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Lace Long Sleeve Flowy Blouse

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I'm finally back to writing on this blog after being busy for two months, I still sew some small items and mend a few clothes but haven't sewn new clothes.  Until two days before Valentine's arrived, I felt like I had to sew a new blouse to wear to dinner. The blouse had to be in the shade of pink, so I checked my stash and found 2 yards of lace fabric in fuchsia that I don't remember when I bought it. After I had the fabric, I started making the pattern (based on my previous self-drafted blouse pattern) I modified the pattern into a flowy blouse. The pattern was simple, a round neckline, gathered front and back yokes and gathered sleeves with elastic bands. Here is the pattern that I drafted, And after the pattern was done, I cut the fabric as usual. The sewing process was fun and turned out to be easier than I imagined. I sewed the neckline front and back yokes and then attached them to the gathered bodices as shown below. After that, I sewed the shoulder lines togeth

Floral Peplum Top

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Hello everyone! I hope you all have a wonderful weekend with family and friends! Here is my latest sewing project that I worked for so many days and I am very happy that the top turn out so well.  I am wearing my new peplum top Pattern: For the bodice, I used Burdastyle sweetheart dress 04/2013  size 34. And self-drafted peplum, I followed the techniques from burdastyle.com  " how to draft a peplum" Materials: 1.5 yards of floral silk crepe de chine from my stash and the left over fabric from this dress , silk satin in black color for neckline and armhole facing, lightweight fusible interfacing, invisible zipper and same color of thread. All the materials are from stash :-) How I worked: For the bodice, I didn't make any special fitting because I used the pattern before. So time saved :-) For the peplum, I drafted the pattern according to the instructions from Burdastyle. It's very easy to follow and the result is great. After I had all the fabric p

Burdastyle Skirt 04/2013 - 117B

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Hello all... September is a very busy month for me but luckily I still have time to sew some small projects for the house and finished my skirt for 2013 style the stash sew a long . The skirt is easy to make but taking time to finish it because I only have one hour to sew everyday. I want to make this type of skirt for so long but always distracted with other projects, but I am happy now that I finally made it. And here are the details of the skirt: Pattern  : I used burdastyle skirt pattern, 04/2013- 117 B  size 38. I don't need to copy the new pattern because I used it before for my sweetheart dress . So, time saved! Materials : 1.25 yards of cotton drill from my stash in deep purple color, invisible zipper, fusible interfacing and same color of thread. How I worked on this skirt : If you follow my facebook page, you must have seen my post about skirt in progress over there. But if you aren't following me, here is the link - burdastyle skirt in progress I st