SASASASHIMIMI

I finished yet another spool this month! I'm using cheap thread and fabric to make muslins for better stuff in my wardrobe and this month I've managed to finish a dress and a flowy top but my room is still under renovation so it's not a good time to showcase the makes yet Can't wait until the renovations are over....

I'm making a top using batik I got from my bff's birthday party favor and it's coming along nicely. I should have make the center back piece with longer train but batik panel is 2 x 1 m only so the train is shorter than I'd like to but still, free batik fabric is awesome. This project also marks the very few times I actually finish a tube of thread. It shouldn't feel like an achievement but it did anyway :)

Chokers are trending this season and they are super easy to make. I made two lace ones for myself last week. Just measure around neck, add 1.5 inch, hem the two short edges, add buttonhole and button and you'll have a new accessory ! Cheers, lovelies! Lace ones look super chic and girly for summer. I need to make more in velvet and black lace too.

Songket peplum skirt done ! Self drafted pencil skirt and peplum. I inserted horsehair braid in the peplum to keep it flush because droopy peplum looks sad....I don't like it. The inside seams are bound like hongkong seams but with a purple thin ribbon instead of bias tape. material : 1.5m songket fabric (frays like crazy so I hade to do hongkong seams) , invisible zip , about .5 m of horsehair braid , skirt hook and eye. cost : 10 usd altogether.

Need to make a few alterations for the next pair but this one is good enough :)

cost: 12 dollars all. woohooo. lots of scraps left to make a cute top. I’m so glad normal fabric is so cheap where I come from.

rip rip rip sew sew sew rip rip sew sew rip sew I need to finish that Sonja dress and pencil skirt already !

Felt backed simple brooch. This makes my dress looks more preppy :) Materials : Buttons about 30 cents each. The woven rubberband is like, 80 cents/m? but I use so little of it, this whole thing only costs me a dollar probably.

Finished with sewing my Sonja dress zipper but I forgot to sew up the top part before closing the zipper so the zipper head flew off !!!!! Tried to put it back in but no...impossibru....wanna kill myself right about now. will have to go buy another pink zipper for it. arghhhh

On to refashioning an old shirt dress. I just finished seam ripping the sleeves to make ruffles for the hem because the shirt dress is a little too short for southeast Asia standards…heheh. My clover seam ripper is the best sewing investment I got. Every sewist needs a great seam ripper.

I’m very pleased with how it turned out since I didn’t do any planning or measurement and basically just winged it using scraps from other projects. I’d make the drawstrings shorter next time though

I prefer basting to pinning because I get needle pricks all the time when I make projects 😧 here inserting zippers to a plain white tee and basting invisible zipper for a flower-print pencil skirt . fight on

Refashioned another dress, because the top has lost its knit elasticity. So I cut the top off and keep the cute bubble skirt. just added an elastic waistband to make sure it doesn't slip off when I wear it. My friend says the skirt looks cute! *happy*

It's such a simple and quick project but very rewarding because this turns out perfectly!

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