organza – Fabrickated

8 Aug 2016

Six Napoleon dress – making up the dress

by fabrickated | posted in: Designing, Fabric printing, Inspiration, Pattern cutting, WIP (work in progress) | 22

This Six Napoleon dress was supposed to be completed and photographed yesterday. But it wasn’t. I am only a few hours away from finishing so I will give you an update on my progress. Pattern This was a difficult pattern … Continued

20 Jul 2016

Six Napoleon dress – preparing the skirt

by fabrickated | posted in: Designing, Pattern cutting, WIP (work in progress) | 6

With a growing group of international pattern drafters and dress makers, orchestrated by Sew2Pro, I have been trying to recreate a complicated asymmetric dress. Known as Six Napoleon, it is designed by Japanese-Austrailian designer Dogstar. I made a reasonable fist of … Continued

28 Jul 2015

Improving the Vogue 7133 Kimono sleeved dress

by fabrickated | posted in: Designing, History of fashion, Style advice, WIP (work in progress) | 8

I presented my pink two-tone 1967 shift dress, and explained it was unwearable due to my following the instructions and underlining it with silk organza. As Lynn Malley noted, it felt like a hair shirt. Well not quite that bad, but … Continued

27 Jul 2015

Transparent and translucent fabrics

by fabrickated | posted in: Designing, History of fashion, Inspiration | 21

I really enjoy wearing a layered look made of one or more transparent fabrics. And a post by Annieloveslinen made me realise that I wanted to do something on this theme. What does Transparent mean? It could mean this, from … Continued

15 Apr 2015

Lining, Underlining, Interfacing and Interlining – could you win the pub quiz?

by fabrickated | posted in: Tips and Techniques | 5

Not all garments are equal. With most high street clothes what you see is what you get. Just the fabric, the zip and the overlocking. If the garment has a collar, a waist band or a bit of structure then … Continued