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January 23, 2019

Girls’ ruffle dress free sewing pattern

In today’s post: Download the free sewing pattern to make this adorable girl’s ruffle dress in size 7/8.

Last week I shared a new free pattern for a cute girls’ top, and today I’m going to show you how to adapt the pattern to make a dress!

Girl wearing a dress with a ruffle around the chest and shoulders

It’s an easy pattern to adapt; all you need to do is extend the length!

Girl wearing a dress with a ruffle around the chest and shoulders

Here’s the dress and top side by side:

Girl wearing a ruffled dress; girl wearing a ruffled shirt

Pretty cute, right? You will need to head over to the Girls’ Ruffle Top post to download the pattern and get all the instructions on how to make it. Then come back here to see how to convert it to a dress!

Girl wearing a dress with a ruffle around the chest and shoulders

Girls’ Ruffle Dress Tutorial

Step 1: Print the pattern. Visit this post to download and print out the pattern. This pattern comes in girls size 7/8 only. It looks like this:

Girls' ruffle top free sewing pattern.

Step 2: Cut out your pieces. This dress requires 4 pattern pieces and 3 additional pieces cut from measurements noted on the pattern. To make a dress instead of the top you just need to add 12 inches of length to the lower shirt pieces as you cut them out. Additionally, the top pattern has 3/4 length sleeves. To give this dress long sleeves, I added 4 inches to the lower sleeve pieces.

Cute girls ruffle dress free sewing pattern.

You’ll need approximately 1 and 3/4 yards of 54-60 inch wide knit (stretchy) fabric to make this dress. Refer to the drawing below when cutting out pattern pieces. Be sure to wash and dry your fabric BEFORE you cut out the pieces.

Cute girls ruffle dress free sewing pattern.

Step 3. Sew the dress. Since all we do to adapt this pattern into a dress is add length, there are no adjustments needed on the sewing instructions.

Girl wearing a dress with a ruffle around the chest and shoulders

I love how it turned out!

Girl wearing a dress made from the girls\' ruffle dress sewing pattern

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  1. Danni says

    September 26, 2019 at 6:19 am

    Just what i was looking for. My daughter is 6 and the size is perfect. Can’t wait to sew this up. Please do more cute fall pieces for girls, and maybe mommy and me? Love this blog💜

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  2. Josie says

    January 23, 2019 at 2:04 pm

    This is darling. The socks and booties finish the outfit perfectly. I have to admit, my mother would braid my hair similarly, but I did not carry it off as well. Not only does she look cute, but also comfortable.

    Thanks for this post.

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  1. Linky Thursday | StacySews says:
    February 21, 2019 at 9:55 am

    […] ruffle dress is a great addition to any girl’s wardrobe (pattern only fits size […]

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