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Hello Needle Workers..

It's a beautiful day to share my needlework project with you.

I hope you're ready to embrace the new week with so much positivity.

Do we have a specific outfit for a beach hang-out? Most of my friends does and that's cool anyway. Few times I've seen people wearing a maxi-dress to the beach and I don't think that's out of place too. Well, everyone has got their own unique taste.

For me, I love to looking very casual to the beach, a short dress could do, a Jean and polo or anything less formal could work for me, but I won't judge anyone based on their style neither will I impose my style on them.

Sewa believed in wearing short dresses to the beach and each time she had a beach hang-out she run to me to make her short dresses.

Since her birthday was slated for the weekend, she had already brought me a chiffon polka dot fabric to make her a short shirt dress.

She brought a couple of fabrics anyway, which she would be rocking for her birthday photoshoot but the one which I would be sharing today is her beach dress made by me.

A chiffon fabric is a see-through fabrics which often requires lining. I ensured I got a perfect lining for the fabric to add flesh to the dress and also achieve a perfect finishing.

This fabric got to me three days ago which was on Thursday evening and on Friday I got to work to ensure her dress was ready before today.

I've been battling with poor power supply lately so I couldn't take pictures of the process. I always love to share that with you when there's no hindrance like the inconsistent power supply to charge my phone.

However for the purpose of sharing how I achieved the dress, I quickly used a paper to illustrate a few minutes ago.

The measurement I worked with were the hip, bust, waist, armhole, shoulder, and sleeve measurement, including her desired gown length.

Folded in two, I used her hip measurement to achieve that, as it is the biggest oat of her body and then I marked out her bust measurement, waist and neckline , before cutting.

This is how it should look like, the front bodice carries the extra allowance for fasteners as it's a shirt dress.

The back has no allowance for. Fasteners, I ensured to cut the lining exactly like the chiffon and then I turned the chiffon with the lining and also join the necessary part like shoulder and side seam.

Then I attached the sleeve to bodice and today, the shirt dress is ready. She would be coming for fittinhs by 12 noon today and I am patiently waiting to see how beautiful this dress will look on her.