We firmly believe that anyone can sew anything with patience and perseverance, but sometimes it helps to understand how time-consuming or challenging a pattern will be to sew. Here's how we rate the difficulty of our patterns:
Beginner (⭑): Appropriate for a true beginner with simple style lines and details, quick to sew with no closures.
Confident Beginner (⭑⭑): Achievable for beginners who are willing to learn a new skill, may include more design features and techniques (ie. zippers, buttons, facings, etc). Relatively quick to sew.
Intermediate (⭑⭑⭑): More details and style lines, may include interesting details like a zipper fly or topstitching, projects can take 6+ hours to sew.
Advanced (⭑⭑⭑⭑): Still achievable for most sewists, but patterns will include more pieces and more details, and can take 8+ hours to sew.
Challenging(⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑): Complex, skill heavy projects like tailoring and bra-making. Again, achievable for most sewists but be prepared to spend 10+ hours on these types of projects.
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The Celia Dress is inspired by the romantic, bohemian designs of Ossie Clark, the iconic London designer who defined 60s and 70s fashion. Featuring a dramatic banded V-neckline and soft gathering at the shoulders and under the bust with a side seam zipper, the curved bodice seam flows from an almost-empire height in front, dipping gracefully to the natural waist in the back with subtle release pleats for shaping. Gently puffed sleeves taper at the hem with an inverted box pleat, while a flowing maxi-length skirt falls just below the ankle. An optional contoured belt offers additional styling versatility.
I love the idea of this product but was disappointed in its functionality. Over the length of the buttonhole spacer there is a difference in 1/4” in the buttonhole spacing. I want my buttonholes more accurate than that.
