Ellen's Sewing Passion

Jersey is delicious to wear both for the kids and for grown up :)  I traced a pattern of a top that I bought in Japan. The front has pleats at front and the shoulders are a bit low with facing.  This is how it turned out :) Then I decided to make a skirt of the same fabric. This is one piece pattern with a drawstring at the front. The drawstring makes the skirt rather interesting. I have made an Orange Skirt earlier of the same pattern. I'm happy wearing my new outfit on a trip in the nature :) BurdaStyle 07/2014

Our granddaughter found a dress pattern and asked if I could make a dress with an opening in front,  but after she tried the dress I had to close the opening in front :)  I hav used wrinkle satin for the upper part, and I used a rubberband at the front-hem. I have iron vliseline for the zipper at the back parts. The short sleves are stitched together before I stitched them to the top. I also made facing around the neck. The front for the skirt has rubberband as well. - and the dress is finished. I made a rubberband at the back so the dress should fit better. The dress is based on Ottobre kids pattern 03/2015.

I bought this sparkling jersey in Copenhagen! I thought it would be a great choice for a young girl. I had to stitch the sides together before the hem. I have used vliseline for the facing. The hem for the cap-sleeves are stitched as well. I stitched the seam at the front, and stitched the edges to each side for the draw-string. Then I stithced the facing in place, and top-stitched around the square neck before stitching the cap-sleeves in place. She loves jumping on the trampoline :) BurdaStyle #125 05/2024

I wanted to make a new dress to wear at the office, and I thought this pattern was a great choice. I found the fabric at  Lysthuset.no  and it's cotton with some stretch. It's a pattern that I have tried once before when I made a  V-Neck Blouse , but this time I wanted to make a dress. I started with the insert for the V-neck in front. After stitching the sides, I gathered the bottom. The sleeves are rather wide, and gathered before connected to the cuffs. It's not so easy to see the result of the gathered neck,  but I'm satisfired with how it turned out. BurdaStyle 03/2021