#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 💔

[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.

[dollomite]

Aristocats mini dress I made for Epcot ꩜.ᐟ

[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 🤗💚

[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!

[vicdollscloset]

他可能没那么爱我… 我要清醒过来！勇敢放手，昂首向前…

相信自己，熬过去就好了！

[bismuthburnsblue]

straight out from under the machine, but the hem came out! exactly how i wanted!!!!!!!

traditional coat linings are looser than the outside to allow for movement and to avoid pulling on the outside of the garment, and i was really trying to achieve that ease with this. the thing that made it hard(er than a regular coat) was that my hem is circular, so i couldnt just do it the common way- having the lining be shorter and folding up the outside to form the inside hem.

instead, i made a facing that matched the curve of the hem (i actually made it with the off cut from shortening the hem- the seams don't line up, but that was an intentional choice to reduce bulk at those points) sewed that onto my hem edge, understitched and thoroughly steamed it into its final place before measuring the lining to match. technically this is the wrong order of operations (really, the facing should be sewn to the lining, and then all joined to the outside at once) but this was the easier way to do things with this particular project, even if it means some jumping about and handsewing in the end.

i gave my lining enough time to do its bias stretchy thing well in advance, so to set the length i just evenly folded it up a set distance from the edge of the coat, pinned that, and then marked a line 2cm further in to the edge to overlock at. i sewed it to the facing with a 1cm seam allowance, so when its turned through, it rolls over onto itself as its a little longer than the stitch point!

its not as neat as my perfectionist self would like, but i accepted a while back in this project that this lining fabric is simply not going to allow that. it shifts and stretches and is generally a nightmare to get it to sit where you want, but god. the effect is entirely worth it.

i still need to handsew the corners where the lining meets the front facing, and im not confident the facing it going to stay up without some external stitching (ive been trying to avoid that, i may do some hand tacks so its invisible!) but other than that, its done! the only question now is, do i press it? do i put a crease into my roll over? if it was straight i probably would, but once again, the curve complicates things

[my-whimsical-creation]

Posting about this dress (again) because I finally took a picture of it finished and while I’m not wearing it