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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Late Post, Me Made May 2022 Day 25 - 31

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Hello, as promised here is my late update of Me-Made-May challenge for day 25-31. I was busy and didn't have time to update this blog but good thing I'm still sewing and knitting a little a day. The situation in Macau is terrible at the moment because of covid-19, many local cases and we are on lockdown. Hope this pandemic will end soon and we will go back to our normal life. Besides sewing and knitting, I'm baking more during this difficult time, I made a sourdough starter and enjoy baking with it. 

Well, here are my outfits for MMMay'22 challenge day 25 -31, I realized that I wore my two sneakers almost all the time because they are comfy and perfect for a busy mom like me.

Day 25.
I wore my green cotton Josephine dress, Ottobre design pattern 02/2018. I made this dress two years ago, more detail link here.

Day 26.
I wore me-made outfit, a yellow cotton top Simplicity 8454 pattern and denim pants that I made recently. The pants are getting loose and I'm planning to add an elastic waistband on the backside.

Day 27.
I wore my old dress, I was supposed to make the new one to replace this but I didn't. I made this dress in 2017, I used cotton fabric and Simplicity new look 6224. More about this dress link here.

Day 28.
I wore a cotton dress, repeated from day one. This dress is self-drafted and I fixed it because it was too loose. I reduced the sides by 1.3 cm and it's better now.

Day 29.
I wore my self-drafted cotton dress with a ruffle hem that I made two years ago. Summer in my place is always hot and humid and cotton fabric is perfect to wear. More about the dress link here.

Day 30.
I wore my favorite make from last year, a midi patchwork dress - refashioned from me-made dresses that I don't wear anymore. More details about this dress link here.

The Last Day.
I wore my self-drafted gingham dress, repeated from day 22. I love this dress and fabric so much that I'm thinking of making another one when I have time.

That's all my recap, Me-Made-May 2022 was a great and fun challenge. I found many inspirations for my future makes and realized that I need to replace some of my makes as they are getting too much used. I wrote a note of what I should make to improve my daily wardrobe and also, to clean up and get rid of things that I don't wear anymore. I will try to refashion some of them.

My special thank you to Zoe @sozoblog for hosting this challenge every year and my DH and DS for taking daily pictures. 

Until next... 

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