Velvet Ribbon

I made this layered dress for a special dinner to celebrate our wedding anniversary last week and also for my entry to Magam Details December challenge on Instagram,  link here  to see more photos of the participants.  My first plan was to make a flare dress from Burdastyle pattern but in the end, I didn't like the look of it on me. I was disappointed but I will re-design the Burda dress later when I have time. Soon after that, I decided to sew another dress and I was a little bit nervous because the time was so close, I had only two days to complete it.  I didn't make a muslin as I used to but fortunately, the dress turned out okay and I wore it happily to the dinner.  The dress has a scoop neckline, long sleeve, front layer, and knee-length, inspired by a dress that I saw on the street. For the pattern, I used my self-drafted shift dress pattern and modified the front body to make a layer. I used a kind of crepe fabric in teal color with a ...

I made this oversized blouse last month for my entry to #magamniftynovember challenge on Instagram. I chose to make a nifty (stylish) blouse to wear daily and I was glad that I had all the things needed in my stash. I had 3 yards of linen fabric in pink color and almost matching the color of the buttons, I still had leftover fabric enough to make a sleeveless blouse for summer later. For the pattern, I used Burdastyle oversized blouse 10/2019 size 40. I omitted the back yoke and welt pocket and also, shortened the length by 8 cm. I was planning to take step-by-step pictures of the progress, but I had a busy life and sewing time was whatever free time I had, sometime in the early morning, mid-day, or late night, so the photo quality at night wasn't so good. So, here are a few progress that I took in the daylight, the most tricky step in the blouse-making was sewing the collar, I pinned and basted a lot before sewing it and the result was good and ...

I managed to organize myself after a few months of lacking creativity, thanks to Me-Made-May which made me realize that I should make a proper plan and get back to making stuff and updating the blog more often.  At the beginning of this month, I finished the mixed prints sleeveless top for #magammayhem #magamsewalong challenge on Instagram and I was happy with the result, here is  the link  in case you want to see the full detail. The next day, I started to work with the tiered midi dress using the floral drapey rayon blend fabric that I bought recently in the local fabric shop. I found my inspiration from Pinterest, made a flat sketch, and drafted the pattern myself. This tiered midi dress is my entry to June's challenge on Instagram #magamjovialjune hosted by  @suestoney   @sewing_in_spain  and  @sarahcsewing  . To match the theme, I'm making a dress from colorful fabric (floral) that also brings joy. Thank you for hosting the lovely cha...