CREST Dress Tutorial: Zero-Waste Design By Birgitta Helmersson
#taukocrest made by @widehill, @angechria_nahtplusultra, @sewista_mc, @kuitukuiskaaja
Watch this CREST Dress tutorial for zero waste design by Birgitta Helmersson. Pattern is also available in blouse version.
Birgitta is a Swedish-Australian designer and patternmaker Birgitta Helmersson based in Malmö, Sweden. With over 20 years of experience in fashion and textiles, she specializes in zero-waste pattern cutting and working with repurposed and leftover fabrics.
Helmersson established her own label in Melbourne in 2013 and, after moving to Sweden, co-founded two separate projects: Helgrose in 2018 and The Cloth Lab in 2025. Both are built around the shared idea of creating without waste, through garment production, workshops, or design development.
Watch this video to learn how to make a CREST Dress:
Combining Fluidity with Architectural Form
This tutorial video walks you through making the CREST Dress, designed by Birgitta Helmersson. The pattern is featured in TAUKO Magazine Issue No.19 (our Nordic Summer issue) and is also available as a standalone PDF pattern.
The video covers every step of the process: folding the fabric, cutting and assembling pieces, creating rouleau ties, attaching the bias, upper and lower casings and finally, collecting the lovely gathers on the waist and shoulder line.
You can sew a dress or a blouse version of this design.
You can get the pattern for making your CREST Dress pattern from the print magazine, TAUKO Magazine issue No.19 or as a PDF pattern.
Available as PDF pattern and included in the TAUKO Magazine issue No.19
To understand all you can do with this pattern, check out the community's creations and find the inspiration to make your version. We'd love to share your project, so please tag us @taukomagazine and #taukocrest and send us photos of your make to magazine@taukodesign.fi to be featured!
CREST by Pauliina/@kuitukuiskaaja