We sell couture fabric and buttons for couture dressmaking. Browse our collections of rare fabrics from France and Italy, Canadian and Italian buttons and also thread and sewing tools. Let's start a project together.
Our next YouTube project will be transforming a simple dress to Chanel-inspired tweed dress. If you follow our sewing tutorials, you will need to look through your patterns and find a basic simple dress pattern with darts, slit and a zipper in the back. We'll use cotton tweed fabric for this project.
Why should I make a mockup or toile when I have a pattern? Isn’t it overkill? This concern comes up often so I think it’s important to clarify the importance of making a mockup, or a test run of your garment, also known as the toile or muslin.
Your mockup should be a shell of your garment that you can actually try on complete with zipper, collar, pockets, sleeves and any relevant pieces of detail, such as marked or drawn placements of your buttons and buttonholes, and even a rough drawing of applique, embroidery or beadwork.
"Let the beauty of what you love be what you do."
- RUMI