DIY yellow dress

4th March 2014

DIY; yellow dress

i learned hoe to sew when i was 11 yo. and since then time to time i sew anything sometimes i did well sometimes i ruin the material but thats how success is measured right its not how you succeed in the first try but how you accept the failure and tried to get back in your feet and move forward..

2 sundays ago me & hubby went to joanns to buy materials for my little project we find a pattern and i decided to buy it ,i found a perfect material for the dress and its yellow ..lol..

material: 2 yard of cloth, 22’ zipper

first step. cutting the pattern

after cutting all the pieces place it on top of the bad side of the cloth folded on the center, secure it a pins, follow the edges but cloth marking pen & cut it.follow the same procedure for the back bodice & skirt.

the front as you can see i draw for darts and secure it with pins, so it will easy for me to sew it evenly.

the back bodies, with zipper on place, i always use running stitch when putting the zipper,you can pins.

after  the upper bodice its time to work with the skirt, here i used pins to secure the pleats and to make it more stable after i put the pins in place i sew them in a machine.

after all the pieces ready its time to assemble them under the machine,.

first sew the zipper, (upper bodice & the skirt)

2nd sew all the darts

3rd sew the upper bodice and skirt together,make sure that you have even line  where the upper bodice& skirt are sewn together if not the dress will look funny.

4th sew all the edges make sure that the  front & back waist line are in line.

5th sew the hem with 1’ allowance

6th the hardest part lol.. the neck line & the sleeves. what i did was i cut some remaining cloth ” vias” to secure the neck line & sleeves edges.

and walllaaahhhh heres my dress.. and because i am petite i still ahve some cloth so i made  a mini skirt as well.