cutest cafe latte ever

Imagine how delighted I was when this was served to me! I don't normally take photos of food, but this one... this one, I just couldn't resist :)

orange you glad....

So this is project number three. Not much diffrence from the first one that I made... except for two things.

1. It is an actual wrap skirt--with a waist band that ties at the back
2. It is reversible

It is a boring gray, first and foremost.

But when you look closer, it is orange underneath. Some orange peeps through--if you like, along the curve.

I'm a bit disappointed with the curve on this though... this is lesson learnt for me, SPENDING TIME ON SEWING PAYS!

I will keep that in mind when I do my next projects. I don't want great cloth to go to waste!

Now, the fun part!

O R A N G E

In your face too.

I figured, the only way I could possibly wear this color was if It was not too close to to my face (as I have glare issues) and if it is dramatically toned down by a boring gray--something more... me.

pink(y) poppy(ng)

I made this last week but only managed to wear it today because there were too many tailors' chalk markings so I had to have it washed.

I thought it was too pink, it is odd that wearing it with burgundy--which is, well on that color palette too made it seem less candle-bubble-gum-ish.

I had been exchanging a lot of cloth emails with my Mom the past few days, I think that she is as excited as I am with these projects.


Wearing this skirt today gave me the boost I needed, being woken up by a call from the person I'm with, asking if I had made it to my lunch appointment with a good friend--at noon!

Obviously, I had to call to advise my friend and ask her if we could move lunch by 30-40 minutes.

I was ready in 20 minutes! Of course that left me breathless and by the time I got to the resto, I needed to sit still for a while.

The good news was that I made it within 40 minutes--and that my friend was very understanding.

Even then, I feel real bad about this :(

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I thought I should end with something positive.

Lunch was really good, and with excellent company too :)

mello yello

It had been a very long time since I sew anything from scratch. When my mom came over to visit bringing a small trolley filled with jersey fabric, I knew the universe was telling me that it was time to pick up the hobby again.

I could not count the times I had the idea to sew something, but because I hardly go to the fabric store, I end up just forgetting about it.

Luckily, the inspiration to come up with something yellow--and in jersey, came almost as soon as I saw my stash.

Today, the insipration materialised :)

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I woke up knowing that today was THE day. No surprises when I ended up wearing it this afternoon! I was just too excited.

I initially intendended to do a royal blue and yellow colour blocking. And I was almost ready to go when I thought "Snow White!". I was not about to go out wearing that--not this close to Halloween, at least.

So I opted to go as a hard boiled egg yolk. When overcooked. Gray and yellow.

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On our way home, the person I'm with said "Wow. Your skirt is quite bright in the dark". Yes. It might as well be, the light that led us home.