BurdaStyle Skirt Pattern

Thanks so much to everyone who left a positive comment about this- I was really touched! Well, the pattern will be posted on BurdaStyle in a couple of weeks, but with a twist... I'm useless at keeping secrets, but I'm going to try hard to this time! Keep checking back- I will tell you my secret around the 18th September.

Betty's Bay Adaptations

Some ideas for adapting the Betty's Bay sewing pattern, available here.

Vintage Vogue #3

Yoke in broderie anglais and bodice in chambray with red top-stitching:

Placket added to pattern as an alternative to the lapped centre front provided on the pattern (I will write a how-to-make-a-placket post shortly).

I added three pintucks to the hem of the skirt- these are actually bigger than pins, so just tucks! I topstitched them in red to keep with the red/ white/ blue theme.

Almost finished! Just making some decisions about binding, pockets and belt:

Pocket Templates

What a great idea and a time-saver! Colette Patterns has blogged a brilliant tutorial about how to use card templates to make pockets- taking out all the tedious pressing by hand. Take a look if you want a quick method of making pockets. I will definitely be trying this method at school.

Sewing Class

I ran my first 'sewing class' for my friend Helena (Dulcea). Helena is going off to an amazing fashion design job in the States and wanted to brush up her pattern-drafting and sewing skills. She made a beautiful chambray skirt inspired by my original. This was a dummy run- I hope to run more formal classes in the future. Thanks H!

1948 Sewing Video

http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=dressmaking%20sewing

Initial research for vintage range

Boleros

Blouses

Rompers/ Playsuits

Cap sleeve/ boat neck dresses

Sleeveless

First tunic PDF Patterns on Etsy at last!

Pattern Packs on their way!

First three tunic prototypes....

First two tunic pattern packs, named after places visited on my honeymoon in South Africa: Camp's Bay and Betty's Bay.