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

Make A Garment A Month - January Plan

Hello and happy Friday to you all...
Here is an update of my January sewing plan for MAGAM Challenge, I will be making a cape based on Burdastyle - Double Breasted Cape 08/2012.

source from burdastyle.com
Below picture is my fabrics and materials for the cape - 2.5 yards of brushed wool in orange color, 2 yards of polka dots silk satin for lining, 7 buttons and almost same color of thread. All of them are from my stash.


Actually, I traced the pattern and pre-treated the fabrics yesterday. So, I will try my best to finish the cape by the end of the month.
Happy sewing!

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  1. Hana,
    I love this cape.. The wool you chose and the polka dot lining, is going to be perfect. Can't wait to see it.. Happy sewing.

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    1. Hi Judy,
      I love it too but only now I have a chance to make it. Hopefully it will turned out good :-)

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  2. Lovely wool and lining. How lucky you had everything in your stash. Looking forward to seeing it finished.

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    1. Thank you KathyS. I think this is the right project to use my lovely fabrics :-)

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  3. This is going to look lovely! Loving the lining :)x

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    1. Thank you for sweet comment, I love the lining too very much :-)

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  4. Oh, Lady! That will be wonderful! I'm anxious to see more ....

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  5. Wow! Can't wait to see THAT!

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    1. Hopefully I will finish it before the end of the month, thanks for stopping by :-)

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  6. What a great fabric for this cape Hana - it's wonderful having a stash to choose from, isn't it? This will look fantastic - don't rush, you mustn't spoil it :)

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    1. Thank you, Sarah. Finally I pulled out the fabrics after more or less 4 years stayed inside stash and make something with it. Hopefully it will turned out good :)

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  7. The cape looks so pretty and your fabric choices are fab. Good luck with it!

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