Sew Many Dresses, Sew Little Time

Posted on 02 September 2018 by Tanya Whelan

With her choose your own adventure approach to sewing, Tanya Whelan offers an invaluable collection of patterns that empowers sewers to become designers The trick is a set of patterns for 6 skirts and 8 bodices that line up perfectly at the waist, plus an additional 4 sleeve styles and 4 necklines Tanya gives readers clear instructions and easy to follow step by step diagrams that allow them to use the enclosed pattern pieces to create up to 219 fitted dresses, including simple strapless designs, sheaths, and halter gowns The book covers basic dress construction and altering techniques for women of all shapes and sizes. Best Read Kindle ePUB Sew Many Dresses, Sew Little Time by Tanya Whelan – kino-fada.fr This is not a book for beginners..But what Tanya Whelan has done is give us a book with mix and match patterns Her full and concise instructions and guidelines are quite easy to follow, however, if you are not an advanced dressmaker I recommend that you read through a few times before starting.Everything is covered, buttonholes, boning, seams zippers and even how to customise your dress form.Every dress is beautiful the photographs are amazing and there is not one that I didn t like From a ba This is not a book for beginners..But what Tanya Whelan has done is give us a book with mix and match patterns Her full and concise instructions and guidelines are quite easy to follow, however, if you are not an advanced dressmaker I recommend that you read through a few times before starting.Everything is covered, buttonholes, boning, seams zippers and even how to customise your dress form.Every dress is beautiful the photographs are amazing and there is not one that I didn t like From a basic bodice, these dresses have all the styles one shoulder,halter neck and my favourite, the off the shoulder dress, Whelan shows us how to shape, pleat and fit each style to perfectly fit all our feminine shapes and sizes This comprehensive guide is a must have you will never need another dress pattern.Sew Many Dresses will help you design your dress and is full of ideas I loved the hard cover and a spiral bound book is always easier to work with If I have one gripe, it is the pattern itself...Quite a useful book lots of base patterns and detailed instructions for mixing and matching and customizing Highly recommend for beginners and intermediate sewers.This is a pretty thorough guide to adapting patterns, covering slash and spread techniques, SBA, LBA, and so muchThe size range for the included basic patterns basic bodice, strapless bodice, halter bodice, gathered halter bodice, mock wrap bodice, cowlneck bodice, princess bodice, bias skirt, fluted six panel skirt, straight skirt that you mostly have to adapt yourself in order to create the different looks are size 1 32 24 34 through size 12 50 1 2 42 1 2 52 1 2 If I were This is a pretty thorough guide to adapting patterns, covering slash and spread techniques, SBA, LBA, and so muchThe size range for the included basic patterns basic bodice, strapless bodice, halter bodice, gathered halter bodice, mock wrap bodice, cowlneck bodice, princess bodice, bias skirt, fluted six panel skirt, straight skirt that you mostly have to adapt yourself in order to create the differe...This is an awesome book for creating different types of dresses by mixing and matching pattern pieces One can choose a bodice, skirt, sleeves using the multi sized patterns that are included with the book One can make classic modern styles or go retro Look online at vintage patterns and images for ideas Plus there are extra tips, a fabric guide, and ideas forstyling options It s cheaper to buy this book than buying a bunch of sewing patterns that are similar Of course, it doesn t sho This is an awesome book for creating different types of dresses by mixing and matching pattern pieces One can choose a bodice, skirt, sleeves using the multi sized patterns that are included with the book One can make classic modern styles or go retro Look online at vintage patterns and images for ideas Plus there are extra tips, a fabric guide, and ideas forstyling options It s cheaper to buy this book than buying a bunch of sewing patterns that are similar Of course, it doesn t show you how to make every...Why has no one thought of this before Mixing and matching bodices to skirts for a never ending adventure of truly unique dresses is a concept way overdue I haven t sewn any dresses from it yet so I hope the fit works If not, it may change my rating.its really very basicDressmakers 5 Star Dream One s figure changes over time and standard patterns just don t fit anyBuying and making clothes became a nightmare Having studied many patterns and books, and destroyed a lot of fabric over many years I find this wonderful book My clothes now fit perfectly I purchas...I was impressed by how comprehensive this was beginners could use it, butexperienced sewers wouldn t be put off I would have preferred to see the dresses modeled onbody types, but in the end the point was moot for my purposes, because while the book was well done none of it was my style.

02 September 2018

Tanya Whelan