How to sew porch goose clothes - outfit- dress

If you love sewing, crafting, and decorating your home with handmade charm, you’ll love today’s project: drafting a DIY sewing pattern, doing the math, and sewing a lace-trimmed dress for a porch goose!

 In this tutorial, I’ll walk you through how to draft patterns for goose clothes, calculate measurements for custom sewing projects, and sew a beautiful handmade dress for outdoor decor. Whether you're searching for goose outfit ideas, how to make clothes for a porch goose, sewing math tutorials, or DIY porch decorations, this step-by-step guide will inspire your next creative project. Learn how to make a custom goose dress with lace, perfect for seasonal decorating, holiday porch displays, or simply adding a touch of whimsy to your outdoor space. Grab your fabric, lace, and sewing machine — it’s time to design, draft, and sew the perfect goose outfit!

Here's a link to shop for this plastic porch goose (#ad): https://amzn.to/42y7px9

Here’s what I did:

If you know how to sew a half circle skirt, it is the same principle. 

I made a half circle on the side of the paper/fabric, without folding it with 14 inch radius, then I made another half circle with 3 in radius. When cut and when sides are connected it looks like an upside down cone without the top.

- the measurements I had were that the goose has a neck circumference of 9 in and the length of the dress I wanted to be 11 inches.

- to make the big semi circle I added 11”+3”

Given C=9” (neck circumference)

Find radius r=?

r= (9”x2)/6.28 r=2.68=3”

Given r=14” for the body if the dress find C to make sure the bottom hem is enough the cover the body, and to find the lace length.

2C/6.28=14” C=44”

Lace length approximate 44”+9” [but I never measured, because I have so much lace]

I cut one piece of fabric added lace on the neck and bottom hem and sew the side together.

The bow is scrap I folded in two and added lace on the edges, folded it like harmonica/ fan and sew the middle, tied ribbon in the middle together with the elastic (cut the elastic 9.5” and tied a knot).

Here's a crochet tutorial for a goose outfit: 

Here's the measurement of my goose: https://myyarnloft.blogspot.com/2025/04/my-porch-goose-got-measured.html

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