Ellen's Sewing Passion

Linen is a fabulous fabric for sewing! This is linen/cotton with stretch and it's wonderful to wear. I found a pattern that I have made earlier when I made  a Dress for a Friend  with two different fabric. This time I wanted to make it in a plain color. I have sewn the front panels together. The darts and the zipper at the back are in place. The short sleeve hem and the hem are hand-stitched. I made a belt of the same fabric.   I'm happy how the dress turned out :) BurdaStyle 05/2008 

  I made an easy jersey dress of a nice fabric that our granddaughter chose. It's a top with short sleeves and a gathering skirt.  She was wearing the dress when they had a photographer at school. BurdaStyle pattern #132 01/2020 

I bought this lovely wool/silk fabric when I visited Tallinn last summer.  It's an eye-catching fabric I fell in love with it immediately! I decidet to make a blouse with short sleeves,  and I found this pattern in BurdaStyle Easy Fashion. The blouse has a Peter Pan collar, and all the parts are cut out of the fabric. The back panel, and the front panels have princess seams. I will recommend this kind of scissor to cut notches around the curves. The collar are stitched together and the facing. The short sleeve has to come. Burda Easy Fashion E/V 2015

I made a top with sleeves for this energiczny girl! 😆 I have combined the striped jersey fabric with white sleeves.  The Shorts is from an earlier project. The top are gathered at the front neck and has raglan sleeves.

 Stretch linen is great for sewing a shift dress💚  This is a pattern that I've tried a long time ago, and I wanted to give it another try. I have iron vliseline on the backside of the faciing and pocket flaps, and the bias for the armholes are cut. I stitched the inserts for the back and the zipper in place. The poct flaps are stitched in place. I have used lining for the inner pockets. The side panels are stitched in place. I have stitched the side seams. I hand stitched the hem for the cap-sleeve, and sew buttons as decoration in front. The dress has a split at the back. BurdaStyle Special 12/1991