Dress Of The Day with Angela

 I wondered what to do to stop my evening bag sagging. I had made the bag from a sequin front top in size 6, which I consider child size. Both the bag and the flat ribbon straps needed support. Firstly for appearance. Secondly for durability. Advantages of Interfacing It wasn't long before I discovered the answer was interfacing. This fabric, looks like stiff off-white netting, if you order white, but websites also offered me black. Occasionally it is used only as a second layer of lining.  Interfacing Colour Choices The backing in white is clean and fresh and won't dirty or darken light or pale patterned top fabric. Black is less obvious and intrusive inside a black bag or belt or rucksack (backpack) and won't show the dirt. However, as the the name suggests, interfacing is not just a backing but usually an intermediate layer, like stiffer padding sandwiched between, for example, a woven jacket with a silk lining. Why Interfacing Helps You Make Handbags And Clothes  Inte...

  Are you short of summer outfits? Do you have a pair of shorts with a stained front, or a tee shirt with a stained sleeve? A great idea for re-using an unwanted or unworn t--shirt. Cut off the arms to make a tank top. Use the spare fabric from the arms to make two circular or oval designs, such as leaves for the below the waist garment. Sew your double patterns neatly by hand or machine onto a pair of shorts, as they suggest. Alternatively sew onto a skirt, or even a plain dress.  I would use the arm pieces to make pockets. You could have two front square or semi-circular pockets on shorts or a skirt. Or side pockets.The neatly seamed armhole hem could be made into a hairband, or the front or link piece of a belt made with a long piece of ribbon or a doubled ribbon, with or without interfacing. (Interfacing is a stiffening liner used on jackets and hems and belts.  Security Use the spare fabric for a bag for your phone. Make a pocket on a lanyard to hold a phone. We...