Top sewing tip

If you’re creating this dress in velvet, you’ll need to adjust your machine to suit the material. A universal or sharps needle in size 70/11 or 80/11 will work best and you may need to loosen the tension to account for extra bulk.

Meet the designer

Posner & Posner is a handcrafted, handprinted textile label created by British designers Susan Posner and Naomi Posner-Coxon. Naomi is the printmaker and textile artist, screen printing and block printing to create bold and colourful patterned fabrics and then stitching them into accessories and homewares. Susan is the clothes designer and pattern maker, specialising in children’s and adult wear.

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