I love shift dresses! They are so easy to wear yet look so cute. Making Orla into a shift is not difficult, although does require quite a bit pattern hacking and some patience. Before I start with the tutorial, I wanted to quickly talk about the difference between sheath and shift dresses. I find ...
Bust Dart Rotation Tutorial – An Orla Affair
I am back today with a few more posts including this quick tutorial on how to rotate bust darts on your Orla dress, or any other dress or bodice pattern for that matter. I am doing this to get the pattern ready for shift dress hack, but you may just prefer different darts or something... I don't ...
Another Sleeveless Orla – Lined, Box Pleat Skirt – Sewing Tutorial
What a week! Life has been insanely busy this week and I have fell a few days behind on my contributions to Orla Affair. For that I apologize. I am taking this weekend off all other activities so that I can catch up on my blogging and have the rest of tutorials coming your way on ...
Another Sleeveless Orla Inspiration – An Orla Affair
I am starting to question if I have anything against sleeves... All of my Orla hacks to date have been sleeveless. I really don't! I love sleeves! I blame the insane heat that Calgary has been through in the past few weeks for all the sleeveless Orlas that are coming your way. It has been so hot ...
Sleeveless Dress Sewing Tutorial – An Orla Affair
This is the most blogging I have ever done. Ever. This is my 7th post in 3 days! Insane. I am very excited to finally share the sewing steps to make sleeveless Orla with pockets and striped skirt, while using facings to finish neckline and armholes. It will be a very long and picture heavy ...
