My broderie anglaise M7952 dress

I have been wanting to sew a broderie anglaise summer dress for many many moons – here it is finally, with my latest handmade version of the M7952 pattern! Inspiration for this dress My love-affair with broderie anglaise has been going on for years but the inspiration for this specific dress emerged last year, with […]

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Cassandre dress pattern hacks

After sewing my first version of the Cassandre dress (review in this article), I had many ideas of how to hack the pattern – specifically the back and the shoulder straps. So after sewing my green Cassandre dress, I immediately made another …two! So typical! First Cassandre dress hack: with a knotted back So here […]

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Cassandre, the ultimate summer dress

No matter how successful a pattern is with the sewing community, I usually take ages to sew it – for instance I was two years late to the game for the beautiful and massively popular V9253 dress! (my two versions are here and here). But the Cassandre dress pattern was just too pretty to resist, […]

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My first silk shirred dress

You know my love for shirred dresses and my quasi industrial production over the past two years – I hardly wear anything else in July and August so this is totally justified in my view! Most of my shirred dresses are in lightweight cotton (voile, Swiss dots, baptiste), a few in satin polyester (surprisingly fresh […]

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