from the costumes (cabinets included) and make an exact pile in the attic. well, the attic was about 2000 degrees the afternoon i decided to make the dress. so, you go right ahead and use regular scissors and/or a rotary cutter.
cut rectangle to size. esther wears about a 3t so my rectangle was 18″ wide by 22″ long.
i wanted to get 2 dresses out of my yard of fabric so i just cut the yard in half right down the pencil line. i pinned on each side of the pencil line to keep the fabric from moving.
with wrong sides together pin each side seam and sew a 1/4″ seam.
trim the 