DIY Midi Dresses

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Hi there, Happy Friday 🌸🌸 Today's update is about two new dresses that I made to wear on special outings. The sleeveless orange midi dress was made in October and the long-sleeved dress was made at the beginning of this month.  Both patterns were self-drafted, and the dresses had ruffles at the bottom tier. And to complete the look, I added a removable bow and pinned it to the neckline.  For the sleeveless midi dress, I used a linen blend fabric a souvenir from my trip to Bangkok and the fabric was enjoyable to sew. As usual, the sewing process started with pinning and sewing the darts and then attached the facings to the front and back pieces right sides together. I pinned it around and then sewed it, but I left a few centimeters open to sew the shoulder lines. I love this method, the finished facing looks clean and neat. I closed the opening area with hand sewing. I gathered the bottom tiers and then sewed them to...
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DIY Puff Sleeve Dress

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Hello, today's update is about my puff-sleeved dress, which I specially made to wear at my husband's birthday dinner last month. The design is a simple round neck dress, knee length and puff sleeves.
For the fabric, I used a silk-cotton blend and the fabric was a souvenir from our trip during Easter in Bangkok. I love the prints, so pretty.
I used my self-drafted pattern and I was planning to fully line the dress but I gave up because I thought the fabric wasn't transparent and I didn't need to worry about the lining.
The sewing process was enjoyable, I sewed the invisible zipper at the center back after sewing the darts. And then, sewed both front and back pieces at the shoulder line.
After that, I fused the fusible interfacing to the facings, sewed them together, and then attached them to the neckline.
I gathered the sleeves and then, attached them to the armholes.
After that, I sewed both sides of the dress, sewed the finished neckline by hand, and sewed the sleeve hems 1.5 cm and hemline 2.5 cm.
Here is the finished dress, I love the little puff sleeves and the fit was good, not too loose or too tight.
And here is the finished neckline, I basted and hand-sewed the facing. I love the neat result. 




That's it for today, thank you for stopping by and I hope you enjoy reading my blog.
If you are interested in seeing more details and sewing progress, feel free to visit my YouTube channel,
link here, or click the video below,
Happy weekend 🌸🌸

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