Winter Scarf

I'm just making a winter scarf from leftover batik from last project (simple batik dress) with fleece lining to keep oneself warm during winter time ..

** also my entry to JCA's Oct challenge, Autumn Creations.

Batik scraf with fleece lining

warm enough for winter time ..

using a leftover fabric to make something useful ..

warm enough to protect your neck ..

Online Boutique

I've found this site http://www.fait-maison.com/ while clicking one site from bibliothèques municipales Genève and thought of giving it a try ..

I've been looking for a similar site like Etsy but closer to where we live .. and this one is the closest I could get at the moment .. I haven't search a similar site inside Switzerland yet, maybe they have one too. Fait Maison in fact more interesting for me as it offers FREE selling handmade products (pas d'abonnement ni de commissions sur les ventes) or no need to pay a commission to the site like Etsy did. Well, why not giving it a go and see how it goes ...

So, if you happen to live in Switzerland or France, feel free to see my collections and if you like it, now you can buy it :) Just go to http://petits-pas.fait-maison.com/

My First Online Shop (still on trial)

Simple Batik Dress

Another dress made from Batik (and yes, another gift from a friend). Why lately I made batik dresses? well, I wanted to use the fabric I've got from my friends .. and as for me it holds special moments, and special friends who thought of what we really like, what we love and what we need (clearly, it's not easy to find Batik fabric here in Geneva) ... with all those in mind, I wanted to create something special too from those gifts.

So here's the result .. a simple A-line dress in light yellow batik print.

I found it a bit "tricky" and need to be really careful when choosing a pattern for batik

it's done! :)

simple A-line cut

one more batik dress is done.

Girl's red flowery bag

I was just using the leftover fabric from Girl's Jacket project (haven't finished yet) .. and feels like making another bag, this time for my big girl .. like they said, a girl never has enough bags! :)

Green Batik Dress

I got the batik print fabric from a friend, and just after I've finished the last batik dress, our BM2600 sewing group in Facebook came up with a new challenge for October: color theme: GREEN, anything made from this color. I only got this fabric and some leftover fabric from my last "bloomer pants" project, so I was thinking to make another dress. 

I chose one pattern from one of my sewing book collections "La couture au féminin" by Jinko Matsumoto in size M.

Fold to make the pleats ..

put the bow (I need to make the bow & arms from different fabric

put both arms

... and finished!

Batik dress

I feel like sharing a tips or I could say "cheating" way to make this dress :
The book proposed using a more sheer fabrics like rayon, crepe or polyester with lining. Instead, I use cotton Batik print I got from a friend, and modified the lining into a revers facing around the neckline and make a bias tape from the same fabric around the armholes .. that way I don't need to make the complicated lining. 

Complicated for me, as I still have to figure out how to use a zip too. So I ditched the idea of using a lighter fabric and use batik print cotton .. I'm happy with this "crucial"  decision ;-D

Bloomer :)

Very comfy to wear at home .. this year autumn comes very late, it's early October and the temp still around 25C in the afternoon. We are blessed to have a prolonged summer time as the sun is shining throughout the weeks although it's still cold in the morning.

I have an excuse to make this bloomer in the early autumn! .. actually, I made this one for hubby's short in the first attempt of trying to draw pattern freehand (with an old short as a pattern) I trace his short but the fabric seemed too sheer for him that's why I turned it into a bloomer for my self ... ;-D

Skirt with doily

I was just using the leftover fabric from the "short project" for hubby (see previous post) .. I imagined it will be perfect with lace and doily on it .. and here's the result for my little one (and glad she likes it) ..