Midi Dress With Puff Sleeves And Front Tie
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
Looks like fun Hana Enjoy your holiday. Its raining here in NZ so a hot sunny holiday in Bali would be fun!
ReplyDeleteHow Glorious!!! HavE.a.great Time!
ReplyDeleteDo have a lovely time - it is nice to catch up with family.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Jacquianne, Far and Sarah Liz! We are really having a great time in this beautiful place:-)
ReplyDeleteHave a happy holiday! You and your mother are looking fab!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Marie!
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