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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DIY Batik Shirt - Ottobre Design Pattern

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Hi there, I'm back from our summer holiday in Bangkok and we had a great time. I hope your summer holiday was enjoyable. As usual, I made new dresses for the holiday but will show you the dresses later. For now, I will show you a batik shirt I made for my husband. The shirt was his birthday present and I was glad he loved it.

He got the batik from my mom last year, a typical Indonesian batik with a combination of black and brown.
For the pattern, I used Ottobre Design Four Fellows shirt, size 54. I made this pattern before in a short sleeve and this time I made the hemline straight.


After I cut all the pieces and fused the interfacing on the collar pieces, I started working on the shirt according to the usual manner. It was an enjoyable process, especially since cotton fabric was easy to work with.
The only tricky one was sewing the collar and attaching it to the neckline. I did a lot of pinning and basting to get a neat result.



I uploaded a video of the making of this shirt and all the details on my YouTube channel, you can click the link if you are interested to see more DIY Batik Shirt or click the video below,



The prints didn't match because of the limited fabric but I think is okay. Also, I only sew one pocket because two are too much for my husband's liking.



I was happy the shirt turned out well and it fits him nicely. My husband wore it on the Birthday dinner 😍

I made the pink printed dress as well and I will show you the detail in another post.

That's it for today, thank you for stopping by and happy sewing 💗

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