The “Ultra-Violet” Maxi Dress
The Facts Fabric: purple textured cotton blend? (stash) Pattern: Simplicity 6559 (10 cents at a garage sale) Year: 1974 Notions: thread, invisible zipper, seam [...]
Erin is a copywriter by day, a novelist by night, and a wife, mother, dressmaker, quilter, zoo docent, painter, poet, and photographer in between. She only gets paid for the copywriting.
The Facts Fabric: purple textured cotton blend? (stash) Pattern: Simplicity 6559 (10 cents at a garage sale) Year: 1974 Notions: thread, invisible zipper, seam [...]
The Facts Fabric: I really have no idea but it seems to breathe well (stash) Pattern: Simplicity 7416 Year: 1996 Notions: thread, elastic & [...]
The Facts Fabric: quilting cotton (stash) Pattern: Simplicity 3573 Year: 2007 Notions: thread, elastic & 3 buttons (stash) Time to complete: 3 hours First [...]
The Facts Fabric: Green, blue, tan, cream poly (shirt) & green linen look (skirt) Pattern: Butterick 5528 (shirt) & McCall’s 5523 Year: 2010 & [...]
The Facts Fabric: sheer print (stash) & white lining (stash) (I imagine these are both man-made fabrics) Pattern: Vogue 8234 ($5) Year: 2006 Notions: thread (stash), [...]
The Facts Fabric: striped navy cotton of some sort (free) Pattern: McCall’s 4769 (stash) Year: 2005 Notions: thread (stash), 8 buttons (stash) Time to complete: Oh, let’s [...]
The Facts Fabric: Ummm…? (free from destashing sister-in-law of a friend) Pattern: Simplicity 2194 (stash) Year: 1957 Notions: thread (stash) Time to complete: 3 [...]
The Facts Fabric: solid quilting cotton Pattern: Simplicity 2265 Year: 2010 Notions: thread (stash), 4 star-shaped buttons Time to complete: 3 hours First worn: [...]
The Facts Fabric: Pink floral cotton (stash) Pattern: McCall’s 5433 (stash) Year: 2007 Notions: thread, 6 buttons (stash) Time to complete: 4 hours First worn: April 30, [...]
The Facts Fabric: thrifted vintage round cotton tablecloth Pattern: none Year: The fabric seems to be 1970s judging by the colors Notions: thread (stash), [...]
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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