Hello, dear creative hive friends, I hope you are all having a good day. Thank God it's Friday, yay!

I know a lot of people are always excited on Friday, compared to other days of the week, because it ushers us into a relaxing weekend for most of us, while some others just part and have fun moments with friends and family.

Over here in my country, it's not any different; in fact, Saturdays are known for weddings and other get-togethers or parties with family and friends. Just when i thought I would have a relaxing Friday myself, into the weekend, after recovering a bit from malaria, only for me to receive a call from my aunty, she wanted me to make her a quick and elegant dress for an occasion, a friend's daughter wedding dhe hopes to attend tomorrow, she got the fabric needed late, the reason for the rush.

Only my aunt can, out of the blue, demand that I make her an urgent dress without any prior notice, because she knows she is my favourite, and so i am to her, the brocade fabric she got was about 2 yards and wasn't enough to make the style she had in ming, a long flowing, free fitted dress with bishop collar, or what some people call turtle neck.

So I had to source a matching plain fabric from the fabric store closest to me and settled for this beautiful liquid mikado fabric, which I think combines perfectly for the style I created.

So without further ado, let's get right into the making process

First, I started by cutting the front pattern with a neckline of 2.5 inches in width by 2.5 inches in depth. And used both fabric types for each side of the front dress.

I also cut out the kimono back pattern, but with a higher depth of about 1 inch.

Next, I joined the front and back patterns at the center

Then proceeded to join it by the shoulder

Continuing, I cut out the collar pattern and sewed it around the neckline area
Then I joined the sides of the dress

Folded the sleeve hem to create an elastic case, and I passed the elastic around both arms

Finally, I hemmed the dress, created slits on both sides, and also attached these flower appliques around the neckline, and that completes the making process of this beautiful dress.

All images used in this post are mine

A Beautiful Brocade and Mikado Combo for My Favourite Aunt

Thank you for reading.❤❤