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Good evening everyone
It's been a while here
And I missed here a lot
Hope you're all doing well and having a lovely new week

So today I want to share with you this beautiful overlap gown with sweetheart neckline I made for my friend to attend a traditional marriage
Although I focus of making weekly tasks and other clothes for Myself, I wasn't confident enough to start accepting customers but this particular friend of mine kept insisting that I made her dress, I don't really know what triggered such trust but then I felt good that someone trusted me and then I decided to accept the offer .
When she sent in her style inspiration, it turned out to be something simple yes classy, I was scared , Yes because I've seen situations where fashion designers ruin people's clothes but I wasn't ready for that yet but I'm glad it turned out well

So the materials I used in making the cloth were:
Ankara Material - 2 yards
Lining - 1 yard
Thread etc

And these processes guided me while making the cloth:
I folded my fabric into two and started by cutting the upper part since the cloth has an half length, the front side was a sweetheart neckline and so to cut it, I off 5 inches from my tape and measured her half length and marked on the material, I marked the bust and waist measurement too and the gave a curve by the middle to create the sweetheart neckline
For the back , I placed the flont on it and added one inch zipper allowance and cut It out

And for the lower part , I measured a normal skirt , using her waist, hips and full length measurement and marking on the fabric, I the made a slant from the lower part up to where the hips start from and it gave me this ,
I placed the cut out material on another fabric and cut out the same this

And this is what the back side looked like , including the zipper allowances

I started sewing, firstly, I cut out my lining to the same shape as the clothes I had cut out and then turned them with it, after which I added all parts including the zipper

After everything I added the single hand and her cloth was ready
I was scared of how it will look on her buh when she fitted it, it was incredibly beautiful and she really adored the dress