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As easy to wear as it is to sew, Ravello is a wrap dress and top with four variations! Choose from maxi or knee-length for the dress and hip-height or waisted for the top. Understated and sleek, variation 2 features a more contemporary silhouette, with narrow elbow-length sleeves and a level knee-length hem. Elegant and wearable year-round, it’s a great wardrobe staple; a sure-fire go-to for Friday evening post-work drinks. For the Ella Blouse we recommend lightweight woven fabrics with lots of drape, such as viscose, georgette and lightweight crepes. For more beginner stitchers, it would also look lovely in a lightweight cotton such as lawn or voile.
Light to medium weight woven fabrics such as cotton lawn, poplin, rayon, viscose, crepe, linen and shirting fabric. Eve is a versatile wrap dress with endless potential. With two stunning variations creating completely different looks, there’s so much fun to be had with this pattern! Whether you go boho romantic for summer garden parties or sleek and elegant for everyday, the Eve Dress will keep you dressed up in style. Siena also comes with the option to make it as a top and a skirt, perfect for pairing with your other Summer Dreaming makes! The Ella Blouse is waist-length, perfect to pair with high waisted bottoms such as our Keira Shorts, Peggy Trousers or Lana Skirt, or to wear over a dress as a cover-up. If you’d like to lengthen it to suit your style, we have a handy Tutorial on Stitch School showing you how to do it! You will also need 70cm of lightweight interfacing, 13x12mm metal press studs, 2x8mm metal eyelets and 1.5m of 5-6mm drawstring.We want to help you create a wardrobe of timeless handmade classics that you’ll wear again and again. We celebrate women of all shapes and sizes and embrace diversity. Our all-female team has a can-do attitude to both sewing and life.
The Ella Blouse sewing pattern is available in sizes 8-20. See the size chart for details on measurements and fabric requirements. Make Nicole in a viscose or crepe fabric for a fluid look, or choose a cotton poplin, cotton lawn or linen for a more structured style. The Ella Blouse is a pretty waist-length top that wraps across the front and secures in place with ties. The two front edges gently pleat into the tie at the waist for a beautiful detail, and the 3/4 length grown-on sleeves are nice and easy to sew. On the inside, the blouse is neatly finished with facings. This pattern is the perfect project for beginner, intermediate and advanced sewists alike – a versatile wardrobe piece that is both simple and interesting to sew. The best way to learn to sew is… well… by sewing. Once you’ve got your sewing machine you’ll need to get it threaded and ready to use. Threading your machine may seem like a huge challenge, but once you know the simple steps you’ll be doing it like a pro in no time!
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The Ultimate Shift Dress is an extremely versatile pattern when it comes to fabric. Most light or medium weight woven fabrics, such as cotton, linen, rayon, viscose, wool, crepe or even silk (if you’re feeling adventurous!) will work. Just remember that slippery fabrics are harder to sew!
The Lizzie Skirt sewing pattern is sized between UK sizes 8-20. See the chart for details on fabric requirements. There is plenty of scope with Lizzie when it comes to fabric choices. For beginners, we recommend a light to medium weight stable woven fabric such as cotton poplin, lawn or broderie anglaise. Intermediate and advanced sewers could try a jacquard, lightweight wool, suiting, or something with more drape such as a medium weight crepe. For the lining we recommend a cotton lawn for Summer, or satin or acetate lining fabric if you want to wear tights with your skirt.
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The pattern contains full instructions with beautifully illustrated diagrams to help you along, but if you need an extra helping hand don’t forget you can find our 1940’s Tea Dress Sewalong on the blog!
The 1940’s Tea Dress works best in lightweight fabrics with lots of drape. Think rayon challis, viscose, georgette, silk and satin. We recommend avoiding anything too crisp, such as cotton, as it doesn’t have the required drape. Now over 10 years old and the UK’s leading sewing community, Sew Over It is a multi-channel sewing platform, offering gorgeous digital and paper sewing patterns, beautiful fabrics, including our own exclusive designs, and easy-to-follow online video classes. We also provide support, inspiration and expert advice on our active social media channels.
If you’d like some extra help, the Ultimate Shift Dress (and two other patterns!) is also available as part of our Intro to Dressmaking online class on Stitch School, our online sewing classroom. The class comes with video tutorials and illustrated written instructions, and is included for free in our Premium Stitch School Subscription. Need a helping hand? Extra help can be found in our LIVE Sewalongs for the Eve Dress ( part 1, part 2 and Never used a PDF pattern before and would like some help? Learn everything you need to know in our handy Guide to Assembling PDF Patterns over on our blog! The 1940’s Tea Dress sewing pattern is sized between UK sizes 8-20. See the chart for details on fabric requirements. Like all our patterns, the sizes are nested to make it easier to grade between the sizes, depending on your measurements.
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