Lands' End-type playdress pattern?

[AutumnMama]

I love love LOVE the Lands' End playdresses, they are 100% cotton jersey and seem like they would be fairly simple to make?
I just can't shell out $20-25 a dress, plus shipping, and they are going for nearly full price on eBay

DH is actually the one who suggested making them, but I am an inexperienced sewer (I can usually make a straight line, but not always ) who has never worked from a "real" pattern before. So does anybody know if/where I could find a similar pattern?
Do you think it would be doable for me, and cheaper than just buying them on eBay or from the Lands' End site?

I would love to find a big lot of used ones for cheap, but that just isn't happening!

[WC_hapamama]

Check out the sew baby Twirly Dress pattern.
http://www.butterick.com/item/SBF869...ew_baby&page=2

You could probably also take any long or short sleeve t-shirt pattern and add a circle skirt to it.

[frogger]

kwik sew has a pattern 2708

[sabrinat]

Originally Posted by WC_hapamama

Check out the sew baby Twirly Dress pattern.
http://www.butterick.com/item/SBF869...ew_baby&page=2

You could probably also take any long or short sleeve t-shirt pattern and add a circle skirt to it.

Exactly! I just made some for dd using t-shirts I picked up super cheap. I did both woven skirt panels and knits so the options are really unlimited. I do have the SewBaby pattern and the KS one's but you honestly don't need them. I have also made bodices for this style dress, but it's probably cheaper to just find an inexpensive t-shirt.

[orangefoot]

Here's a tute with pictures to show how to add a skirt to a t-shirt. Happy sewing!

[AutumnMama]

Thanks ladies!

[courtenay_e]

The Land's End/Hannah Andersson Play dresses are actually pretty darned easy to make, and when you shop clearance and/or use a coupon for the fabric, actually significantly less money, too. I make four or five of them every two years, put ribbon on the waist, and turn the hems up on the sleeves to leave room for growth in height. My dd wears them nearly every day, and we get two winters out of the long sleeved ones, and two summers out of the short sleeved ones. I know that in the past I have used a butterick pattern that puts buttons in the back, but I also have...maybe a simplicity(?) that is just a "pull over the head" style. It's a few years old, though. I DO know that there is a kwick sew version, though the link above didn't work for me, I have it in their "sew for kids" book.

and...I know that this isn't SEWING, but I ALSO go once a season on "dollar day for kids clothes" to the Salvation Army in the town nearby that has a bit higher income bracket. I ALWAYS find at least two hannas and/or lands' end dresses to bring home for a buck a piece!

[MonP'titBoudain]

And just to toss out there as yet another option: I just made a pattern for one for my dd from one we were given. It's fairly easy to do using low-tack painter's tape. You "fill in" all the parts of the existing dress by overlapping pieces of tape. Then gently peel off the tape keeping it as one entire piece and place the tape-piece onto paper. Add seam allowance and repeat with the rest of the sections of the dress. (There's a much more thorough explanation of this technique in Threads magazine... but I can't remeber the issue number).

[ktlady]

I have a tute for a tee shirt dress like that using a ready to wear shirt:
http://sew-with-me.blogspot.com/2007...irt-dress.html

It would be easy to make the bodice too - just find a tee pattern. I love otto creative workshop for shirts.