Midi Dress With Puff Sleeves And Front Tie

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Hi there, today's post is about a new dress I sewed last month. It's a midi-style dress with puff sleeves and a front tie. I made this dress to wear to a special dinner. For the pattern: I lengthened my selfdrafted v-neck dress into midi length. And for the fabric, I used a linen blend in green color. I bought the fabric in Bangkok during my summer holiday in August. The dress pattern had 6 pieces, front and back darts and I fused the facings with fusible interfacing. As usual, the sewing process was relaxing and it finished faster than I planned. The picture below shows the process of sewing the zipper, I pinned it before sewing it using the zipper foot. To make the puff sleeves, I gathered the sleeves before pinning and sewing them to the armhole.  After attaching the sleeves, I sewed the sleeve allowance 1 cm and the hem allowance 1.5 cm. And then, I pinned the neckline before top-stitching it. I decided
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The G Bag

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I am planning to make at least three tote bags after I've done my palette challenge ss2012. And I am very happy that I finished the first tote bag. I named her "the G bag". She is very cute tote bag with three inner pockets and the size is big enough to put all the stuff. I can carry her arround the shopping mall or to go to the beach/swimming pool.

The size of the bag approximately 16.5" x 10". The pattern is selfdrafted tote bag pattern by me. After I've done the pattern, I copy the pattern to the fabric that I already prepared, cut the fabric, iron the fusible interfacing on the fabric and sew it.

Materials:
  • home decor fabric (green stripe), cotton (green flower) and light weight cotton (white colour for the inner pockets and interfacing)
  • fusible interfacing
  • bias tape, click here if you want to make your own bias tape
  • metal bag buckle
  • zipper
  • snap fastener
  • big button





Before I say goodbye, I am not promise but I will try my best to write the tutorial how to make the tote bag on the future post.
Happy sewing!

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