We’ve had Vogue #2890 up at the workrooms a couple of times of the years, and it is always a crowd-pleaser IF you pay attention to what you are doing AND you don’t mind adapting the shape just a bit in the back of the corset and bodice. Read More →
Jiorg Came to us in January with an ambitious schedule but no plan…Read More →
Debbie has been on a roll again with pageant showstoppers as part of her D’Jean series. This dress is interesting, in that she is venturing out into developing patterns of her own based roughly on multiple pieces from multiple patterns then overlaid with her own interpretation. She started with the bodice from Simplicity #8330. She modified the shape to fit just a bit better and did a little sculpting through the sides and back. The skirt section is loosely based on Neue Mode #22627 with the flare of the skirt changed subtly. Once we got through the initial redrafting, shaping, and draping, we were goodRead More →
Nathan’ s Asymmetric Vest with a bonus Byzantine history reference at the end!Read More →
Vogue #2890 – an elegant Bellville Sassoon design. So Debbie Permoda was a student at Tchad for a while. She needed an evening gown to wear when she gave up her title as Mrs. Indiana and came to us with the chiffon confection that Bellville Sassoon has had in the Vogue pattern book for years. She wanted a striking red satin and chiffon dress that would hold up as both pageant wear and as a well-made evening gown. Let’s get started. First off, sorry about the darkness in some of the photos. Debbie was burning the midnight oil more than once on this project andRead More →
Netta works up Vogue #V1471 in Chantilly lace!Read More →
Umang had started on a formal strapless gown and then got discouraged because she had to take a break and changed size. We don’t shame folks for that, but there is only so much you can vary in size with a fitted corseted strapless evening gown. So the poor little guy sat in the closet for weeks and weeks, just waiting… And then, after having met the sweetest guy, she all the sudden needed a wedding dress and started the work to get back to the size of the dress. The final day of her progress on it we (shakily) captured: We constructed theRead More →
Decima, she who conquered Province, called us up wondering if she could fly into Chicago to work on a draped black silk evening gown and beaded collar. We are never ever going to say no to something like that, so with the humility required when students want to fly across the country to work with you, we said: “Yes, absolutely yes.” Decima has already had a good deal of sewing under her belt, and the dress itself was pretty straightforward, so we dove right into it. As Tchad was showing her how to manipulate the draping so that it formed the right slack, it feltRead More →
Debbie pops in every now and then to fine tune this and that and use the space a little. This time it was for a laser-cut organize evening gown with a plunging neckline and contrasting belt:Read More →
What makes this picture so “Advanced” that is is categorized with advanced projects? After all, it just looks like a regular old shoulder and sleeve conjunction… Baby, those seams are ENTIRELY backstitched by hand. She is doing a GREAT job with this. It is incredibly difficult to keep this quality of sewing consistent.Read More →
Lindsey came to us with a question…Read More →
Or, with the classical bent we have at Tchad, I suppose you could subtitle it:
She came, She Sewed, She Conquered*Read More →
“I AM FINISHED!”
Subtitled: The saga of Vogue #2903.
Jen Ma began classes with a number of ideas. Vogue #2903 was one of them.Read More →
Lindsey Stewart, real-estate agent and bon vivant, tailors a mid-century coat pattern at Tchad.Read More →
Cessane Johnston made this crushed silk show-stopper early on in Tchad LLC’s history.Read More →
Four different looks from one basic sloper pattern. Read More →
