#Strawberry shortcake costume plus

Cut out a front and back bodice piece from each fabric. Cut out patterns and then fold polka dot fabric and lining fabric in half. Use your calculations and measurements to draft a front and back bodice. Shoulder slope (measure a shirt that fits them from neckline to armhole seam) Side Seam (2 inches below under arm to waist) Neckline (measure a shirt of your child's from top of shoulder to top of shoulder for front and back) Trim the extra seam allowance off and snip the two corners at the front. Place them face to face and sew them together on the outer edge. Fold the polka dot fabric in half and trace the shape onto it. Add 1/2 inch seam allowance to the outer edge and 1/4 inch seam allowance to the inner edge. Now turn that circle into something that looks like a peter pan collar but that is three inches wide in the back and tapers to two inches wide in the front. Make the brim of the hat by drawing half a circle onto a piece of paper with half the circumference as the hat band. Put a basting stitch around the edge of the circle and gather the fabric until the circle is the same size as the hat band. Iron light weight fuseable to the inside of the fabric. Sew together at the ends Make the top of the hat by cutting a circle out of the polka dot or strawberry print fabric that is 4 to 6 inches larger in diameter than the hat band. Place the two rectangles together with the fuse on the inside and the sparkle on the outside and put a basting stitch through the top and bottom of the rectangle. Iron medium weight fuseable to the lining fabric. Cut the same rectangle out of the lining fabric.

#Strawberry shortcake costume plus

Make the hat band by cutting out a rectangle 2 1/2 inches wide and the length of the circumference of your child's head plus 1 inch seam allowance out of the sparkle fabric.

Measure the circumference of your child's head.