Tutorial Convertible/Infinity Dress Tutorial (Easy for Beginners!)

Thank you so much for posting this! I just tried it out and I love how quick and easy it was! I simplified the pattern a bit more by ignoring the waistband part altogether, since that area is covered by the long pieces anyway once it's all wrapped up. I also left the skirt square (as opposed to cutting a circular hem) since I like the look of the jagged hem. Plus I'm lazy. :P At the last minute I added a scrap of fabric for a headband, and tucked another scrap under the headband for the "flower".

Here's Lenore sporting her new outfit. I can't wait to make more of these!

 

What kind of texture is the polyester knit? Is it kind of like swimsuit fabric or would I be able to use a cotton T-shirt? I'm not sure they'd have the same drape, but T-shirt jersey knit also doesn't fray so I was thinking I would try making one of these dresses for my doll with an old T-shirt.

 

if anyone is interested, some more ways to tie dress,

as soon as im done with a comission, Im going to try this

 

I was so pleased at how easy this is to make that I made two!



The green one is made with jersey knit so it had plenty of stretch. I made the second one out of a satin smooth (not so stretchy) fabric. I had to add seam allowances for the straps and left enough room to add a snap to the waistband. Thanks for the tutorial! My girls love their new outfits! ^_^

 

here is my contribution to the spammage ... thanks again Silver for sharing this, you're awesome!

 

I followed the link Silver Identity shared and made one too! I'd have shared soon, but didn't realize this thread was here. Here is Cybele wearing her new dress (btw, I love the drape!):

 

I've still been having some trouble figuring out how to wrap the dress in the different styles, but this took me no time at all to make. It was a lot of fun! And it gave me the perfect project for the random bit of material I picked up.

 

Question to everyone who has made one. What sort of fabric did you use, or better yet what fabric do you recomend?

 

What Silver said. Mine is also polyester knit. I did a similar outfit with really soft t-shirt material (the jersey knit). Haven't gotten any swimsuit material, but that sounds like it would work wonderfully as well. You could probably use other really drapey material, too, but a lot of them fray a lot, so you'd need to hem everything, and I don't know how that would effect the garment.

 

I love that fabric, EilonwyG!!!

I made a dress from this tutorial, too, and it was really easy! I used regular cotton fabric and had to hem everything from the straps down to the skirt, but I think it was worth it. Next time, I might try to find some fabric that won't fray when cut. We'll see. :P

 

Made one from some stretchy fabric I bought a while ago and wasn't sure what to do with it......

 

I can't believe I've made three of these now! It's been so much fun to make. Lechi, my kid delf elf cherr, demanded one. She's on a Bobobie body. I only changed a bit on the dimension, making the straps a bit wider to account for her huge boobs.

 

I have made two of these using the human tutorial. The first one is with a non-stretch fabric that needs to be hemmed. The second is with stretchy material that fits better.

100_6788 by Lucky XIII, on Flickr


100_6804 by Lucky XIII, on Flickr

 

Here's my contribution to the thread - and the first SD dress! Thanks so much for this tutorial; I had so much fun making this, and it was super-easy to make for an SD sized doll - it only took a little bit of calculating.

Here it is!

 

Thanks again for this tutorial Silver! I finally found some stretch fabric and got around to making some.
Here's my Maia in her dress


I'll take pics of my minifee in her dress when it's not so dark.

 

Call me dense but I'm looking at the construction of this and wondering how you guys getting it to slip over the butts... The fabric may be stretchy but your stitches are not. If you are going to do this with a sewing machine, would you use a zig zag stitch...? Or did you guys use stretchy thread? I'm a tad confused... or was the pattern made with give in mind to fit over the butt.

Don't mean to sound dense but I had that problem already once with the clothes i have made for my little girl. Wouldn't slide over her butt all -_-

 

Actually... I got the dress on going down over her shoulders with her head off, but it refused to come off of her going either way. So I had to cut down the back of the skirt, take it off of her and sew a little panel on the back to sew a snap onto. Now it fits just fine! Of course, I made mine for a Minifee, who have rather large booties. :P

 

Mirajai, I didn't make the entire dress yet, but I did make a skirt (same idea, just didn't attach the straps). I just stretched the material a bit when sewing - it worked perfectly

 

Okay so far my experience did not go great but the dress came out looking rightish.

My little girl might be to small for the way this pattern is designed. Well at the hips, I gave enough space to go over her rear with the full intent to use elastic. Alas non was to be found but it's holding on her with a ribbon through the waistband. And I made the straps to long, but they worked. Just makes her look like she's wearing an obi on her dress.

Hoping to get my hands on some knit remnants to try this out properly for her. And next time will probably hand sew, use the machine and it puckered at the waist when I curved it.

Thanks for contributing this pattern~!

 

Here are my girls in the dresses made from this pattern! I used old t-shirts and some jersey knit fabric! I love how easy yet lovely this is!!!!! THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH!!

Dollfie Dream Dynamite Miu



Going back to making more dresses now!!!

 

How did you do the waist on the DDdy? I tried making this dress for my girl, but her waist was too small compared to her hips and it's a little loose on her. ^^

 

:3 I actually cheated a lil to get the dress on her. I measured and all according to this tutorial then when it came time to put the dress on her. . . I was like =/ so I popped her torso off, put the dress on her waist and put the torso back on! ^_^

 

For extra stretch to get the dress over hippy girls, try stretching the material as you sew it. This might give you a slightly ruffled seam, but the knit fabric will maintain its ability to stretch more than if you keep the pieces neat. Also, cut at least an inch longer on the waistband than is suggested, as that will give you more leeway for fitting. Alternatively, you could sew with a zigzag stitch, rather than a backstitch; zigzags stretch along with the fabric more than a backstitch does. I made this dress exactly the way the tutorial said, including using a backstitch, and it fit my Iplehouse JID Amy just fine, but I suppose her waist measurement is more proportional to her hips than some other dolls.

 

OMG! I didn't know I could do that! That opens up a whole new world of sewing for her. Thank you!

 

Made a few more of these. Seriously, this is such an easy dress to make and takes no time at all. I think I've made three in one day and am up to having made 9 of these dresses; mostly for minis, but one was made for my Teenie Gem and two were made for my friend's Feeple 65 girl. I haven't gotten a chance to take any pictures of her yet in the dresses, but damn! She looks hot in them!

So just a few pictures from the ones I've made recently.

 

I used the pattern to make this skirt then wrapped another piece of fabric around for the top! Thank you for posting this tutorial! I love it!! ^_^

 

Wowee, love it so much that I tried one. It only took a couple of hours, only because I use fray check on the circle skirt. It took a long time to add fray check. After that, it was fast. I had to add the opening on the back since my girl has big butts and small waist (wish I have her numbers). Any how, here is the first Convertible/Infinity dress. I plan to make a few more. It's so elegant and easy to do. Thanks for sharing the tutorial and for including the link to the human size one.

 

This is such a cool tutorial, thank you so much! I just made my very first garment and it was a bit tricky, but overall it went great. Especially because it was my first time actually sewing a piece of clothing by myself. I will update with pictures later ^^

Here it is, with matching legwarmers:

 

Just an FYI: I believe by not cutting the corners off, you have made a Hankerchief hemline.... which I love.
I have the full intention to make one of these for my AoD Rao

 

I finally made two for my Angell Studio girl though the pink one needs to be adjusted xD
Aaah I'm just so obsessed with layered skirts xD


The bottom layer is a larger, plain square black skirt piece


both white and pink skirt layers are the same sized square pieces

@LoveLily - your tiny's layered skirt really makes me squee xD I'd never have matched those colours together, but man they look so nice when you did!
@Snow - I reaaally love the matching leg warmers you made! I'd want to try make a pair too for my next grey dress xD

 

I finally took time today to make 2 versions of this dress, both modeled by Maisie, my Narae. Both fabrics are leftovers from sewing projects from garments made for me. Both also hand sewn. It's a super easy sewing project. In fact, I may have to make a human sized dress for myself. Thanks for sharing this project and the link to the blog, which has a Shirt Skirt project that would also be cute for the dolls: http://sewlikemymom.com/the-shirt-skirt/and

 

So I attempted this and I'm unsure what to do with the Left over strap length anyone have this problem? Or does anyone have an suggestions on how I can hide them more? I chose a really stretchy Fabric but It looks really bulky on the waist. I have another fabric I'm going to try it with tomorrow thats more fine. I'll put up a picture then too of both dresses!

 

maybe you can shorten the straps?

 

madwren...I made one of the dress straps thinner. If you follow the scaling directions, the straps do come out a bit bulky, which is modified by your fabric choice. The grey fabric I used was quite stiff and thick, which adds bulkiness. But is also has the benefit of emphasizing the circle nature of the skirt, which I like as it has a 50s feel to it. The red/grey/white fabric is a delicate rayon knit with a very soft hand that curls inward, reducing bulkiness, but not enough which is why I narrowed the straps.

Chii483...what's the issue?

I tend to be visual and not read directions but look at pictures. The original blog posting has photos on a human scale, which I found to be a great reference.

 

I made one for my (forthcoming) Littlefee. The skirt is two offset squares. I remember this fabric being a little thinner when I bought it...

I just kind of threw this together... I'm not currently really set up for sewing. I think I kind of like the rouch/uneven look, though...


Untitled by Dreamcraft Studio, on Flickr


Untitled by Dreamcraft Studio, on Flickr


Untitled by Dreamcraft Studio, on Flickr

 

This is my version for EID.

 

This dress is fabulous. Amet made one for Grace, my Infinitidoll Daffodil and the effect is very nice. We definitely want to try our hand at making one for the rest of our girls.

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I'm attempting to make one of these dresses. I had been planning on leaving the waistband off, because as a few people mentioned, it's not really necessary...but then I realized I'd have more options for wrapping if the waistline was finished, so I decided I'd go ahead and put one on......but now I'm lost. Where exactly does the waistband go? You put the straps on first, so does the waistband go inside the straps?? I mean, if you put wrong sides together and sewn on the straps, then sew on the waistband and turn it all right side out, the waistband would be on the inside....is that right? I can't tell from any of the pictures, because the waistband never shows -_-

Edit: Ok, Now that I actually read the original tutorial, I guess I get it. It's exactly what I thought it was, it just didn't make sense to me that you're sewing on a waistband that generally won't show heh

 

This is cool, thanks for posting! I'll have to give it a try.

 

Thanks for this awesome tutorial! I would so love to try this out, except my doll is a boy and might not be too impressed with my results.

 

I really love this dress tutorial! I can't wait to try it!

 

Tried this last night with my OT doll. It's really easy! (that coming from a sewing newbie)

I don't have stretchy fabric, nor a compass, so I make do with what I have to practice (too impatient to find them lol). Since the fabric is not stretchy, I have problem to pull the dress over the doll big butt, so I cut the skirt a bit at the back. Then she could wear the dress (later I'lI add a snap or velcro, but for now the strap is holding the dress nicely). And like tenukihandcrafts said, perhaps I should've cut a thinner strap since it is too bulky at the waist with the fabric that I used..

After this I hope to find a stretchy fabric (is lycra ok?) and do this dress more properly!

Thanks a lot for the tutorial!

 

I've made these before for myself. I NEVER thought to make one for the dollies, but it's perfect! Thank you for your inspiration and the measurements!

 

Thank you for the tutorial, Silver Identity! I really like the simple, elegant look. I'll be trying it out soon, too!

 

this is soooo cool i will have to try it.

 

Everyone did such a great job on this dress so I am really going to have to try it out for myself. I just am really really really bad at math!!!! Hopefully I can get my daughter to help me figure out all the measurements. She, on the other hand, is excellent at math! Thanks for sharing this and have a great weekend!

 

I just made this dress (for an off topic doll, so no pictures, sorry!) and thought I would share my little discovery:

This pattern becomes even easier if you use ribbon for the straps. Super elegant looking too!

 

Oh my gosh! All the dresses are so pretty >.<

 

I really look forward to making this!

 

This is great! I can't wait to try this. It's so versatile - elegant gown, cute summer dress... I really can't wait to get into it!

 

I can't tell you how much I enjoyed this tutorial! Here's marg in her new dress, perfect for her visit to malvinas'!