Half price dressmaking patterns

sams247

My partner has just made her daughters wedding dress and traipsing round soooo many fabric shops I actually started to look at patterns, and now have a 'wait' list for outfits I want her to make me! And now here are more - excellent, thank you. And there's some lovely vintage one's that my daughter would just love......... I can see my partner will have no time for work

Katiehound

Ballymackeonan wrote: »

Has anyone got their patterns yet? Ordered on 13th, all I've got is an invoice and the patterns are on "backorder"!

sorry I don't remember exactly which day I ordered mine, maybe a week ago? but all 3 arrived today, maybe the pattern you chose wasn't in stock- but they could have told you that! :T All i need now is to get cutting and stitching!
Katiehound

mambury

hogshead wrote: »

http://www.sewdirect.com/acatalog/info_1343.html this one is lush too.

I know I ordered that one too! I think a pink and green princess fairy tent might just be the thing a pixie needs!

They came today, so off to the fabric shop......so much for money saving!

Ballymackeonan

One of mine has arrived today - 2 more to come! A vintage 1935 evening dress and jacket pattern, I've got some vintage silks in stock so here goes..

The pattern is priced at $25, so given the current exchange rate it's even more of a bargain, especially since the local sewing shop doesn't stock Vogue and doesn't understand the concept of half-price!

mysuni

can anyone that has bought one of the tent patterns tell me what keeps them up? is it big bamboo canes or something? i'm seriously tempeted to buy a pattern and make 2....1 for the daughters and 1 for me so i can hide in it for some peace and quiet.:rotfl:

mambury

mysuni wrote: »

can anyone that has bought one of the tent patterns tell me what keeps them up? is it big bamboo canes or something? i'm seriously tempeted to buy a pattern and make 2....1 for the daughters and 1 for me so i can hide in it for some peace and quiet.:rotfl:

Well, I ordered both the teepee and the canopy tent.

For this one.......
http://www.sewdirect.com/acatalog/info_1206.html
you use plastic plumbing pipe (dimension in the pattern instructions)

and for this one
http://www.sewdirect.com/acatalog/info_1343.html
you use a hula hoop for the top and hang the canopy/tent from the ceiling or such like!


I'm not very experienced at sewing but both the patterns seem really easy to follow.

I;m going to make the teepee for my DS for his birthday and the canopy for my DD for hers! I also ordered this http://www.sewdirect.com/acatalog/info_2413.html
and I thought I might sew some of the flowers to the outside (and maybe hanging down on the inside) of the canopy!
I think I may have just made too much work for myself......

Mambury

hogshead

Manbury I'd love to see a picture once you make one, I think they sound brilliant. Good luck.

mysuni

mambury wrote: »

Well, I ordered both the teepee and the canopy tent.

For this one.......
http://www.sewdirect.com/acatalog/info_1206.html
you use plastic plumbing pipe (dimension in the pattern instructions)

Mambury

Thanks Mambury...in the interests of money saving i might buy this one as a water company employee i may be able to get cheap plastic plumbing pipe from work. this site costs me a fortune lol.

soba

I found this tutorial for a teepee, it might not be as nice as the Butterick one, but it is free!

http://mytinysweetcheeks.blogspot.com/2009/04/tutorial-tuesday-teepee.html

Hope it's ok to post that on here.

me4bargains

I'm so excited!!
I went to goldhawk road in shepherds bush for done fabric and wow it's like an aladdins cave there.
I was overwhelmed by the huge array on offer.
So stuck to a black silk for one of the several dresses I'll be making .
It's 100% silk and just £4 a metre!!
If anyone knows the area go and check it out!!