I recently had a customer ask me how to add a sweet little bib, like the one below, to the bodice of my Amelie Dress. I was going to just explain it real quick, but I decided to make a simple tutorial for anyone else who might be wondering!
You can do this to pretty much any bodice, as long as there is enough space to add a bib! Cut your front bodice piece according to the pattern instructions and find a scrap, fat quarter or any other piece of fabric that is big enough for your desired bib size. Gather up your trim (lace, eyelet, mini poms, ric rac, piping, fringe, etc) and get ready to sweeten up that bodice!
As a side note, this is one of my favorite Amelie dresses I've ever made. It is so special to me for a couple of reasons. It was a custom I made for the winner of an auction I participated in for a dear friend of mine, whose son was born with severe medical complications. Coincidentally, out of all the patterns and fabrics out there, the auction winner specifically requested my pattern and this fabric. For those who don't know, the designer of this fabric just so happens to be my amazingly talented sister, Tasha Noel! Combining my and my sister's talents to help my friend during a time that I couldn't give much financially was literally the best feeling ever, and I will forever love this dress because of it ♥
I may be a bit biased, but I'm so obsessed with this Little Red Riding Hood fabric! It is long since out of print and impossible to get your hands on the original collection... so, you can imagine my excitement when I heard that Riley Blake is doing a reprint of it in flannel!! Eeeek! My girls are SO getting some cozy jammie pants for next winter!!
Anyway, there you have it! Easy as pie, using almost any bodice pattern and a scrap of fabric large enough for your preferred bib size, you can easily draft and add your own bib!
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