Velvet Party Dress
When pressing seams, don't place the iron directly on the velvet as this risks leaving a permanent iron mark. To open seams, hover the iron over the seam and use steam to heat the fabric. Once heated, fingerpress the ... [... more]
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T-Shirt Dress
In tune with the latest fashion and trends, school-age girls can be fastidious and finicky when it comes to clothes selection, especially on the first few days of the new school year. To keep costs down and to ... [... more]
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Silkscreened Skirt
Jordan truly appreciates the everyday heroes she has met in the travels and experiences throughout her young life. In this project, she shows how she pays tribute to them--by silkscreening images of them onto ... [... more]
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Taffeta Ball Skirt
Does your heart pound when you open an invitation that reads "formal attire required?" Well, if you're like most people, your heart's pounding for two reasons--one because you're excited. But probably the biggest ... [... more]
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Lining A Mermaid Tail Skirt
If the skirts seams are angled, then fraying may not be too much of an issue and careful trimming may be sufficient to control the raw edges. The lining will go over them, so remember you simply want to guard against ... [... more]
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Mother-Of-The-Groom Outfit
For the body of the skirt, J. and I chose a heavy taffeta called gros de Londres. I think it will hold the shape of the skirt nicely, without the heaviness (or the shine) of satin. I'll underline it with silk organza ... [... more]
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Applying Waistbands
It's usually not necessary to interface or underline the fabric — it's going to be folding over itself, so the layers usually provide all the strength that's needed. Aligning the edge of the waistband with the top ... [... more]
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Eliminating The Waistband
Iron the ribbon or interfacing, stretching and curving the edge that is pinked or the picot edge as you iron. If you are working with interfacing, just tug at one edge as you iron. You might want to spritz the ribbon ... [... more]
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Lamb Suede Skirt
6. Use small binder clips to hold fabric panels together. Do not use pins. Reduce presser foot pressure to a four--some machines do this automatically. Using a Teflon-coated presser foot and 90/14 leather needle, sew ... [... more]
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Wool Gauze Skirt
3. The under skirt for the flounce is hemmed with a regular hemstitch. The upper or top flounce part of the skirt is serged using a regular width, three-thread configuration on the raw edge(figure G). A wide width, ... [... more]
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Hems
Putting in a hem can make the difference between something looking professionally made or home made. The three things that give a hem a professional look are width, treatment and loose and careful stitches. ... [... more]
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Battenburg Lace
Brown uses lace to dress a Bitti Bunnie. First, she stitches a long strip of fabric into a tube. Then, she takes a yard of satin-edge ribbon and stitches it along the tube. Next, she gathers the fabric for the bunny ... [... more]
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