DIY Winter Dress Tutorial It always makes me a little bit sad at the end of the summer when I have to put away my pretty dresses and dig out my dreary, sensible winter things instead. This year has been a good year for the pretty dresses. Not…
How to Design and Make a Dress Have you ever considered that it might just be possible to design and make a dress from scratch? One of the best things about being able to sew is making your own clothes. How many times have you been shopping and…
Cherry Blossom Dress Sewalong Stage 3: Working Out the Skirt Measurements and Cutting Out Welcome to the 3rd installment of the Cherry Blossom Dress Sewalong! Hopefully you’ve managed to get your bodice pieces drafted and cut out. Today we’ll be cutting out the skirt. The skirt of the…
DIY Tulle Skirt With a Hanky Hem I’d been considering making or buying a tulle skirt for a while. The thing that was putting me off was the idea that I am perhaps a little on the old side to go galumphing through the Norfolk countryside like an…