After making my Simplicity Tunic, I had a fair bit of fabric left over. Not enough for anything complex, but just enough for a simple skirt. Fortunately, I had this pattern in my stash. I decided to make View C, the short skirt. Craftsy New Look Patterns Reviews.

Tales from the Sewing Studio. Remember the dresses last year with hems made with horsehair braid? Well, Wtoo has done it again in Rowena dress. What is not apparent from just looking at this beautiful skirt is that it is just many layers of circles and offers no great or easy way to bustle them up to be pretty or simple for the bridesmaid to handle. You can see the safety pins buried under all the layers.

The Great Prom Dress Adventure of 2018 Part 2. The real prom dress adventure is just getting started. We started cutting the sequined fabric today. I had to stop for the evening, but I plan to work on this next weekend and the following week. I took spring break off from work to spend time with the kids and get this project done! I gotta hurry though because prom is coming soon on March 30! Monday, February 12, 2018.

Who is Tia Dia? January 18, 2018. The first piece in this collection was a skirt,. I underlined the back of the dress with a cotton batiste.

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Sense and Sensibility Patterns Regency chemise and short stays. If you go back and include the fairly-mediaeval bliaut. Flat felling, be hand and machine. I made hand-worked eyelets for the neckline drawstring to pass through. However, not being overly bright, I worked them in the BACK of the neckline.

Posted in Updates and Musings. I really love the look of the solid colour. The other things I half-sewed were my M6887. The drape of the skirt, however, .

Sewing, knitting and fashion, dressmaking and fashion design. Sunday, 27 July 2014. A couple of months ago we met up in a café in Mount Albert one Sunday morning.