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Sewing class tutorial: Flat front gathered skirt

04/13/2022

I’ve been experimenting to come up with an easy no pattern needed skirt to teach my sewing club how to make their own skirts. They have already learned to make an encased elastic waistband on their PJ pants, a gathered flat waistband on their apron project, and hems. Yay girls!!! Since this skirt uses all […]

Filed Under: PATTERN DRAFTING, Sewing Tutorial

A Modern Mad Hatter

03/20/2018

This week’s theme for Project Run and Play was to make an outfit inspired by a child’s story book. Gigi wanted me to make something from Alice And Wonderland, and I wanted to make something from one her favorite books, The English Roses. So I’m doing kind of a mix up of the Mad Hatter […]

Filed Under: Girls Sewing, My patterns, PATTERN DRAFTING, Project Run & Play

Oktoberfest Crop Top

10/04/2017

This was  fun project because it involved teaching my older daughter a bit of pattern drafting and sewing. She wanted a cropped peasant blouse inspired by a little vintage German style folk dress she loves wearing but which is falling apart. I was having a hard time figuring out what she wanted, so I asked […]

Filed Under: My patterns, PATTERN DRAFTING

Gemma tank dress hack

07/28/2017

After making three Gemma tanks and finally achieving a good fit, why not use the tank as base for a new dress? A simple throw on summer dress with a fitted waist. I used my size medium D cup tank bodice and extended it to almost knee length. Then I cut it a bit below […]

Filed Under: PATTERN DRAFTING, Pattern Reviews, Sewing for myself

Fixing a droopy armscye on a knit turtleneck pattern- Kwik Sew 4069

01/16/2017

This week’s project is Kwik Sew 4069, a fitted turtleneck long sleeved tee. While the fit on my black turtleneck isn’t perfect, after a few pattern changes, it’s a lot better than the first striped version. I may still have some fit improvement if I do an FBA, but the fit is now very close to […]

Filed Under: Fitting, PATTERN DRAFTING, Pattern Reviews

DIY Maribou feather trimmed stretch velvet minidress

01/01/2017

When we were up in Berkeley last month for Oliver’s graduation, we were headed back to our hotel from his party on Shattuck Street. I spied the fabric store Stone Mountain And Daughter on the street. We had the Uber driver pull over and we jumped out! What a fabulous shop! We had about twenty […]

Filed Under: Girls Sewing, Holidays, PATTERN DRAFTING, Pattern Reviews, Sewing trends

Drafting a lace bodice over bustier from scratch: Rosarios first muslin

05/15/2016

Hi readers! I have a new sewing adventure this week. Isabelle’s classmate from high school, the lovely Rosario, is getting married! I’ve know her since she was a tween, and boy does time fly, doesn’t it? Rosario already bought a dress at BHLDN in Beverly Hills but after that, she realized she didn’t like it […]

Filed Under: Bridal Sewing, My patterns, PATTERN DRAFTING

Pattern drafting : Simple boned bodice A line dress

04/21/2016

I finished Lily’s boned bodice and a line skirt dress and she likes it! This is the finished result and part three of my process of creating a pattern from scratch. In part one I draped the bodice to the dress form and created a paper pattern. In part two I cut it out of […]

Filed Under: Girls Sewing, My designs, My patterns, PATTERN DRAFTING

Fitting bustier muslin 1 & 2

04/13/2016

Last post left off with me making the pattern to fit my dress form perfectly. While the form is close to Lily’s measurements, aseach body is just so different even when the measurements are similar. One size never fits all! I wish. Here are the results of our first fitting…I knew the bodice was going […]

Filed Under: Couture sewing, Draping, Girls couture, PATTERN DRAFTING, Sewing Tutorial, Special Occasion Sewing

Making a strapless bodice pattern: part one

04/11/2016

I thought it would be interesting to document a project I’m working on from start to finish. I bought some lovely periwinkle blue lace at The Fabric Store recently, and some navy silk lining. Lily wants me to make her a lace dress with a lace overlay for the school dance. I’ve decided to make […]

Filed Under: PATTERN DRAFTING, Sewing Tutorial

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I'm Justine! Welcome to my sewing blog! Here you'll find lots of handmade clothing for myself and other lucky folks! I'm a native Los Angeleno who moved to a small farm outside of LA with my family.

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