Velvet Ribbon

I made another easy sewing project last week, a zippered pouch with quilted straight lines and lined. I made this pouch to store my stuff instead of messing up inside my bag. The size is approximately 21 cm width x 18 cm length, perfect size 😍 Materials:  Medium weight fabric, polyester batting and light cotton lining 38 cm x 26 cm. Zipper band extension, made from medium weight fabric (2x) 4.5 cm x 8.5 cm. Zipper 22 cm long. All my fabrics and notion are from my stash. The sewing process was fast and enjoyable, I did it in one afternoon.  And here are the step by step how I make the pouch: I loved the French-seam method for finishing the sides of the pouch, neat and easy. Don't need overlocker or bias tape band to secure the raw edges. The inner pouch is neat and fluffy, which I really like it :) In case you are interested in seeing the making o...

I made a new floral slip dress using a yard of leftover cotton fabric and a self-drafted pattern. The sewing process was fun,  I did this dress for six hours in total during my free time in three days, which is not bad 😊 The dress was finished with straps and adjusters, knee length, and finished the neckline with facings. The only problem was that the fabric needed to be more to make the whole dress and I decided to make the back bottom dress using leftover pieces sewn together. It worked, nobody noticed it because of the busy floral print.  This dress is my entry to Magamsewalong #magamjammingjune challenge on Instagram. Thank you for hosting  Sue  ,  Suzy  and  Nic  💗  Here is the look of my self-drafted pattern, I made this slip dress three times or more before. A good TNT pattern 😊   My fabric wasn't enough for the whole back dress, so I added leftover pieces sewn together for the back bottom dress. ...

Hi there, I hope you are well. I finally finished my crochet swimsuit cover-up dress that I started at the beginning of February. I enjoyed the slow process and was happy with how it turned out. I used 9 skeins of off-white cotton yarn and a 3 mm crochet hook. For the pattern, I followed a YouTube tutorial from  Crochettoz . It's a clear and easy tutorial to follow, thank you so much 😍 Also, I shared my process of making this cover-up on my YouTube channel, click the video below if you want to see it. And please, subscribe to my channel if you like the video and want to see more in the future 😊😍 I took a few photos of the progress and the picture below shows the start of the cover-up dress. I did chain stitch until I reached 60'' and followed with double crochet stitch and then crocheted the patterns. I mostly crochet at night when I finish all the house chores and sometimes in the afternoon when I'm sitting on the sofa.  The cover...

Hi all, May was a great month for home sewists like me because of Me Made May 2022 and I decided to continue to show you what I was wearing during the challenge. Today's post is the recap for day 15-24 and as usual, I was wearing my basic garments. Nothing fancy but they are wearable, easy and suitable for my daily life.  Day 15. I was enjoying our weekend walk in a me-made floral silk blouse, Burdastyle pattern 07/2018, and a self-drafted skirt. I made the blouse last year and here is a  link  for more detail. Day 16. The temperature was drop and little rain. I wore a gingham shirt, pattern modified from Faitmain dress pattern -  detail here  and me-made denim pants that I sewed recently, pattern modified from Burdastyle trousers pattern 10/2013 -  detail here . Day 17. I was wearing another me-made outfit. A white shirt, pattern modified from Faitmain dress pattern, hand-knitted blue vest (my own pattern), and old denim...

Last month, I started working on this little backpack for my entry to #sewjapaneseinjuly challenge on Instagram, but I couldn't finish it on time due to my busy life. So, instead of giving up and I continue sewing it. I'm glad I finished it yesterday and I love it. It's a very cute and useful little backpack, perfect to carry my wallet and small things.  I made my backpack fully lined with silk satin in dark blue. The main fabrics were medium weight cotton blend and printed cotton, both were leftovers from my previous garments. The zipper and plastic buckles were from my stash.  The pattern is based on a Japanese sewing book and I chose pattern number 18 as shown below. I liked the design and it's a great way to use leftover fabrics and scraps. Here is the look of my fabric pieces, I fused the fusible interfacing into the bag's flap and the printed fabric. The instruction from the book came with pictures, so I can look...