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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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 to add a front tie to make the dress nicer. The ties were 2 cm × 60 cm.
I pinned them and then hand-sewing.

The dress was finished and I was happy with the result. The fit was good, not too tight or loose. And the front tie added sweetness to the dress.




The last two pictures of the dress in the wild 😀 and I think I started to like a midi-length dress.


In case you are interested in watching the video of the making of this midi dress, click the video below from my YouTube channel,



I think that is enough for today, thank you for stopping by, and see you again next week in another post.
Happy sewing ✂️🧵

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