Less Waste, More Style:Beautiful Triangular Blouse From Leftovers
Hello dear lovely creators on Hive, I hope you are all doing great wherever you are.
I woke up today feeling very excited, it's probably the cool, refreshing weather or because for the first time in a long while, I get to have a less hectic day, and with that burst of energy, I decided to hop on a sewing DIY, making a beautiful triangular blouse from leftover fabrics.
If you've read some of my sewing blogs, you would already know by now how I hate wasting fabrics that can be put into good use, no matter how small the pieces are, trust me, there is something you can make out of it. I also don't like holding on to this leftover fabrics for long, as it also get to clutter my sewing space, sometimes I get that creative block and don't know what to do with the leftover piece, thankfully I got inspired today, while re arranging my sewing room and putting things in place as these past weeks has been so busy that i hardly had the time to arrange.
I came by these two coloured trimmings and remembered this fabric I had left for a while after making a dress for a friend's daughter, it was so little I could hardly come up with something, but with these trimmings, I figured I could make something unique and simple out the fabric, you cansee how pretty it looks on me, it's been a while I toooook selfies, but with this blouse on today, I made sure to take lots od selfies.
So without further ado, let's get right into the making process.
Materials used**
- Ankara fabric
- Trimmings
- Matching coloured thread
Cutting And Sewing Process
- I started by placing the fabric on a triangular fold which measures 29 inches in length and 50 inches for the base of the triangle, the side on fold, which is going to serve as the upper side of the blouse.
- Next, I cut through the folded area, making the pieces two now, one will serve as the front of the blouse, while the other the back side.
- Continuing, I sewed the purple and orange trimming around the edges of the front and back triangular pieces, placing the purple coloured one at the upper and one side of the blouse, which will serve as the sleeve, and the other orange trimming on the other side of the sleeves.
- Then I placed both front and back pieces together, the wrong side facing each other while the good side of the fabric out, then top-stitched about 10 inches away from the center of the blouse on the trimming, on both sides
I also top-stitched, 8 inches below that area, to form an armhole for the blouse, and that completes the making process of this beautiful blouse.
Beautiful, isn't it? Nothing goes to waste with a little DIY I'm glad I was able to make the best use of this fabric
All images used in this post are mine.