Alicia Dress

I present, my newest completed project.
It's also my first attempt of hand garment sewing and upcycling garments.

The originals, 2 boring tops that deserve so much better....

After combining the 2:

And added a bit of fluff to the dress:

Available in size 8 AU in both my MadeIt and Etsy stores.

Completed 21st Dec 2016.

Lucy Batik Dress

I really really like this dress pattern. It’s sleek, feminine, and a bit regal in a certain way.

Luckily my last 2 Batik fabrics are great for this pattern.

The neckline on this dress is new to me. Again, I love it. It’s great attempting new things while learning. It gives you confidence and the skill that you gained out of it is just priceless. You’ll see some more of this neckline in my future projects, you can be sure of that. J

Agnietta Batik Dress

This dress has very simple cut and vintage look. It’s just perfect for the pattern of this Batik fabric.

It’s cute and fun, and it has those two adorable little front pockets to complete the look.

Red Cheongsam

I made a blue cheongsam top late last year. When I bought that fabric, I also bought this beautiful red silk fabric to be made into this red cheongsam or qipao dress from my lovely cousin who’s getting married very soon.

The fabric is a bit more challenging to work with because it’s very slippery and it frays a lot. In the end I have to use anti fray liquid to stop it from further fraying.

The pattern is just gorgeous and I had to alter it to make it into a tight fitting dress. Original pattern was more casual in look and recommended fabric was cotton.

Floral Dress

Time flies really fast when you’re having lots of fun J. It’s very close to mid year and I haven’t updated my blog even once this year. Oops. Things have been very busy, busier than normal. My sewing practice is still ongoing and the usual knitting and crochet still happening as well.

All craft activities were put on hold for about 2 months earlier this year due to my pregnancy sickness. For some reason I can stand the view of needles of any sort, knitting, sewing, crochet, whatever types of needles.

But, I’m back now. And I’ve been busy sewing and knitting to reach project deadlines.

I made this dress for my beautiful cousin, the dress is vintage looking and really fun to sew, especially the neckline. Added that one thing in my repertoire of sewing and I can guarantee it will be used in many projects to come.

The skirt is full and fluffy. It’s really cute and this is the first time I made this type of skirt as well.

The balloon sleeves are new to me as well. This is probably the second or third time I sew sleeves and I got better at it this time. I would say it’s probably because I took great care when cutting the fabric and I baste the 2 pieces together before machine stitching.

Overall, I’ve gained great experience in sewing this dress and I can’t wait to make another one.

Collar Sleeved Dress

One of the reason why I haven’t got a chance to update my blog is because I’ve been busy practising my sewing skill.

This is my second garment sewing project. (The first one was a pair of work pants, which was a really fun and simple project to start with)

This is another sewing project I undertook to test if I should pursuit this new hobby :-)

It’s a challenging project, involving lots of new techniques, but I made it in the end.

I have to say sewing is way a lot faster to complete than knitting.

This dress was completed in 2 days (1 weekend).

(Completed 29th Sept)

Little Mary Jane Baby Girl Dress

I knitted this gorgeous dress a while back and finally added finishing touch on it. 

The pattern is from a vintage knitting book and it’s easy to follow. 

Knitting this dress is so much fun, most likely because of the pastel colored yarn, Baby Grand Sullivan. 

The remaining of the yarn was made into newborn baby gift set consist of baby beanie and cute little booties.

Dress is available for purchase in my MadeIt store.

(Completed 24^th Dec 2011)