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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

Finish skirt edge and pin to bodice.

(NB:If you are size D to H and bought 150cm(60") wide fabric, your skirt is made up of 2 rectangles sewn together.  Everyone else's skirt is cut in one piece) 

Finish short edges of skirt  (the edges that are 75cm long) with zig-zag stitch or serging.

Find the left hand side (as worn) corner of the bodice (this is the side WITHOUT the hole in the side seam!). With RST, pin this corner of the bodice to the long edge of skirt .  Keep pinning until you reach the other bottom corner of the bodice.  Flip this edge over 1 cm(3/8") and pin down WST.