skirt as top

Awww, thank you Melani and Shelley.
I agree, I think denim maketh the jeans, not just the pattern.

My new Macbook has arrived (skips and dances around the room)
Now I just need Hugo to get home from footy practice to set it up for me…..

Missed you guys so much!

My new Macbook has arrived (skips and dances around the room)
Now I just need Hugo to get home from footy practice to set it up for me…..

Missed you guys so much!

@sayiamyou I LOVED those red skinny Sketchbook jeans of Nicole’s. They’re soooooo good.
I think almost any pattern can look jeans-ish if you use denim, an appropriate topstitching colour and do something jeans-esque to the back pocket. At least that’s my theory.
I was thinking maybe back pocket decoration might be a good idea for an Oliver + S…[Read more]

I recently used the Sketchbook for jeans for my daughter: https://www.flickr.com/photos/79480359@N03/14699004800/
And After School for my son:https://www.flickr.com/photos/79480359@N03/8668350104/
But my all time favourites were made by mixing the After School back with a modified Field Trip front:…[Read more]

Sorry all of you who are waiting. We can’t even announce the new patterns yet because someone (I won’t say who…) is spending this week enjoying some wonderful spring skiing in Utah, and he has to finish photographing the samples and editing the modeled photos once he gets home later this week. He’ll be working over the holiday weekend to get…[Read more]

Sorry to keep you in suspense!

Everything is printed, and now it’s time for the process of marrying up the jobs from the different printers and getting them assembled. Then they need to ship back across the country and get warehoused before we can release them.

So it will probably be another couple weeks, but it could be sooner if everyone does…[Read more]

I’ve gone right off cutting notches as sometimes the seam allowance is small and a vigorous notch could land me in trouble!
I make all markings with ceramic pencil (cloverline) about the only fabric it struggles with is fluffy wool or fleece.
To mark dots within the pattern I stick a pin through all layers, pattern tracing and fabrics and then…[Read more]

I may be lacking imagination (it’s early morning here) but my thoughts re the placket is that you can’t.
If you want the lining attached attached at the top but free at the bottom you’d need to make the placket only half length or have an almost separate under dress with it’s own placket. Both would be icky solutions I think.
How about underling…[Read more]

My pleasure Rosie 🙂

Mine came in a job lot from a fashion design student.

I have, with buttonhole elastic.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/motherof5/4626830012/in/set-72157625138776927

I have recently pulled them out for my next child.

I have a tute for making them here http://fiveandcounting-motherof5.blogspot.com.au/2011/08/short-cut-sailboat-pants.html if you fancy a peep.

I have, with buttonhole elastic.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/motherof5/4626830012/in/set-72157625138776927

I have recently pulled them out for my next child.

Google tailors knots Sonja
I used them on hugos recent coat and they are fab

Perhaps into the dress but have it hidden inside the lining?
Sorry , on my phone

Will these help?

I know what I do but I am not sure what it is called….

I stitch a small stitch into the sash ( 2mm) and that goes to a longer running stitch in the dress lining (1 cm), pulling so it is firm but does not pucker.

I will see if I can find a picture for you.