Free Tutorial, Pirate Corset Belt

Easy Sewing Project

My four year old daughter is going on a Disney Cruise next month with her grandparents and one of the dinners has a pirate theme.  This was the dress I came up with for her to wear to dinner, and it has multiple uses as well.  The dress can be worn separately as a "Minnie Mouse" dress and the chevron fabric is actually a separate skirt that I used to layer over the dress to complete the "pirate" dress look.  

To make the corset belt I measured my daughter's waist, which was 20".  I decided to cut it 4" shorter to leave some space for the ribbon to be tied across her waist, therefore I cut the belt fabric 16" wide by 4" in length (x2 pieces).  To make the ruffle, I used a 3" x 60" piece of red fabric and to make the loops I used four pieces of ½" wide ribbon cut about 3" long.  The satin ribbon pictured above is what I used to thread through and tie the belt together.  

Instant PDF Sewing Pattern Downloads Available on ETSY

Instant PDF Sewing Pattern Downloads Available on ETSY INSTANT PDF SEWING PATTERN DOWNLOADS ARE NOW AVAILABLE!!! - Pink Poodle Bows is now providing instant PDF downloads for our PDF sewing patterns on ETSY! Minutes after your payment is processed, a download link for your new sewing pattern will be sent to your email address. Decreasing your wait time and allowing you more time to sew a new dress, pants, hat or romper. Unfortunately, PDF sewing pattern bundles are not currently available with the instant download feature. Sewing pattern bundles will be emailed to you within 24 hours, usually less (1-6 hours, depending on the time of day). To find out more click on the link above, which will direct you to my Pink Poodle Bows ETSY shop. Thanks,