Empire seams are horizontal seams that join the bodice and the skirt parts of a dress – typically placed right underneath the bust. And the thing is – empire seams need to be placed precisely underneath the bust to look right! When you are making a dress such...
Well, it’s been quite some time since I’ve released a new MariaDenmark pattern (I’m afraid I have been very busy with my Danish online sewing magazine). But now I’m proud to introduce: MariaDenmark 407: Annika Boat Neck Dress Annika is a...
So. The story behind this top begins more than 14 years ago. On January 25th 2002, to be more exact. I was recently divorced, it was a Friday and my mom called and asked if she could borrow my 3 year old son for the night. So suddenly I had no plans. I called a...
The simplest design-change – or pattern hack – you can make to the MariaDenmark Rachel Wrap Dress (apart from shortening it into a tunic or a top) is to make it ”faux wrap” or no-tie-wrap. This simply means, making a version that doesn’t have ties. Instead of ties,...
I’m going to try something new; to focus on some of my patterns and create blog series around them. It’s also an occasion for me to sew with the pattern again and to fix minor mistakes in instructions etc… The first Pattern in Focus is MariaDenmark...
