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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DIY Friday : Pattern Weights

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This week on "DIY Friday" I decided to make things that I need and I want to make for so long. Pattern weights! Yes, I need them so badly to replace tuna cans that I use to weight my pattern :)
 
Well, look at how cute they turned out! And also, they were so easy and fast to make. I did all in 2 hours :)

 
Pattern:
I followed tutorial and free pattern from Tea Rose Home : Pattern Weight. Feel free to check over the link for more detail.

Materials:
I used home décor fabric scrap, thread and rice for filling.

Sewing process:
I download the pattern and cut the fabric. I cut 8 pieces but in the end I made 7 because I run out of rice :(
Here is my fabric pieces after I cut them,

After I have all the fabric pieces, I sew them according to the instructions. Then I stuffed them with rice. As shown in the picture below,

After all stuffed with rice, I sew the opening area carefully by hand. As shown in the picture below,

That's it! I am done!
I am loving this little things and still surprised with how easy and fast to make them :)
Well, before I say goodbye for today's post I'd love to show you one more picture of the finished project

Pattern : Free Pattern And Tutorial From Tea Rose Home

Happy crafting!

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  1. UnknownJanuary 3, 2015 at 10:01 PM

    I made something similar to this when I first started sewing. I filled my with dried beans! They are a variety of shapes and fabrics. This is so perfect for the beginning seamstress.

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    1. Hana January 3, 2015 at 11:00 PM

      How could I forget the dried beans? I had some packs inside my kitchen drawer.
      Thanks Annie for letting me know. I am going to fill my last one with dried beans :)

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  2. AriBJanuary 4, 2015 at 10:36 AM

    These are great. I will definitely make these! Thanks for showing me :)

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    1. Hana January 4, 2015 at 11:16 PM

      You are welcome, AriB. I am sure you will love it :)

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  3. Sarah LizJanuary 4, 2015 at 1:11 PM

    These are so cute :) I use curtain weights, not nearly as pretty.

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    1. Hana January 4, 2015 at 11:18 PM

      Thank you, Sarah Liz. I am using tuna cans since 2009, so it's time to change to these cute things :) :)

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  4. KathySJanuary 4, 2015 at 1:20 PM

    Cute! I've been meaning to make some of these, myself. It's a good way to use up some scraps, as well.

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    1. Hana January 4, 2015 at 11:19 PM

      Thank you, Kathy. Yes, it is a perfect way to use up some scraps :)

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  5. MargoJanuary 4, 2015 at 9:53 PM

    So cute Hana!

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  6. LisaJanuary 7, 2015 at 9:09 PM

    I've been using tuna cans too and after seeing your pretty pattern weights think I need to make these too! Thank you for sharing with us such a great idea!

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  7. SewingadictaJanuary 8, 2015 at 4:50 AM

    So nice!! It's a great idea ... plus rice has absoventes properties for moisture. I have to try this ....

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  8. MaryJanuary 11, 2015 at 10:26 PM

    Love these Hana-the shapes and prints used are really cute.

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