Velvet Ribbon

Hello... As promised in the previous post, here are the two dresses that I made from the same pattern. The red one finished in May, exactly when the weather getting hotter and the blue one is a new dress that I made recently, just before my trip to Singapore. I used two BurdaStyle patterns,  BurdaStyle chiffon dress 01/2013#108 size 34 for the bodice with modification at the shoulder and BurdaStyle illusion neckline mini dress 09/2014#130  size 34 for the skirt.

Hello... I finished my  Magam Mad May, three culottes and decided to sew two cotton blouses. The weather is getting really hot and I need some easy garments for my everyday wear :) The culottes pattern is from  New Look - Misses pants 6231 size 36   that I shorten the length and modified the bottom. The cotton top pattern is from a dress pattern, BurdaStyle Chiffon dress 01/2013 #108 size 34  that I only used the bodice and modified the neckline, armhole and bottom. I will explain more about my sewing adventure in the below post, now let's take a look of the first garment - wearable culottes muslin that I wore with rtw t-shirt for MMMay'16 day 23 For the wearable culottes muslin, I used the left over woven fabric from my Simplicity New Look pants  in deep green colour. Other than fabric, I need invisible zipper, fusible interfacing and same colour of thread. The process of making this culottes started with modify the pattern based f...

Hi everyone.. Finally I finished my mint dress for Make A Garment A Month  - March. This dress has princess seams, round neckline, short sleeves and fully gathered skirt with finished zipper at the back.  Pattern and alteration: I used two BurdaStyle patterns for this dress, pattern from 01/2013 for the bodice and sleeves and pattern from 09/2014  for the skirt. As the minimum size of the two patterns are 36, I have to grade down to 34. I also made some changes on the neckline, omitted the collar and change the 3/4 sleeves to a short sleeves Materials: 2 yards of printed crepe in mint color, jersey net in white color for bodice lining, invisible zipper, small vintage button and thread. Sewing Process: After I grade down the patterns to size 34, I made the bodice with sleeve muslin. I tried the muslin and found out that the sleeve was too tight. I added 4 cm to allow my upper arm to move freely. In this case, I draw a new sleeve pattern and...