A quick post on some pillows I finished for my parents' newly reupholstered couch. I used some blue-green trim, a lovely linen, and performance upholstery fabric from The Linen Shop in Gluckstadt, MS.
Thursday, August 18, 2022
Dressmaking at Home Dress F (Custom)
Tis the season of custom work! Shortly after my aunt put in for a variation from Dress B, a church friend requested a custom dress. Not sure what she would want, I picked out a few Japanese sewing books she might like (I knew her style was more feminine with simple lines and delicate details, and JSBs have plenty of that!). After we had the joy of going through each of them and ooh-ing and ah-ing over everything, she settled on something I had made before: Dress F from Dressmaking at home, another one of my favorites! Searching the internet for fabrics that might appeal to my friend, I settled on this collection from Katarina Roccella called "Twenty," and suggested she look through it and to let me know what she thought. The fabric she picked out was a nice heathered charcoal floral cotton. So, I got to work!
To better fit her, I made a few changes to the original pattern and to what I had done the first time I used this pattern. First, I made a button-and-loop closure rather than the zip that the pattern calls for. On my version of the dress, I left out the fish-eye darts on the dress bodice because my bust-waist-hip measurements don't vary enough to need them. All I needed were some small bust darts on mine. I added the fish-eyes back for my friend, who has larger measurement ratios. I also used bias binding to finish the neckline rather than facing. This was just based on experience from doing facings the first time -- they feel bulky with finer fabrics while wearing the dress. She also asked for the dress to be lengthened. We were both super happy with the way it turned out!✨🎉
Happy Sewing!🧵
Dress B from One Yard is the Best (Custom)
Time for another visitation of one of my favorite patterns: Dress B from One Yard is the Best. This one happens to be a custom request made by my aunt. She wanted something easy to wear in the summer, but still nice. Cue this dress! I made it with some lightweight cotton for the body, a shirting cotton for the skirt lining (which we added by sewing it on right under the top seam of the drawstring casing, lining right-side to dress wrong-side - when sewn in, it's also upside down with the bottom edge near the neckline -- and letting the lining fall into place after sewn. This way the raw edge is hidden between lining and dress), and cotton twill tape for the waistline drawstring. No complications at all and just a good time to make!🍃🌸
Happy Sewing!🧵
Decorative Pillows
One of my recent commissions was to make decorative pillows for my mom's newly redone guest room. Two of them (with the coconut shell buttons) were made based on this tutorial by Sew4Home: https://sew4home.com/fast-fridays-button-loop-overlap-pillows/ and the others were a hodge-podge of assembly methods. The white one was self-explanatory, just some puffs on the corners and a zip on the bottom to make it removeable. I also had the opportunity to try out a lumbar and a tufted pillow -- the tufted turned out great and I didn't use a pattern, but I did learn that I needed nice, long upholstery needles to do the job well and quickly. The lumbar was based on a vintage pattern now out of print, Simplicity 4515. Unfortunately, when I got it, it was missing the tufted pillow pattern pieces, so I winged it! I also learned how to make self-covered buttons using a little kit from Hobby Lobby. Not as complicated as I had expected, honestly. Those buttons went on the lumbar and tufted pillows. Although I was happy with the tufted one, the lumbar definitely looked like a first attempt when finished. No worries though, I will be making another one with my new upholstery needles and I will be making more measurements. The lumbar turned lumpy partly because there was not enough fabric, so next time there will be enough.
Happy Sewing!🧵
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