Sewing - Beattie Dress
Take your dressmaking to the next level while learning to make the gorgeous, super flattering Beattie Dress.
Teacher: Beattie Lanser
Workshop Duration: Full Day
Description: Learn how to cut out a pattern, sew darts, raglan sleeves, invisible zipper, elastic sleeve casings, neckline binding and pleats. In this class you will learn to cut and sew an original Beattie Lanser Dress in your size all in a 6 hour workshop with fashion and textile designer maker Beattie Lanser. She will guide you through the tricks to make darts, pleats, raglan sleeves and elasticated cuffs. You will learn how easy it is to insert an invisible zipper, the easiest of all the zippers! You will also learn to make your own binding to create a simple yet beautifully finished neckline that you can use on other designs.
Materials: 3m light cotton drill or linen, Scissors, pins, 1 x safety pin, sewing machine, snips or small cutting scissors, invisible zipper foot (if you have already) 1m of 20mm elastic, 1 x 50cm Invisible zipper, 3m of cotton or Linen.
If you would like a kit of fabric and all sewing acsesories please advise us via email. Fabric Choice: blue chambray cotton, or black/Navy cotton Drill $50
Takeaway: You will need to choose S, M L pattern which you will get to take home with you at the end of the class.
Level: Advanced Beginner/Intermediate. You need to be able to sew a seam and a basic understanding of basic pattern cutting.
So I wrote last week a post asking “Is my making fast fashion?”. And then I did a video on Instagram discussing similar topics in a slightly different way. And as always, you lovely humans have helped me clarify some of my thinking with your thoughtful, clever commentary.
And while I think there is so much more to discuss, here are four key possibly-more-meta ideas that have come up for me out of those conversations.
In using the quote last week that suggested that there was no single answer, and suggesting that this was freeing, I really did mean that we should sit in the grey. Not that the lack of “an” answer to this question should mean we get to ignore the question but rather that the lack of “an” answer means that we need to keep asking bigger more beautiful questions. And keep asking them.
Is my making fast fashion?
Am I living my values or merely thinking them?
And how can I make those two things a little more aligned in this moment?
These are my big beautiful questions.
Yours might be different.
And importantly this leads to point 2.