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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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Share In Style: Cowgirl Inspiration

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Hello.. I refashioned husband's button down shirt to join 30 March - Share In Style with the theme cowgirl inspiration. And here is my final outfit, square shirt - simple scarf and a hat borrowed from husband :) Well, the picture above is just a costume. I am not dressing up like this in my everyday life. I will wear the shirt only with skinny pants. I will put the scarf inside closet and hang back the hat in my husband working room :) I had this shirt for some months inside my stash box together with other garments that I want to refashion. The shirt is size L in orange with black and dark purple stripes. I tried it and it was very long in the sleeves and big in the body. So, I reduced them but without change in the front and collar. Also, I decided to make short sleeves finished with bands and I sew one more button under the original one for more girly look. The sewing process was fun and fast. I finished it in four hours :) Firstly, ...
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DIY Friday : Doll Outfits

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Hello.. I made two doll outfits yesterday :) I have this doll inside my stash box for two and a half years. I bought her in the flea market when I visited Portugal and I think she is a Barbie doll because her size is 11.5" but too bad that her hair was dyed in pinky blonde :( Pattern: Self-drafted pattern.   The picture below is my pattern pieces, top (8cm long on fold) - gathered skirt (waistband : 12cm x 4cm and square shape skirt 26 cm x 16cm) and maxi dress (22cm long on fold, the dress has middle front and back darts). All the measurements are including 0.7 cm seam allowances.  Materials: All the fabrics are scraps Top : knit cotton in deep purple color Skirt : floral stretch cotton Dress : knit cotton in green color Threads and snap fasteners The sewing process was fun but a little bit tricky because they were very small garments. For the top I leave the neckline without stitching. Sleeves and hem allowances were ...
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Weekend Outfit

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    Hello... I made another basic wear last week. I used the leftover fabric from my infinity scarf  and I am happy that the sweatshirt matched so well with my self-drafted pencil skirt. Spring is finally here, the weather is still foggy with high humidity but anyway... I just hope that the sun will come out one day :) My family and I went to Fisherman's Wharf and Sands Macao for a walk yesterday and I used the opportunity to wear my outfit. After all, I like my new sweatshirt. The fabric is so soft, draped nicely and it doesn't make me sweat. Material: 1.5 yards of knit cotton in emerald blue thread Pattern : This is my third version of Moda Diana pattern no 75 -3P size 34/36 with variation. I added sleeve and hem bands. Which the final result is different than the original pattern. You can check my first  and second version The size of the sleeve band is 16cm x 8cm and the size of hem band is 90cm x 8cm. All the fin...
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Yellow Sweatshirt

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Hello.. I made this sweatshirt especially to participate in  Share In Style . But I am late again.. :( I supposed to publish it on Monday but I was so busy. Share In Style theme for 16th March was "yellow" and I immediately think about my yellow knit fabric inside my stash that waiting for me to sew. After looking for the right garment and pattern, I decided to make a basic wear which I need more to fill my wardrobe. And for the pattern, I decided to use BurdaStyle but I skip the color block because I couldn't find the right fabric combination. Pattern : BurdaStyle Boatneck Sweatshirt 09/2014#114a   size 34. I have to grade down the pattern to size 34 because the minimum size of original pattern is 36. With the size of sleeve bands 17 cm length x 12  cm width - the final result 6 cm width of sleeve bands. And hem band 90 cm long x 12 cm width - the final result 6 cm width of hem band.  source from BurdaStyle Materials: 2 yar...
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DIY Friday: Jewelry Pouches

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Hello, I made four jewelry pouches last Friday and I am so pleased with how they turned out. They look so adorable and besides, this was an easy and very relaxing project to make :)     And as promised in my last DIY post, I will show you step by step tutorial how to make it. But firstly, let's start from the material: For the main fabric, I used linen scraps from stash. And for the lining, I used printed rayon scrap. Four medium size wooden buttons, fabric cord that I used as button loop and threads. The picture below shows some of the material,    Pattern: The pattern is very simple, just like a rectangle shape 19 cm long x 9 cm width. All the measurements including 1 cm seam allowances. This measurement is for both main fabric and lining. And for the button loop, I cut the fabric cord 6 cm.   The final pouch will be in the square shape with approximate measurement 6.5 cm x 6.5 cm.   Sewing process...
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MAGAM February : Striped Top

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Hello.. Here is my finished top for  MAGAM February. Based on Moda Diana no. 75 -3P size 34/36 with adjustment. You can see the detail of my work on the pattern grading and adjustment on my previous post . This top is my second version of pattern no. 75 - 3P and I already cut another fabric for the third version. I love this pattern and this is one of my favorite top and I am planning to make more in the future, summer will be arriving soon and I need some short sleeve tops :) The sewing process of this top is quite fun. Firstly I need to removed the shoulder darts (remember that my first version was too big at the shoulder and I have to add darts to make it right). Then I transfer all the pattern pieces on new sheet of papers. After that I cut fabric plus matching the striped, pin and sew the top. The two tricky parts to sew this top was matching the striped and sew the neckline. My work on matching the striped was not so good...
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