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I have been wanting to do a post on sewing or pattern making since that was the main intention I started this blog in the first place. But, little did I know about the efforts that go into these kinds of posts.
Taking pictures before and after every step is so much time-consuming. Respect to all those bloggers who do these kinds of projects.

Now that I am done with cribbing, let us learn how to drape a basic bodice on a dress form.

Materials needed:
1)Draping pins
2)Muslin cloth
3)Pencil
4)Ruler
5)Measurement tape
6)Dress form
7)scissors

Step 1:
Cut the fabric with 18inches in width and 24 inches in length. Cut 2 fabric, one for front and one for the back. (Selvedge-finished edge of the fabric)

Step 2:
Mark one inch on the selvage side and this line will be the center front of the bodice. Since both sides are symmetrical, draping on one side is enough.


Step 3:
The dress form has these lines that you have to follow through and start pinning.


Step 4:
Place the fabric on the dress form and follow the lines and pin on the centerline on the dress from. Make sure, you place the fabric a  little high as in the picture.  

Step 5:
Once you start pinning around the neckline, you will notice tension in the fabric. Snip the fabric from the top just above the neckline which will release the tension.

step 6:
Cut the extra fabric after snipping from the top.

Step 7:
Start pinning around the shoulder following the lines. 


Step 8:
Now pin around the armhole and till the waist. Make sure you don't pull the fabric and pin. just smoothen it by hands and pin it around armhole, bust, and waist. don't worry about the extra fabric. that would be the dart. release the tension of the fabric and snip off the extra fabric.


Step 9:
Mark a point on the bust point(the peak of the bust curve) on the fabric.

Step 10:
you will find a princess line in the middle of the waist, mark on that and hold the fabric around that point and start pinning till the bust point.

Step 11:
Mark the lines on the dress form on the neck, shoulder, armhole and all the way till waist with dotted lines using a pencil. I have used sharpie so that it will be visible. cut the extra fabric and you are done with draping the front bodice...! Yayyy:) 


Step 12:
You are gonna repeat the same steps on the back and you are done with the back draping.



Now remove the fabric from the dress form and cut at the dotted line and you will get your front and back bodice pattern. 

Happy draping:)

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Last weekend I had been to Sakleshpur with my friends and I was waiting to write about this beautiful getaway from Bangalore. 
It is around 270km from Bangalore, so you don't have to take leave. which is a win-win...! Because Your Saturday and Sunday are enough to take this trip. We booked Ola outstation cab for the travel. The Ola app shares an estimated trip cost and the best thing is it comes with free wifi...! We headed to Sakleshpur around 4.a.m in the morning and reached around 9am. 

We stayed in Veeras western ghats homestay. It was amidst lush green coffee estate. The place was really nice and the rooms were good too. The host was really helpful. 
Sakleshpur is a feast for eyes. It's a green paradise...! The lush greenery greets you everywhere.
Since July is a monsoon season, it was drizzling the whole day but that did not stop us from going out.

Here are a bunch of different and super fun things to do while in Sakleshpur:

Bisle Ghat:
Bisle ghat was around 50km from our homestay. Bisle ghat is referred to as 'heaven on earth'. the way to Bisle ghat was through really beautiful forest and we could spot a few water streams as well. It was literally heaven on earth. 

Manjehalli Falls:
After Bisle ghat, we headed to Manjehalli waterfalls. We had hot Maggi near the falls. We thought it would be climbing down a few steps to reach the falls, but turns out it was around 400 steps to get to the falls. After seeing the waterfalls, we felt that it was totally worth it...!

The water spray like a shower near the falls was like a reward from nature. Climbing back was a task...! The view of the falls was stunning....!





Manjarabad Fort:
We visited Manjarabad fort on our second day of the trip. I love ruins. it ignites my imagination on how people lived in these beautiful places. The Ariel view of this fort offers a wonderful star-shaped appearance, which is unique. If you want to use a drone, you might have to take permission.

The fort was built by Tippu Sultan with French assistance as protection for the army against the British. 
I find it fascinating to know about the history of places. 


Shettihalli church:
Ruins are intriguing and more intriguing are the mysterious stories spun around these forgotten structures. Shettihalli church is one of them.

After knowing the history of Manjarabad fort, we headed to another historic place.
I had heard a lot about Shettihalli Rosary church. It was built in the1860s by the French missionaries.
it is built in Gothic style. It was abandoned after the construction of the Hemvathi dam. 
From then on it has become a tourist spot. it does look beautiful and it is the best place to take amazing photos. 

I was expecting it to be half submerged in water since it was monsoon, season but my bad it was not. It is also known as The submerged church and The floating church. The view of the submerged church is beautiful is what I have heard. either way, we did end up taking a lot of pictures in this spot. The region surrounding the church is absolutely peaceful.






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In 2018, I quit my corporate job and returned to my first love, designing.
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