Whipping up another English Tea Dress, Simple Sew Blogger Just Sew Helen, this time creates a fully lined bodice and shows how to sew a neat rolled hem. The result is a pretty, easy wear sleeveless version ready for summer!
Meet the Blogger – Just Sew Helen
As a relative new comer to Simple Sew, blogger Helen of Just Sew Helen has grown her sewing skills to include dressmaking, embroidery and even soft toy making. Her Simple Sew signature style is a taking our patterns and adding a simple hack, to really make them her own.
Just Sew Helen’s English Tea Dress
Just Sew Helen not only road tested The English Tea dress pattern, using pretty floral viscose, but added an underling to the bodice, omitted the sleeves and did a FBA, resulting in a stylish summer dress. Read all about how she did it on our blog.
Just Sew Helen’s Hayley Ballet Top
Opting for comfort and style, Simple Sew Blogger Just Sew Helen, picked the Hayley Ballet top and a gorgeous stretch knit for our friends at Clothspot. Find her tips for finishing fabric, flat set sleeves and interfacing seams in her pattern review.