
Michaela made this fabulous pink sequinned dress for one of her clients, it has a v-neck, a lovely georgette pointed collar (on the back) and georgette sleeves.


Jane made this sequinned tulle dress for her grandchildren Kitcat and Miaow (they share). The armholes are bound in lightweight satin bias binding, the hem is taken up with turquoise lycra binding and the neck has a plain mandarin collar made from cotton jersey so the scratchy sequin factor is minimised. This dress makes all the grown-ups exclaim “I WANT ONE!”.
Alice’s jersey and sequinned mini dress made for her degree collection.
Fabrics and Notions:
Viscose elastane single jersey
Ombre printed sequinned tulle
Stretch Iron-on Interfacing
Rainbow multicolour and black Polyester sequinned Tulle
Bess wearing her sequinned tulle and organic cotton jersey dress (made in one hour!)
Fabrics and Notions
Silver/Black penny sequinned tulle #1926
Black organic cotton jersey #2916
Stay tape
Bess made sleeves and lined her sequin dress in cotton jersey because she is fairly intolerant when it comes to suffering for fashion (and sequins are hot and scratchy).
This dress would have taken much less than an hour had she not taken the time to cut away the sequins along the seams (which makes sewing easier, reduces the risk of a sequin jabbing her in the thigh, and the seams lie nice and flat. It was unnecessary to sew any back on.
Due to the tulle backing the sequins are sewn on to no hemming was required (result!).
Alice’s jersey and sequinned bodysuit made for her degree collection.
Fabrics and Notions:
Viscose elastane single jersey
Ombre printed sequinned tulle
Elastic
Black tiny sequinned stretch black Polyester mesh tulle
Gunmetal Silver tiny sequinned stretch Grey Polyester mesh tulle
Champagne Pinky Rose Gold tiny sequinned stretch champagne Polyester mesh tulle
Red tiny sequinned stretch red Polyester mesh tulle
Gold tiny sequinned stretch Yellow Polyester mesh tulle
Magenta Pink tiny sequinned stretch black Polyester mesh tulle
Multicolour rainbow Sequinned fin / leaf embroidered tulle Trim
Mermaid Green and Purple micro sequinned stretch Polyester Tulle
Black and Multicolour heavily sequinned irregular circles on Polyester Tulle
Yellow Gold all-over sequinned Polyamide Tulle
Dusky Purple heavily sequinned embroidered tulle
Bess was supposed to be making a princess dress for her niece Eloise but it kind of mutated into a Wonder Woman dress instead. This is what happens when you sew with no real idea of what you are making! The skirt is made up of many layers of tulle with a Venezia lining, the bodice is yellow viscose jersey that was a bit thin for the job so was interlined with a cotton jersey, and then appliqued with a piece of sequinned fabric. There is elastic in the waist and sleeves to draw it in and red plastic snap fasteners on the back bodice.
The skirt was made without a pattern (gather the tulle until it is 7″ bigger than the waist), the bodice was pinched off a bridesmaid dress -long since discontinued and certainly not intended for floppy jersey. The worst bit was sewing the heart on straight…. or getting the bulk of the tulle onto the bodice (it had to be ripped apart and regathered with pleats as just gathering was too bulky with all the layers). Despite the moments of GAAAHHHHH! WHAT AM I DOING! it was a great fun make.
Turquoise / aqua ombre (selvedge to selvedge) small sequinned stretch Tulle
Bronzey Gold solidly sequinned Polyester Tulle
Matt Black solidly sequinned Polyester Tulle
Cerise Pink solidly sequinned Polyester Tulle