New Shirt for Fall

Haven't been sewing for more than 2 months.  I came up with this over the weekend.  It's too loose, or maybe it's the fabric.  I didn't have enough fabric to make sleeves  =(  Fall color but sleeveless LOL

New Job Shirt

I haven't made anything for a long time... that's because I set a goal of not sewing until my house is clean.  You can tell how long it took me to clean my house.  Still not very clean though, only my room and my closet is a little bit better looking. 

I'm starting my new job today so I made this shirt on Saturday to wear.  I saw a lady at work wearing a shirt like this (the style) and I really liked it.  I made my sleeves shorter --- my first sleeves ever !!!!

The lady at work wore the shirt similar to this

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And mine came out like this 

My new hair style =)   the little bump on the top... makes me 2 inches taller hahaha

Have a great Monday, all !!!  Hope my new job goes well also.

"Unzip My Dress" Dress

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I have created a name for this dress.  It should have been done like 3 days ago, but I was lazy doing the hemming... Finally finished.

Anway, short story behind the name of the dress...
I brought my dress in to work with me, hoping I have some time to do the hemming and do some blind stitch at the back by the zipper.  I was wearing a green dress that day and wanted to show one of my co worker my new dress that I'm working on.  So I put on this dress with the green dress underneath.   "Looks pretty good!" he said.
The CFO then walked by and I asked him "Can you unzip my dress for me?"  Haha  he was like "What? No!!!"

That's where the name came from. 

Today I'm actually wearing my dress (without a dress underneath).  The CFO walked by again and I told him "No, you can't unzip my dress for me today..."

=)

I made the neckline kindda too low for me, so I have to wear a black cami underneath to be able to wear to work.

Tell me what you think of it.  I like it with a betl, but I should have taken a picture of me without the belt.  =)
I'll do that later.

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First Dress Finished !!!

I started this dress on Friday night --- end up finishing it today.  Well, most of it was done on Friday.  I started working on it around 8:30 pm, went to bed at 1:30 am ... Oh boy!  That was 5 hours.  I woke up the next day with black circles around my eyes.  =)  But it was worth it.  My dad came over yesterday and saw me try on the dress and approved it.  Yay!!! 

Finally, it is done now.  All I have to do is hem it and blind stitch a few spots.  Didn't have much trouble with the zipper this time.

No pattern for this.  I drafted my own --- but I copied the neckline from Simplicity 1803 

I'm so proud of myself.  I bought this fabric on clearance plus 50% off red tag fabric from Joann.  End up paying $2.50 for it.   I only got 1 yard (I'm short)  =)

No make up, so I cut my face off the pictures  =)

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The V looks crooked, doesn't it?  I'm going to fix it.

so so so crooked

Now I have make up on LOL

I'm Still Sewing ~ First Official Shirt

I just realized that my last post was June 17.  I'm still sewing, just finished a shirt for myself indeed.  My sister bought me a thick thick book about pattern making and so I've been reading that. 

I haven't taken pictures of the new shirt I made.  It's just another simple shirt like the previous green one, but this one has a zipper on the back.  Can you believe that I re do the zipper 5 times?  When I wear it, the back curve out at the one spot (I'll show you what I mean later in picture).  It still has a small bump curve but alot better now.  I don't know why.

And the neck, I guess it got stretched out while I was sewing or something... =(  My dad said the neckline and the armholes are the hardest spots.  We want them to fit the body, not like "out" and showing the bras.  But I think I know why that happened, I didn't stay stitch it.  ;)

I plan to wear the shirt tomorrow to work.  Again, it's just a simple shirt made out of an old sheet.  I need to wear the shirt out to public and see if any one laughs at me.  We'll see...

A Shirt I Made For Myself

I'm still looking for fabric to make the sailor dress for Kayly...  Got the navy one but still looking for a thick white fabric that I want at a reasonable price...

Anyway, I just finished making my shirt (from an old sheet).,  It isn't done done done but all I have left to do is to hem it and trip off the extra threads.  It actually didn't take me long to sew the shirt, but making the buttonholes was gosh took forever.  Can't figure out why the stupid button holes on my machine keep on skipping stitches and make straight lines rather than... I don't know how to explain it.  But I'll take a picture of it.  I counted.  I have 5 button holes to make, and I had to redo it more than 50 times.  A spot on my shirt almost got a hole from undo the threads and redo ...  =(

My dad gave me the instruction to make the pattern base on my size.  I got 4 books here with the same instructions to make clothes with your own measurements.  I know this shirt isn't pretty.  It's the basic shirt.  My dad said as long as I can make a basic shirt, then I can design whatever I want.

This is actually the 5th one I made.  Dad said if I make 100 of them for practice, then I can make one for myself.  I don't have patience to do 100.  But I did 4.  So the 5th one I made I can actually wear (if I finish the hem).  I'm proud of myself.  But I gotta show my dad first and see if he approves it or not.  =)  Everything has to be perfect for him. 

I gotta figure out why my machine is so crazy making button holes.  Maybe it will be faster if I make the button holes by hand.

I got no make up on so please don't look at my face.  Just look at the shirt haha

See something sticking out from the other sleeve?  It's the facing that I didn't tuck in... All I got to do is some blind stitch.

Look at the mess that I have to clean up.  =(

See the yellow thing on the sewing table?  That's a seam ripper and it's my best friend  =)

Another July 4th Dress With Ruffles

I'm done shirring.  For real !!!  LOL
I think this is the 4th shirring I did.  It's so easy and fun to do but I think I did enough. 
I bought a few different patriotic fabrics from Joann so I decided to make another easy dress for Kayly, with ruffles this time.  =)

Kayly is sleeping right now so I have no model to try on this dress.  I'll take more pictures in the morning. 
Bed is calling my name...



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July 4th Dress

The sailor dress isn't done yet--- I haven't found a material that I want, so I decided to go ahead and make the July 4th dress.  (Another shirring dress, it's so fun and easy to do)

Now, tell me the truth, how much would you pay for this dress if it was for sale?  I asked my husband that and he told me "Five dollars!"  ...  I wanted to cry.  =(

Do you think I can make this and sell on etsy or ebay for $10?  LOL  that means I only make $2 an hour haha

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First Refashioned Dress for me

I don't think I will do another refashion for me again because it's so hard.  It took me almost 4 hours, neglecting my daughter and my husband, this is what I came up with.  Doesn't look very pretty.  It's too loose at the waist, maybe I can save it for when I'm pregnant again.  Haha  But if it's not loose at the waist, I can't fit in it through my head.  There's no zipper or buttons no where.  I guess it failed. 

Do you notice the little green/gray something on the right of the pictures near my feet?
That's the ugly dress that I made for Kayly from the men's shirt.  I use it to clean the floor.  hahaha

Refahioned dress

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another Pillow Case to Kayly's Sun Dress with Shirring

I did one yesterday already but decided to do another dress.  I'm getting better at it.  I make the lines for shirring closer together and it gathers more.  I did this in total of  1 and half hour.  Not bad huh?  I think this dress is the cutest one out of all the dresses I made.

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Pillow Case to Kayly's Dress With Shirring

I was looking around on Burdastyle and found this dress .  I told my husband this is too cute and I can totally make this for Kayly.  So, here it is.  Not really cute like the dress I saw but... oh well.  Atleast I didn't use my pretty pillow case.  I learn to use the ugly fabric or the ones I don't care for to practice.  Kayly isn't too happy when I asked her to try this on and take some pictures.  She was busy watching her movie and didn't want to miss any part.  So, no smiles at all.

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Cut up the pillow case

Use elastic thread

Draw the lines for shirring

Shirring

Almost done

Added the straps and tada

She was upset

the back

I asked her to wear her Cinderella headband and she smiled for me haha =)

Size 10 Skirt To My New Skirt

I found this at a super cheap price.  Guess where I got it from?  ;)

I always love the kind of fabric that has embroidery in it.  I looked at my closet and I only have 1 white pair of jeans/capris.  That's it.  Only 1 white bottom.  So I went on a search to look for white clothes and this is what I found.  It's summer time now and AZ is HOT !!!!!!  So this is perfect.


It's size 10 and that's too big for me.  So I took it in from the back.  I guess no one will look too much at the back and won't notice it if I don't tell them.  =)

Oh, and today I realized that my husband isn't a very good photographer.  =)

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Here's the close up of the fabric.

I took in total of 5 inches.

And ta-da !!!  It fits me.  I forgot to take a picture of the back.  When I wear it for real I will take more pictures. 

Men's button shirt to Kayly's dress

A co worker gave me his shirt because I told him it didn't look good on him.  Haha...  Believe me, I am honest and will tell if it's nice or ugly.  Actually, it wasn't this shirt that I told him it was ugly.  But he end up giving me 2 shirts, this one and the one that I called ugly.  It was so ugly that I don't think I will make a dress for Kayly with it.  It's just a sad color.

Am I mean ???

Maybe, but oh well.  This shirt came out OK, but why does Kayly look soooooo old in these pictures??????

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Another dress from men's shirt

I did this in 1 hour from start to finish.  I'm getting good at it.  I mean this dress only.  Remember I made the blue one from the men's shirt?  So now she has 2.

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Men's shirt to Kayly's dress pictures

This was the earlier post.


So I got her wearing the dress but she wasn't in the "picture mood".  She should get used to taking pictures by now.  We only take about 100000 pictures a month haha.

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Another skirt to dress for Kayly

This was one of my skirts that I haven't worn in a longgggggggg time.  So, it's time to cut it up for Kayly. 

A coworker gave me the blue dress for my daughter I think 2 years ago.  It's a 5T and now my daughter can finally fit it.  So I decided to make one similar to that.  It was fun making it.  Took me total of 2 hours.

I need something for facing but couldn't find any knit at home, so I cut used Kayly's old pants, it was size 3T  LOL.  I'm not going to throw away another thing.  I might need it for facing some day.  =)

My friend gave me this one...

I have the other leg of the pants, maybe I can use that to make a bow so it shows on the dress. 

She's napping right now, when she gets up, I'll make her try it on and will post more pictures then. 



OK, just added the bow.  I used the fabric from the pants, it doesn't really go but I don't have any other pink.

So she just woke up =)

I need to fix it a little bit.  The straps are too short and kindda tight at the armpit.

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Pink Green Dress

I just finished this.  This is the very first dress that I actually did buttons.  The other ones I did were snap on buttons and was easier.  I learned to do the buttonhole on my sewing machine and it works.  =)  Yay !!!

It's a little big on the bodice (don't know why)... I'll take it in when she takes off the dress =)

Check out the neckline.  You guys like it?  I thought it would come out nice... but my husband said it looks like her shirt is falling to one side. 

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