After a few mishaps with the lining I finally finished up the Alexander Blouse. I made a couple adjustments to the pattern such as adding 5 inches onto the peplum and adding a placket on the left front side to … Continue reading
Posted in Finished Products | Tagged alexander blouse, blouse, burdastyle, finished products | 12 CommentsI have a finished vintage inspired skirt to show you later but here’s a couple of things that are on the block in the mean time. I’m working on the Alexander Blouse from Burdastyle I’m making my blouse in this … Continue reading
Posted in WIP | Tagged alexander blouse, burdastyle, resfashion, restyle, thrift finds | 7 CommentsI used Burdastyle’s Fatina pattern to make this simple leaf print number. Here’s what the print looks like close up. Pretty cute! I made my own facing instead of using a bias binding which I didn’t have the fabric for … Continue reading
Posted in Finished Products | Tagged burdastyle, fatina, thrift finds | 9 CommentsBurdastyle has just announced that they are creating a pattern book that will feature 5 awesome new patterns and instruction on how to make variations on the patterns and guess what!?!? I have been selected to create a garment that … Continue reading
Posted in Life | Tagged book, burdastyle, featured | 23 CommentsSo this wasnt in my original project list but since we have all the way until August I am going to be ambitious and add an extra top. I used the Port Elizabeth Top pattern that the lovely Goldfinch and … Continue reading
Posted in Finished Products | Tagged black, burdastyle, crop, free pattern, port elizabeth top, striped, top, white | 9 CommentsSo I totally changed my mind about what I was doing with the crazy dress and here’s what I finally decided. Quite a few people suggested that I pick different patterns from Burdastyle and in the end I picked one … Continue reading