DIY V-neck T-shirt Dress

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Hi there, I hope you are well. I had a leftover knit cotton fabric in a lovely printed pink and decided to make a simple summer dress with it. I was checking my summer wardrobe last month and it lacked t-shirt dresses and some summer tops. So, I started to sew this t-shirt dress and will continue following my plans. For the pattern, I used my self-drafted t-shirt pattern and lengthened it above my knee.  And here are the pattern pieces: - Front (on fold) 1x - Back (on fold) 1x - Neckband 57 cm long x 5 cm wide. The sewing process was easy and fast. I did it in three hours.  It started with sewing the shoulder lines together and the dress sides together using my overlocker machine. And then sewed the V-neckband piece and attached it to the neckline. I sewed around the neckline with a sewing machine first and covered the raw edge using an overlocker machine. And top-stitched the neckline 0.25 cm using a sewing machine. ...
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Batik Shirtdress

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I finally finished my UFO from March, I'm so glad. My first plan was to make a blouse but I changed my mind the day I cut the fabric, I saw the border print and I felt terrible if I didn't use it. So, I lengthened the pattern down until my knee. And to make the shirtdress more stylish, I sewed a black slipdress to wear under it. In this case, I skip the buttons and let the dress open. I love the look and I will wear this set more often for sure. 

I used Norma blouse Ottobre design pattern S/S 02/2018 size 38, lengthened the hem until my knee, omitted the buttons, shortened the sleeves and made a full arm adjustment. 
And for the fabric, I used Indonesian batik in red, a gift from a friend for my birthday last year. 

The process of making this dress was lovely and relaxing, I started it in March and then I stopped. Only in July I pick the pieces up again and started sewing them. 
As shown below, I managed to capture the progress. The only difficult part was sewing the collar, I did a lot of basting before sewing and I used black bias tape to finish the collar. I love the result, it looks neat and clean.




The rest of the progress was according in the usual manner, I sewed the back darts, attached and sewed the sleeves and hand stitched the front plackets to the bodices. The last part was to sew the hemline and I'm done. 

I forgot to take pictures of the inner dress to show my hand stitching, so here is the finished dress both on my dress form and on me. I love the look, a lovely dress to wear every day without feeling too much dressing up.







About the slip dress, I used my self-drafted pattern and I made two slip dresses before. So it was an easy and quick project to sew.
The black drapey fabric, black sliders and rings were from my stash, I was happy I had all things and I realized that I also had a few black fabrics in my stash for other makes.



That's it for today, happy weekend and happy sewing. I will show you more finished garments soon. I managed to sew one more swimsuit (UFO), a kimono cover-up and a simple sleeveless dress 💗💗

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