final top of garment

final front pic

final back pic

final side pic 2

final side pic 1

I learned a lot in this project. One of my biggest takeaways is learning how to add a zipper to the collar. I also learned how to put together the pieces to make the qipao (especially the front pieces). I think the collar and the bias tape going downwards on the front was the greatest success. I made the mistake of ironing over the back on the right side to make the fabric look nicer. This is because the fabric is really thin and ironing the zipper left a mark on the right side.

Next project ideas:

1. making a qipao with ruffle sleeves and ruffles on the bottom
2. making a qipao style dress that is flowy on the bottom
3. making a top that is qipao style that has a lower collar

blind hem stitch

sleeves

Before I was trying to make sleeves that don’t wrap around the entire arm. However, there was always extra fabric at the end of the sleeves. I decided to adjust the slopers so that the sleeves would wrap around (like in this picture). I also tested out how I would do the blind hem stitch.

The next step is to fit the garment again and take note of small details that I would take into account when sewing the final garment. I will then use a marker to draw over all the final stitches so that when I take the mock-up apart, I would know which lines to follow.

I was also able to purchase black bias tape in case the ribbon is too hard to work with.

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qipao front side, sleeve, collar

qipao back

qipao front

Below are my full scale sloper patterns

qipao full back

qipao full front side

qipao full collar

qipao full front

qipao full sleeve

qipao

fabricdesign

This is a qipao found on Aliexpress.

For the full garment, I would like to recreate a qipao similar to the one in this image with the fabric in the image on the right.