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
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Off The Shoulder Jacket

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I have been planning to make a casual jacket since last year and I'm glad I finally made it. I love the final result, easy to wear and comfortable. Spring is finally here and this jacket is perfect to wear. For the pattern, I used Burdastyle jacket 01/2023, my dear SIL gave me the magazine pattern and I was thrilled, so many lovely patterns that I'd love to make. 
The original jacket was using wool fabric with the lining but I used double-knit fabric and facings. Also, the jacket has in-seam pockets and is finished with a front zipper. Simple design which I really love.
The sewing progress was easier than I thought, so I will be making the original version with the wool fabric and fully lining later to wear in the winter.   

Sewing the in-seam pockets was a little trickier, I removed and sewed them again twice until I get right.

I pinned and basted the zipper before sewing it to avoid a mess. After the zipper was done, I sewed the sleeve hem and hemline.

And here are the finished jacket, front, side and back views.





The closer look at the in-seam pocket. 

And the inner jacket, so you can see the facings and the pocket bag.


Also, I managed to make a long sleeve color-block top to wear with my new jacket. I used leftover scraps from the previous garments. For the pattern, I used my self-drafted off-the-shoulder top. I made three tops using the pattern, so this color-block top is the fourth version and I think I will make more 😀


The top was easy to sew and I did it in one day. I used mostly my overlocker machine to sew this top and a twin needle to sew the hemlines. The neckline is finished with the band and top-stitch it over the right side of the neckline.



Until next...
Happy Sewing ✂💗

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