Here it is, the 6th and final installment. In this installment, you finish the belt, tack a few things into place on the dress, and you’re done! Check out the pattern on my dress project page for all the details.

In this installment, you finish sewing the sides of the blouse together. Basic sewing skill such as how to sew a curved section of your pattern, plus good sewing habits like backstitching at the beginning and end of seams is emphasized. You’re almost done with your dress!

Here’s the next installment in our “How to sew a dress” project. Get the pattern for the project on my Sew a Dress page.

In this installment, we attach the skirt front and back to the blouse front and back. The skirt is also finished with a mock binding step. Next installment we’ll sew the blouse together front to back. Be sure to subscribe here or on my YouTube channel to get all the tutorials.

Using a pattern available online for purchase and download, I’m making a series of free video sewing tutorials. You can read which pattern I’m using on my project page for “How to Sew a Dress“.

Sewing this pattern will teach you a lot of basic sewing skills. You’ll learn to use seam binding and sew simple seams. The dress was originally designed to be sewn in under an hour.

Here’s the first installment of the tutorial series: