haute couture – The Everything Housewife

My Little Black Dress–IT’s FINISHED!

ACTING LIKE A TOTAL DIVA I don’t consider myself a diva! I frequently wear gym clothes and pajamas to the […]

Hindsight’s 20/20, and I just can’t give you a definite answer. I hand stitched these final rows on while I […]

For the cap sleeve, I chose to do a half cap, meaning that the sleeve doesn’t completely wrap around my […]

I finally reached the point where I am sewing the glass fringe beading to the front of the dress–hindsight’s 20/20. […]

Now it’s time to sew the glass beads directly on the dress. It is very important to keep your rows […]

Baste Stitching is just a fancy way of saying that I used a really large/long stitch to hold two layers […]

Because I will be sewing the beading directly on top of the sequin dress, I plan on cutting and sewing […]

PRESSING YOUR GARMENTS An absolute must, but an often disregarded step for new sewers is the step of pressing your […]

Piecing the Dress—I can finally see it coming together! I just finished piecing the sequin layers of the dress together! […]

GIVING THE BEADING STRETCH—I mentioned in one of my previous videos that I want to make this dress with “stretch” […]