Dress Pattern Cards

Welcome to the March Pinterest Challenge Blog Hop. The purpose of this Pinterest Challenge is to motivate all the participants of this hop (and you too) to not just pin, but to make it happen!

Just last week I was commenting that having a Silhouette Cameo and creating paper crafts with it was like paper dolls for adults.

When I saw this pin:

I knew that I had to make it, since it was was even more like paper dolls for adults!

The tutorial at Homemade Gifts Made Easy is really well done; they step you through everything you need to be successful with this project, including a couple of options of downloadable templates. Their original craft involves making the dresses out of scanned book pages, and I really did like that idea, but since this is SuzerSpace, I did switch it up a little.

First up, I downloaded their template and then redrew it so my Silhouette could cut the file. And secondly, I created a couple of pretty pastel gradient sheets of paper to cut the dresses from. Really, the possibilities on this one are endless – holiday themes would be neat, and this template could make super cute quinceanera, sweet sixteen or wedding cards as well.

The template they provide has several bodice parts and one common skirt pattern. A little folding brings the skirt to life.

And then they recommend adding embellishments to finish the waistline.

In one version, they used scalloped scissors to change the hem, and I liked how that turned out as well.

Pin this for when the urge to create dress pattern cards strikes you!

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Let’s meet this month’s Pinterest Challenge hosts!

Erlene – My Pinterventures  •  Jenny – Cookies Coffee and Crafts Debbee – Debbee’s Buzz  •  Lynne – My Family Thyme  •  Pili – My Sweet Things Bri – Halfpint Design  •  Julie – Sum of their Stories Erin – The DIY Nuts  •  T’onna – Sew Crafty Crochet Beverly – Across the Boulevard •  Kristie – Love My Little Cottage Roseann – This Autoimmune Life  •  Terri – Our Good Life Ali – Home Crafts by Ali  •  Cherryl – Farm Girl Reformed Leslie – Once Upon a Time & Happily Ever After •  Kelli – K’s Olympic Nest Lauren – Mom Home Guide  •  Joanne – Our Unschooling Journey Shirley – Intelligent Domestications  •  Gail – Purple Hues and Me Audra –  Renewed Projects  •  Habiba – Craftify My Love Kristie – Teadoddles •  Marie – The Inspiration Vault  •  Susan – Suzerspace Lydia – Lydia’s Flexitarian Kitchen •  Maria – Simple Nature Decor Sam – Raggedy Bits  •  Emily – Domestic Deadline •  Marci – Stone Cottage Adeventures Alexandra – Eye Love Knots  •  Alayna – Alayna’s Creations Terrie – Decorate and More with Tip

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