off and made a dress for another

doll.

Meet America Juarez

She is a local child actor who recently got a national

commercial and a small but very good part in a major

movie. She doesn't have the money of a big Hollywood

actress but she does have style!

I will post the top and skirt later!