Getting the perfect fit is one of the biggest dressmaking challenges, and also one of the most rewarding parts of sewing your own clothes.

Whether you’ve mastered the Full Bust Adjustment (FBA), found a great method for grading between sizes, or have a tried-and-true way to tweak darts or necklines - we want to hear it!

Share your go-to fit adjustments, how you learned them, and any before/after photos if you’re happy to post them.

Let’s build a crowd-sourced guide! Share your favorite fabrics for dresses - what works best for structure, drape, comfort, etc. Bonus points if you’ve got photos of dresses you've made in them.

New to dressmaking? This is your space to ask questions, no matter how small they may seem.

Whether it’s how to read a pattern, choose the right fabric, or deal with your first invisible zipper - ask away!

More experienced sewists: please feel free to jump in with your favorite tips, resources, or that one piece of advice you wish you’d known when you started.

Let’s make this a supportive corner of the forum where no question goes unanswered.

If a friend told you they wanted to learn to sew a dress, what pattern would you point them to? 

That's gorgeous ☺️

The nepheline blouse is lovely.

I've done 2. One as part of the g&g jit in white with lace insert.

A second using the cotton lawn from the Jan box. On this one I did the pleats on the sleeve.

Wow that's expensive. 

I use planprinting24. They charge 75p a sheet with a flat 5.00 delivery.

Great if you are ordering a lot.

I made 10 pairs of the Tilly and the buttons iris pants and they are great. I made a toile first as I thought I wanted the low rise ones but ended up making the rest high leg. I used all my scrap jersey and even did a pair with a lace insert.  Such an easy pattern to make as well. I pieced the pattern for the front and back so I could use different fabrics as it used more scraps of fabric.

Great idea! Thank you 

Flamingo Prints sound really good too, I'll take a look! 

Thank you Nikki