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Posted by m_eL on July 14, 2005, 12:49 pm
I'm wondering if anyone has any good suggestions of patterns for a few really
nice dresses. Not formal, not tailored for business, but just pretty,
feminine dresses. And they must be extremely easy.
It's for myself, i used to love sewing but am dealing with some disabilities
and am trying to figure out positioning of my work station so i can sew at
least a few minutes at a time. Probably most awkward part would be laying
out/cutting out fabric so that should be as simple as possible.
I went to a Joann store yesterday and saw so many beautiful fabrics on
clearance! I look through patterns, but sometimes easy doesn't really mean
easy, and probably some of the ones NOT marked easy could actually work just
fine.
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Posted by CypSew on July 14, 2005, 2:27 pm
Why not go online to the different pattern companies and check out the
styles, etc. then you will have an idea of the difficulty in cutting and
sewing various ones. For example: www.simplicity.com , look at pattern
5189(someone mentioned it yesterday). It is a very pretty, princess style
dress. Personally, I prefer Vogue Basic Designs, but I have not purchased
any for several years, tend to use the same ones over and over, just
changing one part, like sleeves, neckline, etc. HTH.
Emily
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Posted by Doug&Michelle on July 14, 2005, 4:59 pm
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> I'm wondering if anyone has any good suggestions of patterns for a few
> really
> nice dresses. Not formal, not tailored for business, but just pretty,
> feminine dresses. And they must be extremely easy.
> It's for myself, i used to love sewing but am dealing with some
> disabilities
> and am trying to figure out positioning of my work station so i can sew at
> least a few minutes at a time. Probably most awkward part would be laying
> out/cutting out fabric so that should be as simple as possible.
> I went to a Joann store yesterday and saw so many beautiful fabrics on
> clearance! I look through patterns, but sometimes easy doesn't really
> mean
> easy, and probably some of the ones NOT marked easy could actually work
> just
> fine.
what body type do you have? that will determine what looks good on you, not
"trends".
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Posted by m_eL on July 14, 2005, 9:46 pm
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>what body type do you have? that will determine what looks good on you, not
>"trends".
Definitely not much into trends. I'm pretty much a pear shape, always have to
alter things to accomodate for that. Kind of inspired me to try sewing
again, after trying on dozens of dresses that were too snug across the hips.
I think the princess seam designs are probably my best bet, but never worked
with those before.
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Posted by Melinda Meahan - take out TRAS on July 17, 2005, 3:18 am
m_eL wrote:
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> Definitely not much into trends. I'm pretty much a pear shape, always have to
> alter things to accomodate for that. Kind of inspired me to try sewing
> again, after trying on dozens of dresses that were too snug across the hips.
> I think the princess seam designs are probably my best bet, but never worked
> with those before.
If you are a plus-sized person, please look at
http://www.fashionpatterns.com, because they were made to fit well adn
flatter plus-sized figures.
--
Where no oxen are, the crib is clean,
But much benefit is derived from the labor of the ox.
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> really
> nice dresses. Not formal, not tailored for business, but just pretty,
> feminine dresses. And they must be extremely easy.
> It's for myself, i used to love sewing but am dealing with some
> disabilities
> and am trying to figure out positioning of my work station so i can sew at
> least a few minutes at a time. Probably most awkward part would be laying
> out/cutting out fabric so that should be as simple as possible.
> I went to a Joann store yesterday and saw so many beautiful fabrics on
> clearance! I look through patterns, but sometimes easy doesn't really
> mean
> easy, and probably some of the ones NOT marked easy could actually work
> just
> fine.