Making Life more Beautiful
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
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
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
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
Well that was a bit of a challenge! I can’t say I have ever made a lace skirt before, but (now I know what I know) I will definitely try again. This one is not very well made. It is … Continued
I like lace, but I don’t have much experience with it. The only lace item I have ever made was in about 1984 when i attended a dressmaking class in Moss Side Manchester. I think I used a Vogue pattern … Continued
This is the first time I have designed a dress through the modelling on the stand approach. In fact it is probably the first dress I ever “designed”. I have made patterns to my own design before but generally these … Continued
I covered the pattern last week, and it is big. I used a slightly heavier pattern paper than usual so it is somewhat unweildy. I bought 5 metres of navy and 2 metres in beige cotton lawn for a total … Continued
Introduction to the SWAP rules I have just completed my Sewing with a Plan adventure. Eleven garments that work together. Here is the specification again (paraphrased) from Artisans’ Square, the site which generously hosts the competition. All the tops should work … Continued
“The silk dress” This sounds like an over-acted radio murder play. The twist of course is that there is not one, but two silk dresses. The pattern was identical in every way – Vogue 1650 Nina Ricci’s elegant three piece suit … Continued