Ellen's Sewing Passion

Colors is nice to wear  this time of year!💎 My Lovely model Lisa was wearing the dress on a local  mannequin show at Bømlo Husflidslag.                           I'm explaining how I made the dress of the garments below. The dress is a combination of an old wool dress,  a sweater and a jacket which I didn't wear anymore. I have shown how I cut the garments apart, so it's easy to make a new fresh item!😉 The green top was perfect to cheer the dress up! As a collar I have used the bottom of the blue sweater and decorated it with a nice flower ribbon.  The sleeves and the waistband are also from the same sweater. The skirt is from the dark blue dress, so it's an easy project!  By the way, I also change the buttons to "swarovski" crystals 😊

This is another draping technic.  I start with drawing a heart on a basic pattern. The fabric pieces are stitched to the heart, and draped  before the heart is sewn to the front part. For the skirt I have used a BurdaStyle pattern  I've tried once before in a Member Model Challenge . For the upper part I have used satin and the skirt is sewn with  sport stretch which is perfect to use when you're making a flounce.  Then you don't need to over-lock the hem because it doesn't fringe. I have used chiffon as lining for the skirt.      My lovely model Lisa 💛   I have used a "diamante" button in the back.  Burdastyle pattern #157 05/2011