We’ve taken a few days out to go camping on the Coromandel – a peninsula of bush-clad mountains and sandy beaches just 90 minutes drive from Auckland. This is gorgeous Whiritoa Beach, just south of Whangamata on the east coast – on Boxing Day before the hoardes of holidaymakers arrive! I’m sure you can understand […]
Read MoreLet’s start sewing the bias skirt pieces together! I’ll show you how I do this – along with a few tips and some troubleshooting. Assembling the Bias Skirt With right sides facing, sew the skirt side seams from the hem up, matching all notches: I recommend using the flatbed of your machine to do this […]
Read MoreThe Ruby Slip bodice is drafted for a B cup, and in this post I’ll show you how to enlarge the cup size for a larger bust. For each increase in cup size, you need to add an inch to the front. Because the pattern pieces are only half a front, we need to add […]
Read MoreWelcome back to the Ruby Slip Sew Along! Today I’ll show you how to cut out the border lace so that the scalloped edges line up perfectly at the seams and other important points. Just in case you are wondering, I took these photographs while I was cutting the lace for my pale blue knee-length […]
Read MoreLet’s move on to cutting the skirt portion of the Ruby Slip. If we want the bias skirt to hang nicely, accuracy is paramount here! In this tutorial I am cutting my black Ruby Slip, which I thought I ironed especially for the photo….. The best way to cut the skirt is in a single […]
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