Crochet Swimsuit Cover-up Dress

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Hi there, I hope you are well. I finally finished my crochet swimsuit cover-up dress that I started at the beginning of February. I enjoyed the slow process and was happy with how it turned out. I used 9 skeins of off-white cotton yarn and a 3 mm crochet hook. For the pattern, I followed a YouTube tutorial from  Crochettoz . It's a clear and easy tutorial to follow, thank you so much 😍 Also, I shared my process of making this cover-up on my YouTube channel, click the video below if you want to see it. And please, subscribe to my channel if you like the video and want to see more in the future 😊😍 I took a few photos of the progress and the picture below shows the start of the cover-up dress. I did chain stitch until I reached 60'' and followed with double crochet stitch and then crocheted the patterns. I mostly crochet at night when I finish all the house chores and sometimes in the afternoon when I'm sitting on the sofa.  The cover
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Wrap Dress

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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).

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. ✂️🧵

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  1. VanessaAugust 27, 2020 at 8:41 AM

    I can see why you love this dress! It looks lovely on you! I hope you get a chance to make a second version.

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  2. Diane GAugust 27, 2020 at 9:21 PM

    What a lovely dress in great fabric! The shape is so good on you and I too like it just tied at the sides rather than around the waistline.

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  3. @velvetribbon_sewsAugust 27, 2020 at 10:08 PM

    @Vanessa Thank you so much 💕

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  4. @velvetribbon_sewsAugust 27, 2020 at 10:13 PM

    @Diane Thanks a lot, I love the shape too 💕

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  5. Ellen's Sewing PassionAugust 30, 2020 at 1:05 AM

    Beautiful dress Hana, and the style suits you very well :)

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  6. @velvetribbon_sewsAugust 30, 2020 at 7:47 PM

    @Ellen Thank you, it is very comfy too 💕

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