Happy Sunday dear Hivers, hope you are all having a fun/relaxing weekend, it's been a fun day for me as well, though exhausting, I'm just glad I could meet up with today"'s Creative Sunday post.
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Today, as usual, I will be sharing with you one of the fun sewing processes I made during the week for my beautiful niece, a traditional attire that represents the Yoruba tribe, which she adorned for her school's cultural day celebration. It is very easy to make, and this traditional attire, the Iro and Buba style can also be replicated to make the same attire for an adult female.
The attire comprises a free-fitted blouse and wrapper tied around the waist and accessorized with coral beads. Let's get right into the making process then.
Materials used
Ankara Fabric
Matching coloured thread.
Cutting And Sewing Process
- I started by folding the fabric in four folds, with her biggest round body measurement taken as the width, also determining the length of the blouse
- Next, I draft and cut out the pattern.
- I also cut out the sleeves pattern which is also free-fitted.
- I piped the round neckline using a bias strip made from the fabric
- Next I sewed in the sleeves on both sides.
Finally, I joined the sides, and hemmed the base ,leaving little slit openings on both sides,
I used what was left of the fabric as her "Iro"/ wrapper
Here is the beautiful look, my Yoruba princess looking so adorable in her traditional attire.
All images used in this post are mine.