 with Chie and Kayo  
 
 Artist market (picture taken by Sidra) And how many clothes that I had sold? None! Hahaha. Well, actually a lot of people came by and took a look at the clothes, but there were no fitting room to try them on. I think the market is better suited for small stuff like bags and accessories that don’t need sizings. Another problem was that my clothes are small, because they are all in my size! I know, I know, that’s very selfish to only make clothes in one’s own size. But I can’t make clothes without seeing how it would look like on human body, and the only woman’s body around in the house is my own. Not to mention that I always secretly want the clothes for myself. -.- Some people even came to our booth more than once because they really liked the clothes and wanted to try them on. I knew that they wouldn’t fit in my clothes but I suggested them to try the clothes anyway in the rest room so they could be sure. And of course they didn’t fit in the clothes. I have thought about making my clothes available in more sizes, but I don’t think I will do it, at least for now. For one, I do this mainly for fun. I’ve really enjoyed making these clothes last month, I have all these beautiful fabrics, and made all the designs that I wouldn’t do if I only thought about making them for myself. But making the same clothes in several sizes needs more effort and responsibilities, which I don’t have. Secondly, I know that it’s not easy for women in my size to find something that fit. There’s a lot of small women dressed in slightly larger clothes because they couldn’t find their size. Those were my problems too before I started making my own clothes, I used to buy clothes in kid’s department (which maybe affects my clothes’ styling right now). I guess I’ll just make clothes for small and petite women. Maybe I will make tutorials or something for my clothes so people can make them themselves if they want. Most of them are just basic stuff with different details. Do you have something particular that you want to know? But please don’t count on me as I’m fairly moody (another word for lazy), but I will try. Or If you want to buy cute dresses, you should go here and here instead! Available in normal sizes! Now about the market, it would be a lie if I say that I wasn’t disappointed at all. But it was kinda expected, and I’m a big (old!) girl, so everything was well accepted. The good thing is, I got to see Yokohama, which I’d never been to before. It is such a nice city with lots of open spaces, so different from the crowded Tokyo. My husband came with me all the three days, and insisted to carry my big luggage and two chairs ♥♥ 
We brought Sidra on the weekends, he and my husband waited patiently as I guarded the booth with Chie or Kayo. Well, Sidra wasn’t that patient actually, but at least he was trying. We also got to meet Chie’s and Kayo’s husbands and parents and they were very nice! So, let me say that all’s well that ends well. See you in another craft market where hopefully some pretty small ladies would walk by and shop!    
June 30th, 2010 | making other stuffI’ve finally consumed all my floral fabrics! I put all the fabrics in a big cardboard box and the box is finally empty now. I’ve never made so many stuff within such a short time, and actually enjoyed this whole month making all of them. It felt strangely sad to look into that empty box. But of course now all the fabrics have transformed into these clothes that are now covering my wall. I guess I have enough of florals now! This grey and white floral are swiss dot cotton fabrics with nice dotted texture all over it. I made them into a pair of camisoles and shorts. The camisoles have tie straps and elasticized neckline, I also put a row of elastic shirring on the waist.  
 
I use Jane pattern from Burdastyle for the shorts and added side seam pockets and ruffled hem. I cut the ruffles on bias so they don’t fray. Since the fabrics are a bit transparent, I lined the shorts with thin white knit fabric.  
 
These floral fabrics are cotton in soft and sweet colors. My husband said they remind him of Vivian girls drawings by Henry Darger, minus the girls of course. I made them into these simple dresses with bubble hem. The bodices are cut on bias so they are a bit stretchy. The bubble effect is achieved by simply inserting elastic into the skirt hem. These dresses are so comfortable, almost like a long tank top. I will make one more for myself later. Or, uhm, keep one of these.  
  
 
  
Two more denim vests with floral bindings.  
And what to do with all those pretty floral scraps? I made some button necklaces with them! Unfortunately I only have 4 buttons left so I didn’t make a lot of necklaces. Today I wanted to go out to buy more buttons but I was sooo sleepy because I stayed up late last night. No, I wasn’t sewing, but we watched World Cup. Too bad that Japan soccer team lost to Paraguay in the penalty shootout. I almost shed tears looking at the soccer player’s faces. And that is my long unnecessary explanation to the button necklaces.  
A bonus for myself! This floral fabric with embroidered border is only 90 cm wide, but I really like the color so I bought it anyway. I made a simple tube top with it, using the embroidered border for the top part. It has elastic on the top part and waist and an invisible zipper on the side. The front part has small darts on the side. I’m going to wear it on the market day!  
These are the stuff I made this month! 
 
 Yokohama Akarenga Sōko (picture from Wikipedia) The Artist market is coming this weekend! If you will be around Yokohama, please drop by and give our booth a peek. Kayo from Crochetie, Chie from VivatVeritas, and I will take turn guarding the booth. The market will be held from Friday, July 2nd to Sunday, July 4th, in Yokohama Akarenga Sōko (The Red Brick Warehouse), a historical building that is now being used used as a complex that includes a shopping mall, banquet hall, and event venues. I’ve never been there myself and excited to see it. We’ll be in booth #38! I still have a couple of days before the market but I think I will stop making things by tomorrow and have the rest of the day off. I have an appointment with a chiropractor every Saturday, so we move it to tomorrow afternoon. I’m so happy about this chiropractor because we’ve been looking for one to treat my back problem. One day a leaflet came into our mailbox, advertising a chiropractor that is very near to our house! I’ve been seeing her every week for about a month now and I’m very happy about the result. My mattress and pillows are changed to special kind for people with back problem, and I have to do some kind of exercise everyday, assisted by my darling husband. I’m not expecting that my scoliosis problem can be cured and my back will be magically straightened, but my back pain has now become less frequent and I’m not as easily getting tired as before. That’s more than enough for me! The chiropractor practises in her own house, so Sidra likes the visits because he can play with the chiropractor’s kids and she gives him a fruit ice every time. Anyway, my husband usually acts as my translator, but tomorrow Sidra will do the job (if he’s not busy playing with those kids). In another news, you might have heard that BurdaStyle is going to publish the BurdaStyle Book in 2011. The news has been officially announced in the blog yesterday. The book will feature five new open source patterns with different variations that the readers can share and sell. The concept of the book focuses on variations made by a select group of international community members and designers, and I’m happy to announce that I’m going to be one of them! I will make a blouse for this project, can’t wait to see all the other patterns and variations! 
June 22nd, 2010 | womenswear
These are some stuff that I made last week. All fabrics are cotton in various floral pattern. I made another ruffled collar dress. The last one I made is one size bigger than my usual size, so this time I made another one in smaller size.  
  
This pants are actually quite similar with the pants I often made for Sidra, so they were pretty easy to make. I only put elastic on the back waist band because I want a flat appearance on the front waist. They are very comfy!  
  
With so many floral fabrics, naturally I’ve acquired quite a bunch of fabric leftovers. I cut some into bias strips and use them to bind this simple denim vest. I’ve made several of these vests with different bindings.  
 
After a couple of days, I began to run out of ideas. So I browsed around my old stuff and decided to recreate this dress with hood, sans sleeves this time.  
 
 
And this is a bolero with embroidered sleeves. The neckline has a casing for drawstring, creating a gathered effect.  
  
Sorry for posting so many pictures in one post! I should’ve taken some pictures every time I finished a project, but I got carried away last week. Today I haven’t been to the sewing room at all, taking pictures and posting all these pics. More will be coming! Hello! I just got interviewed by Sarah Von from yes and yes for her Real Life Style Icons series. You can check out the interview here where I answered her questions about my style. I don’t know about being an icon style though, everyday I still get confused over what to wear and usually end up by wearing the same item over and over again.  Real Life Style Icons While you’re at her blog, you should check out her other posts too. Her blog features all these wonderful series and stories about women and their lifestyle. It’s not a craft blog, fashion blog, beauty blog, nor like any other blog I’ve ever read! So thank you Sarah for interviewing me and introducing me to your cool site! And do you remember my (failed) green Tara dress? Apparently Kathleen from Grosgrain Fabulous likes it! She has this fabulous sewing project where she would show how to sew the Tara dress in a week in her Frock by Friday project. You can join the project too here. I think it’s a wonderful idea because people can learn sewing the dress at the same pace, and then it’s very interesting to see all the interpretation of the same pattern.  Grosgrain Frock by Friday™ And here’s my bib dress in Sew, Mama, Sew! featured as an inspiration for the Make It, Wear It! Challenge project. You can win some fabulous prizes if you comment on the posts or submit pictures of your clothing project to the flickr pool. Make sure that the garments is made this month from June 1-June 30.  Make It, Wear It! Inspiration « Sew,Mama,Sew! Blog Now enough with these shameless plugs. I’m sort of a busy bee this week, preparing stuff for the Artist market in Yokohama with Chie of VivatVeritas and Kayo from Crochetie. The market is from July 2-5 next month, so we still have about two weeks. But I feel like I don’t work as fast as I have to. I always try to finish a dress in the same day, because I get impatient if the dress needs more than one day to finish. I sew when Sidra is in school, and usually I can finish two dresses by the time he comes home. But I get bored if I have to sew everyday, so I only sew 3 days a week. Maybe I should try work harder, but ooh I need time to check my facebook or twitter and there are so many interesting blogs to read, and I want to take a nap in the afternoon, or I want to go biking or play boxes with Sidra. I’m so lazy -.-  Short hair, 2005 These last few days are starting to get pretty hot too, so I’ve been wandering around the house in a sleeveless dress, messy hair bun, with slippery eyeglass on my face. So much for a style icon! It makes me miss my short hair. I used to sport a very short hairstyle sometime ago, and only let it grow longer this past two years.But my hair is Sidra’s property, he loves playing with it before bedtime, and he gets very mad even when I mention about trimming the ends. I guess I should just wait until he gets weaned off my hair. Here’s me and my baby 5 years ago, still my baby now! ♥  | DisclaimerThis is my personal site, therefore all views expressed here represent my own and shouldn't be taken as expert opinions.
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