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DIY Shirt Jacket (Shacket), Burdastyle Pattern

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Hi there, Happy New Year and I wish you all the best in 2025 💖 Today's post is about the finished shirt jacket (shacket) I started working on in October last year. It was delayed because I was doing other things but well, I'm glad I finished it and look forward to wearing it daily. It's a simple and comfy shacket. It has low shoulders and is finished with a straight hemline. I used Burdastyle long jacket 9/2023 size 40 for the pattern and shortened the length.  For the fabric, I used cotton chino in beige from my stash. Also, the rest of the notions were from stash, yay! for not buying anything new 😍 The sewing process started in October last year. I did it in my free time, but unfortunately, I couldn't finish quickly. And then, other projects came and I put this shacket aside. As usual, I pinned and sewed the back pieces together as shown below. And then, sewed the front and back pieces together. Fused the f...
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BurdaStyle 03/2013 Issue

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Happy Easter to you all! May this Easter be your happiest celebration ever! Today post is about new sewing pattern from BurdaStyle magazine March 2013 issue. I found the magazine when I was on short vacation in Bangkok-Thailand. And here are my favorite sewing patterns that I am going to work on the future project:   ribbon dress
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Floral Dress

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front dress This dress is my second project from Burdastyle Sewing Vintage Modern Book . I used master pattern  Elizabeth Gathered-Waist Dress for the dress bodice and instead of using straight gathered-skirt that the original pattern had, I used my self-drafted semi-pleated skirt pattern. The dress has square front and back neckline, side line zipper and finished the hem with hand sew. Materials: 2 yards of Japanese cotton voile, white cotton for lining, lightweight fusible interfacing, invisible zipper and same color thread. Pattern modifications: Front bodice: I altered the front neckline a little bit deeper, I also reduced the armhole a little bit smaller than the original pattern. Back bodice: I changed the back neckline to a square style, I also reduced the armhole a little bit smaller than the original pattern. Here are the drawing of pattern modifications for the bodice front and back with measurement, And h...
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