Tosca-Brown Batik Dress

I made this dress for my birthday :)

A friend gave me this lovely batik fabric and it was perfectly match with the brown fabric I got at home.

The pattern was from a new sewing book I got recently from our trip to Annecy by a Japanese author Yoshiko Tsukiori translated in French by Hachette Loisir publisher. I picked this model T in size 38, and happy with the result :)

in the making ....

Tosca Brown Batik Dress

Three in One: same model, different colors

I just got tons of multicolor Indonesian Batik fabrics from friends. Most of them I ordered, some of them are gifts. Hubby got back from his business trip to Asia (China and S'pore) last month and he brought the fabrics with him (that caused his baggage weighed 30 kilos, thank God it's not overloaded).

And very soon after, I've made these Three-in-One dresses for the girls and myself ;-D

woman size M

kid size S

kid size L

where have you been? ..

me? ... sorry, I've been busy lately .. :D

but I still sew many things! .. and hubby bought me an overlock (serger) machine! he said that he saw my works getting better and would be nicer, neater with overlock finishing .. I couldn't believe my luck! hehe .. :-p

oh, well .. here's some things that I've made lately:

My Husqvarna Huskylock s15 bought on sale in Fust Carouge.

pink stripe girl dress size 130

blue flowery girl blouse size 110

orange pleat skirt woman size M

orange pencil case

culotte (skirt-pants)

The first time I saw the model, I've fallen in love .. but to make one? I have to challenge myself. First, I didn't have the perfect fabric (I got a picture what fabric I would love to make: it should be thick enough, but not stiff .. so the culotte would sit nicely, still "flowing" but not see-through for a skirt-pants) until one day I saw this fabric in a textile shop nearby, a leftover fabric with only 140 m long for CHF 18. My heart said: grab it!, my mind said: you need to be extra careful and creative using the fabric) ..

I followed both voices, my inner voice said I could do it .. and so this is the result when a fabric seemed to "talk" to you and you just need to follow the voice inside your head ...

the final result

ready to go on a holiday ..

the making ..

Sewing Me!

This time it's all for ME! ..

I got these Batik fabrics from friends (as always) .. and really wanted some new outfits from it. The RED flowery skirt was made from cotton Batik Blitar, I made it into a semi circular skirt with elastic waist. The loose dress in GREEN Batik was made from more "silky" soft cotton, and the purple-red (MAROON) dress was made from cotton Batik Madura fabric.

Got some special events? uummm .. not really, but just in case ... ;-)

semi circular skirt in batik blitar

maroon dress in batik madura

loose dress in sheer batik fabric

Bermuda/Capri Pants

I got this model from my new sewing & pattern (Japanese translated in French) book bought in Junkudo Paris last time. Daughter wanted this pants, so I made one for her. It's available in size 100-130 (3 yrs - 10 yrs old approximately), actually daughter used to wear size 140 but this one suits her just nice :)

bermuda pants for girls

daughter tried it on ..

new sewing techniques :)

Happy New Year 2012!

Hi, we just came back from holiday in Paris. Paris now only about 3,5 hours train ride from Geneve. We had a great time there, and I specially had a splendid moment found the Japanese bookstore JUNKUDO in Rue Pyramide (bought 2 sewing books from there) .. and then went to Marche Saint Pierre the textile shop and the area was full of fabrics, button shop and all sewing essentials .. the area is in 18th arrondisement (district) in the northern part of Paris, it's not really a tourist site, it's crowded and a bit dangerous .. you must be very vigilant when you plan to go there ..

sewing book corner in Junkudo, Rue Pyramides Paris.

in fabric heaven :)

I bought some fabrics (I wanted to buy more, but I have to strict with my budget!) .. and already made one outfit from the fabric bought in Saint Pierre. I definitely must go there again one day ...

make one project from the new book! :)