Cotton Archives - Creative Stitchers

Blouse

I had this piece of cotton fabric in my stash so decided to use it to demonstrate how to make a tailored placket to some dressmaking students, but rather than just use the same fabric for the placket I chose a plain black fabric which I thought would compliment and enhance the look. By using a 1/4″ fusible tape it makes the attachment of the placket so much easier and I think makes for a better finish.

So to finish the blouse (I hate leaving projects half done) I also used the plain black fabric for the undercollar and the facings for the cuffs.

The blouse has a fly front opening which is highlighted with a ‘saddle’ stitch down the front using a black embroidery thread rather than just a plain straight stitch.

18th December 2016 By creative stitchers

Dress/ Dressmaking

Double Piping

Had another fabric buying ‘fix’ just recently and purchased this blue and pink stretch cotton. I used a Vogue pattern V1353, made it a little longer in the skirt, (I don’t have the legs for short skirts anymore!) and added a little more to the bodice length to accommodate my longer back measurement.

Whilst constructing the dress I thought about adding a little piping around the neck and armholes thinking this would enhance the finish of the dress and pull out the colours, but I couldn’t decide whether to use blue or pink for the piping?

So, I used both!!

17th December 2016 By creative stitchers