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Draft a Pattern for This Viral Givenchy Ruffled Lace Mini Dress: A step-by-step instruction. This is probably the dress of the summer . It was made viral in the online sewing community by this Instagram Reel and many sewists have gone ahead to replicate the £8000 dress. In this step-by-step tutorial, I show you how to draft the pattern from scratch using your own measurements. If you are a sewist with little or no patternmaking experience and are up for a challenge, this tutorial is for you.

  The Flora Dress has been at least two years in the making. I first came across a dress online that I liked and wanted to recreate. I made the initial pattern and virtual prototype in 2022, sewed the first physical samples in 2024, and continued refining the design until arriving at the final pattern that is now available to download.

Finally! After quite a while, I’m here with a new pattern designed specifically for woven fabrics – the EasyMake Camellia . The last five patterns have all been for knits, so this is a refreshing change! Camellia is a shift dress with a flattering A-line silhouette. Its standout feature is the asymmetric pleat cluster on the front right shoulder, adding a fun twist and a bit of pizazz to an otherwise simple style. It has a round, slightly wide neckline finished with a neck facing, and it closes at the back with a rouleau loop and single button — no zippers or buttonholes required. You can make Camellia with short sleeves, long sleeves with elastic cuffs, or long sleeves without elastic. The pattern also includes a cut line so you can make it as a blouse for even more versatility. The Camellia shift dress PDF sewing pattern is designed for light to medium-weight non-stretch woven fabrics with some drape but enough opacity to skip lining. Think satin crepe, silk charmeuse, rayon challis...

The Aster pdf sewing pattern is designed for knits, but it can be adapted for woven fabrics with a little bit of size blending. The Aster as designed, has negative ease around the waist, which will make it impossible to wear in woven fabric. For View A with the long Dolman sleeve, I recommend using woven fabric that is fluid and has good drape while for View B with short sleeve, you can also use less fluid but lightweight woven fabrics. The hack is good for both views but I am using the short sleeve variation in the included illustrations.

The latest addition to the EasyMake line is here — Let me tell you about it. Aster is a grown-on sleeve dress with two bodice variations: View A features a long dolman sleeve bodice View B offers a closer-fitting cap sleeve bodice   Design Features A neck-hugging built-up back neckline that flows into a surplice front. Box pleats at the front and knife pleats at the back that creates a draped fit that cinch into the waistline. A flared 3/8-circle skirt that hits just above the ankle (tea length) — a perfect middle ground between a slim A-line and a full circle skirt. A fitted waist and close-fitting wrist , adding shape and balance to the silhouette. The one word that kept coming up before and during testing? Elegant.

Yay! Here we are with new sewing patterns. It has been over two years since I last released any sewing patterns and posted on this blog  I am not the most consistent but I finally made it here with Iris, Jasmine and Marigold. These three EasyMake patterns are being released together because they make up some sort of collection as they are designed to use similar fabrics and the pieces can be mixed, matched and styled in multiple combinations, even a couple of pattern pieces across Iris and Jasmine, with minor tweaks, can be interchanged to create new looks.  These sewing patterns have been in the works for a while now, with the earliest toiles/samples made about 2 years ago. In this post, I will be sharing more from pictures of toiled to the fabric types that I have used and suggested and pictures from testers whose suggestions have helped me improve the patterns.