Finishing Birgitta Helmersson’s Panel Dress

The Panel Dress from Sewing Without Scraps is finished, and what an enjoyable make it was. I began sewing this dress last week, had done all the fiddly bits, and just had the main sections (sleeve, bodice, skirt) to put together and hem. The skirt is much fuller than the original (3m instead of 2.2m),…

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Making Birgitta Helmersson’s Panel Dress

Sewing Without Scraps is out in the world, and plans are afoot to sew some of the things in the book by the other two designers, Birgitta Helmersson and Danielle Elsener. This week I started making the Panel Dress by Birgitta. It’s essentially the top featured on the front cover, with the addition of a…

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New Book: Sewing Without Scraps

A new zero waste pattern book has just been unleashed on the world! And I have the honour of being one of the authors. Sewing Without Scraps has new zero waste patterns by Birgitta Helmersson, Danielle Elsener of DECODE and me. The fourth author is Sae Hagino of Mirai Pattern in Japan. The book is…

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