DIY Make-Up Zipper Pouch

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  I made an easy make-up zipper pouch using leftover fabrics and was happy with the result. The final size was 26 cm x 12 cm. It's lovely, fluffy, useful and big enough to store all my makeup and skincare products.  Materials for the pouch: - Main fabric, lining and polyester batting, 40 cm x 50 cm. - Fabric tags (2x), 9 cm x 10 cm. - Bias tape band, 6 cm wide. - Zipper The sewing process started with topstitching (quilt style) the main fabric and polyester batting together. After that, I sewed the zipper at the main fabric (both sides). I attached and sewed the lining to the main fabric, right sides together. And then, topstitched both sides of the zipper. And cut the excess zipper.  I sewed the tags and inserted them in both sides of the end of the zipper and sewed along the lines. I sewed the bias tape bands on both sides. And cut the corners in square shape 4 cm x 4 cm (not including seam allowance). I connected the squares together and sewed them. I sewed the bias ta...

Colour Block Dress

I made this dress in the end of last month as my entry to "Join Up July" #magamsewalong challenge in Instagram hosted by Sue, Helene and Suzy. 
My plan was to sew a simple and classy colour block dress to wear for dinner out or special occasion. 
I used my self-drafted dress pattern, based on basic dress slopers that I drew in May. I changed the dart position, omitted the sleeves and changed the neckline shape.

My fabrics were cotton blend in black and Indonesian batik that I bought locally. 
I used the batik for one side at the front only and used black cotton blend for the rest. 
The dress has zipper in the center back, two darts in the front, two darts in the back, finished the neckline with facings and the armhole with me-made bias tape in black.

The progress was fast, I started with sewing the front piece - connected the two fabrics together and, sewed the darts and then the shoulder lines together.
I sewed the zipper, neck facing and then top-stitched the facing by hand and sewed the bias tape around the armhole and top-stitches around using the sewing machine.
I really love how it turned out, the fit is just right for my liking. And the fabric combination is perfect.




Here is the inner look of the facing and armhole binding, both sewed by sewing machine and hand. Also I basted them before sewing to avoid uneven stitches.


That's it for today, I sewed a few more garments 
last month and I'm not going to share each of them here just the collage. Please feel free to check my Instagram @velvetribbon_sews for more details.

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  1. I like your color block dress, and the green rayon is really nice, too. It's always fun to see what your latest creation is. :-)

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  2. Thank you, Lyrique. I have leftover green rayon fabric and planning to make another simple dress with short sleeve ļæ½ļæ½

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