Greetings dear creative friends on Hive, I hope you are all going great wherever you are, wishing you all the very best in all of your endeavors.

I feel excited today, as I will be sharing another interesting sewing project that had me busy all day, a unique birthday dress I made for an elderly woman in my neighborhood, who we all just refer to as grandma since she is the oldest amongst us, a kind-hearted, brave and wise woman, we feel blessed to have her among our midst as she never fails to share from her deep well of wisdom with us

So grandma turns 70 next week Monday, and I knew I had to be early with a birthday dress from me to her, this is not the first time making a dress for her, so I already know her kind of taste in fashion, you think grandma is too old to know her preference in style, you think wrong, it was challenging at first though trying to understand her unique sense of fashion, for instance, grandma has a thing to pockets, there is no how you would see her wearing a custom made dress without one, even ready-made dresses, also her choice fabric is usually Kampala or Adire, a traditional fabric mostly made an adorned by the Yoruba's (an ethnic group in Nigeria) also known a tie and dye fabric. On other occasions, it might be ankara and scarcely lace fabric.

Based on my experience so far making different dresses for her, I decided to add all of the choices she usually prefers in her outfit into a dress, which include, a collar, pockets, free fitted(bou bou), etc. I won't lie about having a mixed feeling if it would turn out beautiful or a total disaster, but what that common saying, "there is no error in fashion" instead a new style is borne, with that thought, I summoned the confidence needed and started working on the dress, and it even turned out looking unique and elegant, even more than I anticipated, and guessed what, someone else saw the dress and requested I make one for her as well.

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

• The adire fabric has different patterns on it, so it is important I combine them beautifully together

• I started by drafting the front and back pattern, using a free-fitted long gown pattern

• Then cut out the four pocket patterns, which measured 7 inches as a square

• I sewed each pocket on the marked area and made pocket covers as well using a plain contrasting coloured fabric, from the same fabric

• Next, I made a button placard on the middle front pattern

• Next, I joined the shoulders

• Continuing, I drafted the collar patterns, which I sewed around the neckline of the dress.

Finally, I cut out a free-fitted three-quarter sleeve pattern, which I sewed around both armholes, joined the sides of the gown, and also hemmed it neatly.

And here is the beautifully finished look of Grandma's dress, I hope she will love all the details I paid attention to in this dress, looking forward to seeing her reaction, above all, it is a comfy dress, and I'm sure she would love it.

All images used in this post are mine

Thank you for reading.❤❤

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