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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Batik Dress With Cropped Lace Jacket

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We were attending a gender reveal and birthday party last Saturday and the theme was to wear a kebaya outfit, pink and blue colors. I went with pink because I think my friend will have a baby girl and I was right. We are all very happy for her and her husband. Such a happy occasion 💗

After a few days of thinking and planning, I decided to wear an a-line batik dress with a kebaya over it. I drafted the original style kebaya pattern from Indonesia with front plackets and a long pointy hem but unlucky for me, the style of the original kebaya will not be good with my a-line dress. So, I shortened the length of the kebaya pattern, I marked it 3 cm below my waistline, and made a new line of the hemline.
And for my husband, I made a striped shirt using the Ottobre Design pattern 07/2017 and for the fabric, I was happy to find a nice shade of maroon color with a little hint of dark pink striped cotton blend fabric in the local shop. 
More photos of my husband's shirt are on my IG, the link here 

I really love this black with a pink floral cotton batik fabric and I'm happy that I can make a dress out of it. The lace fabric was from my stash, 1 meter only and I'm glad it was enough for a cropped jacket. 

The dress pattern is self-drafted, based on my basic a-line dress pattern and I changed the neckline into a diamond style. The dress is fully lined with silk satin in brown color from my stash with the upper parts using the batik fabric, as shown below.
After I sewed all the darts, I attached the linings to the dress's front and back. Started sewing the neckline and then the armhole, I left 3 cm open at the upper armhole to make the turning process easy.
After I had all pieces ready, I sewed the both front and back shoulders together and then, hand-sewn the opening area at the armhole.
After I'm done with the shoulders, I sewed the invisible zipper at the center back of the batik fabric first, and then, I pinned the lining together at the zipper and carefully hand-sewing it. The rest was done with the sewing machine.
After I'm done with the zipper, I sewed both sides of the dress, and then the last part was sewing the hemlines (on the lining and on the dress).
I did the dress in total for two days and I'm happy with the result. 







The cropped jacket was easy and fast to sew and I did it in one day. I'm making another version of the jacket at the moment and I will be sharing the details when I'm done.



I think that is more than enough for today, hope I can finish my other projects and share them here before the end of the month. Happy sewing and thank you for stopping by 💗

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