Help Sewing the Indigo Smock Top + Dress Pattern

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Introducing the Indigo smock top or dress pattern!

Introducing the Indigo smock top or dress pattern!
Indigo's Been Upgraded! NEW Add-on & UK 16-34 Size Band is Here

Indigo's Been Upgraded! NEW Add-on & UK 16-34 Size Band is Here
Fitting the Indigo top and dress

Fitting the Indigo top and dress
Inspiration and Fabrics For Making Your Indigo Smock

Inspiration and Fabrics For Making Your Indigo Smock
How to Do Narrow and Wide Shoulder Adjustments

How to Do Narrow and Wide Shoulder Adjustments
How to do a full bust adjustment on a darted bodice. Model wears blue swirly pattern Lyra shirt dress.

How to Do a Bust Adjustment on a Darted Bodice (FBA & SBA)

Tilly's Blue Tencel Indigo Smock
Team Buttons' Indigo Smock Obsession

Team Buttons' Indigo Smock Obsession
Ten Tips for Sewing Gathers - With Video!

Ten Tips for Sewing Gathers - With Video!
Tilly's vintage blue Indigo

Tilly's vintage blue Indigo
Introducing the Indigo Add-On Pattern!

Introducing the Indigo Add-On Pattern!
Fabric Shopping for the Indigo Add-On Pack

Fabric Shopping for the Indigo Add-On Pack
Tilly's Indigo Midi Dress of Dreams

Tilly's Indigo Midi Dress of Dreams
Tilly's Embroidered Puff Sleeve Indigo Dress

Tilly's Embroidered Puff Sleeve Indigo Dress
How to Sew an Exposed Frill Seam

How to Sew an Exposed Frill Seam
Five Tips for a Neat Finish

Five Tips for a Neat Finish
Five Tips for Sewing a Smooth Dart - With Video!

Five Tips for Sewing a Smooth Dart - With Video!
How to Stitch in the Ditch - With Video!

How to Stitch in the Ditch - With Video!
An iron pressing the neckline of a Stevie top, showing the understitching. With the title text 'How to understitch'

How to Understitch
How to sew side seam pockets - free pattern. Text over a flatlay of a side seam pocket being sewn to a garment in blue denim with tape measure and pins.

How to Add In-Seam Pockets to a Garment (Free Pattern!)
Flat lay featuring a Tilly and the Buttons sewing pattern with tape measure and scissors. With the title text 'how to select your sewing pattern size'.

How to Select Your Sewing Pattern Size
Ten Tips for Cutting Fabric Accurately (with video!)

Ten Tips for Cutting Fabric Accurately (with video!)
How to Combine Pattern Sizes

How to Combine Pattern Sizes
How to Lengthen or Shorten a Sewing Pattern

How to Lengthen or Shorten a Sewing Pattern

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