What a month it has been! I loved seeing all the Orlas poping up on my Instagram feed. You guys are so awesome. Thank you to every single one of you for participating in this Orla Affair. As promised I am back to show you all the drafting alterations to make a shirt dress Orla. This dress ...
Orla Shift Dress – An Orla Affair
How many Orlas are too many? I don't know the answer to that question because my Orlas are multiplying and I still haven't had enough. Today I am showing you my Shift Orla! Whaaaaat? I know... This Orla seems to have very little in common with the original Orla pattern, but as I've said before, I ...
Orla Shift Dress Drafting Tutorial – An Orla Affair
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 ...
