Detailed patterns and step-by-step instructions for creating garments & accessories
To make this cross over top you need a regular bodice as well as an overlapping cross over overlay. You can make this overlay in a sheer fabric or contrast coloured fabric or the same as the main bodice decorated with trims ( as I have done with a lace trim).The overlay is slightly gathered in the bottom edge with a piece of … Read more
This is a pattern and sewing tutorial to make a boxy top with frilled sleeves also called flute sleeves. A small embroidery border design is given at the bottom edge on the front. Step 1. Cut out the pattern pieces. You need – Front pattern (& optional lining ) ; back pattern (& optional lining) … Read more
Mermaid skirt or the fishtail skirt as it is sometimes called is a very flattering silhouette, for most figures. Figure hugging and then flaring near the knees to the bottom edge beautifully – who doesnot want to be a mermaid The flair in this skirt is acheived with godets sewn into the bottom part of … Read more
Shorts are nothing short of a necessity during warm weather. You have sunny weather and the shorts are not far behind. What can be more cooling than wearing comfy shorts in the heat? Some girls even get away with wearing them to the office. The cool and trendy look that shorts give you is what … Read more
This is a simple dress with an embroidered yoke and fitted waist, flared skirt. The dress has waist ties and a square neck. You can change the neckline (Checkout drafting other necklines here) or add sleeves ( Checkout how to draft sleeves here) or skip the yoke/ facing to the outside or add embroidery stitching … Read more
Chemise is a loose hanging sleeveless loungewear . This was a clothing which earlier women used to wear under their long gowns. Even the men wore them then! Nowadays a chemise is a feminine clothing – worn mostly under clothes as a slip or on its own as a nighttwear/ loungewear. A chemise is said … Read more