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
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Christmas Crafts #2 : Holly Leaves And Berries

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Today I'd love to share with you my second little project for Christmas Crafts 2015. I made six holly leaves with berries. The pattern is self drafted and before I write more about the process, let's take a look at the finished project :)

Pattern:
Self-drafted, begin from the two rectangle shapes for the leave 1 and 2. Another pattern number 3 is the small square shape for the berry. After I drew the rectangle and square shapes, I drew the rest. As shown in the picture below,

Materials:
Felt in dark green for the leaves and red for the berries
Grey thread to sew the leaves veins and light brown to sew the berries.
Some pin and scissor

Sewing Process:
After I cut all the leaves and berries, I pin the two pieces of leaves and berries together. Sew the leave veins with grey thread and around the berry with light brown thread. I did that in all the leaves and berries.

Then hand sewn the two finished leaves together, as shown below

Using the same thread, sewn the berry on the top of the leaves.

Sewn the second berry on it,

And sewn the last berry. I made sure the thread didn't shown in the right side of the leaves or berries. Done!

Here is one more picture of the finished holly leaves with berries :) I am planning to stick them somewhere in the living room or the door. I will see..

Happy Sewing!

Love,

Hana

Comments

  1. MargoNovember 29, 2015 at 10:04 AM

    Cute Hana! As a child, I loved to draw holly leaves and berries.

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  2. Sarah LizNovember 29, 2015 at 3:22 PM

    These are just so gorgeous :)

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  3. UnknownNovember 29, 2015 at 10:54 PM

    Dear Hana!
    That is very beautiful!
    LG Carolin

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  4. Sew Blessed Maw [Judy]November 30, 2015 at 5:45 AM

    Beautiful.. Know your having fun too.. Happy crafting.

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  5. KathySDecember 1, 2015 at 10:46 AM

    What a sweet little decoration.

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  6. The Winter~QueenDecember 3, 2015 at 4:10 AM

    Hi Hana! Ive just been catching up with all your makes of late as I have been away for a while. You have been busy! I absolutely adore your little angels, they are so cute. By far, my favourite of your recent makes :) x

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    1. @velvetribbon_sewsDecember 3, 2015 at 11:16 PM

      Thank you, Dawn! I have been busy with a lot of good things :) Hope you have a great time away :)

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