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DIY V-neck T-shirt Dress

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Hi there, I hope you are well. I had a leftover knit cotton fabric in a lovely printed pink and decided to make a simple summer dress with it. I was checking my summer wardrobe last month and it lacked t-shirt dresses and some summer tops. So, I started to sew this t-shirt dress and will continue following my plans. For the pattern, I used my self-drafted t-shirt pattern and lengthened it above my knee.  And here are the pattern pieces: - Front (on fold) 1x - Back (on fold) 1x - Neckband 57 cm long x 5 cm wide. The sewing process was easy and fast. I did it in three hours.  It started with sewing the shoulder lines together and the dress sides together using my overlocker machine. And then sewed the V-neckband piece and attached it to the neckline. I sewed around the neckline with a sewing machine first and covered the raw edge using an overlocker machine. And top-stitched the neckline 0.25 cm using a sewing machine. ...
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Hand Knit Bobble Hat

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Hi, I have been very enthusiastic with knitting lately and so glad I managed to finish my first bobble hat right on time when the weather is getting cold :) I found a free pattern and tutorial from Mollie Makes - Bobble Hat  and it was easy to follow. The original hat is lovely, it comes with smaller width 2x2 ribbing and continue with stockinette stitch. As I am learning new stitches and eager to try, I added different type of stitches for the body that I found in Creative Knitting magazine autumn 2015. Materials: I used 150 yards of  Zarone - Filatura Di Crosa Italia - pure wool blend in shade 37.  Circular needle 7 mm - 40 cm Tapestry needle Scissor Knitting process started from cast on 56 sts and join the round, continue with 2x2 ribbing, k2-p2 until the stitches measure 2.5". After that, I did stockinette stitches 5 rounds, then added k1,p1 in one round and p1,k1 in another round.  Back again to stockinette...
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V-neck Top With Tuck

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Happy New Year 2016 to you all! Today, I'd love to share my finished first project for  MAGAM  January with theme "Jump Into January". You can see my plans here in my facebook page . As usual the pattern is from BurdaStyle and the fabric is from my stash. I like how the top turned out, it is a girlish V-neck top with tuck which is perfect for casual wear in both day and night :) Materials: 2 yards of knit jersey in marsala and same colour of thread. Pattern: BurdaStyle V-neck Top With Tuck 08/2014  size 36 with following adjustment on the neckline, I raised 5 cm and changed the high low hem to the normal hem. For the neckband strip, I used 59 cm long and 3 cm width. Also, I used 0.75 cm seam allowances in all edges, 1 cm sleeve and hem allowances. Here is my pattern after traced, I really like the look of it :) The sewing process started from sew the sleeves pieces together using my serger and continue the usual process. The only diff...
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