Velvet Ribbon

Hello! This is the first wearable muslin that I made! Well, usually I make muslin from white cotton then I will throw it to the trash after fitting. I am planning to make a long sleeve blouse for fall/winter but I want to try the pattern first by making a wearable muslin. I thought that the collar and the front plackets were not so easy to work. As I only had 1.20 yards of printed chiffon inside my stash, I decided to make a sleeveless blouse. For the pattern, I used burdastyle shirt blouse 03/2013 size 36. As this blouse is wearable muslin and sleeveless, I omitted the sleeves, sleeves tabs, hem tabs, finish the hem line with an overlocker machine - rolled hemmed and sew me-made bias tape onto the armhole. blouse front blouse back   After all, the collar and the front plackets aren't difficult to sew. I pleat the front plackets to the blouse body, sew it according to the instructions. As this blouse doesn't have a collar stand, I ...

Hello everyone! I hope you all have a wonderful weekend with family and friends! Here is my latest sewing project that I worked for so many days and I am very happy that the top turn out so well.  I am wearing my new peplum top Pattern: For the bodice, I used Burdastyle sweetheart dress 04/2013  size 34. And self-drafted peplum, I followed the techniques from burdastyle.com  " how to draft a peplum" Materials: 1.5 yards of floral silk crepe de chine from my stash and the left over fabric from this dress , silk satin in black color for neckline and armhole facing, lightweight fusible interfacing, invisible zipper and same color of thread. All the materials are from stash :-) How I worked: For the bodice, I didn't make any special fitting because I used the pattern before. So time saved :-) For the peplum, I drafted the pattern according to the instructions from Burdastyle. It's very easy to follow and the result is g...

Hello all... September is a very busy month for me but luckily I still have time to sew some small projects for the house and finished my skirt for 2013 style the stash sew a long . The skirt is easy to make but taking time to finish it because I only have one hour to sew everyday. I want to make this type of skirt for so long but always distracted with other projects, but I am happy now that I finally made it. And here are the details of the skirt: Pattern  : I used burdastyle skirt pattern, 04/2013- 117 B  size 38. I don't need to copy the new pattern because I used it before for my sweetheart dress . So, time saved! Materials : 1.25 yards of cotton drill from my stash in deep purple color, invisible zipper, fusible interfacing and same color of thread. How I worked on this skirt : If you follow my facebook page, you must have seen my post about skirt in progress over there. But if you aren't following me, here is the link - burdasty...

Hello... Finally my little boy recovered from cough and flu, so today I have time to write a post on this blog. I finished three projects before my holidays but I didn't have time to post them. The summer tank and dress based on free Burdastyle pattern . The pattern is originally for a tank but I think it will be good to make a dress too. SUMMER TANK Pattern : free pattern from Burdastyle, Summer Tank Top 05/2013 size 34/36. Beware, the pattern is too big, the size of the armhole is almost on my waist. So, I have to reduced both side of the tank 3". And I also reduced the length of the tank 3.5" Materials : 1.5 yard of printed rayon from my stash - it's not the most comfortable fabric but the print is beautiful. This is a very easy and fun project to make. I drew the pattern according to the instructions from Burdastyle, reduced the side and the length of the tank. I sew the tank right side together with 1.5 cm seam allowance. Then sew the drawstring and ...

Hi everyone... I mentioned on my last post that I made two tops for my mom but in the end I made three for her:) I will meet her on the vacations very soon, so I wanted to make something special for her. I just hope that she will like it and the tops will fit her nicely. Top A top A front top A back Top B top B front top B back Both tops A and B based on  Burdastyle pattern 04/2014  size 44 with adjustment in the waist and hips areas ( waist : size 48 and hips : size 46), the pattern originally is for a dress. I cut the length of the pattern, make the neckline smaller by adding 2 cm on both side and draw a new neckline, omitted the ruffles on the sleeve and hem, sew the button on the back and added the tabs on the sleeves. The tops are facing up with same fabric and fused with light weight fusible interfacing. Also, I used 1.5 cm seam allowances for all edges and hem. And 3 cm for sleeve hem. Materials: Top A ( 2 1/2 yar...

dress front A new dress! Yes, I am glad that I finally finished it:) This is my second project based on Elizabeth Gathered Waist Dress  from Burdastyle Sewing Vintage Modern Book . You can see my first project here . For this polka dot dress,  I only used the dress bodice pattern and instead of using straight-gathered skirt from the original pattern, I used pleated skirt pattern from my stash. Also, I changed the side zipper to the middle back. I used 2 yards of polka dot fabric, light weight fusible interfacing, invisible zipper and same color of thread. All of them are from my stash. source The process of making this dress is very simple and enjoyable. The instructions from the book are very easy to follow and I definitely will make another project based on this pattern. How I worked on this dress: For the dress bodice: I had the copied pattern with adjustment from my first dress, but this one I kept the style original. For skirt: I am n...

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...