Hello wonderful people of Needlework Monday and welcome to yet again another recreating episode with Gemangel. Today, I will be recreating a short bulbul dress with organza material at the ends.
I must say, this is seemly the most easiest style I thought I would ever have to recreate. Never the less, I intend on making things more challenging as i advance.
Before I move on to the main article, a quick flash back on my previous recreations shall we.
- Recreating an A cut dress with net sleeves. Challenges I encounter, achieving the exaggerated hips.
- Recreating; A Val dress. Challenges I encountered, achieving a snatched waist.
- And now, recreating a short bulbul dress.
the first bulbul dress i ever made
This style was already destined to be easy because I have already sewed a bulbul dress before and it turned out great just at my first trial the only difference is that this new style I would be trying, had a little bit of extra to it but I’m sure it wasn’t going to be a hard.
In making tis dress all I used were:
i. A yard of Ankara print fabric
ii. Bias
iii. One and a half yards of organza
iv. A thread
v. And of cause my basic sewing kit (curve ruler, chuck….etc.)
For this dress the basic body measurement I used includes:
i. Shoulder of 16
ii. Bust of 35
iii. Waist of 29
iv. Hips of 40
v. Length of 32
Note that for this dress I added seam allowance to the sides for ease and also because there would be no zipper.
The process
I started by folding my fabric into four. I folded it into two equal half, then folded it again but this time the opposite direction. This is because I was cutting the back and front together.
The next thing I did you take out my shoulder slant from the top. Fir this I placed my shoulder measurement divided by two at the top of my fabric. I then came down by an inch at the edge.
I went on and measured out my neckline and went straight to drafting out my basic bodies.
I went ahead to cut out the shoulder slant I made out and open up the dress.
I then measured my basic measurements divided by four on my fabric and opened it up.Using the previous line as a guide line, after I opened up the dress and i began to draw the body measurement to match so i can follow the line whiles sewing.
When I was done with all this, I joined the shoulders together and the sides. (Also note that for this dress I had to sew on the front part of the fabric).
Adding the orgaza to the end was one of the last thing i did.
Honestly this style wasn’t much of a hassle although some things i wish i did was.
- Buy more organza to get a more full look
- Made the dress longer than the inspiration so I wouldn’t have to wear other clothes underneath.
*how i had to style it for church *
- I should have considered making the waistline as snatch like the inspiration, I thought it would cause me discomfort.
Nevertheless, I think I am ready to advance to the next step. I am ready to start something fresh, leaving my comfort zone and I can’t wait to share it with you guys next week.
Thank you for reading through. Till next time, I still remain your very enthusiastic designer @gemanel.
I like the dress so much, the design is simple and splendid at the same time. And the print of the fabric is very nice and it iis pefect for this designe. Thanks for sharing
You did well with the recreation. It looks nice, and good on you.