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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BurdaStyle Boy's Shorts

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Hi everyone..
Today post is the continuation of my weekly update "Diy Friday". Sorry for not updating my diy's episode for so many weeks, I have been busy with a lot of good things :)

My little boy needed some new shorts to wear on summer. All his shorts are getting small and tight at the waist. Well, I decided to search my stash and found leftover of knit cotton that is enough to make two shorts. Yay!

Materials:
knit cotton
3 cm wide elastic
thread

Pattern:
Based on BurdaStyle Boy's Sweatpants 10/2013-124 size 110. I cut the pattern right on the knee and slashed a little (2 cm) in both sides to avoid tightness. I skip the front fly and pockets.
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The sewing process was easy and fast. I have no difficulty because I already made the first shorts for my son Halloween costume, you can pop over here if you are interested - Mickey Mouse Costume.

I worked on the pattern first, by glued the two pieces of the front and back together. So both sides of the patterns are in the middle. And then I added 1.5 cm seam allowances and hem allowance.
After that, I cut the fabric 2x.
Then sew the shorts, sew the waist and inserted the elastic.
Sew the hem using twin needle and for decoration, I fused a little ball fabric sticker in the corner of the shorts bottom. Done!

You can see here the final shorts, front and back views

 
And the closer look of the little ball, isn't it cute? :)

I am planning to make one more shorts with the same fabric but different decoration. Up to the boy, he will chose the train or the airplane :) I have both fused fabric stickers in my stash.

A little note:
I am linking this shorts to Caroline at sewcanshe.com for Show Off Saturday

Happy sewing!

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  1. Raquel from J.C.July 19, 2015 at 4:28 AM

    Your little one must be very happy! The hem looks professional, just like a coverstitch hem!

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    1. @velvetribbon_sewsJuly 19, 2015 at 10:01 AM

      Thank you, Raquel. He is very happy with his new shorts :)

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  2. UnknownJuly 19, 2015 at 6:40 AM

    He must love these! The soccer ball is darling -- perfect for a little boy!

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    1. @velvetribbon_sewsJuly 19, 2015 at 10:02 AM

      He is loving it and named the shorts soccer ball shorts :) So cute <3

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  3. Sarah LizJuly 19, 2015 at 2:48 PM

    These are just so cute, love the little soccer ball - I'm sure these will be favourites :)

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    1. @velvetribbon_sewsJuly 19, 2015 at 6:10 PM

      Thank you, Sarah Liz. So happy that my son loved it :)

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  4. UnknownJuly 19, 2015 at 5:56 PM

    Very nice shorts, to sew them again with airplane or train, is a very good idea. He will love them, all.
    Have a nice suday!
    LG Carolin

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    1. @velvetribbon_sewsJuly 19, 2015 at 6:12 PM

      Thank you, Carolin. I will be working on the second shorts tomorrow morning, my boy is needing more shorts :)

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  5. FröbelinaJuly 19, 2015 at 10:01 PM

    Cute Shorts, I like the color! :)

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  6. The Winter~QueenJuly 20, 2015 at 6:36 AM

    So cute! And very professional looking too :) x

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