Wishing you well for the New Year!Here I am wearing my @burda_style Bustier Dress with Draped Detail 5/2011 #122A - that some might remember as @gertie18 bombshell dress to welcome 2021! 2020 was for me a mad one! A year I will always remember as a year of change. I’m grateful to see 2021, hoping to be healthy, creative, happy, successful and connect with the precious ones that have enriched my life thus far.❤️

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One sewing pattern - from classy to casual! DVF 1549

 

Diane Von Furstenberg! Vogue 1679 - the iconic wrap dress! In hot pink and black.

 

50's style cherry dress with low back. Sunny dress for the hot Summer days!

It’s a beautiful day to be wearing a 50s style cherry print dress! Self-drafted pattern by me, Miss J and if you’re sharp you’ll see it’s the longer version of the yellow dress posted previously. It's fully underlined with lapped zip. It's a statement dress for sure!

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Sunny yellow low back dress with vintage hem

Sometimes you don’t need to buy a pattern. I saw this dress, (swipe right to see) liked it and it inspired me to make something similar. So I did! Went to town on this one, it’s underlined with a vintage hand-sewn ribbon hem and an all in one facing. It’s heavy, feels quality when it’s on. You can’t put this in your hand luggage!😀. 

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This is one wide hem to be hand-sewing!

Hand-sewn vintage style ribbon hem. 

 

Strapless Evening ( or day) dress what long full skirt and beautiful pattern matching across the bodice!

Anyone remember @gertie18 Sew Retro perfect Bombshell dress class? Used the bodice from that for this and a self-drafted skirt.Made last minute for a work Xmas do and put the bow on to hide where I burnt it with the iron😂🤣#bluprint #sewersofinstagram #craftsy#memade

                                                                  This print is gorgeous!

                                                 Look at that pattern matching across the seams!!!

 

Gone Dotty!

This is the outcome of my pattern hack to Style 1273 - a 1980s summer dress with buttons down the front.  The 80's sleeves had to go and I wanted to have a yoke at the front without the buttons. The changes I made were:

amending the from buttons to remove the Button placket and closing it up.  Adding a zip to the back. Now, I didn't have sufficient fabric so I had to carefully pattern match across the dots at centre front.  Can you believe that? Laborious or what? Happy with the outcome though!