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Lace Long Sleeve Flowy Blouse

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I'm finally back to writing on this blog after being busy for two months, I still sew some small items and mend a few clothes but haven't sewn new clothes.  Until two days before Valentine's arrived, I felt like I had to sew a new blouse to wear to dinner. The blouse had to be in the shade of pink, so I checked my stash and found 2 yards of lace fabric in fuchsia that I don't remember when I bought it. After I had the fabric, I started making the pattern (based on my previous self-drafted blouse pattern) I modified the pattern into a flowy blouse. The pattern was simple, a round neckline, gathered front and back yokes and gathered sleeves with elastic bands. Here is the pattern that I drafted, And after the pattern was done, I cut the fabric as usual. The sewing process was fun and turned out to be easier than I imagined. I sewed the neckline front and back yokes and then attached them to the gathered bodices as shown below. After that, I sewed the shoulder lines togeth

Summer Skirt in Light Pink

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front side   back side A very simple style skirt and perfect for any body type. The pattern is free pdf pattern by mahaila, she is very generous and talented girl that shared her tutorial on Burdastyle . Here is the pattern  and for my skirt I used 3/4 circle skirt. Material that I used for the skirt: - 1.75 yards of cotton polyester in light pink colour - fusible interfacing for the waistband - invisible zipper and same colour thread As I promised on my last post, I am still working on the tote bag tutorial. But I am not sure that I have enough time to publish my tutorial before my holidays. Anyway, I only missing little a bit part of the tutorial, hopefully I'll finish it before my holidays. Happy sewing!