Sentences with phrase «a dressmaking»

One of her stand out memories was dressmaking in the West End and gaining a diploma at The London College of Fashion.

I remember my headmistress praising some dressmaking I had done with the words: «You will make a good wife.»

I took A-levels in art and dressmaking and had originally planned to do a textiles or costume design degree.

This bit is the fluffiest, dustiest part of the process, so it's best done when there are no dressmaking projects in my workroom.

I studied at the Scottish College of Textiles, graduating in 1990, and worked as a commercial product designer until early 2006, when I set up my own dressmaking business.

10 of the Best Dressmaking Blogs Sewing fever is taking over as tonight is the launch of the fourth series of The Great British...

Have dusted off my sewing machine and would love to embark on some dressmaking for the «new me».

As ever, the most fun part of dressmaking is getting to twirl around in something you created, particularly one that took as much effort as this seemingly simple dress.

Tailored by hand using a traditional dressmaking technique, our ruched voile duvet cover and sham are gathered to form gentle puckers, secured with vertical bands and lined for opacity.

While most of the things are fundamental for the route toward making your own specific dress, perhaps the most basic piece of the confound is the dressmaking material that you will use.

My advice would be to measure yourself with some dressmaking tape and get a few bras around your size to try on.

I don't think the sewing is particularly harder than regular dressmaking, there are just more layers to make!

Once my dress arrived in Edinburgh, Mette from Freja Dressmaking did all the alterations — she was completely fab especially as my dress was so intricate.»

I so enjoy your dressmaking skills and always look forward to your latest creations.

In sewing and dressmaking, a ruffle, frill, or furbelow is a strip of fabric, lace or ribbon tightly gathered or pleated on one edge and applied to a garment, bedding, or other textiles as a form of trimming.

So, I brushed the cobwebs off my sewing machine and dressmaking skills (I did a degree in Fashion) and decided to make my own dress!

I started dressmaking after a lifelong interest in crafts and creative pursuits.

In this blog you will find dressmaking exploits and pattern cutting pursuits, as well as keep track of important tips, tricks and techniques.

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My love affair with sewing began in 2009 when I took a beginners dressmaking course and made my first A-line skirt.

Exeter, England About Blog Male Devon Sewing is a blog showing one mans tailoring and dressmaking.

About Blog Beth, of SunnyGal Studio, a custom dressmaking and design studio.

I have been a frequent contributor and contributing editor of Threads magazine and I write a monthly humour / sewing column for the Australian magazine Dressmaking with Stitches.

Here you will find dressmaking techniques.

Here you will find sewing dressmaking patterns tutorials blog dress, skirt, jacket, coat garments & clothes fitting.

I started seriously trying to learn about dressmaking in 2011, and have been addicted since then.

I thought it would be a good idea to blog to help me both log my dressmaking exploits and pattern cutting pursuits, as well as keep track of important tips, tricks and techniques I learn along the way.

I swiftly took myself to a local college and signed up to do an evening course in beginners» dressmaking.

My dressmaking projects tend to be more ambitious than the early days, so a new blog post every fortnight is what I aim for.

Here you will find poston on dressmaking and patterns.

Dressmaking, plus stylish and practical projects for the home sewing dressmaking craft.

I think I would be more likely to wear it more, and thats the whole point of dressmaking for me!

Join me on my journey from the beginning of my dressmaking & sewing fascination.

[5] In the same interview Guo says she got her start in sewing at the age of 2 years old, helping her mother make clothes for the winter and developed her love for dressmaking.

There are twenty - two volumes which are, in their own words, «The complete knitting, dressmaking and needlecraft guide.»

I haven't worked through the books in chronological order, as I have decided that I will never be a knitter or a crocheter, but I have picked up many invaluable techniques in the dressmaking and embroidery sections, and found ample entertainment while looking through the pictures of the some the hilarious fashions «you can make yourself»!

Many of you will also love her novel The Last Nude, set in the jaded milieu of 1920s Paris, packed with lush dressmaking, transgressive romance, and the paintings of Tamara de Lempicka.

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An essential preparatory stage in dressmaking, referring to tacking or the loose stitches that hold pieces in place until the final sewing.

Braiding — the dressmaking version — is not too dissimilar to hair plait it shares a name with.

Although I knew there would be a lot of entries of photographs, I wanted to take it a step further and incorporate some incredible shark imagery into favorite art form of mine: dressmaking.

I always seem to have quite the adventure when I embark on a dressmaking project and this latest was no exception.

Basting, a bit like its cooking parallel, is an essential stage in the preparation of dressmaking.

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The quality of the material and dressmaking is fantastic.

As I have grown in my sewing and dressmaking skills (with so much credit in that arena attributed to what I have learned in classes with Susan Khalje), I came to see this fabric and this suit taking on a slightly different appearance.

If it does «scorch» then you may be better off using a rotary cutter or micro-serrated dressmaking shears (eg.

I'm a dancer and dance teacher, and my sewing of late has consisted mostly of dance costuming, which is a whole different kettle of beeswax from proper dressmaking.