Velvet Ribbon

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. ...

I'm finally back to writing on this blog after being busy for two months, I still sew some small items and mend a few clothes but haven't sewn new clothes.  Until two days before Valentine's arrived, I felt like I had to sew a new blouse to wear to dinner. The blouse had to be in the shade of pink, so I checked my stash and found 2 yards of lace fabric in fuchsia that I don't remember when I bought it. After I had the fabric, I started making the pattern (based on my previous self-drafted blouse pattern) I modified the pattern into a flowy blouse. The pattern was simple, a round neckline, gathered front and back yokes and gathered sleeves with elastic bands. Here is the pattern that I drafted, And after the pattern was done, I cut the fabric as usual. The sewing process was fun and turned out to be easier than I imagined. I sewed the neckline front and back yokes and then attached them to the gathered bodices as shown below. After that, I sewed the shoulder lines togeth...