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30Mins Ankara Reversible Bonnet

Hello lovely people, it’s been a while.  I’ve been very busy since I’m back in school. I may have mentioned in my previous post about my search for a good Public Health college. 

Well, I decided to enroll for an MPH program at the School of Public Health at the University I work for.  I did my research and found out they’re one of the best Public Health Colleges in the US. That’s why I’ve been MIA. You can follow my journey on my other website www.bikeojomo.com.  Oh, I also wrote a book that I will be excited to talk about later. Here is the link to the book on Amazon.

I made this bonnet a few months ago. It’s a reversible bonnet with silk at the reverse side and I used this beautiful remnant African print Ankara fabric I have in my stack of fabrics.  I did a tutorial while making it and uploaded the video to my youtube channel.  Here is the link to the YouTube video.

 

 


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DIY Self Drafted A line Gathered Bottom Dress

Today’s post is a dress I made during summer. Some of you may have seen it because I posted it on instagram few months ago. It’s a very simple dress that you could wear with sash or without the sash. You could also lengthen the gathers on the dress.

I was on pinterest when I came across this dress worn by MimiG (picture below) and fell in love with the simplicity of the dress. I knew right away that I was going to make a similar one.

I decided to record a video tutorial while sewing the dress so if you like the dress you can give it a trial. Here is the link to the YouTube video.

What I did Differently

  • I shorten the bodice part of my dress because I didn’t have enough fabric so I measured it right to my hip but could have added 2″.
  • I also shorten the length of the gathers compared to hers.
  • I added a cap sleeves to mine

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DIY V9315 – Crop Top -Sew-Along And Review

Hey Lovelies, I’m so excited about this top. It’s Vogue 9315. I’ve seen different varieties of this pattern being sewn and I really love them all which motivates me to buy one.

Going through my fabric stack I noticed this African print cotton wax fabric which was a remnant from a previous dress I made and right away I know that was the fabric I was going to use.

Here are what I love about the pattern. First, the long sash which you could wrap around twice in each direction. Second, the peplum sleeves and Third the crop is shaped perfectly.

PATTERN MODIFICATIONS 

Checking other blogger’s recommendations, I decided to

  1. Add 1.5 inches to the length of the top but it was still a bit short for me so next time I will be adding 2 or 2.5inches.
  2. I raised the neck by 1.5 inches because of my triple D cup.
  3. I added 3 inches to each sleeve peplum and increase the length by 1.5 inches.
  4. I added lining to the front and back bodice.

Going through the pattern, I do recommend the pattern and I think I could easily turn it into a dress.

I did a sew-along video for the pattern which is the video above.

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