Making Life more Beautiful
I explained how the Contour Guide pattern works. I have a few requests for a better explanation – I will put that right soon. But for now I am going to try it out. We were given the opportunity to … Continued
Ta da! I have made it up. That was an exciting project. You may remember my sketch, toile and fabric. Design I was required to create this dress as part of my college course. I really liked the opportunity to … Continued
Marianna of Sew2Pro has set a new challenge, which is to make up this dress, or perhaps a version inspired by it. It is by Six Napoleon, and involves 8m of silk organza for the skirt and a boned, corset … Continued
This week’s project was more challenging. First we had to create a dropped shoulder, and then create style lines across the dart areas. Those 1980s models look demonic. I have to admit i got quite excited. These off the shoulder … Continued
Our project this week was to make a pattern for a tent dress. Although our teacher showed us some fairly nice pictures of tent dresses I wasn’t keen. She picked out this Victoria Beckham number which was controversial. In the class … Continued
Once upon a time I had a white Karen Millen dress with big red flowers on it. Dressy, yet comfortable; flattering but not revealing, I wore this dress for various warm weather “events” for several years. I loved the colour … Continued
At my evening class Vanda gave us a drawing of a dress with sleeves, princess line bodice, a high waistband and flared skirt. Over the three hour class (and a very short break for me to eat a bowl of … Continued
You may remember I drafted a princess line dress, based on my new personal dress block. I used some nice fabric that I had bought, very cheaply, when I put my SWAP fabrics together. I thought it might work well … Continued
I am signed up to learn Intermediate Pattern Cutting. The first project of term (after making a shift dress pattern) was to draft a pattern for a princess line dress. This is a style where there is no waist join, … Continued
After a year of studying Draping on the Stand at Morley college I have signed up for Intermediate pattern cutting. The class started with an interesting round up of who does and knows what. As usual we had a group … Continued
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