It’s Sew Easy TV continues Series 600 with their captivating Little Black Dress theme. This dress is one of the few fashion items that has maintained it’s popularity for decades. I can’t think of many garments that can claim their very own nick name. It's one of those mainstay garments you can use to build many practical outfits.
Coincidently, this wardrobe basic popped up in my email inbox with recent ads from two of my favorite catalog companies. Both landsend.com and travelsmith.com sent ads with lots of ideas for style variations of the quintessential black dress. LandsEnd showed a ponte knit sleeveless version dressed up for evening and dressed down for daytime. I was impressed and intrigued by the possibilities! TravelSmith, known for easy care fabric options has their own rendition of this ever popular dress with many options to choose from. Visit travelsmith.com for more details.
Coincidently, this wardrobe basic popped up in my email inbox with recent ads from two of my favorite catalog companies. Both landsend.com and travelsmith.com sent ads with lots of ideas for style variations of the quintessential black dress. LandsEnd showed a ponte knit sleeveless version dressed up for evening and dressed down for daytime. I was impressed and intrigued by the possibilities! TravelSmith, known for easy care fabric options has their own rendition of this ever popular dress with many options to choose from. Visit travelsmith.com for more details.
For dress up, workday attire, or just a classic good looking basic . . . this is a dress that most women want to have in their closet. The little black dress is worthy of the word timeless. This dress may literally never go out of style! Long, short, casual, or sophisticated, the LBD is here to stay.
Now that you have some ready-to-wear resources, consider these as a means to jump start your own ideas for style options. Then, think seriously about making your own version of the LBD. Here are just a few pattern possibilities I'm consdering:
Vogue 1382, Vogue 1336 (a Today's Fit pattern by Sandra Betzina which means the styling is superb and the fit is fantastic), and a couple patterns already in my stash, Simplicity 2146 and Burda 3135 (discontinued) but similar to Burda 7137.
Vogue 1382, Vogue 1336 (a Today's Fit pattern by Sandra Betzina which means the styling is superb and the fit is fantastic), and a couple patterns already in my stash, Simplicity 2146 and Burda 3135 (discontinued) but similar to Burda 7137.
Even if you decide to buy a dress, you can have fun making accessories to wear with your LBD. You can make the whole outfit or just add an accessory. Either way you'll still feel like you have personalized your wardrobe with your own creativity. I have a ready-made dress that is the perfect backdrop for a few wraps and scarves from my book, Wrapped in Embroidery. Buying the dress and making the wraps got me to the sewing finish line faster.
Series 600 of It’s Sew Easy TV revolves around the idea of creating the little black dress but the LBD is just a piece of the sewing puzzle for this season. In this series Angela Wolf has been showing dresses in many colors besides black. You'll even see a plaid dress featured.
It’s all about the details that go into making a great dress no matter the color or the shape. Learn how to sew darts, eliminate facings, add a couture lining, and much, much more! Watching this series is like taking a course in quality sewing 101. Tips, tricks, and ideas galore are presented throughout the series. You will find everything from basic construction methods to instructions for embellishing with embroidery and decorative stitches. Learn how to use a variety of presser feet for easier and more accurate sewing.
In episode 602-3 I had the opportunity to show one of my all time favorite embroidery techniques; demonstrating bobbin work on a plain pashmina scarf. Bobbin work embroidery is as easy as one, two, three with built-in bobbin work designs on the Brother™ Quattro® Trilogy machine! To watch this entire segment online click the link below:
Online Sewing and Embroidery Lessons
It’s all about the details that go into making a great dress no matter the color or the shape. Learn how to sew darts, eliminate facings, add a couture lining, and much, much more! Watching this series is like taking a course in quality sewing 101. Tips, tricks, and ideas galore are presented throughout the series. You will find everything from basic construction methods to instructions for embellishing with embroidery and decorative stitches. Learn how to use a variety of presser feet for easier and more accurate sewing.
In episode 602-3 I had the opportunity to show one of my all time favorite embroidery techniques; demonstrating bobbin work on a plain pashmina scarf. Bobbin work embroidery is as easy as one, two, three with built-in bobbin work designs on the Brother™ Quattro® Trilogy machine! To watch this entire segment online click the link below:
Online Sewing and Embroidery Lessons
It's Sew Easy Episode 608-1 In episode 608-1 You'll find ways to make use of many beautiful built-in decorative stitches. Four dresses shown on the set are uniquely accented with added fabric bands.
Think about ways to decorate your dress with embroidery motifs or bands of built in stitches. You can add embellishment to any dress, ready-made or sewn from scratch!
Now, what about making your own Little Black Dress? As a sewing enthusiast you have the wherewithal to make it yourself and make it better! Why not make plans to head to the fabric store and hunt for your own figure flattering pattern style and appropriate fabric? I’m begining this process myself and I’ll be sure to report my progress in a future post. Stay tuned! In the meantime feel free to leave a comment about your own journey into making the little long, short, or in between, black, blue, pink, or any other color dress!
Be sure to mark your calendar each week on Friday at Noon for a new It’s Sew Easy TV episode. You can CLICK HERE for this week’s episode, airing on itseweasytv.com.
Now, what about making your own Little Black Dress? As a sewing enthusiast you have the wherewithal to make it yourself and make it better! Why not make plans to head to the fabric store and hunt for your own figure flattering pattern style and appropriate fabric? I’m begining this process myself and I’ll be sure to report my progress in a future post. Stay tuned! In the meantime feel free to leave a comment about your own journey into making the little long, short, or in between, black, blue, pink, or any other color dress!
Be sure to mark your calendar each week on Friday at Noon for a new It’s Sew Easy TV episode. You can CLICK HERE for this week’s episode, airing on itseweasytv.com.
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