DIY V-neck Batik Dress With Front Tie

Hi there, I made this v-neck batik dress to wear on the holiday in Bali and I was happy with the final result. I made a few v-neck dresses before and this time I decided to add the front tie. The rest of the dress was the same with short sleeves and knee length.

I chose a simple design because I wanted to show the beautiful batik print and I was glad after pinning and measuring, I managed to match the print.

The front tie added sweetness to a simple dress and I'm planning to use this method for my next makes, maybe a top or another dress.

For the pattern: I used self-drafted.

And the fabric: I used a batik fabric (cotton) a gift from my family two years ago.

  

For the ties, I cut 2 pieces (45 cm x 3.5 cm). I folded the fabric right sides together, sewed and turn it inside out.

                         

After I sewed the front darts and the zipper at the center back. I laid the front and back dresses right sides together and sewed it at the shoulder line.

And then I pinned and sewed the facings together.

I pinned the ties in both sides of the front v-neckline 6 cm from the center.

And laid the facing on top, right sides together. Pinned and sewed around.

After that, clipped the curve area and turned the facing inside.

I overlocked the raw edges of the facing and top-stitched to the inner dress. 

After the neckline done, I sewed the hemline and the dress is finished.

In case you are interested in seeing the making of this dress, feel free to visit my YouTube channel, link here or simply click the video below. 

And here are the pictures of the finished dress, front and back views.

And here is the dress in the wild. I wore it during dinner at Hard Rock Cafe Bali and my husband was wearing me-made batik shirt from two years ago. 

Our summer holiday was great and we had a lovely time. Bali is beautiful and we are looking forward to come back again next time.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you enjoy reading my blog 😍

Happy sewing and see you in another post💗