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What I’m Working On…

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Hello! It’s been still hot during the day here, but I certainly feel the fall coming with the cooler mornings and evenings. It is nice to feel the crispier air, but it makes me sad  that the Summer, my favorite season of all, is winding down. I planned on going to the beach more often, but unfortunately I only went once this year.

With the Summer ending, here’s what I’m working on in terms of sewing.

(1) I’m making a bikini for Kiko! We are planning on going to the beach on Labor Day, and the baby needs something to cover her up. I did not have any bathing suit fabrics in stock, and just haven’t had time to go to fabric shops for it, so I’m recycling the bathing suit I no longer wear. It’s polkadot!

(2) Making some more headbands for the upcoming shop update 🙂

(3) I have a wedding to go to this weekend, and I have nothing to wear! I’m trying to squeeze in the time to make myself a bombshell dress. I’m desperately wanting to try the new skills I learnt from Gertie’s bombshell dress class. She stresses how important it is to make a muslin first, but I’m not sure if I’ll have time..

I picked sea foam color 100% cotton seething for the dress 🙂

What sewing project are you working on this weekend?

Making Wedding Dress Pt.6 – Ruching

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My friend told me that she wanted a wide waistband, that is a bit more decorative than just one of fashion fabric. We initially thought of ordering this handmade organza and rhinestone belt from an etsy seller, JML Jewel Design(which is full of very pretty items by the way!) But things did not work out with the timing and seller, so we decided on adding a fabric that is ruched on top of waist band.

This is how it looks like from the front. I cut a piece of fabric that is 1.5 longer in length than the waist band. Then I sewed a straight line with wide stitch length, gathered the fabric, and sewed it on the waist band in order to create this ruched look.


Inside looks like this. I stopped often to iron.


I’m so happy that the side seams matched up perfectly!

This is how it looks like after attaching the waist band. I put the pretty pearl choker on the dress form to motivate myself! I’m pretty happy with how the dress looks so far 🙂

By the way, I finally started watching Project Runway shows a couple of weeks ago. We (yes, Andy watches this show with me! He is a wonderful husband :p ) finished season 1, then skipped season 2, because I wanted to watch Alison Kelly from BurdaStyle in season 3. It is so inspiring to see all the designers tackle the challenges and sew in such a limited time!  As a side note, I think Heidi Klum looked amazing while she was pregnant!

Read my progress on sewing wedding dress! :

Part 1 – Fabric shopping
Part 2 – Muslin
Part 3 – Another Muslin
Part 4 – Cutting Fashion Fabric
Part 5 – Sewing the Bust Part

 

Shop Update – Midriff Cut Out

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TGIF! I updated my shop with new dresses:) They are available in both white and powder blue. I really wanted to try incorporating a midriff cut out in my dress as I wrote here and here. I finally got to it this week and I love the result! I think the key hole is small enough to be  fun to wear but not overly revealing or embarrassing. I wanted to create a piece that’s unique but not trashy 🙂

It might be because I am making a wedding dress that I chose white for one of these dresses. I think this dress would be perfect for an engagement photos, or as a gateway dress!

I modified the pattern I drafted for sweet heart cut out dress. The sleeves and top back panel are modification of the Tara pattern from BurdaStyle. I think these flatter sleeves are super cute and fairy like. I adjusted the length of the sleeves so it sits better with the front top panel.

Top: Powder Blue Midriff Cut Out Dress, Bottom: White Blue Midriff Cut Out Dress

I also made the same dress in powder blue. I underlined the entire bodice, since this blue fabric is gauzy and light weight. I wanted to give a little more structure to the bodice. I am happy with the result of underlining. I am not crazy about the iron-on interface I have on stock. They are too paper-like and I didn’t want to use it for this dress.

Both dresses are fully lined because I was afraid of them being see-through.

I think these will be the last of my Summer dresses of the season. From next week, I’ll be transitioning into fall/winter clothes. I much prefer sewing light weight summer dresses, but Andy urged me to make fall/winter wear and I think he is wright. Any requests or suggestions on what I should make for the cooler weather?

Last but not least, I made two share buttons! If you are reading this from a reader, please hop over to my site and grab the button 🙂

Have a great weekend everyone!

xoxo