Midi Dress With Puff Sleeves And Front Tie

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Hi there, today's post is about a new dress I sewed last month. It's a midi-style dress with puff sleeves and a front tie. I made this dress to wear to a special dinner. For the pattern: I lengthened my selfdrafted v-neck dress into midi length. And for the fabric, I used a linen blend in green color. I bought the fabric in Bangkok during my summer holiday in August. The dress pattern had 6 pieces, front and back darts and I fused the facings with fusible interfacing. As usual, the sewing process was relaxing and it finished faster than I planned. The picture below shows the process of sewing the zipper, I pinned it before sewing it using the zipper foot. To make the puff sleeves, I gathered the sleeves before pinning and sewing them to the armhole.  After attaching the sleeves, I sewed the sleeve allowance 1 cm and the hem allowance 1.5 cm. And then, I pinned the neckline before top-stitching it. I decided

Self Cover Buttons

I'm currently working on a silk blouse, using Burdastyle pattern and silk crepe de chine fabric. The blouse is in half making and I hope to finish it by tomorrow. 
The silk blouse is needing self-cover buttons and glad that I have a pack of 15 mm self-cover buttons in my stash. The problem, the pack is a refill pack, no tool included obviously. 
I was thinking to go back to Daiso to buy a new pack but I gave up and tried to make it without a tool.
Surprisingly the progress was easier than I thought, I shared my tutorial on my Instagram yesterday and I decided to share it here too.

Materials:
- A pack of 15 mm self-cover buttons, mine had 11 sets.
- A round shape of silk fabric, each pack will come with the size of fabric that needs to be cut. Mine was 3.5 cm in diameter.
- Needle and thread for hand sewing.
- Scissors.

The progress shows below in the photos, the slippery silk fabric wasn't easy to work with. I have to hand sewing around the circle first before placing the plain back (button shell). 
I did that because of using the silk fabric, other types like cotton or rayon can skip the hand sewing. 

Well, here is the step-by-step tutorial on how to make a self-cover button without a tool: 
That's it, I hope it makes sense. I can't wait to sew these buttons on my blouse and show you the finished project.
Happy sewing ✂📍

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