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 2015 Part 4: Crochet Santa Claus

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Hi.... hope you have a lovely Sunday :)
Finally I finished my last project for Christmas Crafts 2015 : Crochet Santa Claus. I decided to make two in different sizes, the small one is 11 cm height and the bigger is 16 cm.
I think they are very cute and so happy that everyone in my house loved them.

I found the free pattern and tutorial with video from Youtube, the original language is in Italian but come with English subtitles. Here is the link, how to crochet santa claus by Annarella Gioielli

For the materials, I used wool yarns in white, beige and red colours. G-hook 6 mm, tapestry needle, polyester stuffing, wiggle eyes and all purpose glue.

The process was easy and very relaxing, it is a great thing to do between sewing :)  I started my work with round 1 : six single crochet in magic ring and then did round 2,3,4 following the video until the last step. I think I am not going to write every step on crochet this little Santa. I advise to click the link above in the pattern for the video and just follow the video.

Here are the pictures of some of my process, just a little note that I left my Santa hat standing as it is. The original is fold to the side. And for bigger Santa, I added four more rounds in the middle of the body, head and hat. Also made a bigger pom pom for the hat.


And more pictures of the finished Santa Claus. Hope you like them as much as I do :)


Also, I am linking this post to Caroline for Show Off Saturday.

Merry Christmas to everyone!

Love,
Hana

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  1. UnknownDecember 20, 2015 at 7:36 PM

    Oh, they are soooo sweet!
    Mery Christmas!
    LG Carolin

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  2. Sarah LizDecember 22, 2015 at 11:46 AM

    I was going to say they are so sweet as well :). I dare say I still can - gorgeous little Chaps!

    Have a Happy, Healthy and Blessed Xmas, and New Year. I look forward to your friendship next year.

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    1. @velvetribbon_sewsDecember 22, 2015 at 11:54 PM

      Thank you Sarah Liz :)
      Have a happy, healthy and blessed Xmas and new year to you too. xoxo

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  3. LisaDecember 23, 2015 at 2:39 AM

    Adorable was what first came to my mind! Simply adorable!!! I've enjoyed getting to know you this year through our blogs, and look forward to seeing what beautiful things you make in 2016. Merry Christmas to you and your family! :)

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  4. The Winter~QueenDecember 24, 2015 at 7:10 AM

    I agree with Lisa, they are adorable! I never know what you are going to come up with next! merry Christmas Hana :) x

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