Please meet Lily! What a wonderful pattern to work with! Compared to the Pastille dress, which cost me three muslins and lots of nerves, I made only minor adjustments. While Pastille is sitting somewhere in my drawer waiting for a better day, working with Lily went flawlessly from the very first minute.

During my lunch break a friend/colleague of mine took some fancy pictures outside the office

Fabric: NaniIro red brushed cotton twill
Time spent: 8 hours (including 2 muslins)
Size: bodice 0, skirt 2
Cost: $20

Modifications to pattern
My long torso meant that I had to  lengthen the bodice by 9cm. Additionally, I needed a SBA (Small Bust Adjustment). The SBA for princess seam is an easy one. I followed the instructions from The Perfect Fit (ladies, it's classic!).


1. Find the fullest point of the bust on your bodice side front pattern (piece B in this case) and remove the unnecessary fullness. In my case, I removed 1cm.

2.  On the bodice front pattern (piece A), lap the pattern exactly the same amount you removed from the previous piece, matching more or less the fullest point on the center piece.


The dress turned out so well! Before this, I had drafted and made only one princess seam dress. But back then I was in the classroom and my teacher helped me a great deal.

My office is located just in front of the biggest art museum in Tokyo

Here's one of my creatures (in case you were wondering about the title of my blog). He (my camera case) does not have a name but he's got stylish hair

He likes hiding (⌒▽⌒)☆

My wardrobe does not include many close-fitting clothes. Since childhood, I suffered from an inferiority complex in regards to my body: tall, skinny, no boobs. I always looked like a stick and was secretly jealous of curvier girls. But let's face it: that's the body I was given and I should accept it. Last year, one of the fashion challenges which I set myself was to dress more feminine and less like a sack of potatoes. So when I saw Lily, I knew it was the pattern for me.

To have fun during our "photo shoot", we created this pose called "I-am-looking-for-an-American-millionaire-husband"!

P.S. If you live in APAC countries, join our the Social Sewing Twitter Chat. Organized by Tilly last month, the chat was a great success. On Sunday, she's running version  2.0 and I am helping coordinate in APAC.

When? 
Sunday 29th
India: 10.30am
SEA (Bangkok, Jakarta) :12.00am
Tokyo: 2.00pm
Sydney: 3.00pm
Auckland: 5.00pm.

Where? 
On Twitter using the hashtag #sewingsocial
You can find me on Twitter as @thewallinna

What shall we talk about?

• How did you first learn to sew?
• How do you continue to develop your skills? 
• What do you think of IRL classes, online courses, videos, books. blogs, photos, diagrams...?
• What puts people off learning to sew?