DIY Midi Dresses

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Hi there, Happy Friday 🌸🌸 Today's update is about two new dresses that I made to wear on special outings. The sleeveless orange midi dress was made in October and the long-sleeved dress was made at the beginning of this month.  Both patterns were self-drafted, and the dresses had ruffles at the bottom tier. And to complete the look, I added a removable bow and pinned it to the neckline.  For the sleeveless midi dress, I used a linen blend fabric a souvenir from my trip to Bangkok and the fabric was enjoyable to sew. As usual, the sewing process started with pinning and sewing the darts and then attached the facings to the front and back pieces right sides together. I pinned it around and then sewed it, but I left a few centimeters open to sew the shoulder lines. I love this method, the finished facing looks clean and neat. I closed the opening area with hand sewing. I gathered the bottom tiers and then sewed them to...
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Sewing Plans

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Hello everyone!
Today post is about March sewing plan for magam challenge, and some more sewing stuff that I want to make on the next couple days.
For magam challenge, I am going to make a dress based on Vogue 8228. Many months ago, a friend gave me four Vogue patterns and I think is time for me to give one of the pattern a try. I never worked with Vogue pattern before, so I hope I am lucky and my dress will turn out as the pattern envelope :-)
And for the fabric, I will use my strong blue linen ( the fabric suggestion is light-weight linen, so I think my fabric choice is excellent).
Speaking about the fabric, in the beginning of Magam challenge I am planning to make Burdastyle jacket with this fabric. I have done the jacket muslin but I do not like the style so much. Then I give up and I put the fabric back to stash.
I hope I will make the dress with this fabric, so there is no reason for it to go back to the stash again, ehehehe....

Two days ago, I traced my pattern - size 10 and this morning while the boy is in school, I cut the muslin. So tomorrow I will sew the muslin and make some adjustments on the waist and hips for sure. I will update my work on this blog later.

Beside sewing March garment for Magam challenge, I am also working on my Mad Men Dress - please feel free to head over Julia's Blog for more details about the challenge.
 
And the last thing before I say good bye for today post, I will make a tailor's ham and sleeve roll. I found the patterns and ready to make it as soon as I have free time :-)
 
Happy Sewing!



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  1. Sew Blessed Maw [Judy]March 14, 2014 at 11:03 AM

    Hana, this will be gorgeous.. I love your choice of fabric.. Will be so pretty.
    where did you find your ham pattern? I finally gave in, and bought me one.. But I still need a sleeve roll.
    Happy sewing

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    1. Hana March 14, 2014 at 5:21 PM

      Hi Judy, thank you for a lovely words :-) I found a free pattern in Tilly's blog, here is the link -
      http://www.tillyandthebuttons.com/2012/08/how-to-make-tailors-hams-and-sausages.html

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  2. KathySMarch 14, 2014 at 1:22 PM

    I love the blue linen and the pattern looks perfect for it.

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    1. Hana March 14, 2014 at 5:23 PM

      Thank you so much, Kathy. I think so, the fabric is perfect for the pattern :-)

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  3. UnknownMarch 14, 2014 at 4:05 PM

    I really like the look of this pattern I'm sure it will look lovely in your chosen fabric

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    1. Hana March 14, 2014 at 5:26 PM

      Hi Tracy, thanks for sweet comment. I like the pattern since the first time I saw it :)

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  4. AnonymousMarch 14, 2014 at 5:50 PM

    I love this linen - the fabric and the colour. It will be fabulous dress!

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  5. LisaMarch 14, 2014 at 8:44 PM

    You will look lovely in this gorgeous blue linen! The dress looks perfect for your fabric and I really like the neckline detail.

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    1. Hana March 15, 2014 at 10:41 PM

      Thank you, Lisa! I like the neckline detail too :-)

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