Simple And Classy Dress With Removable Bow

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Hi there. Today's post is about a simple and classy dress with a removable bow. I made this dress last week for the annual dinner at my husband's work.  I remembered I had two yards of cotton blend fabric with elastane in my stash, so I didn't need to buy new fabric.  For the design, I chose a simple dress with a little bit of something like a bow or a flower. And in the end, I chose a silk bow. For the pattern, I used my self-drafted dress with long sleeves. At first, I was making a midi length but cut it below my knee. The sewing process was fast because of the simple design, I did it in two days.  The process started in a usual manner, I sewed the darts, sewed the invisible zipper, sewed the front and back dress together, attached the sleeves, etc. I tried on the dress and found out the neckline was a bit gaping and the dress was too loose and too long. So, I reduced the shoulder line by 1 cm on both sides before attaching the facing.
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Ruffle Sleeve Blouse

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Ruffle sleeve is on trend now, so I decided to make this blouse for myself and I love it. For the pattern, I modified the dress pattern H from Casual Sweet Clothes by Noriko Sasahara and for the fabric, I used the leftover Korean cotton from previous garment. 
The original dress pattern has v-neckline and finished the sleeve with two pieces of ruffles, you can see my dress version here. And as I want a round neckline blouse and a little bit fuller ruffle sleeve, I have to change the pattern pieces, 

  • Raised the center front 5.5 cm and drew a new line of round neckline, the back neck remains the same.
  • Made the neckline facing for both front and back.
  • Cut the length of the dress bodices right on the fuller hips.
  • Omitted the zipper 
  • Reduced the sleeve length 5 cm and added ruffle sleeve 10 wide x 56 cm long.
The sewing process was enjoyable, because I always felt relax when I sew 😊 The ruffle sleeve was gathered with two lines of stitching/basting using sewing machine after I sew both sides together and hem it. And then slowly, I pulled the threads and spread evenly along the sleeve. 
Pin and sew the ruffle onto the sleeve and removed the basting threads. As shown in the picture below,

The neckline was finished with facing, I used 1.5 cm seam allowances in all edges, 1 cm sleeve hem at the ruffle and 2 cm hem allowance. Also, it was a good decision to omit the zipper because the neckline is big enough to pull my head in and out 😃

And glad that I wore this blouse this afternoon with me-made Culottes from last year for mmmay'17 day 30. We visited Galaxy Macau for a walk and enjoyed public holiday. 
Well, time flies so fast and we are in day 30 of Me Made May 2017. I was thinking to publish a weekly outfits that I wore but I changed my mind, I will be posting the round up of the whole month. But you can take a look at my everyday outfit on my Instagram
Happy Sewing!

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  1. VanessaMay 31, 2017 at 7:14 AM

    Your top is stellar! It looks good with the culottes.

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  2. TomasaMay 31, 2017 at 9:02 AM

    Your top is beautiful and it looks great with the culottes!

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    1. @velvetribbon_sewsMay 31, 2017 at 11:10 PM

      Thank you so much, Tomasa. Love your flounce blouse too.

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  3. The Sewing CPAMay 31, 2017 at 10:49 AM

    I love it, Hana. You look great in it and it goes well with the culottes. Happy sewing!

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  4. BeverlyMay 31, 2017 at 9:40 PM

    You did a great job and that's the perfect fabric for it.

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    1. @velvetribbon_sewsMay 31, 2017 at 11:12 PM

      Thank you, Beverly. The fabric is left over from previous garment.

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  5. MargoJune 2, 2017 at 7:31 AM

    Sweet blouse! So wearable. I'm loving fun sleeves right now.

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    1. @velvetribbon_sewsJune 4, 2017 at 3:09 PM

      Thank you, Margo. I am loving it too and your yellow top is so pretty 💛

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  6. Ellen's Sewing PassionJune 2, 2017 at 5:34 PM

    This is so cute Hana and it looks lovely on you!

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  7. Sarah LizJune 3, 2017 at 11:48 AM

    Such a pretty blouse - the sleeve ruffles are lovely. You look lovely in it. And your MMM17 effort was fantastic - I enjoyed seeing your posts even though I am not commenting much on IG at the moment (real life pressures on time).

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    1. @velvetribbon_sewsJune 4, 2017 at 3:11 PM

      Thank you, Sarah Liz. I am missing your posts lately, hope all well with you 💕

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  8. AllisonJuly 21, 2017 at 8:34 AM

    lovely top. i love the simple style and the print is very nice :-)

    allison
    www.handmadebelongings.blogspot.com

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  9. Sew Blessed Maw [Judy]August 14, 2017 at 5:18 AM

    Very cute.. Looks nice on you.

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