Video: The Boardwalk Sundress with Patio Skirt
Come sew along with Charm as Andrea and I create a lovely Boardwalk Sundress in rose print Liberty lawn. You'll learn:
How to sew ruffles and use a ruffler foot (So Many Ruffles!)
How to add piping to a dress
How to do a three-step tiny hem
Hope you love this video & find it helpful! Don't forget to download this pattern and instructions in the separate Boardwalk Sundress post.
xoxo,
Gertie
P.S. Use the handy dandy time stamps below (and on the YouTube description) to go to the exact part of the video you would like to see!
00:00 Introducing the Boardwalk Dress
01:25 Chapter One: Pattern Pieces
05:20 Chapter Two: Fabric and Supplies
08:30 Chapter Three: Sewing the Bodice Center Front
09:32 Chapter Four: Gathering the Bodice Fronts
11:24 Charm School Lesson: Adding Optional Piping
12:40 Chapter Five: Sewing the Bodice to the Midriff
18:33 Chapter Six: Sewing the Side Seams
19:36 Chapter Seven: Sewing the Front Straps
24:42 Chapter Eight: Assembling the Back Straps
27:14 Chapter Nine: Adding the Front Shoulder Strap Hardware
28:36 Chapter Ten: Assembling the Shoulder Straps
29:20 Chapter Eleven: Attaching the Shoulder Straps to the Bodice
31:58 Chapter Twelve: Attach Front Neckline Ties to the Bodice
34:00 Chapter Thirteen: Pinning the Bodice to the Lining, including the Clean Finish Method
40:34 Chapter Fourteen: Sewing the Lining to the Dress
48:45 Chapter Fifteen: Understitching the Back Neckline and the Armholes
50:35 Chapter Sixteen: Topstitching the Neckline Tie Channel
54:42: Chapter Seventeen: Sewing the Upper Tier Side Seams
56:02 Chapter Eighteen: Sewing the Upper Tier Center Back Seam
57:16 Chapter Nineteen: Hemming the Lower Tier
1:00:15 Charm School Skill Building: Using a Ruffler Foot
1:03:23 Chapter Twenty: Gathering the Upper Edge of Each Tier
1:09:25 Chapter Twenty-One: Attaching the Tiers
1:10:20 Chapter Twenty-Two: Attaching the Skirt to the Bodice
1:14:20 Chapter Twenty-Three: Inserting and Sewing the Zipper
1:19:58 Chapter Twenty-Four: Finishing the Dress
1:21:15 Goodbye
Comments (15)
OMG. I am so behind in looking at these videos. I would love this dress but am concerned about how the bodice would look post breast cancer. I would need the bodice to support my prosthetic. Is that possible?
Love this! I scored ten yards of a lightweight madras plaid with some metallic threads and this will be the perfect project for it. I’ll cut along one of the stripes and try the ruffler foot instead of making panels, like it’s a border print. (Is that the lengthwise grain?) I’ll cut the first tier to match the waist measurement, and go from there for each tier below it. There should be enough fabric to make a Patsy to wear over it if I want more coverage. Can’t wait!
That sounds like it will be so cute, can't wait to see!
I love my ruffler foot and have used it a lot…..but the little beast still scares the hell out of me with its evil clackerty clacking noise that makes me scared something is always about to go badly wrong!
They can definitely be intimidating!
I want to hear guesses for what the skirt pattern on the 15th could be!
I have a ruffler foot and I just can't figure out how to really use it. I'm very happy to see that there's some help with that in this video!
😍😍😍😍
I love my ruffler foot. ♥️
You are always so fabulous! Thank you for doing this! What top are you wearing?
i believe it looks like a Rosie Jumpsuit top.
Thank you for this great pattern. I loved the Andrea out take bonus content. 😉
Just love this dress! I have been a Marilyn fan since I was Teenager… many years ago. I guessed this project as I have always wanted to try and copy and now you have provided that pattern ,so well thought out. I made your patio dress from one of your books I am a ruffler! I also made your petticoat pattern used my ruffler. Thank you for this pattern ❤️
I love this pattern! Also your hair looks great in this video and I love Andrea at the end 😂
Gertie, you have beautiful hands.