I Made a Plus Size Shirt Dress! Free Shirtwaist Dress Pattern!

I used a free sewing pattern from Mood to make this plus sized shirtwaist dress for #shirtwaistseptember hosted by @SewRena and @ashleymainmakes , but I used a spooky season Halloween fabric! Thank you for joining me here on costube for my plus size sewing projects and vintage style sewing adventures!

Ko-fi:

Corset For a Week Video:

Most Used Supplies:
Dress Form (Freya)
Leather Thimble 3 pairs
Dritz Awl
Metal Sewing Kit with Bodkin, Needle Case, Embroidery Scissors, Awl, Thimble
Simplicity Needle Keeper
Guggenhein 9 inch Tailor Shears
Scalloped and Serrated Pinking Shears
Set of Seam Rippers, Thread Snips, 5 inch Scissors
Thread Snips
Fiskar Micro-Tip Scissors 5 inch
Bohin Chalk Pencil
Ultimate Marking Pencil
Pilot FriXion Highlighters

[patriciakellyadams]

Wonderful job. I love it. As a plus size lady, I sometimes find my skirt bottom edge doesn't fit on the fabric. So... I piece it. Piecing fabric is historical so why not modern too.

[Melodyflea]

That looks wonderful on you.... very cute!

[singingtick]

I literally just downloaded that pattern not a half hour ago. You made it look so easy. I am ready to tackle it.

[MaireColclough]

Wonderful job on the dress! Love the fabric and your belt is the perfect pop of colour. Best of all, you look so happy wearing it 😃

[jeansando]

That is a really cute dress! Great tip to look at the actual finished sizes when there is so much ease! One of the things I look at when trying to pick the right size is the back shoulder measurement. You picked the right size and your shoulder seams are sitting in the right place. It’s not the only thing to consider, but it can help guide your choice of sizes. It’s rarely listed so you have to just print the pattern and measure, but I find it really helpful.

[TruFlyFox]

This pattern is very flattering on you. Does everyone look amazing in shirtwaist dresses? And is that why they are so popular?

[historicallyfashioned]

It’s so adorable on you! Your fabric choice is so fun!

I just finished a Lydia Deetz themed shirtwaist and have at least 5 more planned. They are absolutely beautiful on all sizes and shapes. Super versatile too. They can be fun and playful or business appropriate depending on your fabric choices.

[ashleymainmakes]

It turned out fabulous! Thank you for participating!!!! ❤

[annettebroomhall]

For future fabric shortages (cos we all know it happens), why not make the button plackets in a completely contrasting fabric like a lot of mens expensive shirts do? Let the gape show gorgeous colour differences. Maybe not for the front placket if that's not your way, but why not the pocket? Or the under collar? Save the main fabric for the main pieces.

[CreativityFromBlueberryH-wogu]

Such a nice pattern! It’s fits you so well! The way you handled the placket was genius! When you were thinking it through, I wondered if you had enough to piece it together so that you could strategically place the “piecing seams” behind buttons and/or at the waist. Just a thought! I would have been in the car immediately to buy a piece of tan or brown remnant at Walmart, or something from a thrift store!

[armedvsokord]

You're is so cute! I made one that should have buttons but i didn't have any in the right size. i just sewed the placket closed and haven't bothered to get buttons for months. Might not ever get them. I'd need 15 or 20 i think to go the length of the dress for the look. It's a lot and I'm lazy... Oh well. 😆

[charlenetorres]

Dress looks fantastic on you! Love your choice of material. The step by step instructions you provide, along with your calm voice, are extremely beneficial. Thank you for the tutorial and another great video. See you soon.

[Pinguinpullover]

It´s really pretty!! Gimme another twirl girl :)

[BookCat]

Sew spooky
and 3xtra cute! Congratulations on get6the pattern adjustments done under the wire of September's end!

[May_Flowers]

Such a cute dress! The fabric pattern is adorably spooky yet refined. Perfect.

I don't like buttonholes by machine either. That's mainly what keeps me from making a shirtwaist dress. Given the gracious ease of the Mood pattern, your adjustment for fewer buttons should work for me too.

Mood patterns are ones I definitely pay attention to the finished measurements when deciding what size to cut out. They do tend to err on too much ease.

[skirtedgalleons]

I love it, you look great in the dress. The fabric is super fun.

[joellewatkins]

looks great! I use a lot of free patterns, because low income. Some patterns companies have better instructions then others.

[MichelleSMV]

It came out so well! I love the cute halloween fabric too!

[ladyangelheart]

I love this style of dress, hopefully I can make it as a new(brand new) beginner. With some help. It's so pretty and looks good on most people.

[MeadowoodRanch]

Well done! The shirtdress came out great. Hope you didn’t get much damage from the storm. We are 4.5 days without power from Helene; the most I ever did in Louisiana was 5 days without power. I think this outage will beat my record.