DIY Midi Dresses

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Hi there, Happy Friday 🌸🌸 Today's update is about two new dresses that I made to wear on special outings. The sleeveless orange midi dress was made in October and the long-sleeved dress was made at the beginning of this month.  Both patterns were self-drafted, and the dresses had ruffles at the bottom tier. And to complete the look, I added a removable bow and pinned it to the neckline.  For the sleeveless midi dress, I used a linen blend fabric a souvenir from my trip to Bangkok and the fabric was enjoyable to sew. As usual, the sewing process started with pinning and sewing the darts and then attached the facings to the front and back pieces right sides together. I pinned it around and then sewed it, but I left a few centimeters open to sew the shoulder lines. I love this method, the finished facing looks clean and neat. I closed the opening area with hand sewing. I gathered the bottom tiers and then sewed them to...
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Floral Shorts

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Hello all,
I finished this floral shorts yesterday but still missing the refashion t-shirt and hand bag to complete my first project for 2013 style the stash sew a long.
While I am working on my refashion t-shirt, I'd love to share the details of the shorts with all of you.

Materials:
1.5 yards of light weight floral linen, 1 yard of silk crepe de chine for shorts lining, 2 yards of cotton lace, fusible interfacing, invisible zipper, hook n' eye, 4 small snap fasteners and same color of thread.

Pattern modifications:
I made this shorts from pencil pants pattern, based on Burdastyle Pencil Pants 04/2013 size 38.

As shown on my sketch above, I reduced/shorten the middle center of the pattern 6 cm - because the pattern is way to long for my petite body.
For the length of the shorts, I measured from the waist (a) down to the thigh area (b) 40 cm. And from crotch area (c) down to the inner thigh area (d) 21 cm. I also extend/added the side 2.5 cm, then I drew a new line from b to d.
Then I drew the waist band 4 cm wide, 89 cm long.
I added 1.5 cm seam allowance to all edges and 4 cm for hem allowance.

How I worked:
After I had all the pattern pieces, I transferred to a floral linen that I already prepared. I also cut the silk crepe de chine fabric for the lining but here I made the length of the shorts lining 6 cm less than the body (floral linen).
Then I pin and sew it according to the sewing instructions.
For the shorts lining - I  hand sewn the invisible zipper on the lining and finished the hem line with  the lace around it.



And here are more pictures of my floral shorts,
floral shorts back




As shown in the picture above, the waist band finished with hook n' eye and snap fasteners.

I hope you like it and happy sewing to you all!

Comments

  1. JanineJune 12, 2013 at 6:37 PM

    These a re very beautiful shorts. Thank you for taking the time to show the alterations you made to the original pattern.

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  2. MiasewsJune 13, 2013 at 2:37 AM

    Really pretty fabric and I'm impressed with lining them!

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  3. jacquianneJune 13, 2013 at 3:46 AM

    I love the lining - I am sure that I could wear them inside out !!! I wish I was a little younger so I could wear that look!!!

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  4. Sarah LizJune 13, 2013 at 1:55 PM

    These are such pretty little shorts - good idea to use a long pants pattern as the base - I assumed you found a cute flared shorts pattern.

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  5. Hana June 13, 2013 at 11:47 PM

    Thank you so much everyone for your fabulous comments:)

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  6. CarolynJune 17, 2013 at 2:36 PM

    Oh goodness, those must be the cutest little shorts I have ever seen!

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  7. ZoëJune 22, 2013 at 1:56 PM

    Beautiful shorts! I want a pair now, I love the fabric :)

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