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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Super Sweet Blogging Award

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I'd like to say a big thank you to Margo of Creating In The Gap for nominating my blog for The Super Sweet Blogging Award. Margo is a very sweet and talented sewist who blogged all her sewing projects, check out her blog to see all her lovely creations.


Here are the official rules that I have to do next after received the award:
  1. Thank the Super Sweet blogger that nominated you.
  2. Answer 5 Super Sweet questions
  3. Include the Super Sweet Blogging Award in your post
  4. Nominate a baker's dozen (13) other deserving bloggers.
  5. Notify your Super Sweet Nominees on their blog.

Here are the answer of sweet questions:
 
Cookies or cakes?
I love both of them. Especially home made cupcakes.
 
Chocolate or vanilla?
I love both of them:)
 
What is your favorite sweet treat?
Nothing better than homemade Portuguese chocolate mousse layer with homemade serradura (sawdust pudding)
 
If you had a sweet nickname, what would it be?
My husband used to called me "honey"
 
And the nominees are...
 
Have a great Wednesday to you all!

Comments

  1. UnknownJuly 3, 2013 at 9:03 PM

    Hana, thank you. This is beyond super sweet!

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  2. MaryJuly 3, 2013 at 10:14 PM

    Hana, Thank you very much-it has been fun to get to know you through the StyleYourStash project. I can see why YOU received the award :-)

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  3. CarolynJuly 3, 2013 at 10:40 PM

    Hana, thank you so much for the award, that is "so sweet" of you to think of me :)

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  4. FarJuly 4, 2013 at 12:14 AM

    Thank You Hana! :) Im Going To Google Portuguese Choco Mousse.And Sawdust Pudding. Intriguing!

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  5. UnknownJuly 4, 2013 at 2:01 AM

    Thank you Hana! How nice and sweet of you to think about me. Besos from Spain

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  6. yoshimiJuly 4, 2013 at 1:34 PM

    Hana, thank you so much for nominating my blog for the award! It is very SWEET OF YOU! ;)

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  7. jacquianneJuly 4, 2013 at 3:56 PM

    Thank you Hana for nominating the dementedkiwi for an award - I'm not so sure how sweet she really is!! but you are a deserving winner - love reading what you are up to.

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  8. SewingadictaJuly 5, 2013 at 11:17 PM

    Thanks, dear Hana! You are a sweet pastry too. I bring this award to my "virtual home". Happy weekend.

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  9. Marie in the caveJuly 8, 2013 at 9:19 PM

    Thanks a lot for nominating my blog! I love sweets!

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  10. Kimberley J. WhiteNovember 15, 2019 at 10:48 PM

    Thank You Hana! :) Thank you so much for the award. You are a sweet pastry too

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