Lately I’ve been expanding my wardrobe with more skirts and tops. I have lots of dresses already, and I feel that I need to introduce something different to my wardrobe. My style always changes subtly from time to time, otherwise I will get bored of myself! I bought Pendrell blouse pattern by Tasia from… continue reading →
Monthly Archives: September 2011
Corduroy skirt
I still have leftover corduroy fabric from Sidra’s Henry shirt, which is just enough for a little skirt for myself. Although it looks purple in the pictures, the fabric actually has more blue in real life. The pattern is 10/2010 Wool Skirt #115A by Burdastyle. The smallest size is still too big for me, so I… continue reading →
Sewing for Boys book giveaway winner!
I have two winners of the Sewing for Boys book giveaway! Congratulations to Rosa and Fenna! I will send email to each winner for shipping details. Hope you will have fun sewing for boys with this wonderful book! Thank you to all who has participated in this giveaway. The blog tour is still going on so… continue reading →
Button-up skirt
A quick project that I did yesterday. The fabric is called ‘lurik’, a traditional handloom from Central Java, Indonesia, that I bought in our summer vacation. Lurik usually has bold stripes pattern and mostly used for a certain type of male clothing called ‘surjan’ like the one Sidra wore in this picture. The one… continue reading →
Indigo blue corduroy shirt
I bought the corduroy fabric with the thought of making a pair of pants for Sidra. But when I showed the fabric to him, Sidra said that he wanted a shirt from this fabric. His reason? He said, “Everyone would say that this fabric is better as a pair of pants, so I want to be… continue reading →
Sewing for Boys blog tour and giveaway!
Everybody know how hard it is to find nice clothes for boys. Now you think that you can always make them yourself, but where’s the sewing patterns?! It seems that nice sewing pattern for boys are even harder to find. So I was very excited when I heard about Sewing for Boys by Shelly Figueroa and Karen LePage from Patterns by… continue reading →
Baby blue bodysuit
I sewed something today! No, not a dress, but a lingerie bodysuit. I was always curious with this type of lingerie, but couldn’t bring myself to buy something so expensive that I wouldn’t wear often. The pattern is Merckwaerdigh PBH30 that I won sometime ago at Merckwaerdigh ebay auction. The pattern is for push-up underwired bra, bustier,… continue reading →