Well hello everyone! I’m so sew excited to be doing my first official Simple Sew blog post on this site that I lovingly put together for you all. I have enjoyed reading and being a part of so many amazing posts on this site from such a huge range of makers, styles and patterns – I hope you are all …
Béa’s Sewing Adventures’ Batwing Dress
The Sew Dots Batwing dress I recently did a workshop on sewing with knits, and I wanted to feel I was using the skills I had learnt there. So I was pleased to be working on the Batwing dress for my October Simple Sew project. I feel this is a good pattern for my shape, because although it’s a batwing, …
Nel Nan and Nora’s Lizzie Dress
Lizzie dress By Eleanor Thomson (https://nelnanandnora.wordpress.com/) I used: Wax print fabric from an African fabric stall in Kirkgate market, Leeds A 22” concealed zip Matching thread – a little tricky here – so I chose the dominant colour, blue (NB: I chose not to use interfacing as this fabric holds its shape well even when washed and I felt …
Béa’s Sewing Adventures’ Skater Dress (Sizing up tutorial)
The Skater dress I’m new to Simple Sew patterns, but when I was asked to be part of the team, I was definitely up for it. So many lovely patterns! It was really tricky to pick a first choice to blog about. I picked the Skater Dress: I liked the lines of it, and it seemed like a very useful …