Making my ice cream shirt

 

Again for my ice cream shirt I followed my toile and also made sure that I sewed the outer puff into the seam so it wasn't visible, I also added a lining to the bodice.

 

I also made sure the lining was hiding the seams.

Thanks for reading!!

 

Jenny xxx

Making my Pacman skirt

Making my pacman skirt I followed the same procedures as my toile however I interfaced the whole skirt to make the fabric thicker and more sturdy.

 

I also then appliqued eyes on to the front evenly spaced.

For the hem I had to sew the bottom of the binding on and then I had to hand tack the top as the fabric was stretching when I used the sewing machine.

 

After I finished sewing I glued mini cabochons to the hem to add more detail.

 

Thanks for reading!!

Jenny xxx

Purple dress toile

Here is how I made the toile for my purple dress.

 



 

For this dress I used the same bodice pattern as my bow dress, and sewed together. however for this dress I left the side open.

 

 

to create the skirt pattern I drew a rectangle the length of the skirt of my dress and left one side open as I was creating pleats, I decided to double pleat this as it would give it more volume. I drew the first section as a cut on the fold as was about 3cm wide I then sectioned of the next part double that (6cm) and repeated this about 11 times, I then added 1cm SA and cut this out.

 

 

After that I cut it out of the fabric and then sewed one seam to gether and pressed. 

 

 

 

 

I then pleated the skirt but doubled to create more volume and ironed in place.

 I then tacked the pleats to keep them in place.

 

 

I then pinned the skirt to the mannequin and saw it was too big, I wend back and placed the pleates so they were closer together and that fixed the problem.

 

I then sewed the bodice to the skirt the same as my bow dress and then attatched a concealed zip at the right side seam.

 

Thanks for reading!!

 

Jenny xxx

 

Bow dress toile

 

Here I used my bodice block from the Ice cream shirt, I removed the darts completely and turned them into 4 panels two front and two back with a 1cm SA.

 

 

For the skirt I drew a right angle to create a quarter of my circle skirt, I had to calculate the waist measurement, however I was told it is usually 12cm for a size 12 block (roughly a British size 10) but as the skirt was a double circle skirt to create more volume, I halved this.

The correct way to find this measurement can be found on many websites however I am far too confused to go through them once I find a decent explanation I will make another post on making a circle skirt.

 

I then tied some string to a pencil measured my waist measurement and held this at the centre point of the rectangle, I then drew the circle and also added a 1cm SA.

 

I then measured how long I wanted my skirt and marked this on the line I then put the string that length and drew the curved hem and added 1cm SA.

 

 

I then added a 1cm SA on one side and left the other as it will be cut on the fold.

 

I then cut this out of my fabric 4 times trying to save as much waste fabric as possible.

 



 

After cut out I sewed them together leaving only one seam open.

 

For the last seam I sewed up half way leaving room for the zip.

 

For the bodice I cut my pattern pieces out of my fabric.

 

I then sewed them together leaving the back seam open for the zip.

 

 

After I sewed the bodice I attached that to the waist of the skirt wrong sides together.

 

 

I then attached a concealed zip to the centre back of my dress.

there was a gap where the seams matches as there was a bit of bulk in this area.

 



 

for the gathered front I traced over the front bodice I used for the icecream shirt and extended this to about 60cm

 

I then gathered this piece and then sewed it on to the side seams, for the final I will sew this into the seam.

 

 And that is my toile completed! Thanks for reading!!

 

Jenny xxx

Pacman skirt toile

Here I'm creating the toile for my Pacman skirt hope you enjoy learning!

 

First I started by drawing a horizontal line the length of my waist measurement, I then drew a vertical line the length that I wanted my skirt to be, and created a rectangle using these measurements. I then split the rectangle in half both ways, and divided the vertical line into 10 even sections

At each other line I drew curved darts and a curved seam at each side, this will create the ball shape I require at the top of my skirt to create my pacman skirt.

 



 

At the hem I drew the same shape as a pacman ghost's feet making sure the curves were an even distance away from each other.

One I finished drawing out the shape I traced over this adding a 1cm seam allowance and cut it out.

 

I then pinned this to my fabric and cut it out.

 

Next I created a template for my darts to ensure I sewed the dart in the right shape.And then sewed all of the darts together.

 

Next I sewed one side together and pined the other whilst i tried it on my friend as she had a dress on with a netted underskirt, and this helped me to decide weather or not the shape was right.

Next I sewed the other side half way up leaving room for a zip

 



 

I then created the waist band by drawing a rectangle 8cm long (to be folded down) and half of my waist measurement wide as I will cut this on the fold. I then added a 4cm button stand and a 1cm seam allowance and cut this out of my fabric.

 

Here I put a notch for the button stand.

I then decided that I didn't want the button stand and took that off and left enough for a 1cm SA

 

I then drew an interfacing for the waist band using only one half of the original. 



Next I sewed the waist band to the skirt wrong sides together on one half of the band 

 

I then folded over and top stitched so the seam was hidden. 

For the edge of the waist I sewed as close as the zip as possible and cut the corner off so the point would be sharper. 

 

Next I traced part of the hem and drew a 4cm SA to create my binding pattern, then added a 1cm SA and cut this out.

 

 

here I sewed one edge of the binding to the skirt hem.

 

I then cut notches in the curves so it would create a better curve when folded over.

I then ironed over 1cm of the top of the binding  and sewed this down.

 



 

For the Eyes I drew a shape for the white part and one for the pupil and then added a 1cm SA

 

Thanks for reading!!

 

Jenny xxx