Patterns!!

Heya again! Well I was thinking today, why don't I show you what I already have made from patterns I bought and adapted! Bear in mind these were made for me and family and friends and are very basic!

Ok so the first one was the first dress I made, a pair of shorts and top were made before these but I cant find them to put them up and I dont think they were very appropriate anyway!:-) I made this simple dress when I was 15 and still love it to this day, it is so comfortable and easy to wear and a good dress to learn from as it contains 4 darts and a zip and hem!!

This skirt is a wrap skirt with four buttons to secure it, it was my first time executing flat pleats and trying out my buttonhole function on the machine for an actual garment when I was 16 I think!

I adapted the above skirt pattern to make a skirt for my two year old sister from the excess fabric! I adjusted the pattern to fit her height and put elastic in the back to make it more comfortable and appropriate for a young child. I also added cute little pig and flower buttons and used the zigzag stitch to decorate the skirt for a young little girl!

This dress was a big step up from the previous as it was the first lined garment I made and also contained boning and a LOT of gathering! it looks a bit like a sweet wrapper which I love and the duchesse satin fabric was so easy to use it was a blessing! The gathered belt and pink bow are attatched as part of the dress and are included in the fabric that had to go behind the zip so it wasnt an easy zip to put in but still works to the day!:-)

This dress was one I made for my debutante ball! I wanted a dress that emphasised the cut and make of the dress rather than a mad patterned one or one ovcerloaded with diamontes! While the skirt was easy to make joining four sections of material and gathering them for both lining and satin and hemming them, the top was a little more difficult as the from the inner bust there goes a strap which extends to the outer shoulder and directly attatches to the waist at the back, where as the outside of the bust extends a strap that meets at the back of the neck and from this material at the back of the neck two additional straps join to the waist of the dress also! It sounds a lot more complicated than it was to make but I was happy with the way it turned out so I was happy on the day.......and the day after I shortened it to wear it all the time ;-)!

This black dress was an  adaptation from the above red dress pattern lacking a few of the straps and alot simpler but just like my friend wanted it! the customer was delighted so so was I! :-)

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Sorry about the quality of some of the photos, a lot of these clothes dont fit me anymore:-( so I was unable to retake photos of them on the body!