I hope this helps...
http://www.craftastical.com/2009/08/...rom-start.html
I've been saving clothes for my 4 girls for a long time and keeping my eye out for direction for what I want to do. This is the best tutorial I've seen on the topic. She uses flannel to stablize. I'll still use lightweight fusible interfacing. But the rest, I'll do very similar to what she's done.
Lori