The A-Line Dress – Shoulder Seams, Facing, Pockets

June 4, 2017.Reading time 17 minutes.

Your A-Line Dress should be taking shape nicely! Today we’re jumping in and doing a lot so we hope your sewing machine is ready! We’ll be joining the dress at the shoulder seams, and constructing, attaching, under-stitching and finishing the neck facing. Then, we we be moving to the skirt; attaching the pockets and joining […]

The A-Line Dress – Darts, Back Bodice & Invisible Zip

May 27, 2017.Reading time 18 minutes.

Catch up here: The A-Line Dress Sew-A-Long Start Layplans, fabric, pinning and cutting Overlocking and final preparation DARTS & INVISIBLE ZIP. If this is the first time you are putting an invisible zip in to a garment do not be afraid! Our application is so easy you will never look back! We will say upfront […]

The A-Line Dress – Overlocking & Final Preparation

May 20, 2017.Reading time 2 minutes.

NOTCHES / DARTS Once you have cut out your pattern, instead of cutting your notches we like to mark them with a coloured pencil on the inside of the garment. We find that, this way, if you are going to overlock the pieces, you will still be able to see the pencil marks on the […]

The A-Line Dress – layplans, fabric, pinning and cutting

May 20, 2017.Reading time 9 minutes.

… you ready to start pinning your pieces and cutting them out? Exciting! If you have just joined us head over to the start of our sew-a-long and catch up – we’re not rushing ahead and you can join at any point! Have you worked with a layplan before? The purpose of a layplan is […]