DIY Shirt Jacket (Shacket), Burdastyle Pattern

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Hi there, Happy New Year and I wish you all the best in 2025 💖 Today's post is about the finished shirt jacket (shacket) I started working on in October last year. It was delayed because I was doing other things but well, I'm glad I finished it and look forward to wearing it daily. It's a simple and comfy shacket. It has low shoulders and is finished with a straight hemline. I used Burdastyle long jacket 9/2023 size 40 for the pattern and shortened the length.  For the fabric, I used cotton chino in beige from my stash. Also, the rest of the notions were from stash, yay! for not buying anything new 😍 The sewing process started in October last year. I did it in my free time, but unfortunately, I couldn't finish quickly. And then, other projects came and I put this shacket aside. As usual, I pinned and sewed the back pieces together as shown below. And then, sewed the front and back pieces together. Fused the f...
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V neck Floral Print Dress

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Hello, I finished my floral dress yesterday and so glad it turned out as planned. This dress is my entry to #magamsewalong "Juggling June" and #sewyourwardrobebasics "Prints" challenges on Instagram.
For the pattern, I used my basic dress sloper and modified the neckline into a v-neck, changed the dart placement and reduced the shoulder length and armhole.
Fabrics were floral cotton voile, remnant 125 cm that I bought during my trip to Portugal last summer and for the lining, I used white cotton I bought locally.
I was happy to juggle all things, from the limited fabric to modifying the pattern. I changed the dart placements two times and made a muslin.

I drafted the facings but in the end I don't need them because I sewed the lining fabric directly onto the fashion fabric.

The sewing progress was fast, involved a lot of clipping and basting. The invisible zipper sewed in the center back.
I fully lined the dress, sewed the darts, sewed the lining and fashion fabric together except the hemline sewed separately.

I forgot to fuse the fusible interfacing in the neckline but I think the two fabrics together are enough to make the neckline stay in place.












I'd love to make this dress again in different prints. This dress is a truly wardrobe basics with lovely prints, I will wear it during summer, spring and autumn with a cardigan.

That's it for today, thank you for hosting the challenges ladies, I look forward to sewing July's garments.
#sewyourwardrobebasics challenge hosted by @seaofteal and @sewyourwardrobebasics

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  1. VanessaJuly 2, 2020 at 12:05 AM

    This is a perfect example of allowing the fabric to shine! The design of the dress lends beautifully to the fabric you chose. I think you pulled off "prints" very well.

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  2. @velvetribbon_sewsJuly 2, 2020 at 2:01 PM

    Thank you Vanessa ❤

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  3. Sea of TealJuly 3, 2020 at 2:15 AM

    Hi Hana,
    I'm very impressed! You are joining my challenge again! Thank you very much! I'm glad you like it! :)
    And again you've made a beautiful dress. I love the flower print and the V-neck looks great on you.
    I hope you like the July theme as much and you'll join me again.
    Greetings from Germany,
    Stef

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  4. AnonymousJuly 3, 2020 at 12:40 PM

    Hi, Hana,
    That is such a pretty floral print, and the design of the dress allows us to see all of the flowers. Very pretty. You always make your sewing projects look so easy. :-)

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  5. @velvetribbon_sewsJuly 5, 2020 at 10:39 PM

    @ Sea Of Teal, thank you so much Stefanie. I love the July theme and I'm planning to make shorts and skirt. I'll be using the fabrics from stash :) xx

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