HOW I TURNED MUM'S WRAPPER TO A BEAUTIFUL DRESS

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The other day, I was going through my mums closet and I saw this George material that she used to make wrappers. In this part of the country, it is a traditional wear for women, the sew a blouse and tie two wrappers on it, it is stylish and beautiful. When I asked if she was still going to use the material she said no and I decided to trunk it into a dress I would wear next Sunday.

I made a trending dress that is called a gown with basque and a slightly pudfed sleeve,just wanted to keep that simple. This took me approximately 2 days to accomplish.

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The process involved in making the was me getting the materials, I had to loose the edges because it was sewn and had to cut out the fabric the the style I wanted.

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That's the outcome of the material used above, and the material used below was used to achieve the basque or the gather on the dress
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I forgot to take pictures of while I was cutting the bodice. Well, it was a half length gown, shaped with the bust , waist and hip measurement. I also added a zipper at the back with the half inch dart for shape.

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After achieving this, I added the basque by adding tiny pleats, that's the result below.

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I went on to add the already cut sleeve, it's a puff sleeve hence it's as big as that. I also added elastic band to the bottom.

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That was how I achieved this style. It wasn't an easy ride as I experience thread cutting on several occasion and the machine acting up but in all it came through.

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Keep it up a good work my friend. The dress look beautiful

I really appreciate your kind words

@tipu curate

Thank you

The dress is really lovely. What was shocking for me was the fact your mum let you use it without a fuss. If it was my mom she would suddenly remember she wants to wear it somewhere 😅😅😅

Recycling is the beauty of fashion, how we can recreate things from old fabric is amazing.

Keep the good work up.

Yes it is, thank you

You're welcome.

This fabric is really unique and I bet it holds a lot of good memories as it was your moms. I love the detail of the skirt at the bottom, so cute!

Thank you so much

This is beautiful, it's good that you were able to come up with this lovely dress from your mom's wrapper, I love the final outcome. Great job my friend @henrietta27.

Thank you so much