Sussex Seamstress Sewing Blog
How To Make Your Own Quilted Fabric For Dressmaking
Make your own double sided quilted fabric, specifically for dressmaking with this simple tutorial. Many tutorials focus on smaller fabric pieces for quilting and craft uses - we show you how to cope with the larger fabric pieces required for dressmaking.
Full Bust Adjustment Tutorial
A tutorial on how to do a Full Bust Adjustment, suitable for beginners and including a video tutorial. A full bust adjustment is a great way of getting a better fit if you have a full bust without having to size up and have the pattern not fit you properly elsewhere or leaving you with a gaping neckline. We take a look at how to do an FBA in the most common situation - a bodice with a bust dart.
How To Make A Quilted Mayfield Jacket
Let’s make the Mayfield Jacket using a quilted fabric. In this tutorial I take you through all the steps you’ll need.
How To Make An A-Line Skirt
In this new beginner’s tutorial, we take you through all the construction steps of making a classic A-Line Skirt.
How to Sew a Shirred Cuff
Let me show you how to sew a shirred cuff using shirring elastic…
6 Common seams and how to sew them
Whether it’s the workhorse plain seam, a fancy top stitched seam or a slinky French seam, there’s a simple way to stitch all of them. Let’s look at six of the most common seams used in dressmaking, including a downloadable seams chart with cross sectional diagrams for the ultimate seams cheat-sheet.