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Mini Sailor Collection

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I just realized I made these clothes before the new year but never got around to posting it here. I got this cute sailor fabric, with helm print on ivory-ish white background in Nippori a while ago. I know it’s winter now, but I wanted to forget about the cold weather and skipped Spring, and made a small collection with this summery print. It’s so cold here, (well, not as cold as Philly, so I should not whine about it) and I can’t wait for the warmer weather.

☆Sailor mini skirt☆
For this, I wanted to show the uniqueness of the print, so I decided to go for a simple pattern.
Pockets on the side, and the sash comes from the side as well, which can be tied both front and back. Elastic waist – I love elastic waist! So easy and comfy to put on. And again, my sister criticized my creation and said it looks like an apron. I’m slowly getting used to her insults:p
☆Sailor dress☆
I really like the two tone + cross over details, and will be making more dresses like this with different fabric combination!

Dear fellow sewers, any of you participating the Coats & Clark Pink & Red fashion contest? I’d love to enter, but I can’t come up with any good combination of red and pink. Those are the colors that I tend to combine with… I’m kind of stuck and the time is running out. ;(

Some sewing & knitting tutorials to share:
* Great tutorial of crochet hat from Vallieskids. Love the bow on the side.
* Head band tutorial from UCreate. An awesome way to use left over fabrics!

Tutorial | How to Make a Cotton Sack Dress

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Tutorial | How to Make a Cotton Sack Dress

I love working on custom orders. Custom orders are a lot of work since it often requires me to make something out of patterns I don’t have, but give me fun challenges. It is an opportunity to expand different variations and patterns of work.

I was recently asked to make a modification of this dress. Her request was to keep the big front buttons, add rolled up sleeves, and big pockets. Before I made one for her, I made one sample to make sure the patterns work. It turned out the dress was pretty simple to make. The dress can be adjusted to fit different sizes easily.
Although I added darts for the previous dress, this custom order dress has none. It is all straight line sewing.

You need measurements of your:
♥ shoulder to shoulder measurement (16″ for me)
♥ from your shoulder to the top of the bust measurement (mine was 9″)
♥ desired length of the dress (in this case, I made it for 34″)

Material:
♥ About 1.50m of fabric
♥ covered button kit
♥ invisible zipper

Pattern:
1. Top panels
♥ Take your shoulder to shoulder measurement (mine is about 16″), and add 3″ each side. So the total width of the top front panel is about 23″.
♥ The length of your top front panel is the measurement of your shoulder to the top of your bust.
♥ Now your have a rectangle fabric, 23″ ×9″. Cut two (one for front, and one for back)
♥ Adjust the neckline, you can make it like boat neck, or round neck.

2. Skirt panels
♥ Take the length of your shoulder to shoulder measurement (16″), and multiply it by 1.5. In my case, this is 24″. This becomes the width of your skirt panels, front and back.
♥ The length of your skirt panels should be (your desired length of the dress) – (length of your top panel). In this case, 34-9=25.
♥ Now you have a rectangle fabric, 24″ ×25″.
♥ Gather the top of this skirt panel fabric, and shorten it (gather) so it becomes your shoulder to shoulder measurement (16″). Then sew this into the top panel, leave 3″ both sides for the sleeve.

3. Pockets, roll up sleeves etc.
This is your preference. Make many different variations!

4. Zipper should be added to the back middle, and I would cut the back top and skirt panels 0.5″ longer so it has extra seem allowance for installing zipper.

Please link to this post if you make a dress from this tutorial. Happy sewing♥

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