The “Better late than never” dress | Adey Lim
The Facts Fabric: Scallop edge silver/bronze satin 3 metres $26, poly lining $3 from chinatownPatterns: Simplicity 4826 and McCall's 4883Year: c. 1950s/ 1960sNotions: Invisible zipper, white satin [...]
A former kids' television channel manager turned stay home mum from Singapore, I hated sewing since I attended my first home economic class at the age of 14. In 2007, something miraculous happened when God blessed me with a second pregnancy. I discovered that I was expecting a baby girl. That changed everything. First I went crazy shopping for handmade clothes for her on etsy. Then I decided I needed to make something for her on my own. I was a month from my due date when I took an intensive 8-hour sewing class. In Dec 2008, I made a dress for my princess before she was born and have not stopped sewing since.
The Facts Fabric: Scallop edge silver/bronze satin 3 metres $26, poly lining $3 from chinatownPatterns: Simplicity 4826 and McCall's 4883Year: c. 1950s/ 1960sNotions: Invisible zipper, white satin [...]
The Facts Fabric: Navy blue burn out cotton from chinatown $17 for 2 metres (60 cm width!), poly lining $3 Patterns: Simplicity 2591 Threads [...]
The Facts Fabric: 2 yards of Alexander Henry's home decor fabric Sofia in Gold $28, partially underlined with remnantsPattern: Project 7 from [...]
The Facts Fabric: Colorful Chiffon fabric 2 metres from Spotlight $15, chiffon pieces for braided belt and lining $5 fabric.com, denim fabric 1.5 metres [...]
The Facts Fabric: Vintage floral cotton from etsy seller who got it from an estate sale US$10 for 5 yards, I used only 3 Patterns: Burdastyle's [...]
The Facts Fabric: 1.5 yards jersey fabric (I think it's matte jersey) received as a gift and 1 yard Michael Miller interlock knit fabric [...]
The Facts Fabric: 2.5 metres floral cotton voile and ivory poly lining from chinatown $13 and 0.5 metres stretch lace fabric from Spotlight $5Pattern: [...]
The Facts Fabric: 2.5 metres black linen with black embriodery from Shanghai $11.60, 2 metres poly lining $3, 1 yard Patty Young fabric $6 [...]
The Facts Overblouse Fabric: 1 and half yards Echino by Estuko Furuya green glasses fabric $27.75 and scrap poly liningPatterns: Simplicity 1124Year: c. 1955Notions: [...]
The Facts Fabric: 2 yards blue plaid stretch cotton from Shanghai $9.30Patterns: McCall's 9619Year: c. 1980sNotions: Buttons, bias tape and ric racs $2Time to complete: 4 [...]
It’s been ages since I’ve hosted a giveaway on The Sew Weekly! Well, readers, I have a treat for you: as part of the [...]
Next week’s theme calls for us to integrate real Fashion (with a capital “F”) by being inspired by runway trends. While the following guide [...]
I started writing in second person narrative because it felt most comfortable to me. I hope it doesn’t come across as domineering, but rather [...]
Here’s a great piece from Vogue about Queen Elizabeth II’s lifetime of wardrobe choices. If you’re still trying to figure out what to make [...]
Tempest over at Fanbloomingtastic wrote a neat little piece on the ’10 Things Learned’ whilst participating in the Sew Weekly Challenges. Seeing as that reflection is key to [...]
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