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For the Lonsdale Sew-Along, you may want to underline or line your dress! Especially if you’re using a lovely, soft sheer fabric and don’t want to see the print through both layers of the bodice, or want a little coverage through the skirt. If your fabric is a light colour, even if it’s not lightweight, […]
Today we get to start sewing! We’ll start at the top of our dress, sewing the bodice pieces first. As requested by many of you who have limited time to sew, or only get short periods of time to sit and sew, we’ll be doing bite-size posts. I’ll try to keep each sew-along post to […]
Hello, everyone! If you’ve been wondering about adjusting this dress for a fuller bust, I can help! I can at very least, point you in the right direction for your own alterations. Keep in mind I am adjusting for an imaginary full-bust, and haven’t fit this according to a real person. However, I’ve added a […]
Choosing fabric is one of the most fun parts of sewing! Today, I’ll share my fabric recommendations for the Lonsdale Dress. For this dress, a change in fabric can give it a completely different look! Choose a solid silk for formal occasions, printed cotton for the beach. It’s up to you! Here’s what I recommend […]
Hello, Sew-Alongers! Even if you’re not sewing the Lonsdale Dress with us, I wanted to share a few tips and tricks to save fabric on this dress. It uses a lot of fabric! If you’re anything like me, you have fancy taste in fabric but a limited budget. Or, you tend to buy fabric before […]
Last post for the Crescent sew-along, everyone! Let’s get hemming! You can hem your skirts any way you like. I’d suggest trying it on again, and making sure you are happy with the length before hemming. You can always go shorter later, too! I’m going to show you how to use seam binding to hem […]
Today we’ll finish up the waistband-zipper-facing section. We’ll understitch the facing, topstitch around the zipper, and secure the facing to the skirt. It’s going to look just about finished by the end of today – only the hem left to complete! Let’s finish up the waistband. We have three kinds of stitching to do today: understitching, […]
Hey everyone! Today I’ll show you how to sew in the zipper. We’ll take the facing-zipper unit we constructed yesterday, and sew it into the skirt. This post has a ton of photos, which will help you follow along at home. Nothing we’re going to do is particularly hard or challenging, it’s just different from […]