It’s really difficult to achieve a long sleeve style with 2yards of material but I narrowly succeeded 😂
Hello my follow needleworkers,happy New week to you all. how are we all doing? trust we’re all fine. So Guys last week was an awesome week for me by God’s grace, have been blessed and lifted, thank God for his love towards me and my family.
- So guys last week I had this outfit I was given by my client to sew and return to him to wear to church yesterday. I’ll be taking you all through sewing processes, from the cutting to the sewing and the completion of the hole cloth.
Actually am not that Ankara type I don’t really like working on Ankara materials, reason being that those kinds of material are always too occupied with deferent colors and mixtures that if the person sewing the material isn’t smart on what to do he might end up importing a plain color material to it and it would end up being a color riot or color blocking 😂 to avoid all of those complications I just love and choose to work with plain materials cause those ones are perfect for combination and otherwise so when my client brought his Ankara material we deliberated on which color to use for the combat so it won’t look off so he was thinking we should use milky color so I suggest we should go for black cause black goes with whatever color and since his going to wear it with a black trouser so I suggested we should use black and he saw reasons with me so we agreed to use black to combine it.
My Sewing Items I used;
- Ankara material
- Black material
- Readymade zip (black)
- Collar gum
- matching thread
My Sewing processes,
Step 1
I lay the Ankara material and I scratch out the measurement and I cut it out and I used the front measurement that I had cut out to cut the back view and the sleeve.
Step 2
I took the black material I cut out 2inches size and 27inches length and I use my iron to bend both sides in to make it 1inches remaining
after ironing it I took the front of the Ankara material and I lay the black in a slanting form, from the lift shoulder to the right side of the front, I laid it and I sew it together with the front. After that, I still took the remaining ironed black and I laid it from where that other one stopped, I lay it and I sewed it to the down part.
Step 3
I then sewed the readymade zip to the left shoulder joining the back view to the from
I piped the neck after that, I trimmed the shoulder and I joined the sleeves. I used the collar gum to make a band for the sleeves
I joined the body size and the cloth was ready for my client to wear and he wear it to church yesterday.
Thanks guys for your attention, have a blessed day from your one and only favorite brand @smilestitches
I get what you mean about patterns and colors vs. working with plain fabrics. It seems easier adding your personal style to plain fabric. I do like how you still managed to spice this material up with your original style design. It looks great and I’m sure your client was pleased ~ 😊
Yes he was really excited seeing it, I wish he could come testify here himself 😂 and working with plain fabrics is my thing, I don't really like working with occupied material like this one or the rest they might look pretty originally but most client won’t like it to be sewed originally like that they always prefers other plain materials like black coming, now when the Ankara material is so occupied with strange colors naturally how will a fashion designer enjoy combining it cause no one wants to spoil his reputation 😂 by making combining that’s out of the fashion line 😂
😄 Haha that would be nice if he could but I believe you though. 😉
Exciting patterns and colors are really difficult to incorporate into good designs. It is hard to not overdo it. I also think it is much easier to make interesting designs in plainer fabric… but to be honest: I looooove this fabric your client bought and the addition of the black makes it even better, the colors really pop and the geometric lines of the black intensify this. Love your design.
Thanks so much @neumannsalva your absolutely correct, beautiful designs are more beautiful when done on a plain fabrics not already occupied ones like this and in already occupied materials like this one has to be very careful as well as smart when combing other fabrics with it so he won’t end up importing an odd fabrics that would spoil the entire thing 😂 just thank God that mine came out nice 😂 and also with a 2yards fabric it was really hard tho but thank goodness I made it 😂
I really like the pattern of this fabric, it reminds me that summer is coming here and I have to renew my dresses. All the ones I have are like this, with colorful prints like these. You did a great job, those black strips went really well with the whole design ❤️.
Thanks so much @lauramica for your comment you’ve really made my evening
😂😂That's one of the disadvantages of working with patterns. The technique I use is to pick a color that complements other colors among the many colors in the pattern and work with that.
This fabric is really beautiful and you did a nice job combining the plain material with it and also managing just 2 yards, I'm sure that wasn't easy. No doubt your client will love it.
Yes my dear @blezyn in-fact he doubled the amount he was supposed to pay me with some few cash, he really liked it and your absolutely correct, watching out for a particular color that compliment with the rest in the mixed material is just the perfect thing to do, managing 2yards for long sleeve wasn’t easy at all I hade to be very extra careful not to make a mistake that will lead to abandoning a particular one and cutting another, when you’re clearly managing 😂 God forbid 😂
Awwwwww, such a delightful customer. That's means he really loved it.
Only few people I know can manage materials like that, 2yards for long sleeve, Omo you did a wonderful job!
Hello, God bless you, I love the design, the elaboration and the application of the ribbon, but above all the fabric, that guaaao print I love it, keep going.
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STOPHi @smilestitches I loved your work, the fabric is very nice, the black was perfect, success in your projects. Blessings!
Thanks so much @belkyscabrera
black ribbons on the dress look very unexpected. why did you decide to sew them on? so did the client want?
Yes that was how he wanted it @tali72