DIY Shirt Jacket (Shacket), Burdastyle Pattern

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Hi there, Happy New Year and I wish you all the best in 2025 💖 Today's post is about the finished shirt jacket (shacket) I started working on in October last year. It was delayed because I was doing other things but well, I'm glad I finished it and look forward to wearing it daily. It's a simple and comfy shacket. It has low shoulders and is finished with a straight hemline. I used Burdastyle long jacket 9/2023 size 40 for the pattern and shortened the length.  For the fabric, I used cotton chino in beige from my stash. Also, the rest of the notions were from stash, yay! for not buying anything new 😍 The sewing process started in October last year. I did it in my free time, but unfortunately, I couldn't finish quickly. And then, other projects came and I put this shacket aside. As usual, I pinned and sewed the back pieces together as shown below. And then, sewed the front and back pieces together. Fused the f...

Crochet Swimsuit Cover-up Dress


Hi there, I hope you are well.
I finally finished my crochet swimsuit cover-up dress that I started at the beginning of February. I enjoyed the slow process and was happy with how it turned out.
I used 9 skeins of off-white cotton yarn and a 3 mm crochet hook.
For the pattern, I followed a YouTube tutorial from Crochettoz. It's a clear and easy tutorial to follow, thank you so much 😍

Also, I shared my process of making this cover-up on my YouTube channel, click the video below if you want to see it. And please, subscribe to my channel if you like the video and want to see more in the future 😊😍

I took a few photos of the progress and the picture below shows the start of the cover-up dress. I did chain stitch until I reached 60'' and followed with double crochet stitch and then crocheted the patterns.


I mostly crochet at night when I finish all the house chores and sometimes in the afternoon when I'm sitting on the sofa. 
The cover-up needs two pieces and mine was 60'' long x 11'' wide.


And then, I connected them together using a single crochet stitch.

So happy that after two months of working on it, my cover-up is done and I will wear it later for a summer holiday. Maybe, I will make a swimsuit to match it 😁



To avoid the neckline gaping, I crocheted strips 1.5 cm below the shoulder line (on the back neck).


And here is how the cover-up dress looks like when it is flat, looks like a rectangle shape 😊😍

Until next and thank you for stopping by 💗

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