Friday 25 October 2013

Facebook: Dress of the Week

Every week I find a wonderfully made dress and make it a 'Dress of the Week' on my Facebook page.  I have decided to share that every week on my blog so that my blogger friends can see these amazing dresses too.  

Today my Facebook page 'A.M.E.G. Designs' was updated with a new 'Dress of the Week'.  This dress was made from all recycled material and I think it is utterly amazing. Take a look and enjoy! 

Thursday 17 October 2013

Dress Making Report: The Batman Dress

A few friends of mine decided to get this dress for a friends birthday.  I am totally in love with batman and had to accept! This fabric is amazing, and was totally wonderful to work with (100% Cotton, Batman pattern, perfect!). Also, with this one I got to put the images together as best I could to make it look like a comic, which was awesome.  Maria loves the joker so I put him right in the middle of it all.  Happy Birthday Maria!! I hope it is everything you wanted and more!

Fabric
Cutting Pattern













Pinning Pattern to fabric





Cutting Fabric

Front and Side pieces


Sewing the top together
Pleats






Neck ties

Sewing back bodice to side sections


Sewing bodice front to midriff  

Pinning lining to fabric
Sewing lining to fabric

Finished top




Pinning skirt together




Sewing Skirt


Adding darts to skirt lining


Sewing Darts
Pinning lining to skirt















Pinned for hemming
Final pictures for this dress will be professionally done, stay tuned!

Tuesday 15 October 2013

Fabrics: Cotton

Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in bolls. It is almost pure cellulose and when the bolls get blown in the wind the seeds disperse more so then when done manually. Cotton is spun into yarn or thread to make a soft, breathable fabric.  It goes back to prehistoric times about 7000 yrs ago, which is just incredible, but I wouldn't expect anything less from this fantastic natural fiber.  Since Cotton Gin was created in 1793, the price was lowered and it became the most widely used natural fiber and still is today.  

I chose Cotton because I have recently been working on a dress(batman dress below), using this fabric and must say it is wonderful to work with.  It doesn't have too much stretch, so it is great for pinning, cutting and it moves easily through the presser foot on the sewing machine.  Cotton creates a great structure for dresses and is great for anytime of year.  I love working with this fabric, as you can create so many pieces with it.  I am looking forward to using it in my many upcoming household projects, such as; pillow coverings and in the making a an ottoman cushion.





Super Girl Purse
Super Hero Shoes
Vintage Wedding Dress
Batman Dress
Super Hero Doll Dress
Batman Pillow
Ninja Turtle Nunchuks

Friday 11 October 2013

Dress Making Report: A Wedding Dress

As promised, the finishing touches to this beautiful wedding dress are here! There will be professional photos taken on the wedding day that will be added after that. But, for now here are some sneak peeks of the wedding dress. Continuing, from my first 'Dress Making Report: A Wedding Dress', with the zipper and blind hem folded edge along the neck line to the hemmed edge of the skirt. Enjoy!


Sewing the zipper






Pining the blind hem folded edge


Finished Dress




Sewing skirt top to skirt bottom











Pinning the hem of the skirt



Finished Dress and Skirt