Velvet Ribbon

Hello, I have been busy preparing Christmas celebrations, we made our tree and decorated the house with handmade and store bought crafts. I posted all my handmade  here  and I am still finishing my Santa, I hope will be completed by Friday. Well, I managed to finish my November dress in between making the Christmas crafts. The dress was easy to make because I modified the pattern, so I worked with four pieces of patterns instead of ten. I did this because the fabric suggestion is wool knit and I think my medium knit cotton isn't for this type of dress with side panels and pockets. I fear that the pockets will not stay properly. Before I continue to the dress details and my sewing process, here is my finished dress - simple, comfy and warm :) For the pattern, I used BurdaStyle mini dress 12/2014-136 size 34 with following modification in the neckband, sleeves and shoulder darts. I also omitted the side panels and pockets. For the materials, I used 2 yards of m...

Hello.. I am joining Share In Style hosted by Rosy - Sewingadicta and  Mis Papelicos . The topic for February 16th was Japanese Inspiration, I am already thinking about Mori girl style that is in the list of modern Japanese street style. Mori means forest in Japanese, which the style concept is natural and earthly. Well, I decided to use my boiled wool in green earthy color from stash and sew a lovely poncho based on BurdaStyle pattern. After all, I am happy with how it turned out and it was fast and easy to make it. I am done in less than two hours. Inspiration:  Japanese Mori style Materials: 1.5 yards of boiled wool in green earthy color, self-made bias tape from knit fabric and same color of thread Pattern: Draft it yourself poncho from BurdaStyle 12/2014 size 34-38.  source from BurdaStyle 12/2014 Sewing process: I mentioned above that the sewing process was fast and easy. I fold the fabric as the instructi...