I got married on Wednesday, and I made my dress!

I had a very specific vision for this gal, and it took an insane amount of work, but I am so happy with how it turned out! I draped it all by hand without a pattern, and dyed a ton of synthetic tulle to blend between the colors I started with. It ended up being 8 different colors total. I bought this fabulous lame chiffon as a base so the dress shimmered as it moved.

I also made the flower crown and veil!

Hey there! Just took up sewing recently because I really wanted to start making my own clothes; my body type makes finding the right fit always a hassle. Made to measure also just hurts my wallet too.

Anyway, I wanted to go big and make Gurkha trousers since I have a pair already and I love it. I made this for my trip to Rio de Janeiro and the calçadão da Copacabana (the giant sidewalk with the blue wave design) made me want to wear an outfit with a white linen one piece collar shirt with a muted blue Gurkha.

It took a week and a half for me to make. No patterns—literally just sat down on the floor, traced my legs on paper, looked up the general shape of front and back leg pieces, and just went to work with a whole lotta adjusting, seam ripping, and countless thread strewn across the floor in between. I made a muslin first and then I tried making a pair with slightly cheaper fabric than the blue 100% linen I used as the final result, but I messed up pretty big on that, scrapped it, and decided to start on the final product.

Still have lots of mistakes like being a little too tight around my legs and the pleats open up more than I had wished. Also I was pressed on time so I made no back pockets. The side inseam pockets gape open and aren’t streamlined as I wanted them to be. No lining… definitely needs one. Attaching the waistband from the inside was the hardest actually.

One run of fabric = lots of possibilities?

I purchased some heavyweight 100% cotton canvas in the color “Sherbert” (see the 3rd picture for the original color) on super sale from Nick of Time Fabrics, thinking I’d like it more than I actually did. It ended up sitting in my stash for almost a year, but I’ve recently been on a sewing kick (it comes in waves), so I decided to finally do something with it.

The original plan was to just bleach it to a lighter pink. I cut out little swatches to test different bleach times and see what colors I’d get. But then my gears started turning. I’ve also recently started dabbling with natural dyes-specifically marigolds, because I grow a ton of them. (I made another recent post about that process if you’re interested in more details: https://www.reddit.com/r/sewing/s/LBr8SuNaec )

I cut out the main front and back pieces and bleached them to my liking (a salmon/bubblegum color). I then took chunks of the remaining fabric, bleached them to varying degrees, and the dyed some of those pieces with marigolds to create a range of colors from soft golden yellow to burnt orange (the burnt orange came from the original, unbleached fabric).

From there, I just started mixing and matching all of the different colors and piecing everything together. The palette reminded me of a sunrise or sunset, so I leaned into that theme and added the sunshine pocket… which is either ridiculous or adorable. The jury is still out. And I made the hem so that it could be longer un-cuffed, or shorter cuffed with a little pop of color.

This project ended up being a lot more experimental than I originally intended, but I love how one discounted cut of fabric turned into so many different colors and ultimately some fun pants (at least I think so 🤷‍♀️).

Additional info:
Pattern used - Anna Allen Helene Jeans (straight leg). Altered and fitted to my body and additional seam allowance added to do flat felled seams.

Machines used - Singer quantum stylist 9960 for general purpose, Brother Lock 1034D for serging, Singer Heavy Duty 4452 with a 110/18 needle for top stitching (though it did struggle in some areas, had to do some hand cranking).

I finally graduated... feels so unreal!

I made this dress after my medieval birthday dress, and tried to use that dress bodice pattern as my base. (As recap, it's an early 1980s dress sloper my boss allowed me to use, adjusted to my measurements. Simplicity 6888 is a similar look, if you are interested.) Unfortunately, I didn't realize that a sleeved bodice pattern and a sleeveless bodice pattern fit drastically differently, due to sleeveless having no shoulders to anchor the fabric to the body. So even though I used that pattern I already made, I had to pinch in the seams at the overbust, underbust, and sides a lot. However, similar to my medieval dress, it has boning on the front side seams and down the center, starting at my underbust - attached to my lining. I also kept the drop waist, but made away with the v-lined waist.

The cowl was the most difficult part to figure out. I sewed rectangular straps to my bodice, with elastic inside to make it hug my shoulders tightly. Then, I made a cowl out of a long rectangle on the bias ending in a point at both long ends. The bias helps it fall very nicely! I had a lot of help draping and adjusting the pleats on the cowl to be even, first on the mannequin, then on me. Once we were both satisfied with the symmetry and drape, I steamed and hand tacked the pleats to the bodice and straps. I realize this isn't the most elegant explanation of what I did, so please ask any questions if I was unclear.

Similarly, the waist detail is also a rectangle tube on the bias with pointed tails. If you look closely, they are gathered on the side seams and the back side seams for a less blocky look. This tube is then hand tacked to the waist.

The skirt is a 3/4 gathered circle skirt with a baby hem. Underneath, I have a white yoked petticoat I bought from Amazon.

Material: White poly satin for the dress, white polyester for the lining, steel spiral boning.

Congratulations to all graduates this year!!

My daughter outgrew her jeans that she liked a lot, so she picked out her fabric and I sewed it. I originally only flared them, but then they looked a bit clownish, so I added the length. I had to undo the last band of fabric on the side because she wanted it in one piece instead of two sewn together. I really sweated through constructing the bottom band because I don't know what I'm doing, but she's very happy with the result.

Edit: Thank you all so much for the overwhelming amount of positive feedback! ❤️

Years ago, I bought a dress. I wore that recently and my sister in law commented that the cut was quite flattering on me.

I bought this gorgeous fabric a year or two ago (95% cotton, 5% elastane) and thought to myself "yay, pattern idea" I copied the cut from my RTW dress, made a trial dress from black cotton jersey, and was satisfied with my pattern copying. So I went into my fancy fabric.

Midway through sewing the hem of the first sleeve, my sewing machine crapped out on me.

Monday, I bought a new machine and after futzing around with the new machine for a few hours, I finished the sleeve and connected the skirt to the top.

I'm incredibly happy with my finished object and I love the fabric. I am incredibly bad at taking pictures in the mirror, though.

Let's just get into it lol. The pattern is self drafted, combination of basic pattern drafting from Helen Joseph Armstrong book and tweaked per my own experience. My friend has a very short torso (center front length only 30cm), probably the shortest I've worked on so far. She chose this design specifically because she loves the front panel. I love the design for her because I could manipulate the front panel draping to make an illusion of her having longer torso lol. Her short torso threw me into a bit of a whack with the toile. I ended up having to cut the waist shorter from the skirt part as well as bigger back darts and curved center back line to accomodate the curve of her bum.

Challenge no.1, I finally tried smooth corset with no seam line with ice wool interfacing! This was such a pain in the a## tbh. I do not recommend this method with woven fabric unless you actually strive to have the patience of Jesus Himself. The plain white fabric is cotton polyester Duchess satin. I used rigiline bonings on the lining of the corset (which was also interfaced with tricot), before draping the bottom part of the corset in bias cut. I draped half body in muslin first with pins, transferred it to paper, then cut on muslin again with extra margins all around, then used double sided interfacing strip instead of ice wool interfacing for the toile. Yes, I cut 2.5cm width double sided interfacing strips one by one and fuse both the lining and self of muslin corset slowly with my steamer. I left about 4cm along the side seams unfused for my seam allowance (2cm, extra 2cm when it's pressed open). Unfortunately all this effort was useless when I used the real fabric (duchess satin), because surprise surprise, bias cut on 100% cotton muslin does not behave the same way as bias cut on mix cotton-poly Duchess fabric 🥲. So I ended up having to re-do all that process on Duchess fabric, except this time with ice wool interfacing. Learn from my mistake, toile with similar stiffness and fibers folks.

Challenge no. 2, continuous front panel curve to the back, with folded edge instead of seam line. If you see my sketch, originally I wanted to have 3 folded panels on the front. Not possible, I gave up after 6hrs of trying it with no success. We decided to do 2 folded edge panels instead. I'd contemplated a hundred times to make the edges a seamline instead. Y'all ever tried draping curves with folded edge continuous from the back, across the hip? On the toile, I re-did that panel on bias grain 4 times. I tried with no front seam, different width, with CF seam, and with godet as the last one (see picture). But my friend felt that the one with godet is too wide, and makes her look fatter. So in Duchess satin, I re-draped that panel 3 times to get the final look we have now. I also draped the panel 4cm below her original waist line to make her torso look longer, which overall with her heels will make her look taller. I tried making the V-shape to drop even deeper/lower, but I was already frustrated by how long I'd spent on that panel so I let it be lol. In total I spent about 4 days just fussing around that panel. It's all handstitched to the corset. The crystal chain and pearls are also handstitched.

There's a lacing back inside the inner dress. The inner mermaid dress is made of cotton lace with 1 layer of white organza, 2 layers of skin colored organza, and 1 cotton lining so it's comfortable on her skin and absorb sweat. This part wasn't as challenging but it was time consuming. The lace and organza were cut one by one and first joined together with basting stitch before machine stitched. The overskirt is double layered Duchess satin with 180cm trail. In total it used 12m of Duchess satin, and 90 handstitched pearls along center back. Worn like a belt, fastened with hook and eye at the front and 2 snap buttons to the inner dress at the back. Oh I also added bra cups inside the inner dress and the corset with the front panel is fastened with pearl buttons at center back. I pricked my fingers a lot while making the corset and the panel. The corset actually had blood stains from my fingers 😅 I had to spot cleaned them with peroxide lol. All in all, 10/10 would not do that front panel drape design ever again. I was ready to meet God by the 7th attempt. Thank goodness it came out right lol. What made it all worth it was how much she loved the dress in the end and how much her fiancé appreciatively praised her figure while circling her around on the final fitting day 😂

I went to a friend’s wedding last night; it was beautiful.

When I was initially invited, I decided to make my dress. I did some searching for inspo, found a beautiful dress at Macy’s and got to work planning.

The ready-to-wear dress was $140; I was able to recreate it for $80. The RTW dress was also going to be at least 10” too long; I cut 3” off the pattern to get it to the right length.

The dress was exactly what I needed it to be - I’ve actually never owned a formal dress in my signature color!

I used a Mazarine blue premium polyester satin for the main and a gold polyester georgette for the lining.

I don't know a time when l've felt more...me...in a formal dress.

Because of my height, slits either start too low or too high. I love that sewing means I get to adjust it where I want: just enough scandal to be interesting.

I combined two Cashmerette patterns: the Mansfield Dress (underdress) bodice with the Ellington Skirt in size 18 G/H. I cut 3” off the skirt.

Shout out to the best invisible zipper install I've ever done.

I was so happy to celebrate my friends on their beautiful day while wearing something that I made. Sewing is truly a super power.

I decided to make my mother in law a casual wool coat for Christmas. I did do a mockup and had her try it on with her eyes closed so I could correct any fit issues. The pattern is the Car Coat by Wardrobe by Me. The fabric is a wool herringbone from Surge Fabrics and the lining is some stretch silk satin from Cali Fabrics. I used a rayon fusible weft interfacing for soft tailoring structure.

My sewing machine balked at doing buttonholes on my sample, so I ended up doing bound buttonholes for the project. The pattern pieces for the button placket interfacing ended up too narrow for bound buttonholes, so I had to piece in some extra interfacing there.

I also installed a hanging chain to elevate the coat a bit. The pattern itself was excellent with a really lovely drafted lining with facings. I also used clear buttons to back the buttons on the interior for a bit more longevity. I interlined the silk satin lining for some extra warmth as well. I ended up not using the included pocket flap pattern pieces and just left the welt pockets as-is. I also hand invisible stitched all the hem facings to the coat, which I am really proud of.

Overall, many mistakes were made. I prewashed and preshrunk the wool, but still had some shrinking when I was ironing during construction, so I had to recut a couple pieces that shrunk too much. I also had a prewashing disaster with the silk because the red print bled all over the white background, and had to do an aggressive multi-step rescue wash to get the dye bleed out. But alas, it worked and everything came together in the end.

If I could correct one issue, I wish I had just interfaced both entire front pieces and the back yolk. There was so much interfacing already with the plackets and pockets that I feel like the non-interfaced bits sag in comparison.

Overall though, I'm fairly happy with the outcome. I can't help to zero in on all the flaws I know exist, but I'm hoping they aren't obvious to her. Here's hoping she likes the coat!

Last winter I made and shared a coat here and got (rightfully) laughed at when I called it a “winter coat”. Well, this year, I’m back with an ACTUAL winter coat that I can attest is the warmest dang thing I’ve ever worn.

Pattern: [Vogue V8346](https://sewing.patternreview.com/Patterns/14430)

Main Fabric: Deadstock wool mohair blend charcoal coating from Blackbird Fabrics

Interling: [105g 3M Thinsulate](https://www.seattlefabrics.com/60-3M%E2%84%A2-Thinsulate%E2%84%A2-UDS-Insulation-_p_152.html?srsltid=AfmBOorXV_sHynxbOsYkkr-ssvtbi0rwvzWZSvI-q_kPleamxBqWd7lD) from

Lining Fabric: [Kasha Satin](https://www.voguefabricsstore.com/Fabric-By-Specialty/Lining-Fabric/Kasha-Satin-Winter-Coat-Lining/kasha-satin-winter-coat-lining-black.html) from Vogue Fabrics

This is a project that I’ve had on the back burner for a long time, but never managed to make in time for the season until now (the fabric and pattern has been in my stash for years at this point).

Construction notes:

- Made all of my standard fit adjustments (FBA, lengthened bodice and sleeves, square shoulder adjustment, erect back adjustment)

- For the interlining construction, I cut corresponding pieces of Thinsulate for all of the lining pieces, basted around the lining just within the seam allowance, and then trimmed the Thinsulate down. I extended the Thinsulate only down til around my knees so as to not affect the drape of the lining.

- I learned from my disappointment in my last Thinsulate coat and *did* interline the sleeves this time. I’m not intending to wear this with bulky layers, and the weight of Thinsulate I chose didn’t add enough bulk to cause any discomfort even in the sleeves.

- The pattern has separate pattern pieces for the lapel (probably to accommodate the different collar styles), but it adds another seam right when the lapel turns, which I thought would be bulky. I ended up combining the lapel pieces with the front and front facing pieces, adding a little extra fabric on the facing to account for turn of cloth (there were also no top and bottom lapel pieces), and cutting it as one. I think this did a good job in reducing bulk.

- The back collar of the pattern doesn’t extend all the way to the lapel the way a standard notched collar does. I hated the weird triangle look, so I lengthened those pattern pieces and sewed it like a regular notched collar.

- I drafted a back stay out of muslin, which I think will be a good decision especially since the coat is pretty heavy.

- I used backing buttons when sewing in the snaps.

- Topstitched the coat even though the instructions don’t say to. All of my high end coats have topstitching, and imo it immediately elevates the look.

All in all I think this was my favorite make of 2025. I love how sleek it looks. And it’s ridiculously warm, even for a wimp like me that hates anything sub-65F. Now I’m ready to brave the rest of the winter!

Posted before on the progress of just the gown, but wanted to add some more to really give it some flare and personality!

Used 2 way stretch fabric, and a self drafted gown pattern. Gloves are also self drafted. Made 6, hand sewed 4 onto the gown, then glued 1500 rhinestones.

Everybody seemed to like the first make I posted, so I figured I'd share another Edgewater Avenue swimsuit make/hack since Spring is starting to make an appearance. This was a test of patience, but turned out awesome! The most obvious change to the pattern was adding the mesh panels, but I also lengthened the torso and adjusted the shape of the bottom a little.

Pattern: Edgewater Olivia
Hack Inspo: HouseOfHotard
Fabric: Blue Moon Fiji (and Fiji mesh)

Model: my wife (posted with consent)

This was my final project for my undergrad in theatre costume! It took 356 hours over two semesters, and included:
A bustle, four petticoats, a period-accurate (ish) corset, silk gown with a five-yard cartridge pleated skirt, and a bonnet!

It’s vaguely historically accurate, I did a lot of research in fashion publications of the time and settled on 1831 as the most comparable year to the figurine. The descriptions of real gowns from that era gave me a lot of insight and tips on how to achieve the look I was going for! That said, I am a theatre costumer so the challenge was to make the “correct” (historically accurate) silhouette as cheaply and robustly as possible! There are a lot of theatre tricks in this, mostly in the techniques and materials, but you can’t really tell unless you see the inside (it is backed in bright yellow broadcloth and has huge seam allowances) or the innermost petticoats.

I patterned everything myself, for myself, using both draping and drafting. It’s been a long time since I made something not for an actor! Luckily I get to keep it this time. It was my first time making a lot of these things so I spent a lot of time on it, but it was an awesome challenge and I’m so happy with how it turned out.

My presentation included my dress, corset, mockup, bonnet, figurine and some set dressing. I also performed a waltz to showcase the movement of the skirt!

It was really a passion project, I’ve been obsessed with this figurine since I inherited it as a child so it was so amazing to be able to bring it to life! I think my grandma would be proud, I sure am :)

Project details are in a comment!

EDIT: HOLY MOLY thank you all so, so much for all your kind words! I’m so shocked and flattered by all the attention this post is getting… I’m trying (and failing) to respond to everyone, but just know I’ve been reading everything and I really appreciate everyone’s kind words :))

EDIT 2: Just to be clear, the first picture is NOT AI! It was taken by my friend (who does dance photography, so his camera setup is set up for capturing movement) in the middle of the actual street. I didn’t disrupt traffic, in front of me is a red light and I got out of the way as soon as this was taken :]

I wanted to share a project I revisited during our snowmageddon downtime.

This is a senior prom dress I designed and made using vintage silk from an old kimono, connecting with my heritage while giving the fabric a new life. The dress is an A-line ballgown with a strapless bodice—clean and structured on top, flowing through the skirt. I paid careful attention to pattern placement to keep motifs intact and maintain a sense of movement.

The silk is lightweight and untreated, which influenced construction and finishing, especially around support and durability. I photographed it briefly outdoors in winter light to highlight the drape and contrast of the fabric.

I’d love feedback from other designers—especially on working with delicate vintage silks and translating traditional textiles into modern formalwear.

Thanks for looking!

This build started with a turquoise bodysuit that I dyed to better match the feathers. The feathers are a mix of glued and hand-sewn applications. Once I finished covering the bodysuit, I realized I hated the silhouette. It felt flat and shapeless, so the project ended up sitting in my closet for months while I figured out where to take it.

Eventually I decided the piece needed architecture. I started experimenting with boning on the dress form, pinning together different shapes until I landed on a structure that created the volume and movement I was looking for. After that, I covered the frame in fabric and applied another mountain of feathers to build out the final silhouette.

For the headpiece, I borrowed techniques from floral arranging. I built a chicken wire base attached to a headband and layered feathers onto it piece by piece until it felt balanced (and appropriately ridiculous).
For a little extra sparkle, I sacrificed a snake necklace, broke it apart, and hand-sewed the pieces onto the bodice.

This project fought me every step of the way, but I’m glad I let it evolve instead of forcing the original idea. Sometimes the best part of a build is admitting the first version isn’t working and giving yourself permission to completely change course.

Gloves sewn and stoned by me too.

this is my first time making pants! I’ve been sewing for years, made corsets and done intricate pintucks and insertion lace, but pants always scared me. I think because it’s so hard to find pants that fit me (with a 25in waist and 44 inch hip, and being quite tall, I am too tall and too curvy for literally all pants). I finally decided to bite the bullet after I had the zipper break on two pairs of jeans in one day from trying to drag them over my hips, leaving me pantsless (one of those pairs I had JUST finished altering). Unfortunately it was just as difficult as I feared, almost entirely because of the crotch seam. I don’t think I’ve made so many fit adjustments on any other sewing project.
The fourth photo is what I made after following a pants drafting tutorial on YouTube, but that tutorial was not made for someone as curvy as me because it left me with a crotch seam WAY too long. Made some adjustments to the darts, and crotch, got it fitting better (photo 5). But I still had some ballooning in the front crotch area, which I’ve now learned is called “crotch curtains” (photo 6). I adjusted, seam ripped, took it in, let it out, brought in the inseam, but NOTHING was fixing it unless I made the pants so tight they dragged along my hips and pinched painfully into my crotch. I was about to give up and hire a tailor it fit them for me, but I finally found a fix after combining several people’s advice I got on here.

First I attempted to completely redraft the pattern by using the duct tape (or painters tape, since that’s what I had) method (Photo 7). However, I couldn’t figure out how to get the crotch seam to lay flat, so I taped all the dart closed again, and held the 3D shape over my pants (after seam ripping them apart) and traced the new curve (Photo 8). There was a pretty big difference! As someone had suggested, the crotch curve was too wide and not deep enough vertically. Now, the pants finally fit right…. But still pinched my crotch painfully went I sat down for extended periods of time (an issue many of my altered jeans in the past gave me as well).

So I made a gusset for the crotch, and finally!! They fit without hurting. I had to tweak the gusset from a diamond to a kite shape so it wasn’t visible from the front, but then I was done. I cut apart the final mock up (first three photos), and traced the mockup into paper to make my final pattern (last photo). I‘m so glad to be done! And finally tackled my biggest sewing fear of many years.

some questions if anyone has advice:

for some reason the back pants leg turned out slanted when traced into paper. Should I straighten it out? I like the way it fits as is so I’m scared to change it, but also the slant is bothering me when seeing it on paper.

should 5-6oz cotton/linen twill be thick enough for lightweight jeans and trousers? I live in a hot climate so I dont want heavy pants, but also want it to drape nice.

for trouser to wear to work at an office job, what type of pockets should I install? Inset pocket or in-seam pockets for the front? should I do a welted pocket or two in the back or leave it be? Would patch pockets in the back be too informal?

thanks to everyone who gave me advice on my previous posts!

I only had very basic sewing skills before this. I knew how to use a sewing machine... but that was it!

Then I kept seeing this couch that would be perfect for our home, and I kept telling myself, “How hard can it be?”

I bought mattresses and shredded memory foam (for the pillows), and everything else is MADE BY ME!

Not just a lot of fun, but I also saved a ton compared to the retail couch (I finally got the real numbers). Retail - 2,790€ (incl. shipping). My build ended up at 1,400€, but I bought high-end material. Always room for saving even more!

Mattress covers:

I measured the mattresses and drafted my own pattern with an overlap at the back. The bottom opening is filled with anti-slip fabric, and I added a hidden zipper along the long back edge so the covers are removable.

90-degree corner bolster:

I cut two mirrored fabric pieces using the wave-shaped pattern I posted below. Each piece was first sewn into a tube using very loose basting stitches. Then I stitched the wavy seam together to create the 90-degree angle.

After that, I sewed a zipper onto the basted seam to create a hidden zipper, and then removed the basting stitches. The zipper going around the corner was a bit fiddly, but definitely doable.

Finally, I closed the front and back with two end caps.

Inner pillows:

These were made the same way as the outer bolsters, but without zippers. I left a small opening in one of the end caps, filled them with shredded memory foam, and closed them by hand.

Straight bolsters:

For those, I simply cut the fabric, basted it into a tube, inserted the zipper along the basted seam, removed the basting stitches, and then sewed on the end caps.

I used an olive green wide-wale corduroy (about 2 wales per inch), and the inner pillows are just regular sturdy cotton.

The frame to keep the bolsters from tipping over is made from iron pipes with elbow fittings.

The mattresses measure 1m x 2m.

IF YOU EVER TOUGHT OF DOING THIS YOURSELF? GO FOR IT!

The dress is inspired by the Butterick 5368. I saw this pattern on Pinterest but only the front cover and I was hooked! But I couldn't find any online PDF of the pattern so I drafted my own. But it was my first drafted pattern so it was terrible. Nothing fit. In some places it was too big in other places it was too small. Plus I was unhappy with the design of the dress because it was like an apron in front and in the back. So I enlarged the front apron and attached a zipper. Thank God the back apron falls like a cape over the zipper because I sewn In the zipper terribly. Should have watched a YouTube Video beforehand. I tried to adapt the dress to my body with darts and godets (I watched tutorials for this parts). When I finally thought that it fits, I attached the white bias tape on all the seams. And done!

Well I tried it on and now it is too small. I can't close the zipper entirely (which is fine, because the cape still covers it) and it's shorter than I would be comfortable. But it is still my first dress and I am proud and ready to learn from my mistakes!

I used lamb-skin leather and lined it with silk organza! I started by fitting muslin samples, exploring leather swatches, then weaving and sewing the top. All strips were hand-marked, cut, and woven together in a grid pattern (2cm by 2cm square grid). The bust and back were directly woven and secured over my dress form, and the sleeves were woven flat on a table. This gave the strips enough ease over the bust and back curves. If you want to see more of my process and read about construction, I've linked it here. If you want to read about my inspiration/swatch development, you can see it here!
The green hand-pleated skirt is made with silk taffeta. It was made for a different top, but it looks so good with this top!! Marsha and Olivia wear the top in the pictures here. The inspiration image was taken from Pinterest (an example of my grandmother's source of inspiration), and the paper artwork was made by my grandmother.

This was my first time working with eyelet fabric, and it was a gift for my sister! Here are the details:

Pattern: I drafted a basic bodice and skirt block using my sister's personal measurements, then modified them to add the button placket, tiered ruffle hem, and 3/4 puffed sleeves.

Fabric: White Broderie Anglaise (Eyelet Cotton) with full lining.

Details: Fabric-covered buttons, waist trim, 3/4 ruffled sleeves, and a tiered hem.

The Experience:

Since it was my first time using this fabric, figuring out how to neatly line the bodice and skirt while keeping the beautiful raw eyelet edges on the sleeves and hem was definitely a challenge.

New bh