#dress making

[writer-at-the-table]

Really cool resource for all sorts of patterns and craft info!

[artsy-cactus]

hello, welcome to my latest project! duck tape dress! made for the duck brand scholarship contest: Stuck at prom!

was created over 3 weeks and 161 hours, using 80 rolls of tape and a LOT of miscellaneous craft supplies. i was inspired by rococo levels of extravagance, tim burton style drawings, and my constant desire for Huge Dresses. i cannot be stopped.

(this maybe my actual greatest achievement to date)

[thetimetravelingseamstress]

Cropped so you can’t see my face but look at this dress I made I’m so fucking proud

[batwynn]

Sewing and crafting community!

Anna is at risk of loosing her home and has already lost access to her meds, phone, and internet. Internet issues caused her to lose her remote job, and she is unable to cover the front cost of fabric supplies for orders for her sewing work at this time. She needs $800 in the next ten days just to keep the roof over her and the kitty’s heads. If anyone can help right now, it would be much appreciated!

Her paypal email: ak.redleaf@gmail.com

(*Note: paypal is slow on the update of her legal name change, but you can find her on instagram at: redleaf.sews to confirm before donating.)

(Plus: the conversion rate from USD to CAD makes even a small donation go further!)

As always, I am more than happy to provide art in exchange for a donation. Please message me a screen shot of your donation, and your request!

[zal-cryptid]

So, I have been meaning to ask Eleanor, for your last Halloween how did you come across the Lady dimitrescu costume from Resident Evil?

She had it customer made! She isn't much of a dressmaker, so she commissioned Sam the paper doll.

Fan Characters (left to right): Artie (Molimo), Sam (Morgan), and the Professor (Yan)!

[justa-snake]

I never posted this sorry chat

Dress inspired by Stella from Hawaii part II that I sewed :3

It looks sm better in person 💔

[dollomite]

Aristocats mini dress I made for Epcot ꩜.ᐟ

[intolaurel]

2024.10.17

Floral greek-inspired dress + corset belt. Finished a while ago but finally had the time to take some pictures (technically two videos + screenshots).

The dress is simply two rectangular sheets sown together + tucked in at the top of the sleeve. The corset belt I made by tracing the desired outline from my dress block pattern. The belt is also reversible, the side shown here is black whilst the other side is the same floral pattern as the dress. I'll probably post a more detailed how and what tomorrow / this weekend.

Overall I'm very happy with how it turned out. It is sooo comfortable to wear. Thinking about making a few more of these next year ahead of summer.

[angelpuns]

I got reminded how much I enjoyed designing/making dresses during college so here's some old designs and also the 3 dresses I made during college! I actually had another one I embellished but I didn't take any pics of it :/

Some explanation for all of them cause teehee it interests me:

- first one is an Edwardian era Ponyo Dress that I never got to make but I remember every few months :) the pattern isn't as accurate as I'd like since I drew it before I had done a ton of research, but it'd still be fun to make one day!!

-some Mother Nature designs!! Was gonna make these as well but just didn't have the time or money :/

- peach chiffon dress that I made for a photograph project, where I dressed my friend up and then photographed her in like super run-down buildings and stuff. I just wanted to make a pretty dress :)

- metamorphosis dress. Okay so we had to make a project about metamorphosis so I was like ' reverse ugly duckling dress'. The black dress underneath is the main dress, and then the white dress on top closed in the back with snaps! I had my friend model it during our critique and she revealed the black dress underneath :) its still the best dress I've ever made - construction wise it wasn't great cause it was also the first dress I ever made- but still!

[ellyartz]

The Green Dress WIP

So I wanted to try sewing Alicent’s dress from season 1 and here’s my work in progress! I’m pretty happy with how’s it going, I still need to make the inner sleeves and add the gold flower details and maybe I’ll do an Alicent cosplay photoshoot 🤗💚

[moononmyfloor]

So I made a Mamianqun!

I've been wanting to make a one for so long. Then I saw this fabric in an outlet that sells faulty fabrics discarded from factories, where you can find some unusual stuff that you can't find in regular shops.

This fabric is supposed to have this print all over, but got only printed at the bottom. If you squint you can see faded print marks on the middle section too. The moment I saw this I immediately thought of a mamianqun because a lot of mamianqun come with bottom print 😍.

However do not copy me in this, because I only thought of the pattern and not the fact that the fabric is too bulky and heavy especially for dress with humongous volume. It does not make for for the nicest, crispiest pleats as you can see in the pictures below. Also this is gonna be such a pain to wash and dry.

But I will give myself a pat on the back because this is my first attempt, and for someone who has never taken a formal sewing class nor is able to properly follow any instructional guide because I'm scatterbrained like that, I think I did a pretty swell job! ☺

Even though it took me a whole damn day and numerous frustrating unpicking and redoing over and over again, lol.

Though I am not able to provide you a guide (because like I said, I myself am incapable of following any), I used the following four sources to get an idea about what I am trying to do to begin with. I studied these four, then attempted it myself and figured it out gradually as I went, through trial and error.

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1. This helped me understand the overall geometry of the garment.

2. This gave me clear visual aid about what the end product should look like.

3. This doll-size mamianqun video was simple and gave a very good and non-complex demo of the process.

4. This helped me with understanding how to attach the waistband.

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The modifications I added myself are:

Making the waistband a button-up. As the skirt was already so heavy, I thought a long strip of a tie would make it even more difficult to handle. But at the same time it is not easy to secure something like this so it wouldn't accidentally fall apart. So I used two sturdy buttons from the front, and another button in the back, from inside (you can't see it)

Adding pockets! In the 3rd source I posted above, at the 0:41 mark you see that there's this one huge pleat that gets folded inwards, right?

And I thought, two simple vertical and horizontal stitches from inside can turn them to pockets, so why not!

The final product! Yayyy!

(Don't look at the imperfections, they are shy ok!)

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More posts by me

[gothic-lottie]

My Slytherin coord

[kajaono]

Maybe I sewed my very first dress? Maybe I am so proud I want to show it to you? MAYBE!

[ahedderick]

Dress progress. I'm undecided on whether or not to add the heart appliqué on the front. I can't decide if it's cute or 'too precious.' Big pockets in the side seam, though . . ALWAYS the right thing to do!

[thingsihavecrochetandknit]

I got this dress more than a decade ago and wore it so much one of the straps gave out. I've been wanting to make it wearable again for a long time. I'm so glad I was able to rework it into something I can wear again 🥰

[thevoidfairy]

i havent posted in a bit but im making a Dream inspired Dress rn- i know nightmare is the one people put moons and stars with but i think Dream deserves them to, night time dosent always have to be dark and scary. also both are dealing with eppy time, yes im made Dream is sun themed....fight me on it