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Abimbola Enisemo by name. I operate a fashion outfit in Gbagada, Lagos.

I'm excited about our first post and hope u are as well.

Our first sew along will be a simple shift dress which I love so much. It simple and very elegant and can be style in different ways.

Pls. Indicate interest and post pix of fabrics to use.

Will post 3pics of different style of shift dresses for us to choose after we indicate our interest and post our fabrics pic then we choose and d SEE ALONG will begins.


Excited already are u?

So interesting!!! Well done in advance, lets starts now......

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Following ma. Please what kind of fabric should we get an how many yards.

Let's get started madam

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Sorry Dearies, l have been down with a shoulder ache that refuse to go but thank God am on medication now.

Back to our shift dress.

Will post pics of different styles then we choose which we prefer by voting.

Cheers

Let's choose what we will be making guys and get started.

Well done arakulture. I think i prefer the third dress(the lady with the red beads)

That's me in d third pics, let's have at least 3votes to be fair.

would we be needing three different fabrics of which two will be the same pattern but different colors for the third dress

hello,am in tooo oh

on the voting,since the 3 gowns av the same silhouette only different in their sleeves,

i think you should just go ahead and teach the basic shift dress and can explain the differences while teaching.

are we using pattern or freehand?

lastly u r very pretty

arakulture: That's me in d third pics, let's have at least 3votes to be fair.

pretty babe!

Sorry dear, it will be fun but lets wait for others to make their choice.


Pls. People let's vote now oooo

@goforwardagu, it's a sew along for people who already know how to sew and for d novice, we will find a way to carry them along. Also, u can use any options u know how to but freehand is way d novice will learn, why am so pretty, it's God oooo

Am blushing ooo

I cast my vote o, third. sharp sharp leggo

How many if us can sew and how many novice do we have?

I can sew and you are pretty OP, but I vote for the first dress. I love the simplicity and little design details in it.

following...i vote for the third gown.i'm a novice oon bt i've got a sewing machine.thanks

arakulture: How many if us can sew and how many novice do we have?

following...i vote for the third gown.i'm a novice oon bt i've got a sewing machine.thanks

I ll rate my skill as intermediate.

intermediate

The third dress has more vote but guess what we will make the first and the 3rd as I would want to make something different for myself.

For those who can sew, Pls. Post pix of your fabrics while I start with those that can't sew.

The first thing to do is, take your full measurement for top, dress, skirt.

MEASUREMENT.

Length
Shoulder
Sleeve length
Roundsleeve
Half length
Waist
Hips
Neck
Arm
Armhole
Nipple to nipple
Shoulder to under bust
Shoulder to nipple point

HOW TO TAKE MEASUREMENT.

Bust: Place the measuring tape across your nipples and measure around the largest part of your chest. Be sure to keep the tape parallel to the floor.

Chest: Place the measuring tape just under your breasts/pecs and measure around the torso while keeping the tape parallel to the floor.

Waist: Place the measuring tape about a 1/2 inch above your bellybutton (at the narrowest part of your waist) to measure around your torso. When measuring your waist, exhale and measure before inhaling again.

Hips: Place the measuring tape across the widest part of your hips/buttocks and measure all the way around while keeping the tape parallel to the floor.

Upper arm: Measure around the largest part of each arm (above the elbow).

Forearm: Measure around the largest part of each arm (below the elbow).

Neck: Measure around the largest part of the neck.