Hello hive
I bring you all greetings from this part of the world in my sewing room, I hope you are doing great just as I am having a nice time with my sewing project. It's a beautiful day out here with a friendly weather giving us a cool and gentle breeze. It's with great pleasure that I will be sharing with you today the cutting and sewing process of a native half butterfly bubu dress for my mommy friend.
Let me take you through the cutting and sewing process For this dress I used 6yard of African Ankara print not for the bubu alone there will be scarf to tie. I cut the back and the front together but for the back I added 2inches for the zipper allowance then place it on top of each other It a butterfly bubu dress so it's different from the way we cut my normal bubu
After input the horizontal line then I move to the vertical part begin with the neck make use of 5 by 5 and for the back I don't want it to be to low for her I make use of 5 by 4 the other part with serve for the sleeve 12" come down by 1.5 for to the shoulder slope. On the vertical i input her hip measurement and the butterfly stop after the hip from the hip I come down by 2inches placed the same measurement of the hip on that part then make a curve from shoulder area down to the place and added 1inches seam allowance then connect down to the length of the dress then cut
Stitching process
Finally, I cut out facing for the front and the back block of the dress. I run stitches on it turn it out and press it. for the style am working with it has front design and I need get the remade lace neck trim for the dress but the cost of getting it is high and she wanted to change the style then I told her not to worry I will make a unique design out of it.
I Got this lovely trim for the neck design at the market
firstly chalk out the neck on the front block,take it to sewing machine to begin with it.
It a V neck shape placed the trim to form the shape then I place another one making two layer and for the remaining part I cut small trimming to cover up the space. Wow I can't believe the outcome will look great.
Proceed with join the shoulder then I tape the butterfly side with bias before fixing the trimming round it then shape the dress, It has slit at the back and I don't want it open I make a pleated at that area
For the pleated slit at the back, I cut out 15 x 20" from the remaining pieces making sure the pattern on the fabric align with the pleat
It was hemmed and sewn to both sides of the slit before it was pleated to 1" above the slit opening on the wrong side Next thing was to fix the zipper and hem the down
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