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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Hello from Bali

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Hello everyone,
I am really enjoying my holidays with my family in Bali - Indonesia.  Here are some photos of the holidays including one of my mother wearing the top that I made for her and me wearing my new project that I will post as soon as I am back to Macau.





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  1. jacquianneAugust 17, 2013 at 5:52 AM

    Looks like fun Hana Enjoy your holiday. Its raining here in NZ so a hot sunny holiday in Bali would be fun!

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  2. FarAugust 17, 2013 at 8:00 AM

    How Glorious!!! HavE.a.great Time!

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  3. Sarah LizAugust 17, 2013 at 4:16 PM

    Do have a lovely time - it is nice to catch up with family.

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  4. Hana August 17, 2013 at 10:44 PM

    Thank you so much Jacquianne, Far and Sarah Liz! We are really having a great time in this beautiful place:-)

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  5. Marie in the caveAugust 21, 2013 at 4:57 AM

    Have a happy holiday! You and your mother are looking fab!

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