Save Money on Summer Dresses Made from Newspaper Pattern

Want to save money on summer dresses made from newspaper patterns? I showed you how to make summer clothes for children out of newspaper, now I'm going to show you how to make lovely, cool, summer dresses for yourself.

If you haven't gotten the idea that you can make practically anything you want from newspaper patterns, then I hope by the time you finish this article, you will rush out and get all sorts of pretty summer fabric... so you can sew up a batch of summer clothes for you and the kids.

Nothing can be easier or cheaper! can you imagine making a dress for maybe $5 or $6 dollars? Okay, with the thread and a pack of hooks and eyes - you're looking at $8 dollars.

But if you're like me and already have a nice supply of thread and hooks and eyes - then you can eliminate the cost of these items.

When you shop for fabric for your dresses. Look for some that's on sale, and make sure it's easy to wash and easy to iron. If you prefer, you can also use a knit fabric. Since it's summer, it shouldn't be too hot. Plus, using knit fabrics eliminates the ironing!

I made 3 summer dresses using this method, and it cost me $4 dollars per dress, and an hour on each dress. Now where can you go and get 3 dresses for $12 dollars.

What You Will Need:

One of your simple short sleeved summer dresses
Material
Thread
Hooks and Eyes
Newspaper
Marker
Straight-edge
straight pins
Scissors

Making The Pattern:

1. Spread a sheet of newspaper vertically on your cutting board.

2. You can either use the diagram with this article and draw the pattern pieces on the newspaper - using your marker and straight-edge.

3. Or you place your simply summer dress on the newspaper and then trace the pattern.

When you have finished drawing or tracing your pattern - to make things easier - you can mark the darts, and you can mark the sewing lines on the pattern by coming in 1/4 inch from the edge and drawing a solid or perforated line in the sewing areas of the pattern.

When you cut out your pattern, you should have 10 pieces:

1. One dress front (1)
2. Two dress backs (2)
3. One front neck facing (1)
4. Two back neck facings (2)
5. Two front armhole facings (2)
6. Two back armhole facings (2)

I am assuming those of you reading this know something about sewing, so you won't need the details on how to sew your dress after the pattern pieces have been cut out.

But even if you don't know how to sew, if you look at your sample dress, you should be able to figure out how it's done. I am aware that what is easy for one person, may not be so for another.

I am also aware that it may take you longer than an hour to cut out and sew your dress. It will depend how knowledgeable you are about sewing.

Either way, it will save you money, while expanding your wardrobe. Groceries is still going up, the utilities are going up, mortgage payments are going up, and the gas prices don't know what they want to do. But by this summer, they will probably be up also.

Save your dollars where you can. Use patterns made from newspaper whenever, and where ever you can. Use your own clothes as a pattern. It doesn't matter.

A relative of mine saves money by making her own under ware and bras. When she showed me a set she had made, I stood there with my mouth hanging open. They were beautiful and fashionable, and made from a set she had purchased a few years ago.

Can you really save money on summer dresses made from newspaper pattern? Yes you can, and on so many other items of clothing, as well as linen, curtains and pillows. Give it a try.