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Pillowcase Dresses for Peru

Posted on March 31, 2016September 26, 2016 by Martha

Yesterday I made five dresses. Lori at Humble Quilts is making another mission trip — this time to Peru — and asked for more pillowcase dresses. She said only 50 this time (after lugging about a gazillion dresses to Bolivia last year), so I was happy I responded in time to get on the list.

These little dresses are such fun to sew, and remind me of making aprons. It’s just a simple pattern, but you have free reign to embellish or change it up however you want. Last year I made 8 dresses — mostly from juvenile print scraps my sister gave me. For this group, I used some colorful Waverly prints I remembered seeing at Walmart.  I bought 3/4 yard cuts at $3 each, added some contrasting fabric to the two longer dresses because I like a deep hem, and used scraps for the pockets. You may have noticed I am also a big fan of rick-rack.

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  • 3 thoughts on “Pillowcase Dresses for Peru”

    1. Roxanne says:
      March 31, 2016 at 11:07 am

      These dresses could not be any cuter. Love the yellow cherry one especially. Well done!

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    2. Little Penpen says:
      March 31, 2016 at 3:06 pm

      Truly lucky little girls to receive pretty dresses made by you. Yours are so cute!

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    3. Clara Hooper says:
      September 11, 2021 at 6:22 am

      They are beautiful. Gave me some ideas on dressing up the dresses I make for the Samaritans Purse ministry.

      Reply

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