Do you want romance? Then decorate the neckline of a simple dress from a plain fabric with lovely flowers from white lace and tulle.
You will need:
✽ gray fabric
✽ white lace and tulle
✽ sewing thread
✽ tight buttons with a diameter of 23 mm in the finished set
✽ needle for hand sewing
✽ chalk pencil
✽ scale bar
✽ tailor pins
✽ cutting scissors
✽ centimeter tape
✽ regular ruler
Step 1
For each flower, cut one strip: from lace - 70 cm long and approx. 3-4 cm, from tulle - 70 cm long and 15 cm wide.
Fold a strip of tulle in half, iron a fold.
Step 2
Paste a strip of lace to a folded half strip of tulle along the fold.
Step 3
Along the bottom edge of the strip of lace, lay two parallel stitches for sewing with a large stitch on the machine (or manually).
Step 4
Tie the lace evenly, carefully pulling on the lower threads of both tacking stitches.
Step 5
The protruding tulle is carefully cut.
Step 6
Fold the lace strip in a spiral.
Sew the resulting flower manually.
Step 7
From a gray fabric, cut out a circle for tightening the buttons according to the pattern (included in the set). Then proceed as described in the instructions on the package.
Step 8
Sew a button manually to the flower in the center.
Sew the finished flower to the neck of the dress.
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Source and photo: Burda Plus 2/2019
