Making a dress for my daughter's cultural day in school.

in DIYHub7 months ago

Hello Guys.

I hope your weekend was amazing

I had a beautiful weekend and I hope for better next week and am staying positive towards it.

Being a woman has taught me alot of things and it has helped me alot in motherhood.

As a lady i had learned how to sew,bead,crochet, and make hair, mostly because I'm a privileged mother of three adorable girls.

Recently my Kids had a cultural day at school and they were supposed to dress with tribal attires,my kids were given different tribes ,my first daughter already had a dress befitting for her tribe so I had to quickly make a dress for my second daughter since I was informed late .

For my first daughter she used a peplum top and a skirt , popularly used by the Hausa tribe of Nigeria

and for my second daughter she used a gown with gathers at the end ,I used a traditional Igbo wrapper and incorporated my own style which was the gathers.

Materials I used were

3 yards of Ankara
1 yard of velvet
1½ yard of hardnet
1½ yard of lining
Zip
Hemming gum and
Thread.

Measurements I took for the dress was

Shoulder, bust, waistline, knee-length,knee to ground length, round sleeve and the length for the round sleeve.

I was quite careful with the velvet because it easily creases and requires extra care while cutting.

I spent about seven hours trying to make this dress being that it's my first time trying such a style

I'm so glad I could get it right.

Here's the final results after I was done and there is my daughter at the cultural day celebration.

I'm glad my kids had fun and were happy, after school I took them for a treat and some more fun .

Thank you all for visiting my post.

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Wow, you are so talented. I didn't learn to sew and cut. Now I have to face many problems. Like I don't get a good tailor, the tailor takes so much time and my dress is not well stitched

@iaiman wow so sorry about that and I totally understand you
Most times some tailors are always so problematic and the good ones have a lot in their hands that they hardly deliver clothes on time.
As a mum I have learnt alot..oh
Just to avoid drama

Yes 💯right, and now I'm just find a good tailor

quedo genial, un trabajo impecable!


It was great, impeccable work!

@yasmarit thank you so much

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