Summer in the City: Tutorial, free pattern, how-to! Here it is, the how-to for this great summer dress: If you'd like to see more pictures of it first, I posted plenty HERE! What you need: Knit fabric with plenty of stretch, or anything else with plenty of stretch I guess.Mine was 1,25 m wide and I had 1,5 meters and I used it up almost entirely. I usually wear size 36 or S. Red: From your waist (or wherever you want the skirt part to start) up to where you want your lowest neck point to be. The black dotted lines are how the rest of the pattern will come together. Draw your pattern, starting with the red line, then in a 90º angle the green, and in a 135º angle the blue line.
You will cut that ON THE FOLD as indicated, and you need to cut it twice. STEP 2: Sewing the top There isn't much sewing to do. Now you see why I added that little green tag: to cover up the seam that is now rolling to the outside. While still wearing it, also measure how wide your top part should be at the waist and mark. You are done with the top! Mark point x: Done! Photo 1- Make Over Your Shirts With A DIY Dip Dye! Sure, we go nuts for vintage eBay scores and the latest runway trends, but there's nothing that stops R29ers dead in their tracks faster than some good ol' food porn. So, when Erica and Lauren of HonestlyWTF launched their equally delicious blog, HonestlyYUM, we just had to drop everything.
Each week, we'll spotlight their creative concoctions. Go ahead, try to look away — we dare you. I’ve been wanting to make my own tiered dessert stand for awhile now. However, the risk of potentially cracking perfectly precious vintage plates was seriously limiting my motivation. Recycle an old bra...yes please! Love this! @ Heart-2-HomeHeart-2-Home. 30 Great Places to Buy Fabric Online « The Humble Nest. You can make the greatest stuff with your sewing skills but if you don’t have great fabric to work with your projects just won’t turn out as well. Finding fabric that is perfect for your needs can be a bit of a hassle and it’s often a task that’s best done in person so you can gauge weight and texture. Yet, some of the best deals on fabric, especially imported or designer fabric, can be found online. Here are a few sites that I’ve found to be particularly useful in finding and buying great fabrics.
UPDATE: I appreciate all the comments and recommendations, but please check out my follow up post for additional sites. Many more suggestions appear there! Big Sites These sites offer wide selections suited to basic sewing needs. Joann Fabric and Crafts: You’ll find pretty much the same collection of fabrics on the Joann site as you would in the store. Budget Need to do some design on a dime? Fashion Fabrics Club: Lots of fabrics some nice and some, well, not so pretty. Specialty and Imports. To Die For DIY: Lace Denim Cut-Offs. Go Anywhere Knit Dress Tutorial. (Looking for more free patterns? Be sure to check out my free patterns and tutorials page here.) I love knit fabric! I would take a guess and say 95% of my dresses and tops are made from knits.
I have managed to collect a few pretty knits and have decided it is time to make something for myself. This dress is very easy to make, once the pattern is made and fabric cut, it goes together super quick. The great thing about this dress is you can adjust the hem, sleeve length and waistband location to what suits you best! Here is the tutorial for the Anywhere Knit Dress! Materials needed: 2 to 2 1/2 yards of 60 inch wide knit fabric1/2 inch elasticlarge paper to trace pattern (Wrapping paper, art paper, freezer paper- I used wrapping paper)loose fitting shirt to tracefabric markerball point needlemeasuring taperulerscissorsironspray starchStep one: Tracing and cutting the pattern.
Measure from your shoulder to the point you want your dress to fall. Add 1 1/4 inch for seam allowances and hem. Free pattern to download: The sorbetto top. I have a little treat for you today: the Sorbetto top, a brand new free downloadable pattern! Several weeks ago, Kathleen of grosgrain asked me to participate in a little something she put together called free pattern month. I thought it would be a great opportunity to put together another freebie pattern for you all, which is something I’ve been meaning to do for a long time, seeing as the Madeleine Bloomers were such a hit. So I asked around on twitter and facebook to see what sort of simple, free pattern you all might be interested in.
Many people said they wanted a simple tank or camisole, or possibly a babydoll top to go with the bloomers. With that, I took the 60s as my inspiration and made this ultra-simple and swingy little top! This version was made in a coral pink crepe de chine, with bias tape made in the same fabric. Or check out this version, in a casual printed cotton lawn. This top goes great paired with a coconut-basil milkshake, pictured above. Enjoyed this post? Easy Short Sleeved Dress Pattern Elastic Waist by PatternRunway. m3osv6vzr21qihh0eo1_500.jpg (JPEG Image, 500 × 750 pixels) - Scaled (85%) Elasticated-waist-play-suit.pdf (application/pdf Object) The Honey Girl Dress... modified!
Did you know you can make this dress with the Honey Girl Dress pattern (link) by simply changing where you shirr? It's the exact same bodice and skirt pattern, but with less shirring and no ruffle. Criz-naizy man! Here's how you do it... 1) Cut out the Skirt and Bodice pieces as you would for the regular Honey Girl Dress.2) Follow instructions for Step 1, Step 2, Step 3, and Step 4.3) For Step 5, mark the shirring lines on the Front Bodice as follows: First shirring line is 1" above the waistline casing and the second shirring line will be 1" above the first shirring line.4) For the Back Bodice, you can shirr as directed in the instructions or you can do what I did for the dress which was shirr a row every 2".
The 2" spacing between the shirring allows the unique fabric design (Girly and Bitter) to be visible with the shirring. 5) Continue on to Step 6 and follow through with the remaining pattern instructions, omitting the instructions for adding a ruffle (unless you want a ruffle). Jamie. Isabel's Picnic Dress Custom fit by oneaviandaemon. Meadow Rue. Over a relaxing, Hawaiian Thanksgiving break I stumbled across an amazing pattern. This little summer frock looked comfy and cool, but also completely out of my skill range as a dress making newbie. I bookmarked the source, and moved on with my life, and tried to forget that beautiful, jersey dress. Until…I entered the thrift store a few weeks ago and found the 1980′s polyester copy-cat (possibly…if you squint your eyes really tight) of my inspiration. We shall call her…Fuschia. I liken Fuschia to my high school choir robe. Shapeless, matronly…something out of Big Love, if you will. A quick image search of Karin Stevens apparel yielded some pretty freaking fantastic results.
And now, I present to you…the infamous shoulder pads. Since this is my first tutorial, I’ll be the first to admit I forgot to document several important steps. Since I was attempting to imitate my inspiration piece, the arms (and shoulder pads) obviously had to go. Next, it was time to sew up those arm holes. Meadow Rue. Hey folks! Guess what? There’s a light…it’s at the end of the tunnel! I have almost survived the hardest semester of my life. And I cannot wait to spend three weeks in sweats, sewing, skiing and being a social being again. I cannot wait to return to the world of humanhood. I have so many projects on my list. I recently taught this sewing class at Fabricate.
Ready? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. You’re done! Be Sociable, Share! Diy Couture Tshirt Dress ∙ How To by Rosie M.