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
Love those colours and I can't wait to see how it turns out. Are you placing the print on the outside? Or centre panel?
ReplyDeleteHi Belinda! I love those colors too very much. I am placing the print fabric on the center panel :)
DeleteHappy sewing and wish you a lovely weekend!
Thanks, you too. I have 2 new dresses to put up on flickr next week. I was wondering, how long does fabric need to be in the stash for it to qualify as a stash bust? I've been thinking about this a lot lately because I rarely buy fabric for a special purpose. I just buy when I see fabric I like, so does that mean I'm always topping up my stash?
DeleteOhh... I can not wait to see your two new dresses :) I am sure they both are pretty :)
DeleteIn my opinion and some people agree with me, I will call the fabric stash when I buy the fabric without any special purpose and stay inside stash box minimum 3 months.
And you are not alone, I am trying to control my self from buying new fabrics but I can not. So, my stashes are growing and some of the fabrics are in the bottom line for more than three years. That's scary!
Hana, I love your fabrics.. This will be a really cute top.. Can't wait to see it..Happy sewing.
ReplyDeleteHi Judy, hopefully the shirt will turn out cute :) I am starting to work with the shirt now. Can not wait to finish it and wearing it :)
DeleteHappy sewing for you too!
OMG! Love those fabrics! Lovely colors, looking forward ...
ReplyDeleteHi Rosy! I love those fabrics too, I love purple! I will try to finish the shirt during weekend :)
DeleteHappy sewing!
Luscious colours. Can't wait to see the shirt.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your lovely comment KathyS :)
DeleteI definetely love the fabrics - the colours! The pattern.. a little less. Still I am curious the final result. Success!
ReplyDeleteHi Beata.. Oh yes, the fabrics and the colours are pretty. I like the pattern, it's very simple, cute and perfect for daily wear.
DeleteYou can wait for the final result, I will post it as soon as I finished :)
Have a nice weekend!
Pretty pretty fabrics!! Good luck won't be needed I'm sure!
ReplyDeleteThat's very nice of you to say! Thank you Margo :-)
DeleteLooking forward to seeing your finished top. Love the colors esp since purple is one of my favorite colors.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your lovely comments Farhana :-)
DeleteHi Hana, I've been away for a few days, so have just got to your post. The fabrics are gorgeous, and I think they will work well for the top. And stash does grow and grow - the more you try and stop, the more it grows :)
ReplyDeleteHi Liz, glad that you are back. I hope you had a lovely time with your family. I have done my top yesterday and I'll post it here after I take pictures. And you are right, the more I try and stop built up my stash, the more it grows. Hehehe....
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