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Apr 27, 2013

Shirt style dress as parting gift

Remember , the Girl 'S' for whom I had made the Drawing Book Holder. Her family is leaving KL next week and it was time I made a dress for her. She chose the design from one of my Japanese Sewing Magazines, then I went shopping for fabric with her mom.

The fabric is Cotton Satin (the dark blue one) and cotton (floral print)

The design didn't have sleeves and since 'S' wanted sleeves i added puff sleeves. Belt was last minute addition. Oh yes , I love making those fabric covered buttons, using kits i got from Daiso, I love Daiso!

I love the main fabric and plan to buy more of it and make dress for Adithi and skirt for self.

Now I have a custom order, dress for Mehendi function of bride to be and I am excited to be working on it , first time will be working on size US14 , so I can learn about body shapes and sewing tricks for that size. Any tips from sewing experts on sewing for plus sizes, cause so far I have mostly sewn petite size outfits.

Since I am posting from Blogger app on ipad, it somehow doesn't allow me to place the pics, so as of now the dress pics are at the bottom of the post,will login later to rearrange them, till then bear with me








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Posted by LakshmiRP at 6:26 AM

9 comments:

  1. Cat On a LogApril 27, 2013 at 7:57 PM

    I will say it is a bit harder sizing for plus size. I am working on ball gown for a shapely lady. It requires more thought than a pencil skirt! I think to biggest things to keep in mind are to hide the areas the lady is unhappy with, accent the ones she loves, and have fun!

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    1. LakshmiRPMay 7, 2013 at 6:42 AM

      I will keep this in mind Melissa. Currently in the process of drafting the pattern, half way through

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  2. CarolynApril 29, 2013 at 7:09 PM

    What a sweet dress. I like the contrasting buttons :)

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    1. LakshmiRPMay 7, 2013 at 6:44 AM

      Thanks Carolyn. Fabric covered buttons are my latest sewing notion obsession, I even have bought a pack of huge 2 inch diameter buttons , no Idea as of now as to where I will be using them ;)

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  3. Tanya AnuragMay 1, 2013 at 1:07 PM

    That's nice. reminds me of one such dress that my mom made for me! Back in school, I liked dresses that went a little below the knee. With changing times, my choice has changed too but I still remember the collection I had :)

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    1. LakshmiRPMay 7, 2013 at 6:45 AM

      Thanks Tanya! My aunt used to stitch dress for me when I was a kid and was she did not like wasting cloth and hoping that I will outgrow them soon, I always ended up wearing baggy dresses . LOL

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  4. AnonymousMay 6, 2013 at 6:56 PM

    Oh wow... that looks like such a lovely dress.. and very summery.. too!!

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    1. LakshmiRPMay 7, 2013 at 6:46 AM

      Thanks Patricia! So glad to see you on my blog. Keep visiting

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  5. AnonymousJanuary 14, 2014 at 10:26 AM

    Hi lakshmi
    Really a interesting tutorial
    ...give a detail tutorial of thi shirt type dress and also a tutorial of circular cut anarkali

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