DIY: Butterick B4686 Flared Skirt with Yoke

DIY Butterick B4686 Flared Skirt with Yoke

I think Butterick B4686 is my new favourite skirt! B4686 is a good basic skirt for work and I’ve worn it several times already.  I made view C without the decorative buttons in size 16. It has a self-lined yoke and a half-circle skirt. I used about 2 metres of a wool-blend twill fabric. it looked black […]

DIY: McCall’s M7188 Princess Seam Dress with Piping

DIY McCall's M7188 Princess Seam Dress with Piping

McCall’s M7188 is a dress with princess seaming and a lined bodice. I sewed this out of a navy rayon twill fabric with a turquoise, white, and red floral print. This was the first time I used piping, so that was a learning curve for me. Some of the piping is not 100% straight but […]