DIY Midi Dresses

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Hi there, Happy Friday 🌸🌸 Today's update is about two new dresses that I made to wear on special outings. The sleeveless orange midi dress was made in October and the long-sleeved dress was made at the beginning of this month.  Both patterns were self-drafted, and the dresses had ruffles at the bottom tier. And to complete the look, I added a removable bow and pinned it to the neckline.  For the sleeveless midi dress, I used a linen blend fabric a souvenir from my trip to Bangkok and the fabric was enjoyable to sew. As usual, the sewing process started with pinning and sewing the darts and then attached the facings to the front and back pieces right sides together. I pinned it around and then sewed it, but I left a few centimeters open to sew the shoulder lines. I love this method, the finished facing looks clean and neat. I closed the opening area with hand sewing. I gathered the bottom tiers and then sewed them to...
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Floral Cotton Dress

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I made this dress last month and I wore it twice since the day I finished it, the picture above was taken before swimming and I wore this dress for lunch and dinner outside as well. I love everything about this dress, especially the fit. Not too tight or too loose and I can wear this on any occasion, I just need to change the shoes and accessories 😊 

Dress description:
It has a v-neckline with three decorative buttons, short sleeves, knee-length, invisible zipper inserted at the center back, a little loose and flare style. Very comfortable to wear but stylish and girly at the same time.

Fabric and notion:
2 yards of cotton poplin from the local shop that I bought it recently. Sewing notion: invisible zipper, fusible interfacing, threads, buttons were from my stash.

Pattern: 
Self-drafted. I modified the basic dress sloper that I made in May, I changed the neckline into a v-neck, drafted the v-neck facing, used side front darts and made full arm adjustment on the sleeve.
Sewing process:
  • I cut the fabric and sewed the raw edges using my overlocker machine.
  • I fused fusible interfacing into the neck facing and along the center backs. Sewed the facings right sides together and pressed with an iron.
  • I sewed the darts and sewed the front and back shoulders right sides together. After that, I pinned and sewed the sleeves right sides together. Followed by sewing the dress sides right sides together, pressed with an iron.
  • I sewed the invisible zipper after that and sewed the rest of the backside. 
  • And then, I sewed the facing to the neckline right sides together, clipped the curve area and turned the facing inside, pressed with iron and top-stitched the facing by hand. 
  • I sewed the decorative buttons and I think they were very cute and added something to the dress.
  • The last part was sewed the hems and done 😍
Here are more pictures of the dress in my dress form and one more picture of me wearing it.





That's it for today, I will be sharing two more self-drafted dress soon. Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoy wearing this dress.

Happy sewing and stay safe my friends 💗

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  1. PaisleyPirouetteNovember 14, 2020 at 4:49 AM

    This is a lovely dress, Hana! I can see why you love this dress and it is wonderful that you are able drafting your own well fitting pattern.

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    1. @velvetribbon_sewsNovember 15, 2020 at 1:48 PM

      Thank you so much, Sasa. I love simple and cosy dress with a little touch. Glad I drafted the pattern in May and I can't stop make it :))

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