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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...

Refashioned Patchwork Dress

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I made a patchwork dress for my entry to  #magamsewalong  challenge on Instagram. The progress was very relaxing and I did it slowly, one hour every day in my free time and glad after two and half weeks I finished my dress.  After searching for inspiration on Pinterest, I decided to make a simple dress with a v-neck and short sleeves. For the fabric, I reused the fabric from my two old favourite dresses that don't fit me anymore and leftover scrap.  Joyful sweetheart dress  and  sleeveless dress with bow My sewing progress started with cutting all the fabrics into square and rectangle shapes, mixed the prints, pinned and sewed them together. After that, I sewed the raw edges using an overlocker machine and pressed them with an iron. The result was 1.5 m x 95 cm that was enough for me to make a short sleeves dress. For the pattern, I used my self-drafted v-neck dress. The v-neckline finished...

Ottobre Design Shirt

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I made a shirt for my husband to wear at work, I started sewing the shirt last month and finished at the beginning of this month. It was slow progress but glad that it turned out as my plan. For the pattern, I used Ottobre Design 07/2017 Men's shirt size 56. I was lucky I found this magazine on our last trip to Portugal. Well, I miss traveling and hope this pandemic will be over and we all can travel again. The fabric I used for this shirt was cotton shirting in light pink from the local shop and stayed inside my stash for a while. So, I was happy that I finally made it into a shirt that my husband will wear.   The original pattern was long sleeves shirt with two different types of pockets, one with flap pockets and another without flaps. But in this case, I changed the shape of the pocket and used one side only. Also, I made it in short sleeves by cut the sleeve length above the elbow. I added collar stays too and lengthened the hem 7 cm. I was more organized ...