After a few makes I have managed to get the construction time of this skirt down to around 3 hours for the unlined version and 3.5 hours for the lined. Its proving quite popular so I am going to grade the pattern up to a size 18 and see how well they do. Selling price will be around £85 depending on materials. Made to measure of course will also be available at an extra £60 for new clients and £30 for existing clients. Peticoats are sold seperately at £45 each.
I have been trying out origami flowers to go with my butterfly project. These are my first attempts and im quite pleased with the result!!
These are simple but daunting. One mistake and you can wreck 16 hours of sewing. Tomorrow I make the cut.
First I drew a line down the centre of the paper, then sketched the outline of one wing of the butterflies. Next I folded the sheet of paper along the line and cut out the wings making the complete wing template. I now have 12 unique templates to work with.
The templates I made for a butterfly project came in useful for making a birthday card for my girl. It's very quick and easy and I could have spent more time and glitter on it, but she loves it!
Here are a few design sketches from my latest project.
In the process of toiling the short dress. It's going well.
