Merry Christmas Everyone! I hope the joy of Christmas spreads across too everyone here, It's that happy moment when we get to spend quality time with family after an exhausting year of work, and I hope we all make the best use of this moment to relax and have some fun, relieve the stress snd worry and just concentrate on spreading and receiving joy.
Well, for me it isn't always a complete Christmas if I'm not with my extended family, thankfully I'm not do far away thus year, so it's going to be an amazing Christmas with my parents, siblings and inlaw, coupled with the fact that Christmas day also coincides as my mum's birthday, this is a revelation we only recently got to know for about 2 years now after my mum's original birth certificate was discovered during a renovation of her father's property in our home town, you can imagine the shock and joy, shock knowing that we've been celebrating her birthday on the wrong day all this years, and joy knowing that she is a Jesus baby😅,
born on Christmas day, so you see why we can't miss spending Christmas at home, it's always a double celebration for us now and we love it.
For mum's birthday this year, I decided to make her very special birthday dress, a bubu dress, which is African's mum favorite style of dress, because of how they come in different stylish designs and also being a comfortable dress. To make her dress, I used an African Print commonly known as ankara fabric combined with a navy blue satin fabric which I luckily had a leftover from a previous dress I made, so it was just the ankara that cost me something, I don't mind, it's mum's birthday.
Materials Used
- Ankara fabric
- Satin Fabric
- Rhinestones
- zipper
Cutting And Sewing Process
- I started by drafting the dress pattern directly on the fabric with my measuring tape and chalk, taking out her vertical and horizontal measurements. It's a kimono bubu dress pattern.
- Next, I cut the patterns out for both front and back, the front has just one pattern while the back has two, since I would be sewing in a zipper.
- To add extra details to the front, I cut out a facing in this shape, using the satin fabric, which I used in turning the front neckline, then pinned it in place before sewing it around. The pin helps it not to move while sewing.
- I also cut out the facing for the back pattern, which I used in turning its neckline neatly inside.
- Continuing, I joins both front and back by their shoulders
- Using the satin fabric, I also hemmed the sleeves with them.
- Finally, I joined the dress by the sides and hemmed the dress base, I also added rhinestones for a sparkling effect.
I'm grateful to God for another year added to my mum, I pray she reap the fruits of herbalbour on us her children, and live long for us. Help me wish my mum a Happy Birthday.
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It looks amazing. It is beautiful, shining, and elegant. Your mom will be happy to see this gift. Nice work! Keep it up!
Thank you so much, indeed she is.
Congratulations to our sweetest and cutest Jesus baby. Beautiful mum in a lovely dress.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year sis.
If only I can find my father's lost Certificate too.
The Birth and death Certificates are very important legal documents.
Merry Christmas @glorydee
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Wow, happy birthday mama ❤️
I wish you many more year to live in good health. The dress really looks good on you.