Butterick 4320

We have a Hollywood theme night at Brownies coming up, and (not so) surprisingly my eight year old didn’t have a ball gown and neither did her friend.  A trip to The Shuttle in Saltaire where I picked up 6 metres of shiny black heavy unknown fabric for £2.50 total, some freebie binding from Simona…

New Look 6146

Fabric, Notions and Alterations 2m from Abakhan Liverpool one 16 inch zipper This dress is a bit of a mash-up as I already had the skirt pattern for Lisette 1419 cut from the project before this, and I wanted something that wasn’t as formal looking as the skirt in New Look 6146. I used top…

Simplicity 1459

I made view B without the cumber band.  Wish I hadn’t bothered with the sleeves, as even though the dress fit well and I DONNED the invisible zipper, it doesn’t feel right when I move my arms any higher than 90 degrees. ** UPDATED – I have now discovered how to fix this via a…

By Hand London Circle Skirt App

Take one old sarong, add a bit of elastic and apply the By Hand London Circle Skirt App and voilà, a quick and easy circle skirt. The edges to this are not very neat, but I spent only about an hour doing the whole thing, and it’s enough for a playing out skirt considering it…