8 years ago
Hello there! I’m excited to share a fun project with you today.
I found this lovely classy Fabric at Minerva and jumped at the chance to work with it!
It’s a really unique and dressy fabric. The composition is black tulle (as the base) with cut out pleather pieces layered with intricate silver thread embroidery on top.
The pattern that I paired with this project is the Ultimate Shift Dress from Sew Over It. I picked the pattern as I love the simplicity of the dress. There are only bust darts for shaping, no front or back darts (so that a printed fabric can shine).
Seam allowance: The pattern calls for 1.5cm (or 0.59”). When I made my first two muslins, I rounded down to a ½” Seam allowance (or 0.5”). After I finished the second muslin, I contacted Sew Over It to double check the English conversion for the S.A. They suggested to use 5/8” (or 0.625”) for the seam allowance. As my muslins were made with ½” (and a few alternate seam allowances), I did not follow the suggested 5/8” S.A. so I wanted to note this here. I share my alternate seam allowances that I used in the Final Dress section of this post.
Muslin #1: For the first muslin I used a fun mustard printed bedsheet from my stash. For woven patterns I usually enjoy repurposing poly/cotton bedsheets for a quick & cheap muslin, to test fit. If the muslin fits well in the first go around, it becomes a wearable muslin. If it doesn’t fit well, then the investment was low.
For muslin #1 I made Version #1 and I selected a size 8 for the sleeves. I also picked a size 8 for the bust, graded to a 10 at the waist and a 12 at the hips.
Continued in my next post…
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I found this lovely classy Fabric at Minerva and jumped at the chance to work with it!
It’s a really unique and dressy fabric. The composition is black tulle (as the base) with cut out pleather pieces layered with intricate silver thread embroidery on top.
The pattern that I paired with this project is the Ultimate Shift Dress from Sew Over It. I picked the pattern as I love the simplicity of the dress. There are only bust darts for shaping, no front or back darts (so that a printed fabric can shine).
Seam allowance: The pattern calls for 1.5cm (or 0.59”). When I made my first two muslins, I rounded down to a ½” Seam allowance (or 0.5”). After I finished the second muslin, I contacted Sew Over It to double check the English conversion for the S.A. They suggested to use 5/8” (or 0.625”) for the seam allowance. As my muslins were made with ½” (and a few alternate seam allowances), I did not follow the suggested 5/8” S.A. so I wanted to note this here. I share my alternate seam allowances that I used in the Final Dress section of this post.
Muslin #1: For the first muslin I used a fun mustard printed bedsheet from my stash. For woven patterns I usually enjoy repurposing poly/cotton bedsheets for a quick & cheap muslin, to test fit. If the muslin fits well in the first go around, it becomes a wearable muslin. If it doesn’t fit well, then the investment was low.
For muslin #1 I made Version #1 and I selected a size 8 for the sleeves. I also picked a size 8 for the bust, graded to a 10 at the waist and a 12 at the hips.
Continued in my next post…
#minervamakes #minervamakers #isew #memade #memades #sewing #sewist #sewists #sewinginspo #sewinginspiration #sew #sewcialist #sewingproject #sewingprojects #sewingideas #sewingprojectideas #sewingpatterninspo #lovesewing #ilovesewing #sewsewsew #sewersgonnasew #makersgonnamake #sewaholic #sewaholics #shareyoursewing #sewinglove #handmadewardrobe #handemadeclothes #isewmyclothes #diyclothes #dressmaking #fabricinspo #seamstress #memadeeveryday #imakemyclothes #imakemyownclothes #fashion #fashioninspo #memadewardrobe #memadefashion #diyfashion #diywardrobe #fashionsewing #indiepatterns #indiesewingpatterns #sewoveritpatterns #sewoveritultimateshiftdress #ultimateshiftdress #sewingdresses #sewingwithfauxleather #fauxleathersewingprojects #soiultimateshiftdress #sewingshiftdresses
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