Charm Patterns by Gertie

One of my most-requested tutorials! Here's how to add elasticity to a garment with shirring. In this video, I added a small shirred panel to the back of the Harlow Pajama top. Another great way to use this technique is to shirr the waistline of the Popover Dress in a spiral pattern or shirr an entir

Hi lovely patrons! I'm so excited to be bringing you a skill-based video tutorial (the first of two for this month). In this video, I show you how to make an oversized decorative frog for the Harlow Pajamas (or any other garment you choose) inspired by the one Dita Von Teese wore in her house tour v

A few of you have reported having some trouble sewing the Loretta pockets, so I've taken some photos of the process for you here! In return, you have to promise to go back and watch the video again as well! Pay particular attention to 02:25 to 05:12, where I explain what the pattern pieces are and h

Hi all! I wanted to make sure the Lamour expansions included with the Loretta Shorts got their chance to shine. As already mentioned, Loretta is officially part of the L Series, which is a group of Charm Patterns that were drafted to be perfectly interchangeable with each other. So the Loretta Short

Hi all! I hope you've all been enjoying this month's project, the Peter Pan Bolero! So many of us have been stuck at home, so I've been whipping up several of these to help pass the time (#stayhomeandsew everyone). My latest version has the faux fur collar and pom pom ties from the pattern, but I al

Note: the Starburst Dress was a limited time bonus offer for first month subscribers. If you subscribed to my Patreon during February 2020, you would have received the pattern and video files via email on March 2nd. Thank you so much for being a subscriber from the very start! ❤️ Want to use a direc