Velvet Ribbon

Hi, as promised in my previous post, here are the details of the puff sleeve dress I made last month. The dress has a round neckline with slit and ties, puff sleeves, front darts and ruffle hem. A comfy and cute dress, perfect for summer. I wore this dress during my trip to Bangkok and it was so comfy and airy, perfect for a hot day.   I used printed rayon fabric in a mix of maroon and orange. This fabric was a souvenir from my trip to Singapore at the end of last year. This dress is the second version of my self-drafted pattern, the first version was in cotton fabric with tiny green flowers,  link here in case you are interested in seeing more . And I added a ruffled hem this time. Pattern pieces: Front 1x on the fold with darts Back 2x dartless  Front and back facing  Sleeve 2x Tie 2x, 5 cm wide, 44 cm long Ruffle hem 2x, 25 cm wide, 87 cm long.  The sewing process started with sewing the darts and then the ties, as shown below. I gathered the sleeves and...

Hi there, I refashioned my old rtw bathing cover-up into a cuter swimsuit cover-up and I love the final result. The idea came out on the day I was packing my suitcase, I saw a piece of fabric (rtw bathing cover-up I bought in Bali two years ago) and I told myself I should refashion it into a dress, something loose and fast to sew. I hurried up and started to sew because the flight will be in the next day and I was glad that I managed to finish it on time. I didn't know why, but I always sew something in the last minute instead of making a proper plan 😄 The sewing process started by folding the fabric and then folding it one more time. After that, I followed the measurements below and cut the fabric. Here is the look of my fabric after I cut the neckline and for the neckband, I cut the leftover fabric 5 cm wide, I used all the length left from the fabric and trimmed the excess. I sewed the ends of the neckband together and then pinned the neckband and neckline right sides together....