Creative-sunday // I made an elegant mermaid dress.
Hello and a happy Sunday creative hivers, yea, we are all creative in our way.
I welcome you to another wonderful episode of Creative Sunday, and as usual, I will be sharing with us how my sewing project over the week went. This time I made an elegant mermaid dress, it's called a mermaid dress because of the tale form it takes at the base of the dress. It's a dress that can be worn to diverse occasions or events like a Prom, Church, or an Owambe(any party you can think of) haha. Are you a lady of class, this is just the right outfit to grace that special occasion.
Without further ado, stay tuned as I take you through the making process.
Materials/Tools used
- Lace fabric
- Dutchess fabric
- Satin fabric
- matching threads
- Regiline boning
- Zipper
- Crinoline
- skin net
- tacking stones etc.
PROCESS
Drafting the pattern is always the first process after deciding on the style to make, the pattern is the foundation of every dress.
- so I started by drafting the upper front pattern, which is a combination of the skin net as the yoke, the lace for the bust area, and the Dutchess fabric for the waist area.
- Here is the upper back area, the combination of just the dutchess fabric and the skin net as yoke too.
- I joined all front patterns together and created loops to insert the boning, the boning helps hold the snatched waist in place. I lined the main lace and Duchess fabric with the satin fabric.
- I also joined all back pattern
- here is the base pattern of the gown, for both front and back, I turned it with its satin lining as well
- I joined all the upper bodice together, and also the base of the gown
- Here is the drafted sleeves pattern, a three-quarter basic sleeve.
- And here I joined all together
But the dress is far from over, to give it a more finishing touch, I tacked the stones on the skin net and added this structure using the crinoline inside the strips.
Here is the final look. Pardon my slim mannequin, it needs to arc weight soon to fit plus size dresses lol😅
Tada! ✨
Let me know what you think of this dress in the comment section.
Please note, all images used in this post are all mine.
This dress is beautiful I like the designed by the sides, also the fabric is all shinny
Whoever you made this for will certainly love it
Sure, she did love it absolutely.
What a lovely dress. Someone wearing this will definitwly feel like a princess. I love the royal blue accent on the sleeve down to the waistline.
Thanks @bluepark haha, she will sure feel that way.
Thanks for this lovely comment, I love that part about this dress too.
Wow..this is beautiful oo
I love that brown net u added...nice combo. Do you own a shop for this sewing or you sew at home for now?
Thanks @nkemakonam89,you are always kind with words. I sew at home for now.😊
Awwwwww 🥰
More grace
I love this mermaid dress is beautiful. The material itself is unique and the stone you fixed on the net.
I'm glad you like it, paying attention to details is ultimate.
Nice concept, the design is creative and the material beautiful, that skin colour net will make it look as if the stones are on the skin until you take a closer look.
Well done dear.
Hehehe nothing wey Musa no go see for gate, so there is mermaid style again, ladies and styles sha.
You did a great job here, the dress looks amazing.
Haha abi na, there is o, some people call it fish style sef but the professional name is A-line dress.
Thank you very much boss.
Oh I'm fairly with A line , but the others are new.
Wow this is a simple event dress especially for marriage, would have love to see you put it on like last post, so others will get to see the beauty of the dress.
You got that right, mannequin don't do enough justice to the dress.
Well it depends on the type of mannequin, you know some have shape and looks exactly like a real woman?