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

Finished February Garment - Pink Blouse

Hi everyone!
I am glad that I managed to finish my February garment for MAGAM Challenge on time :) This blouse based on Burdastyle pattern 08/2012, details here on my last post.
Sewing process:
I traced the pattern (size 36), reduced the length of the sleeves 7.5 cm but I leaved  the blouse length same as the original pattern. I omitted the sleeves opening because I didn't have any zipper inside my stash that match the fabric color.
Then I added seam allowances in all edges and transfer the pattern onto the fabric.
I am very lazy this moment, so I decided to skip the muslin and I am very lucky that the blouse fit me nicely. The neckline is right on the place that I like, the bust darts and back darts are fine and allow me to move my body freely. The sleeves are good, I feel free to move my arm too. The only thing funny is the blouse length, they are too long and look unflattering on me.  I have to cut it about 7.5 cm, so the feet of the back darts are almost reaching the hem line. But anyway, I think it looks fine :-)

The picture below is the front blouse, the shaping bust darts are really nice and the blouse length is right for me. This blouse will be perfect for everyday wear and perfect combination for my jeans and flat shoes :)



The picture below is the blouse back, I hope you all can see that the darts feet are almost reaching the hem line. What do you think? Is that fine or I should make the darts shorter?
And the back opening is very cute, isn't it? It's a little bit tricky to sew, especially for a beginner sewer but I will share here on the blog how I did it. Stay tuned, dear readers!
 


And here are the last two pictures of my blouse on my dress form - front and back,




Happy sewing!!

Comments

  1. Hana, this blouse is beautiful.. Love the pink on you.. You look so pretty..Happy sewing and Congrats on finishing your garment on time.

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  2. This is a really lovely top and the colour of the fabric looks so nice on you. well done.

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    1. Hi Marjorie, thank you so much for your lovely comment :-)

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  3. Wow! This blouse is so beautiful! Love the color pop and it looks so great on you. It's a winner!

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    1. Thank you so much for your sweet words my friend! I love to hear that :-)

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  4. The length is perfect now - it must have been very long - that would not have suited your petite figure at all. The colour is a delight on you - what a pretty top for everyday.

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    1. The length is so long - almost in the middle of my thigh and it looks really bad on me. Lol! But it's ok now after I cut it. Thank you for lovely comment dear friend.

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  5. LookiNg Good Dear Hana!Hem Perfect Length For u, And I Do Love The Back Closure Too. SweeT Detail!

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