Category: Dresses

SoTa

George and Ginger SoTa Top, Tunic and Dress I got the new Peyton Liverpool from Amelia Lane Designs and it ended up in the laundry next to my solid olive liverpool also from Amelia Lane Designs. The color match was so great, I wanted to find a way to show it off. Since the SoTa

Clementine

Clementine Dress by Annelaine Patterns This is the dress version of the All Seasons Dolman (blog post) which means it’s a super quick sew! It has a self-binding neckband, no sleeves to add and optional bodice/skirt color blocking. This ITY fabric is called “Indio” from Amelia Lane Designs. I used solid black rayon spandex for

Tangerine

Tangerine Dress by Annelaine Patterns I think the key feature of the Annelaine Tangerine dress is pretty obvious – the scalloped hem! This hem is so much easier than I thought it would be! I also really like the fit of the inset sleeves, the shape of the waist and the ease of construction. This

Sara

5oo4 Sara Everyday Dress and Tank 5oo4 has released a new line of patterns – the beginner series – I don’t know what they’re officially called but I’m going to call them the S&M patterns. Each set contains a top beginning with an M and a dress beginning with an S. This is the Sara

Drama

George and Ginger Drama Dress I credit a Fluff Love Sewing Sewalong with my decision to start blogging. The sewalong was for the George and Ginger Drama dress. So this this really the dress behind KittyMakesIt.com My original Sewalong blog is here. And my Posh/Drama mash is here. My new job is a lot less

Magnolia

Magnolia Fit and Flare Dress by Winter Wear Designs in Alice Rayon Spandex from Amelia Lane Designs As part of the Getaway With ALD Summer Capsule Challenge I decided to try some new patterns! This was my first Winter Wear Designs pattern! I chose the Magnolia Fit and Flare dress. It works really well with

Taylor Racerback

5oo4 Taylor Racerback Have you been seeing the gathered racerback trend happening? This is the pattern you need for that! The 5oo4 Taylor racerback has top and dress lengths, gathered and regular backs. For this version I did the regular back in DBP from Elevated Fashion Fabrics. XL graded to 2XL Edit to add: A

Jessie Capsule

For the last six weeks I’ve been participating in the Gotta Get Away #GetawayWithALD capsule contest in the Amelia Lane Designs Facebook Group. The capsule contest is really great, I mean, like anything Amelia Lane Designs does, it’s totally free-form with some inspiration if you need it. So each week there have been sponsors, pattern