DIY Make-Up Zipper Pouch

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  I made an easy make-up zipper pouch using leftover fabrics and was happy with the result. The final size was 26 cm x 12 cm. It's lovely, fluffy, useful and big enough to store all my makeup and skincare products.  Materials for the pouch: - Main fabric, lining and polyester batting, 40 cm x 50 cm. - Fabric tags (2x), 9 cm x 10 cm. - Bias tape band, 6 cm wide. - Zipper The sewing process started with topstitching (quilt style) the main fabric and polyester batting together. After that, I sewed the zipper at the main fabric (both sides). I attached and sewed the lining to the main fabric, right sides together. And then, topstitched both sides of the zipper. And cut the excess zipper.  I sewed the tags and inserted them in both sides of the end of the zipper and sewed along the lines. I sewed the bias tape bands on both sides. And cut the corners in square shape 4 cm x 4 cm (not including seam allowance). I connected the squares together and sewed them. I sewed the bias ta...
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Floral Puff Sleeve Dress

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Hi friends, happy weekend. I'm showing you my new make, a floral puff sleeve dress for my entry to #magamsewalong "Jamboree June" challenge on Instagram hosted by Sue, Suzy and Whendy. My plan was to make a special and feminine dress to wear for a dinner out with my family or a staycation in the local hotel later in the summer holiday.
For the fabric, I used a floral rayon crepe from my stash and for the pattern, I used a Burdastyle dress with puff sleeves and a front gathering pattern from 03/2013 edition size 38.
I didn't have enough fabric for the whole dress, so I made an adjustment to the pattern by reducing the size of the skirt.


Here is the look of my pattern after I traced it, I reduced the sides of the skirt at the bottom 13 cm and then drew a new line to the upper skirt.

After I double-check the sizing, I found out that the bodices were too long for me. So I reduced 3.5 cm at the waistline. I marked it and folded the pattern pieces as shown in the picture below right side.

My sewing process started with gathered the front bodice pieces and sewed them together, I sewed the back bodice pieces together as well.
Attached the raglan sleeves to the bodices. 
Pinned and sewed the neckband to the neckline and sewed the seam allowances at the front slit. I sewed the front ties and inserted inside the slit.
After that, I sewed the invisible zipper on the left side of the dress.
Sewed the sleeve allowance and inserted the elastic band but I didn't make it too tight.
And I did the last part, reduced the skirt length 5 cm because it was too long for my liking and sewed the hemline. 

The dress design is lovely and I especially love the front gathers and ties, so girly and cute. I think this dress will look nice in maxi length too and also change the sleeve into a flute sleeve. I'll see and try it next time I make this pattern again.







I think this is enough for now, thank you for stopping by and happy sewing šŸ’—

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