Introduction

Valentine's Day Dress
It's the perfect gift for Valentine’s Day, but it will look adorable all year long. Bonus? This comfy play dress only takes about one hour to sew! Start by gathering materials.
Step 1

Cut Adult Shirt
Take your adult T-shirt, and cut off the bottom of the hem in a straight line across the shirt. The length you cut off should be the desired length of your skirt. If you need to measure, measure from your child’s waist down to their knees.
Step 2

Insert Foil
If you are hand-stamping your dress, insert tin foil in between your shirt bottom. This will be your skirt portion of the dress.
Step 3

Stamp Hearts
Using your fabric ink and stamp, stamp in various places around both sides of the skirt and child's shirt. Iron stamped fabric to set the ink.
Step 4

Measure Elastic
Measure your child’s waist and add 2”. Cut a piece of elastic that length. Bring elastic ends together and overlap 1/2”. Pin in place, and sew together using a zigzag stitch.
Step 5

Stretch and Pin
Place elastic inside the top of your skirt (at the raw edge), about 1” down from the top. Pin the elastic around the side edges and front and back. Note: you will need to stretch out your elastic in order to accomplish this, as the skirt will be much larger than the elastic.
Step 6

Sew in Skirt
Using a zigzag stitch, sew the elastic to the skirt, pulling the elastic as you are sewing so that it is the same length as your skirt.
Step 7

Skirt Complete!
You now have the adorable skirt portion to your dress.
Step 8

Slip It On
Slip the skirt over the bottom of your child's T-shirt, until your skirt is where you want the waist of your dress to be.
Step 9

Pin Together
Pin once again to the front, sides and back.
Step 10

Attach to Skirt
Sew skirt directly onto the shirt over the elastic using a zigzag stitch, pulling the shirt gently as you sew.
Step 11

Dress Complete!
And you are finished! Click through the next steps to learn how to make a little flower and chain flourish for your new dress.
Step 12

Chain Flower Accessory
To make the optional flower accessory, you will need a felt flower, silver jewelry chain and a safety pin. Slip the end of the jewelry chain onto the safety pin. Pick up a link about 12” away, and slip again onto the safety pin. Slip the safety pin through the back of the flower, and repeat with jewelry chain slipping the links through.
Step 13

Flower Power
You can now attach the flower embellishment to the dress and remove it for washing!
Step 14

You're Finished
And there you have it: an adorable and upcycled heart T-shirt dress!