DIY Shoulder Tie Dress

Hi there, I made a new dress to wear on our summer holiday in Bali. A simple and airy dress, midi length, zipper at the back and finished with shoulder tie. The process was fast, I did it in 7 hours (from tracing the pattern to sewing).

I love the final dress, the shoulder tie adds sweetness and the loose shape is so comfy perfect for hot summer weather.

Details:

Pattern: self-drafted (front on fold with side bust darts, back 2x, front and back facings and shoulder tie 4x - 10 cm x 70 cm). 

Fabric: floral rayon from the local shop. I love the print and rayon is so good to wear in summer.

Zipper, threads and fusible interfacing are from my stash.

The sewing process started with sew the front darts following by sew the zipper at the center back.

After I did the zipper, I sewed the shoulder ties and pinned them to the upper front and back dress.

And then, I fused the interfacing to the facings and attached them to the neckline and armholes. Pinned along the line so the shoulder ties are between the dress fabric and the facing.

Stitched, clipped the curved areas and turned the facing to the inner dress. As shown in the picture below.

Here is the look of the back and front dress pieces. 

After that I sewed the side from the facing down to the hemline (both sides).

And basted the facing before hand sewing to avoid a mess.

The last part was sewing the hemline 2 cm.

The dress is finished and here is the look of overall dress with the facing.

And more pictures of the dress, side and back views.

I wore this dress during our holiday and I loved it, so comfy and airy. And this picture was taken before our lunch. The surrounding views were beautiful and peaceful.

The weather was good and the food was so delicious. We had nasi campur ayam, sate ayam, nasi liwet and vegetarian nasi campur.

Before I say goodbye for today, I wanted to share some pictures of our visit to Ubud, Bali.

In the picture below, I was wearing a linen blend shirt, Burdastyle 10/2019 I made a few years back.

Tegallalang Rice Terraces

Tirta Empul Temple

Tegenungan Waterfall

Tegenungan Waterfall

We visited Ubud Market as well, I was planning to find some souvenirs and fabrics but I didn't find things I like and in the end I found many in Kuta Art market 😊

I think is more than enough for today, thank you for reading and see you soon in another post.

Happy sewing and have a lovely day 💗💗