How often do you buy a dress pattern, vintage or modern, and wish it had a lining? I love to line my dresses – they sit more smoothly on the body and the fabric holds its shape better, plus it just looks and feels nice from the inside! My sixties shift dress that I sewed […]
Read MoreI finished this dress a week or so ago, and it has been patiently waiting for it’s decorative stitching since: And I’m still waiting for the perfect red shoes, so let’s just pretend shall we? I had two shades of red embroidery cotton, but one was too dark and one was too orangey, so a […]
Read MoreSome bargain fabrics… some once-tangled trims… a chain printed shirt, destined for downsizing… a nautically inspired jumper… a navy horsehair bag… a dainty 50’s style cropped cobalt cardi… an Australian Home Journal… patternless, unfortunately… but I take the hint – it is about time I returned to making my own… Found in: The Country Store, […]
Read MoreThe dress I am making at the moment, Butterick 2669, has one of each of the main dart types. So time for more tricks of the trade – about darts! Our flat pattern and fabric are only two dimensional, but with darts we introduce a third dimension so garments fit our body curves better. Dart […]
Read MoreThis is it – my final toile, in all it’s glory: What a kerfuffle! Since my last post I did the following refinements: lowered front neckline moved bust point of french dart reduced shoulder length and reshaped armhole front and back raised back darts taken in side seams and french dart shortened, and hem band […]
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