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Meri Blouse is a traditional dress worn in the Pacific Islands, originally introduced by missionaries I've heard. I made these four for a concert at church for some New Guinean ladies. The pattern cutting is very simple with little fabric wasted. And
To finish Me Made May, here's my favourite make of all time, worn by the lovely Emily. It's 5 metres of Ikea upholstery fabric, patternmaking uses subtraction cutting methods (google Julian Roberts, he has lots of free resources). As you can see from
What can I say? I'm in no danger of running out of handmade clothes for Me Made May (last count- more than 50 items in my wardrobe) but they are getting more...unusual. This flatpack shawl (it is a flat shape with armholes) was a college design proje
I made three of these dresses, because they look more complicated to make than they really are. This is black linen with a bit of sashiko stitching - cool to wear in summer or over a tee shirt when the temperatures go down. #memadewardrobe #sewers of

New Daisy Dress Pattern!

Inspired by  Erin McKean's The Hundred Dresses, a lexicon of 100 iconic dresses, Clothesline presents... the Daisy Dress Pattern!

This field guide to frocks written by blogger Erin McKean from A Dress a Day (dressaday.com) identifies every iconic dress from The Austen to The Xena!

This field guide to frocks written by blogger Erin McKean from A Dress a Day (dressaday.com) identifies every iconic dress from The Austen to The Xena!

We thought it would be great to sew our own version of some of these frocks. Possibly not The J-Lo or The Cupcake Bride but we're tackling The Bouquet  - a dress that "is meant to call to mind the traditional association of women with flowers: whether you are a shrinking violet, an exotic orchid, a full-blown rose, or as fresh as a daisy." 

"It's the expanse of surface area given over to flowers that defines a Bouquet dress - one or two blossoms do not a Bouquet dress make."  The Hundred Dresses

Pick up your Daisy Dress pattern at our Etsy store, find some flower festooned fabric and stitch your own icon!

This style - The Bouquet - inspired our own Daisy Dress pattern.

This style - The Bouquet - inspired our own Daisy Dress pattern.

Simple to sew, the Daisy Dress is a blank canvas to bedeck with your favourite flowers.  This version is sewn from a vintage sheet.

Simple to sew, the Daisy Dress is a blank canvas to bedeck with your favourite flowers.  This version is sewn from a vintage sheet.