Velvet Ribbon

girl's dress with a bow gathered girl's skirt I made these little projects especially for my 7 year old niece. The dress based on Burdastyle Girl's Dress 08/2012  size 8, but I omitted front side panel and the pockets. I changed the pleated band in the front dress with a simple bow and reduced the length of the dress. I also drew the neckline and armhole facings. Materials : 1 1/5 yards of printed chiffon from my stash, invisible zipper and same color of thread. How I worked on the dress: I read the sewing instructions before I copy the pattern. Traced all the pattern pieces and cut all the fabric pieces. I serge all the edges using an overlocked sewing machine, then I sew front and back dress right sides together. Sew invisible zipper in the middle back side. Sew the front and back facing right sides together, press and iron it. Then sew the facing around neckline right sides together, turn it inside the dress. Press, top stitched and iron...

Burdastyle outfit I am joining Modern Vintage Cupcakes   and The Curious Kiwi  in a sew along, Wellington Sewing Bloggers Network (WSBN) Burda Magazine Sew Along. I've been working with Burdastyle pattern and I love them so much. So, why I don't join! Well, my first project for the sew along is Light Cowl Top from Burda magazine 01/2013. A friend of mine brought me the magazine from Portugal. Here are more details of the top: Materials: I used the left over printed silk rayon fabric from  Color Block Dress and same color of thread. No zipper or even button for this top. It was very easy project. Pattern modifications: as I mentioned above, I used Light Cowl Top  pattern size 34. I measure the length of the top about 14 cm under my waist. I added 1" on the body side because I had a bigger waist than the original pattern (I had size 38 for my waist). Also, I made a bigger back neck about 1/2'' and replaced the facing strip for the b...