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Sun dresses with shirred tops were extremely popular when I was a little girl. I found a top at a thrift store recently and heard that the JoAnns in town had the fabric. I was put off by the price of nearly $20 a yard and left the store disappointed. I can't wait to try this method myself! Now I just need to do the math for the right amount of material. I have plenty on hand as I buy from thrift shops all the time and my stash is continuously growing! I have lots of notions too! Thank you for your concise and easy-to-understand directions!!
I’ve made two of these palazzo pants now. Such a flattering and wonderful design. And the sew-a-long is a lovely addition to the comprehensive written instructions. ❤
I love all the options, they have a con i don't like. 1) the first doesn't last if you wash it. 2) the second is hard on my hands, pulling the elastic to me atch the fabric. 3) I don't like time consuming. So, I LIKE THEM ALL, NONETHELESS, THEY ARE ALL BEAUTIFUL, IF DOING THEM CORRECTLY.
Hi, Sasha! Thank you for teaching us! You are the first one I have seen a video on how to shirr with an elastic. I understand the process of the elastic thread, to steam and shrink. But if I do shirring with just elastic, what is the difference in shrinkage between the two kinds of shirring. Example: to shirr with elastic thread, we double the measurements of the fabric, to allow for shrinkage. How do we measure fabrics, when using regular elastic?? Example, making a 5 yr. old girl's dress... Thank you for your answer!! Jesus loves you!
I made a dress from Batik I was given. Thought I’d give it a quick wash so I could wear it the next day. Sooooo glad I did, a LOT of dye came out. Took lots of rinsing & a turn through the machine on handwashing too.
Seams will by nature be a bit on the bulkier side with this method - they can be encased with binding or the elasticated part used as a panel for a neat effect 🙃 ✨
Oooh that sounds gorge! You can slash & spread the pattern evenly at the front & back to extend - pop me an email to sasha@sashastarlight.com if you need more guidance 👌 ✨
Hi Sasha, thank you for this wonderful tutorial, I'm currently sewing along my first pair of pants and loving it. I have enough fabric left over and would love to make the top your models are wearing in the cover of this video ❤ Do you happen to have a pattern for that as well please? Thank you!!!
Ah so glad you're enjoying the make! That top is my own design but I'm afraid I don't have a pattern released for it at present - I drafted them very quickly onto the cloth the night before the shoot! 🥰 ✨
Is there a way to make an old needle good again for this kind of fabric? I'd imagine factories and seamstreses don't replace the needle for each gown so there might be away?
I always use Hancocks chalk markers - defo recommend! Also if you tap the tip of the pencil on your tongue before marking you get a must crisper dot 🙃 ✨
Hello Sasha, I've bought 2cm wide ribbon but I only have 3cm wide elastic right now, will it be okay to use together? I've noticed your elastic and tape seem to have only a 0.5cm gap, I wonder if I should stick to those proportions.
Growing up in the UK, we girls got the smocked dresses and blouses. Here in the US, I am sewing an old (70s) vintage child's peasant dress with shirring for the bodice. I would have to mail off for the elastic thread and end up paying from $15 up. I like frugal. I can walk to the shop and get the 1/4 inch elastic, so the third method it is. I learned to embroider and mend as a child, (dad learned hand sewing and mending in the military and I became his recruit) so I actually like the sewing machine and hand sewing just fine. Thank you.
Thanks for this beautiful pattern and the video! It’s beautiful. Sorry, I’m a newbie to sewing, is the seam allowance included in the pattern or do I need to add it before cutting the fabric? And I cannot see the notches, either. Do they matter? Have a great day!
Hi there! Seam allowance is included & is 1.5cm. Please ignore the reference to the notches - I took them out for the final pattern to simplify as they're not really needed but forgot when putting that part of the tutorial together 🙈 🙃 💕
Please ignore the reference to the notches! I took them out for the final pattern to simplify as they're not really needed but forgot when putting that part of the tutorial together 🙈 🙃 💕
Bought a sewing machine and all the stuff specifically to make these pants, because I was born with the "How hard can it be?"-gene, but I just bought the pattern and now I'm intimidated... 🤣
Please ignore the reference to the notches - I took them out for the final pattern to simplify as they're not really needed but forgot when putting that part of the tutorial together! 🙈 🙃 💕
Thank you for three different methods. I need to make a dress for a little girl that I am not positive of her size. This gives me a chance to make it so it will fit. I love the third method.
