After almost four years...

Rachelle finally came to Singapore!

We spent time with the girls and the default leading man who took the photo.

Today was a fun day, tomorrow should be another :)

watercolored

I rarely find printed fabric that I like, so imagine my surprise when I saw this. It is satin but the backside is matte. Perfect! Naturally, I used this side. The colors are very faint, like watercolor. The background of the fabric is cream colored--a bonus.

As the cloth was not exactly cheap, I got the minimum amount to make a dress. Later I got so worried that I won't have enough. Thanks to careful planning, I had enough to make a maxi dress. The picture shows the amount of scrap cloth I had after sewing. No joke, that is everything!

Initially, I thought I would keep it as the one in the left photo, I could just put on a belt when I feel like it. I have a few belts that would go well with the dress. But then, I thought that it looked unfinished. So I added a detail.

I think it looks so much better. I can't wait to wear this!

layered :)

My niece cut her hair and excitedly told her mom "Look Mama, I'm so pretty!".

I was laughing so hard when my sister told me because I did the same when I was a kid. I think I got spanked then I went to our room (I shared a room with my sister), locked the door, took the scissors from the sewing kit and chopped off my bangs. I realized later that it was not flattering and regretted the act. I know a few people who did the same, usually for the same reasons.

I do know of a certain boy who did it because he wanted to improve his haircut--he has that thing in common with A.

Anyways, Ar is still cute. In fact, I am guessing that after my sister gets the hair evened out this weekend, she will look more like Dora.

double ponchoish retaso and dumbo

I made two more Ponchoish pieces today. When gathering the excess cloth to throw away, I was suddenly reminded of a childhood favorite story book, Dumbo. I think I would be the only person who think of Dumbo faced with this mess.

Yukata? Kaya yata.

My colleague was very kind to get me a Yukata from her recent visit to Japan. And I couldn't wait to make my own version. I however, was not able get enough cloth and as a result I made something inspired by the Yukata.

This is the right side of the fabric that I had. The outline is silver and it is more sparkly that it appears in the photo. I'm sure that the outline will wash off in time, but I can't wait that long. Obviously, I refused to use this side. This is a cotton fabric, by the way.

This is (obviously) the back side of the cloth. It is very casual and somewhat has a washed out look. It is perfect (for me).

I think I would like to wear it as it is with leggings or pants. It is very comfortable, you can do jumping jacks with ease wearing this top.

I could wear it with an obi too. I didn't make this obi, but I plan to make a few very soon.

Photos with my arms outstretched. I have no idea what situation will require me to pose like this so I could show off the sleeves. Maybe I should ask the regulars to play patintero this weekend.

Ants Marching

I could just go on and on about this dress. I like it so much. First off, it is in my favorite color, exciting white, it is cotton so it is very easy to sew and comfortable to wear. The print is very subtle too, it doesn't distract you from noticing the details of the dress. Plus it is not intrusive to me visually (Roch, I understand that we are different, I respect that, it doesn't make me want to see you less).

The print on the fabric is so cute. I like the fact that at first glance it just seems as though there are small hints of color here and there, but if you look closely--ants! Orange, blue, gray and brown ones! (Someone seems sweet. Hahahahaha.)

I put in one pocket to balance my favorite part of the dress which is featured in the next photo.

The strap! I am so excited about the strap. I was able to get some D-rings yesterday and I couldn't wait to make something. If you should know, I got home around 1AM, took a shower, fixed up, started sewing and ended up sleeping past 5AM. That is excited for you.

Poncho-ish

I love this fabric, it is so soft and it feels nice against the skin. It comes in a lot of colors too (I think Miss October, November and December are going somewhere again real soon), I am very much tempted to get a few more. I had to buy a different machine needle to sew this and working on it is not very easy. One fold and the machine chokes and ruins the fabric. I like how this one turned out and I must say that personally, I think it was worth the effort. The only sad note I have about this is that I ran out of fabric, I was intending to add some detail to it.