Easy Tote Bags (Sewing Project For Beginners)

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Hi there, I made two tote bags using cute cat-printed home decor fabrics. These tote bags are easy and fast to make, a perfect sewing project for beginner sewists. The final size is approximately 34 cm long x 34 cm wide and 9 cm deep. The size is enough to carry books or shopping stuff. The process started with cutting the fabric,  - The tote bag's body: 42 cm long x 38 cm wide (on fold). - Handle: 62 cm long x 8 cm wide (2x). - Bias tape band 4 cm wide. Fold the fabric right sides together and sew both sides. And then, clip and sew the bias tape band to secure the fabric (to avoid fraying). Cut the corners, 3 cm x 3cm square, after the seam allowance. Sew the corner and secure it with bias tape band ( both sides). Here is the look after I sew the corners. I work on the handles by folding them in half and then clip the seam allowance 1 cm inside. Fold the seam allowance 1 cm inside and fold the fabr...

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 ��

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