Sewing!

Love it :P

Still awake @ 3 am...

and this is what I do.

cut pattern for Chloe's new dress

Yeah.
I'm feeling productive already this week. hehe

New halterneck dress for Chloe.

I am so glad I can finish the new dress for Chloe. I did a similar one before (didn't take any photos of the process) with cotton fabrics.. and it looks very vibrant and colorful when Chloe wears it.

So this time I use satin fabric.
I love how it turns out. :)  Tada. Chloe in her new dress. :)
 

I'm not sure if you all want to follow my way of sewing as in most of the time it is try and error kind of things, so if you are beginner just like me -with records of 1 out of 3 dress is successful most of the time :) - and want to know how I did it, here it is  :

- firstly, of course have a fabric and some thin fabric for the lining inside.

- then make a pattern. Take any dress she own and trace the outline. Any pattern that looks similar like this will do (as I said it is try and error so I dont use any measurement hehe). As long as you give about 1cm bigger than the dress itself it should be fine.

- then fold your fabrics and cut it following the pattern. Make it 2x

- and do the same with the lining fabrics (its white for this dress)

- next, sew it together and remember you have to sew on the false side so when you flipped it out you'll get the right side done nicely. (hope pictures explain it better :))

- and sew them together until it looks like this. (sorry, I dont know how to explain better hehe:)

- next, make the collar part ( I forgot to take picture when making the leopard halterneck dress so I give you the picture of the polkadot dress)

- last one is the tricky part..Since my fabric is satin, it is kinda slippery and I feel its better to use hand to stitch the collar to the dress.

- well not so good with my stitching but as long as it holds on firmly and doesn't compromise with comfort I'm fine with it. (not for sale so abit 'messy' is fine with me haha)

- Finally... the result. 

What you think guys? err ... ladies ? :)

note : this tutorial is for beginner only, any expertise please excuse my way of sewing :) I promise I'll do better next time round.

Happy sewing everyone!

Sleepwear dress for Chloe

This time I made a sleepwear dress for Chloe using my nightgown. I bought it at 'pasar malam' the other day for $12. I cut it short and made the dress out of it. Well, as usual I didn't take any photos of the before so I can only show the after...

Chloe and I

Say Hi!

Aren't we so cute? LOL

 Have a nice day everyone!

Chloe's t-shirt..

made by me.

With love. :)

Dress no.4 for Chloe..

one word to describe it...lovely!

Dress no.3....

This time I made a dress which completely looks neat...
as in the threads are all in-line..
the ribbon nicely sown...
and I made a inside layer for the upper part of the dress to make it looks more classy..
But there is a little problem here....

It doesn't fit my Chloe!WEKS

I need to spend another day adjusting the dress to fit her....

finally :)

Another dress I made for Chloe..

and it looks better than the first one I made (see here) but some parts still need some sewing skills (which I still lack of) but overall it is a beautiful party dress.
Cost of it : $5. and it is for the strawberry accesories only. The rest of it is free (fabrics given by my sis and threads I already have it with me hehe..)


love love love it.. (hmm maybe I can start an etsy shop :) hehe)

First dress I made for Chloe

Finally I decided to make a dress for Chloe after contemplating for months (after borrowing some sewing magazines and think to myself I can do this). What do you think of the dress?
Here is Chloe wearing the dress! Cute little Chloe :)
I think it looks nice...hehe. Mind you this is made by someone who dont know how to sew and never take any courses before (only borrow some sewing magazines and do try and errors:P.)