Wrap Dress

I wanted to sew this wrap style dress since the day I received the Burdastyle magazine from my cousin. So happy that I finally made it and wore it last week.

For the fabric, I used printed knit cotton that I bought recently in the local shop. 

This dress is part of my #makenine2020, a yearly self-challenge in Instagram and glad I managed to make six garments, missing three more to sew before the end of the year (culottes, long jacket and denim jacket).

Pattern: Burdastyle Jersey Dress 05/2019 size 38.

I loved the pattern because of the lovely shoulder ties and the wrap style. But I decided to raise the neckline 1.5 cm and shorten the length at the hemline 3 cm, finished with 2.5 cm hem allowance sewed with a twin needle.

The armholes and neckline finished with bias tape binding from the same fabric.

The process started with cutting the fabric, you can see below that my fabric has a white border in between the print, I think this fabric designed for a tablecloth. I'm lucky that the pattern piece  fits the area with the print. 

The armhole finished with me-made bias tape, I sewed the tape and armhole right sides together. Clipped the curve area, turned the tape inside and top-stitched.

After I sewed the shoulder loops and inserted the ties, I pinned the ties and sewed the neckline band directly along the neckline right sides together, clipped the curve area, turned inside and top-stitched.

I pulled the ties and tied them together in the end.

Here is the final look of the shoulder, I love it. Very cute and stylish. 

I tied the waist ties on the left side only and made the waist ties smaller than the original pattern.

I think this style is better on me than the ties around my waistline. 😊

I wore this dress during our staycation last week, from breakfast, swimming and lunch 😊

For breakfast and lunch, I wore this dress with nicer sandals and bag (last picture) and changed to slippers and tote bag when I went to the pool 😄

I love this dress so much and I'm thinking to make the second version in plain colour. But first, I need to visit the local shop to buy the fabric 😊

Until next...

Happy sewing. ✂️🧵