Midi Dress With Puff Sleeves And Front Tie

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Hi there, today's post is about a new dress I sewed last month. It's a midi-style dress with puff sleeves and a front tie. I made this dress to wear to a special dinner. For the pattern: I lengthened my selfdrafted v-neck dress into midi length. And for the fabric, I used a linen blend in green color. I bought the fabric in Bangkok during my summer holiday in August. The dress pattern had 6 pieces, front and back darts and I fused the facings with fusible interfacing. As usual, the sewing process was relaxing and it finished faster than I planned. The picture below shows the process of sewing the zipper, I pinned it before sewing it using the zipper foot. To make the puff sleeves, I gathered the sleeves before pinning and sewing them to the armhole.  After attaching the sleeves, I sewed the sleeve allowance 1 cm and the hem allowance 1.5 cm. And then, I pinned the neckline before top-stitching it. I decided
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Me-Made-May'13 Day 13-19

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"I am joining Zoe of 'So,Zo.. in a challenge to wear self-stitched garments or anything handmade during the whole month of May"

And here is an update of my MMM'13 challenge,
Day 13
On Monday 13th, I wore my self-drafted Black Lace Top. As usual, sewing the whole morning and went out for lunch with my family.

Day 14
On Tuesday 14th, I wore my Red Dress. We went out for dinner after long busy day.
 
Day 15
On Wednesday 15th, I wore my Floral Dress. Based on Elizabeth Gathered-Waist Dress from Burdastyle Sewing Vintage Modern Book. We went out for lunch, it was a very hot and humid day here in my place.
 
Day 16
On Thursday 16th, I wore my 3/4 Pants in brown color. Based on Burdastyle Ellen Pants. It was another busy day, sewing the whole morning, baking muffins and taking care my baby.
 
Day 17
On Friday 17th, I wore my Summer Skirt and a handmade necklace that I bought in Portugal last year. 
It was holiday here in place so we have a long weekend. Me, my husband and little Eduardo went out to the garden in our area and continue our trip to supermarket.
 
Day 18
On Saturday 18th, I wore my new blouse. Based on Burdastyle Pleated Blouse. Me and my little family went out to the fruit market and continue our trip to the buttons shop.
 
Day 19
On Sunday 19th, I enjoyed the whole Sunday afternoon outside the house with my husband and little Eduardo. We went to the shopping center looking for some stuff and some toys for Eduardo.
Then at night we went out again for dinner. I wore my self-drafted Black Lace Dress and a handmade earing that I bought here in my place.
 
Happy Monday to you all!



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  1. Sarah LizMay 28, 2013 at 6:42 AM

    You have been busy with all your me made outfits - its a lot of work to organise all the photos. You look lovely in all of them.

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    1. Hana May 28, 2013 at 5:40 PM

      Hi Sarah! Thanks:)
      MMM'13 is awesome and I have been enjoying it. The most difficult part is the photo shooting but anyway I am fine and pretty happy with it.


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