Successful dressmaking requires aptitude, skill, and plenty of sewing experience. It also calls for artistry, something dressmaker Helen Haughey has mastered.
Mary Brooks Picken is widely known as the author of influential how-to books for home dressmakers.
Give your favorite pattern a fresh look. Learn how to alter a dress pattern to create multiple, unique dresses.
I decided to make Cersei Lannister's red dress as a cosplay costume, and started with Simplicity 1487. The main part of the dress is made of medium weight, closely woven…
The Antique Pattern Library is an online archive of needlework, sewing, and other craft books from the past 200 years.
Wow, I have been quilting for the past five years, making curtains, pillows and such. But this weekend my neighbor, Jane and I made a dress. I wasn't happy with…
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