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Today’s Dress Up Party giveaway is 4 .pdf patterns from Victory Patterns!
Victory Patterns was created in 2011 by Canadian designer Kristiann Boos, a veteran sewist and teacher. Victory Patterns is known for their playful and stylish designs, and has an impressive online presence where people proudly show off their creations and find any help they could possibly need.
Check out the amazing detail on the Anouk tunic or dress, above. Cut outs, a fitted yoke, pintucks, sleeve options, what’s not to like?
Sheer fabric at play in the Anouk pattern.
The Ava dress, a real sweetheart. (Hooray for sewing puns!).
The Satsuki pattern, which can pretty much morph into any look a gal could ever need. Loose-fitting, slip-on (no closures!), and peek-a-boo shoulders!
Victory has many more patterns to chose from, but I’ll leave you with my favorite, the feminine and sweet Nicola.
Nicola, above, features a tulip skirt, petal sleeves, and a wrap style scream spring, style, and comfort.
It’s your chance to win a generous FOUR .pdf patterns from Victory! The giveaway will be open for two days. Good luck!
Samantha from Pattern Crush
I am afraid to buy anything to go expensive because I would be afraid to cut into it….then it would sit in my stash 🙂 so the most I have spent is $15
The most expensive fabric I have bought was a custom from Spoonflower. But for something so different, it is worth it!
Oh, I really would like to win, because I never triedto sew a dress only quilts and purses.
thanks for the chance!
Greetings, Rike
It’s a toss between Liberty of London and Nani Iro
I usually buy everything on sale!
my most expensive fabric was some double gauze with sheep & sheepdogs on it, I bought only 2 yds. so I made a sundress for myself!
Silk duponi for my wedding dress…
I once had some buffalo check brushed cotton delivered from America – so expensive but so worth it!
I really don’t know…I’m a sale shopper.
I usually buy fabric when it’s on sale, but the most expensive I’ve bought was probably wool.
I love sales and bargains…so sadly the most expensive fabric I bought was not even for me. Beautiful upholstery fabric in dark blue with colourful Knights in armour on horseback. Bought the minimum I could get away with and used it for canopies on curtains and mock four poster bed for son. Room walls were hand painted with copies knoghts
I made a jacket out of $25 per yard purple silk/rayon velvet over a year ago. I am sad to say I have never worn it out of the house!
$40 plus per yard because I have a serious fine wool addiction.
I think the most I ever spent was $25 a yard for dark green velvet for an evening gown for a Christmas party. Then I cut it wrong and had to go buy more! (Turned out to be a gorgeous dress, though!)
Quilting cotton from america! Ha. Thats stuffs expensive!
I remember when I was a teenager I really wanted some fabric that was 20$ a yard. I worked my tail off to get a few yards of that to make a dress!
Oh goodness, some nani iro double gauze maybe?
I’m embarrassed to say that anything over $12 is too much for me!
Scuba fabric at Britex on a trip to San Fran with my sister.
I once paid $22.00 a yard…for Minky to be used for a quilt backing.
I’m pretty thrifty (read cheap) plus my budget is usually pretty tight, so generally nothing over $10/Yd. Although when I made my daughter’s last national highland dance costume I paid a lot for the tartan and velvet – but still far less than buying an already made costume – and I definitely got my money’s worth. I made it for her when she was 13 and she’s still using it at 22. 🙂
I think it was a super soft chambray for something like 18.00 a yard. And the dress I made myself didn’t even fit! Oh well.
I haven’t went expensive yet. Need to get better before I can splurge.
I never buy expensive fabric, to afraid to mess it up. I think 13€/m is the most expensive that I have bought and that is still pretty average.
Technically it was a gift as I received a liberty voucher for Christmas but I bought some beautiful tana lawn. Otherwise I don’t like to splurge too much as I still worry my projects might not work out! Think I need to have more self confidence…
The most expensive fabric I’ve bought is probably double gauze or Japanese canvas for around $20 a yard. :}
I think the most expensive fabric I ever bought is a rayon to make a shirt for me, but I used a gift card to purchase it!
i have some small cuts of liberty tana lawn. not enough for a garment, but it’s definitely my most expensive fabric when it comes to price per yard.
I have 3 yards of Liberty in my collection… still yet to be cut into!!!
I usually try to buy things on sale. But I bought some Art Gallery voile at full price, intending to make a Christmas present.
I would say silk.
I bought some home dec fabric that was $20/yard not realizing the price when I had it cut.
I normally buy quilting cotton, and watch for sales.
I really can’t remember. I think I wiped it out of my mind. I once bought some pima cotton for a smocked dress and probably paid 18.00 a yard.
I have some liberty of london floral denim on my list of makes. It cost $37.50 a yard and I got 1 1/2 yards…hoping to make some shorts with it.
Very nice wool fabric for a jacket was the most expensive fabric that I bought. Thank you for the giveaway!
I cringe to pay more than $12/yd for fabric, but am slowly starting to accept the reality of rising prices (and just how much the quality does increase with the higher price).
I lined a cape with some “technical fleece,” which was a little over $30 a yard. It’s very warm and windproof, so it was well worth the money, even though it’s not something I wear too often. Generally, I’m pretty hesitant to go over $20 a yard, since I usually need 2 – 3 yards.
I paid around $20/yard for faux fur to make a Chewbacca costume.
The most expensive fabric I’ve sewn with was an amazing Italian wool plaid that was around €50/m (yikes!). But I didn’t buy that, I got it as a gift from my mum. The most expensive I’ve bought … hmmm … some really beautiful dark red variegated linen for shorts, I think. It was around €30/m and I have still not made those shorts because I’m afraid of ruining the beautiful fabric. I tend to do that with my favourite pieces of fabric—which is really silly, but I can’t help it!
Hi – I bought some lace that I just had to make a scarf out of. I think it was $23/yd. I’m used to $12/yard for quilting fabric – which i think is high – so $23 is crazy. But, my scarf is sure pretty. 🙂
Cotton and Steel cotton lawn. It was worth it
I bought a silk that was $20 a yard. I still haven’t made anything with it!
Liberty of London and Nani Iro. 🙂
I bought Liberty of London Hello Kitty – 3 yards of it. Still have yet to sew anything with it…sigh. So cute, though.
Liberty tana lawn – although it was on sale
Probably the beautiful wool I used to make a dress and jacket years ago.
The most expensive fabric I ever bought was Melton wool for my yet to be made winter coat. It was about $17 a yard.
I’m a complete cheapskate! The dearest I ever bought was some Liberty fabric and it took me 4 years to actually cut into it! x
I gray tweed for a skirt that I made that was about $25/yard.
I bought some Chanel tweed for a jacket and some Prada silk/linen satin for a bridal gown. Yummy!!!! (Lucille D, aka Nancy McKenzie
I’ve bought some expensive home dec fabric, about $50 a yard.
Fabric is a lot more expensive here in rural Canada – but at least we have a local fabric store. Probably $24/m for some ponti Di roma before I realized there were frequent sales for members.
Probably something for embroidery. I like to make clothes that see rough wear and am afraid to spend a lot for something that might get ruined, so I like a good sale.
I bought some faux fur fabric to make my granddaughter a vest and it was +/-$20 a yard on eBay. I was so careful with it.
I think 10.00 a yard was the most I have ever paid.
I haven’t bought anything expensive yet. I want to wait until I am a little better sewer so I don’t ruin it!
Definitely the damask I bought for my wedding dress! 🙂
I top out at $21/yd. I think it was on clearance from Smuggler’s Daughter and it was some Eileen Fisher knit. But I haven’t touched it yet, I’m hoarding it.
Probably about $30 a yard, but it’s definitely not the norm for me 🙂
probably 20$ per yard but then it was on sale for a little less…
Heh.. I bought two yards of Liberty tana lawn, put it in the wash without a color catching sheet, and something deposited blue dye spots in the middle of it. That was 3-4 years ago and I’ve been figuring out how to work around the spots to make something out of it! I find its extra expensive to buy things then not use them!
I have a small cut of Liberty fabric, but I usually stick to moderately priced fabric!
Cotton & Steel Cotton/linen blend, with shipping it was $35 for 2 yards…but I was able to squeeze out a dress!
I bought a bunch of Echino to make an Aeroplane bag.
I was ambitious and bought some silk voile – a fabric waaay above my technical skill level – from Mood fabrics at $16 a yard. That’s about my max so far but I know as I get better my willingness to spend more on the fabric will increase.
Whatever I just bought today. Says “Stamp Print Spring” seems like a heavy linen…
Just figured out it is a linen/cotton canvas
I’d have to say the most I’ve ever spent would be about $10 a meter. I’m too afraid of ruining the more expensive stuff!
I got some Joel Deeberry sateen. This was before I knew anything about sewing at all. I just bought it because it was lovely. It is still sitting in my stash. I’m not quite sure what to make with it still
I try to buy as cheap as possible so propbably €15/m
Haha
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I was going to say oh dear, expensive fabric! A silk chiffon covered in gorgeous blue, purple and green sequins in a chevron pattern. It utterly terrifies me so has spent a few years hanging on a coat hanger on the wall looking gorgeous. I doubt I’ll ever use it sadly…
The most expensive fabric I ever bought was some wonderful Pendleton wool for a coat.
The most expensive would be 25$ , I usually buy on sales.
It was a gorgeous silk/linen blend in lavender that I used for a jacket.
I buy fabric from markets and sales whenever possible, but my local fabric shop have their own range of digital printed “winter jersey” (a slightly thicker, warmer and more stable knit jersey) at 160 dkk (~24 USD) per meter, and their prints are sometimes too good to pass.
Japanese silk with strawberries on it. I made a scarf.
A Wool knit from Berwick street in London (also the nicest quality fabric I’ve ever bought!) But most of the time I’m pretty stingy with my fabric funds
The most expensive… a 1/2 metre of good knit 🙂
Some lovely fine merino knit. I’m too scared to cut into it!
My most expensive purchase (so far) was 2 yards of some Nani Iro Double Gauze. So far, all I’ve done is fondle it, but someday soon I hope to make a shawl out of it.
I have some Liberty Tana Lawn. I just sit and admire it. 🙂
Probably 2 metres of Liberty crepe de chine that I bought off ebay for £28 and the 2 metres of Liberty lawn that I’m about to buy…
The Satin for my Wedding Dress 🙂
Liberty cord for a dress for my 2yo. I should have bought more and made something for me instead!
Some very pretty silk that I’m too intimidated to use.
The most expensive I got was the vegan leather from girl charlee. While it’s not that expensive, I live at the bottom of the world, so with shipping it’s around $22 per metre. I’m still quite new to sewing (just over a year) and only just getting brave enough to try speciality fabric.
Uhh this went via my blog, ha sorry.
Lovely polka dot linen, still haven’t cut it!
I love Victory patterns and would jump at the chance to give them a shot!
A FQ bundle for $121.
I have bough some liberty prints but am too scared to cut them yet!!!
The most expensive is 17 dollars a yard. It was this adorable hello kitty fabric that was imported from china and luckily I was able to make a skirt for myself from one yard.
As long as I can remember, I have purchased cotton for quilting. I have done some upholstery and I would say that would be the most expensive fabric I have purchased.