Built By Wendy: Dress Patterns and Literary References
Sad story: when I was packing to move to Madrid, I left a Very Important Dress at my mom’s house. I made it last year of a lovely cornflower blue jersey printed with big Marimekko-inspired flowers, with this Built by Wendy pattern:
(I used the dress pattern on the right. So sweet).
Built By Wendy is the creation of Wendy Mullins. Nowadays, in addition to its pattern offerings, it’s all gorgeous silk blouses and fancy-pants* shift dresses, but I have been in love with with BBW since back in the day when it was mainly custom guitar straps and To Kill a Mockingbird t-shirts.
This one depicts Scout in the ham costume!! Sweat-shop free! So amazing it is almost too much! Why don’t I own this yet??
Moving on-
The first two sewing guides (complete with various patterns and tips) were Sew U, a general intro to pattern sewing, and Home Stretch, a guide to sewing with stretch fabrics (which is the only way to go, as far as I’m concerned). Now they’ve released Built By Wendy Dresses, and I can’t wait to get my hands on a copy (damn you, international shipping fees!).
