How to make a easy 50's dress

First go to the store I went to Wal-Mart and got these shirts on clearnce 2 of them are tee shirts and the white is a tank top then I picked up some material on clearance 2.00 a yard.  You will need about 3 yards for each dress.

 

 Next you will want t cut the material.  You do this by wrapping this around your body one and a half times then cut.  No need to mesure just cut a strait line.  This is what it looked like when I was done cutting it. (it will come folded leave it folded in half this will leave a sem at the bottom so you will not have to hem it and you will have the same patern on both side also know as the right sides)

 Then you will need to mesure the shirt but putting it on and seeing where you want it to stop I did this by marking it with a pen then cut just below the pen.  Below is a picture of the two piece that I will use to make the dress after they are cut.

Here you will see that I am sewing the sides up.  After this I turned the top layer down and made a top hem so that it was not rough at the top.  Next I put the shirt on the inside and stiched it together.

 

That is it when you have the shirt stiched to the fabric you are done.  Here is what it looked like on when I was done.  I think that I will get a black belt (large one) and put around the middle of this just to dress it up some.

 

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