Sailor Dress Tutorials

Here you can find the links to each stage in the How to Make a Dress Series. I drafted this pattern and wrote the tutorials before I learned industrial sewing methods, so 1.5cm seam allowances and home-sewing methods are used.

This is the pattern used in these tutorials, but you can use most dress patterns:

Source: Sailor Dress via Sabrina CWB on Craftsy

 

 

 

Part 1: Your Pattern Envelope

 

 

Part 2: Pattern Markings

 

 

 

Part 3: How to lay out your pattern

 

 

 

Part 4: Stay-stitching, Interfacing and Hand-overcasting

 

 

 

Part 5: Facings

 

 

 

 

Part 6: The Collar

 

 

 

 

Part 7: How to Make a Patch Pocket

 

 

 

 

Part 8: The Pocket Flaps

 

 

 

 

Part 9: How to Insert and Invisible Zip with an Adjustable Zipper Foot

 

 

 

 

Part 10: Sewing the Front to the Back, and Setting the Sleeves

 

 

 

Part 11: Attaching the collar and the Bow

 

 

Part 12: The Neckline-Inset and The Hem