Sharon from Adventures from the Sewing Studio shows how to sew a dress for a 11.5″ fashion doll (such as Barbie).  After all, the fun of a fashion doll is changing the clothes – again.. and again… and agaion…  Go … Read more ...

Suzannah from Adventures in Dressmaking shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make your bra straps pretty.  That way, they won’t look silly when they’re peeking out from your tank tops.  Brilliant!!  Go to the tutorial. [photo… Read more ...

Suzannah from Adventures in Dressmaking shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make a pair of pajama shorts.  She gives two options for the waist – you can shirr it with elastic thread, or stitch down a wide… Read more ...

Suzannah from Adventures in Dressmaking posts on her blog showing how she used lace applique to replicate the look of an expensive pair of shorts she saw in a magazine.  This small addition to the shorts takes them from ho-hum-practical… Read more ...

Suzannah from Adventures in Dressmaking shows how an applique can take a cardigan from plain to fabulous.  She was inspired by a similar cardigan by Anthropologie.  She lets the fabric do most of the work – she cuts out a… Read more ...

Suzannah from Creative Dressmaking and Adventures in Dressmaking shows how to draft a pattern for a collar yoke that goes across the top of a sundress.  You can make a straight collar piece, or a scalloped one like she shows. … Read more ...

When you’re in need of a pacifier, it’s generally because there’s a fussy baby you’re wanting (needing) to quiet.  And it never fails that the fussier the baby, the deeper the pacifier is hidden in the recesses of the diaper… Read more ...