How to Sew a Dart

Before sewing my first dress, I've been reading a lot before even cutting the fabric.

http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/13088/teach-yourself-to-sew-how-to-sew-a-dart

Little Brown Dress Pattern

Pattern

1-Hour Dress

Here's another simple dress pattern to try.

How to Sew Easy Kimono Dress Pattern

I'm ready to take the plunge so this might be a good tutorial to follow.

I'm going to make a simple shift dress.

Tote Bag with Zipper

After weeks of struggling with zippers, I finally finished the tote bag with zipper today. I used a pattern based on the All-Day Tote Bag. I tweaked the pattern a little by changing the position of the front pocket and extending the length of the side pocket so it can house an umbrella comfortably, but alas I did not make the length of both pockets match. Oh well.

I wanted to add a zipper and tried unsuccessfully two or three times to make an extended zipper based on a book and a blog, but it wouldn't work. I was about to give up when I chanced upon this book at the library that had a simple zipper tote bag pattern. So now, not only does this new bag have a zipper, my tote bag has one, too!