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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

Summer Dresses, August 2023

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As I mentioned before, here are two additional dresses that I designed to wear during my holiday. Both dresses were inspired by a previous self-drafted dress I made last year, which featured a ruffle yoke. You can see the original dress on my Instagram,  link here .  For the printed red dress, I skipped the ruffled yoke and the polka dot dress was the same as my first version. Also, I changed the elastic waistband into a waist tie and I like it more because it's easier to adjust, finished with the knot at the center back. This red dress was transparent, so I had to wear a slip dress underneath. The dress was comfortable to wear and perfect for the holiday. I wore it from breakfast, as a swimsuit cover and lunch.  For the fabric, I used printed cotton gauze that I bought last month in the local shop. It was the last 1.75 yards from the bolt and the shop gave me a better price. The sewing process was fast because I worked on this pattern before, it started wit

Sleeveless Ruffled Hem Dress

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I was on holiday in Bali with my family and had a great time, enjoying the beautiful place and delicious food 💗 And the good things, I made three simple dresses and one swimsuit to wear.  The first garment that I made was a sleeveless ruffled hem dress, an easy and simple design dress with a round neckline, side front darts, and a loose back with an invisible zipper at the CB, finished with a ruffle hem. The dress length is just below my knee. For the fabric I used a type of crepe printed in tiny floral that I bought from the local shop last month. The total was 1.5 yards, just enough for me to make a sleeveless dress.  For the pattern, I used my self-drafted. I made two dresses before. So the process will be easy for me. The sewing process was easy and fast, I did it in one afternoon. It started as usual, I sewed the front and back pieces right sides together at the shoulder line. Sewed the darts. Sewed the facing to the neckline. And carefully pinned and sewed th