Making an affordable yet stylish dress with drum sleeves amidst the inflation
Hello creative needle workers, a splendid Monday to you all, also wish us a great and productive week ahead.
Inflation is seriously hitting us hard in my country right now, and a lot of us have to give up on some of the things we like to do, even some types of food are off-limits due to the high cost of purchasing them. Sadly, our sewing materials are not left out, threads, lining, fabrics, etc have all doubled in prizes, and most people have to also pause in making new dresses for themselves, especially dresses that require appliques, those are just too much expensive right now.
Amid these crises, I have no choice but to come up with creative ideas, where we can make a simple, yet stylish and elegant dress, and that is where the design I will be sharing with us today springs forth. It's going to be a Thanksgiving service on Sunday, where we are always expected to appear looking glamorous in our African print fabrics, I wanted a unique style, that didn't require me to buy many materials, and what better way can I achieve that than designing attractive sleeves on a simple dress, making unique sleeves is already an exciting part of sewing I love to do, I saw this sleeve inspiration on Pinterest, and it's called a drum sleeve.
For the dress bodice, I made use of an off-shoulder bodice pattern,
Back
Front
While the base of the dress was made using a straight skirt pattern, that goes passed the kneel to form a midi dress.
And now, for the sleeves, I cut out a 7 inches width by 45 inches length of the African print fabric, ironing a stay on the wrong side for more durability, and turned it with the cotton lining fabric.
To achieve the drum sleeves, I pleated one-inch intervals, leaving half an inch in between each pleat, till I exhausted the fabric. After which I attached both to each side of the armhole. My simple, elegant, and beautiful dress is ready.
I feel so fulfilled about this project, I didn't have to break the bank to achieve this and look at how stylish It looks. Inflation or not, we still have to devise means to look great and feel beautiful without having to spend much.
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I love it!! Seriously, I have never payed too much attention to sleeves, or they never inspired me too much, but you are definitely about to change that:)
Even though the prices getting off the roof is pretty bad, I guess limitation always forces us to be more creative, which is kind of nice (up to a certain extend obviously)... Hope you are doing fine otherwise!!
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Ha! I'm glad you love it, I would love to see the interesting sleeves you come up with as well.
So it is, bad and good In a way, instead of succumbing creativity has to take the shine instead.
Thank you very much for checking on me, I'm surviving.
This is beautiful.
I like the style.
Thank you, glad you like it.😊
The inflation really hit us hard, but we have no choice but to accept it 😒.
Anyways, the dress looks amazing, I love the sleeves design, so unique is pretty. Can we see you modeling it 🤩
Yeah, we have no choice than just look for ways to survive.
Maybe I will, I'm kinda picture shy😅
Hehe, so it only if you want to. But seriously, I love the design of the dress. Its the kind of dress that will show every curve of the body of the one wearing it └|∵|┐♪
Creativity is very necessary in times of a high spike in prices like your country's current situation just keep been creative.
Nice dress. It looks good. 😍
It's sad how inflation affects your country right now. But wearing that dress won't show that it impacts your living. 😅🥰
I did expect you to wear that dress at the end of this blog. 😅 But it's missing. Haha
Nice, especially the sleeves, simple yet elegant. I love it 😍
Thanks Fredaa😊
This is so beautiful, the color is quite attractive, and the sleeve is so beautiful. Well done.
so this hand is called drum sleeves, amazing. This dress is really beautiful and the sleeves are really an interesting addition. You did an amazing job dear.
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Thanks @wongi yes o, this is the drum sleeves, some even call it Bible sleeves.😂
Truly, It looks like the pages of the bible😂
The sleeves looks good on the dress and gave it a beautiful outcome. Most times, my creativity is on the sleeve of a dress to give it a unique design. You have done so well with your creativity @glorydee
I LOVE this dramatic and expressive dress, dear @glorydee !! How brilliant - and yes, how deeply fulfilling it is, to make a gorgeous garment like this for much less than we'd pay for a (likely much less well-constructed) new dress. 😊
This is gorgeous, I like that you have to try some new sleeve design to make your outfits more attractive.
I have also been looking for ways to cut down on my the expenses of purchasing materials.
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This is really beautiful, like seriously i love the selves. Keep it up a good job