gathered bodice Archives

Assignment: Felicity Dress

March 18, 2015
Posted by Sara Lawson
felicity dress, garment sewing, gathered bodice, jennifer lauren vintage, pattern review, voile dress
19 comments

Today's garment finish is the Jennifer Lauren Felicity Dress. This post is part of my garment sewing project (you can see past posts here). There's a sew along going on, on Jennifer's blog, and it just started. I think it's great that indie pattern designers are doing sew alongs for their patterns; it is a bit of hand holding...

Sookie Stackhouse Dress

March 24, 2014
Posted by Sara Lawson
burda 7408 sewing pattern, gathered bodice, review, sew inspired, sookie stackhouse dress, true blood, tula pink the birds and the bees, voile fabric
18 comments

When Tula Pink wanted to send me some advance yardage of her new line, The Birds and the Bees, which is due out in July, I almost hyperventilated. I got some of the voile, which was earmarked to make 2 dresses. Okay, still having trouble breathing...can you believe how beautiful these fabrics are? Below are the fabric swatches that will...

Sis Boom Jamie Dress

March 24, 2014
Posted by Sara Lawson
alexander henry, amy butler, full skirt, garden maze red, gathered bodice, jamie dress, midwest modern, pattern review, sew along, sewing pattern, sis boom, the grove, vintage inspired
47 comments

I am so in love with this dress. I knew it would be cute, but when I actually put it on, it's much cuter than I expected. If you like this dress, get in on the Jamie Dress Sew Along and sew it along with our group...lots of fun and prizes!The pattern makes sizes XS-3X. I feel like because of...