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Longan Craft Daisy Ramie in Butterick 6977

April 29, 2025April 30, 2025 by two.sewing.sisters, posted in Sewing Project

We were delighted when Fleur from Longan Craft invited us to collaborate and showcase some of their amazing fabric! We explored the site and fell in love with this beautiful fabric!

Fabric: Daisy Ramie from Longan Craft

This beautiful fabric has an embroidered daisy which provides a dynamic 3D texture to the fabric. The base fabric is made of Ramie (10%) and Cotton (90%). It is 120cm or 47 inches wide.

This fabric comes in seven beautiful colour ways – so there were many options to choose from! We chose the black base fabric with the blue daisy, which allows the yellow flower centre and green leaves to ‘pop’ against the dark background.

At 310 gsm, this fabric is mentioned as being suitable for curtains or upholstery, as well as blouses, shirts, dresses, pants, bags and accessories and other DIY projects. The embroidery does add some structure, however, it was perfect for this structured dress.

Pattern: Butterick 6977

For this project, we chose Butterick 6977. It is a loose-fitting tiered hem dress with a dropped waist bodice, pointed collar, and stand. It has set-in sleeves with a gathered sleeve hem and an elastic hem.

We wanted a dress pattern that would showcase the fabric with the gathered tiers, and we chose the long-sleeved option as we are working on adding to our winter wardrobe.

We swapped out the button finish for press studs because we thought it might be tricky to place button holes in this embroidered fabric or that the button holes wouldn’t wear well if we washed this dress in the washing machine. This also gives a nice smooth placket at the centre front.

Finished Make

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Photo Credits

Pattern: Butterick 6977 provided by Sewdirect Australia
Fabric: Daisy Ramie provided by Longan Craft for collaboration
Photos: James Christie Media

Butterick 6280 with Vogue 1647 in black and white from Super Cheap Fabrics

November 2, 2024November 2, 2024 by two.sewing.sisters, posted in Events

Earlier this year when we were planning our Cup Week outfits we chatted about creating stylish pieces that were fun and comfortable to wear and this definitely fit the brief.

Patterns: Butterick 6280 with Vogue 1647

This was a pattern mash-up of the sleeveless view of Butterick 6280 for the bodice transformed into a jumpsuit using the pants of Vogue 1647.

Fabric: Stretch Black and white from Super Cheap Fabrics

On one of our last fabric hunts, we came across this black and white stretch fabric on the clearance table at Super Cheap Fabrics and well, it came home with us. It does stretch in every direction, it makes for a challenging make BUT is super comfortable to wear.

Derby Jumpsuit

Photo Credits

Pattern: Bodice of Butterick 6280 with pants of Vogue 1647
Fabric: Black and White Gingham purchased at Marché Saint-Pierre in Paris
Millinery: Lauren J Ritchie Millinery

Butterick 6556 Tiered Skirt Cherry Pink Poplin from Minerva

September 8, 2024September 8, 2024 by two.sewing.sisters, posted in Sewing Project, Travel

A few months ago, I saw a dress on Instagram that had a striped gathered skirt, with a horizontal band in between each layer. While the “baby-doll” bodice of the dress wouldn’t suit me, I loved the skirt!

In true sewing spirit, we were inspired to take what we like about the design and make our own version ready for the European summer.

Fabric: Minerva Core Range 100% Cotton Poplin Fabric Cherry Pink

This is the Minerva Core Range 100% Cotton Poplin Fabric Cherry Pink. In person, the fabric looks more red than pink. Being 148cm wide and 100% cotton, it was very easy to both cut and sew. Find out more about the fabric here.

Pattern: Butterick 6556

The bodice is Butterick 6556 – one of our fabric Gertie patterns. We amended the bodice by removing the “v” in the centre front bodice. To make the bows, we extended the straps to be very long so they could be tied into bows. The shape of the shoulder straps in the pattern is curved, however we straightened the shoulder straps for both fitting and visual reasons (given the striped fabric).