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 7-12

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

Here is an update of my MMM'13 challenge,
Day 7
On Tuesday 7th, I wore me-made outfit -  my self-drafted polka dot scalloped blouse and ellen shorts in brown color. I went to the supermarket nearby after spent the whole afternoon at home with my baby.

Day 8
On Wednesday 8th, I wore my Jamoo, batik dress from Built By Wendy Dirndl Dress pattern. I went out for lunch with my husband and my baby.
 

 
Day 9
On Thursday 9th, I wore my bow tie dress. I went out for lunch with my husband, son, sister in law and nephew.
 
 
Day 10
On Friday 10th, I completely forgot "Friday theme (sewing, knitting, creating space)". I supposed to take a picture inside my sewing room. But I only remember it when I  upload the photo on MMM'13 group on Flickr.
My MMM'13 day 10 was high low top based on Built By Wendy Shift Dress pattern.
 
 
Day 11
On Saturday 11th, I wore my striped dress based on Burdastyle pattern. We had dinner with friends here in my house.
 
 
Day 12
On Sunday 12th, we went out for morning walk around the city. I wore me-made outfit, pleated blouse from Burdastyle pattern and my first self-drafted shorts that I made long time ago.
 
That's all my recap for MMM'13 day 7-12, I also posted all my photos on MMM'13 Flickr Set. Or if you are interested to see all the contestants of MMM'13, be free to visit Me-Made-May'13 Group on Flickr. All the contestants had a creative hand, I am very impressed!
 
Happy Tuesday!





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