A sister for Lorelle
Thank you for all the warm reactions to my first, ever, sweater. The Purl Alpaca Lorelle, designed by Kari-Helene Rane. I like it so much I have been wearing it nearly everyday. Now my son Gus says he would like … Continued
The Sew Over It Molly T shirt
Last week I did a review of Lisa Comfort’s Paris weekend pattern e-book. I mentioned that I liked the look of the T-shirt. Since then Karen from Did you make that? has made three versions of the dress. I couldn’t see … Continued
Developing the draped bustle skirt Part 2
I explained in Part 1 how I started to develop a bustle back skirt using some green lining fabric. This was an interesting experiment, but I wanted to make the prototype in fabric and wear it. I am still having … Continued
Shift dress with a side fold
Last week I posted my draping on the stand progress. I mentioned that rather than a skirt I wanted to make a shift dress. Here is the inspiration picture again (isn’t it lovely?) I used a simple, yoked shift dress, … Continued
Making up the draped skirt (flat pattern version)
Yesterday I explained how I made a pattern for a skirt with a side pleat. This pattern will work best with a plaid or tartan with medium body. I used some medium, stable, 100% woolen curtaining fabric (seconds) that I … Continued
Investigating the Westwood approach to skirts
I am doing a course on draping skirts at the moment – taking fabric, placing it on a mannequin, folding, pulling, altering the grain, working creatively to produce new silhouettes and styles. And, in doing this, I am massively influenced … Continued
Navy Pegged skirt disaster
I shared the Grey pegged skirt with you recently. Here is a reminder. A dramatic shape, but a classic and wearable skirt. I wore it yesterday at the Mayor’s Design Advisory Group and I felt appropriate amongst the architects and … Continued
The Draped Pegged Skirt (Draping and Construction advice)
I have been working on a pegged skirt design for some time, and I thought I would share my recent experiments. First I will share two pictures of skirts draped from CB to CF (code grey), and from CF to … Continued
The pegged skirt is finished, but….
So I finally finished making the draped pegged skirt. I wrote about it here and here. I struggled with this challenge; partly because I didn’t think this style would do anything for my curves, and partly because I made the … Continued
Making up the deconstructed four gore skirt
Here is a traditional, flared, four-gored skirt. the shaping is achieved in the princess seams. There is no side seam (well actually there is on this skirt, to accommodate the zip), but there doesn’t need to be. You could put … Continued