Creative Sunday : Easy DIY Shift Dress

Happy Sunday dear hivers, I hope you all had a fun weekend as we get reenergized for the new week.

It's another edition of the hive learners' creative Sunday, and I sure have an interesting Diy to share with you, a beautiful shift dress, made with the traditional Kampala fabric and designed with another Yoruba traditional fabric known as Aso-Oke, you would think these fabric combined will result in a traditional look, but it combined to make a chic stylish dress.

It is an easy-to-make dress as the patterns are straightforward and took me about 2 hours to get it completed. Without further ado, let's get right into the making process.

Cutting And Sewing Process

• I started by drafting the dress pattern using a basic gown pattern, and also added ease allowance since it needs to be comfy and not tight to the skin, the reason it's called a shift dress. The front has the V neckline and it is cut on a fold, while the back has two pieces

• Next, I cut out the facing for the front using a matching Aso-oke fabric, I turned it outwards to the front to give the neckline a clean finish, while I used the same fabric as the facing for the back neckline.

• I cut out two rectangular-shaped pockets by combining the two fabrics then sewed them on situated points of the dress.

• Continuing, I joined the front and back by the shoulders and also by the sides using the seam allowance left, and also closed a portion of the back dress, starting where the zipper stops.

• Finally, I cut out the sleeves pattern using a basic sleeve that stops right before the elbow and joined them to both armhole areas of the dress.

Here is the beautiful final result, it can be adorned with a sneaker and easily blends in as a casual outfit.

Thank you for reading❤❤