Musketeer No. 2

Well, if you have 2 girls at home, you gotta have 2 of the same kind or else!

Made this one shortly after the first one to satisfy the little sister that she too is a Musketeer like her sister.

Her's was in purple satin with lots of velvet hearts, light pink ruffles and gold trims.

This is the back view. You may wonder why the 3 flowers behind that didn't seem to gel in with the overall Musketeer look. Well, I accidentally cut a big hole behind when I tried to serge the seam! It's my fault for trying to rush through the garment while having a conversation with the older girl.

But the 3 fabric flowers look so cute anyway. I've used my Go! Baby cutter for this job and phew! It did save me lots of work and since Liquid Gold don't fray, I guess this will work too. 

For the sleeves, I used Liquid Gold in deep purple and gather a little at the top and left the ends raw since it don't fray.

Like the sister's version, I've used some nylon tulle with velvet hearts for the centre piece and framed them with the Liquid Gold in light Pink ruffles and gold trim.

She looks so adorable in them. 

And the 2 sisters went twirling around the house in their new dresses!

Oh! Did I mention that her birthday was just 3 days after her big sister? Pardon me. I was trying to rush that dress out for her birthday.

Don't she looks so sweet? I bought her a little Powerpuff girl cake since she will just play with them. 

Happy 2nd Birthday little one!

Musketeer in the Making..

If you have little girls at home, you will sure to see this show - Barbie and the Three Musketeers.  My girl had most of the Barbie series DVD and this is one of her recent favorite. 

She had asked for me to make her one of these costumes but I've always said it's too complicated and who make costumes in Singapore nowadays? Singaporeans usually will rent or buy them off the shelves. But it's kinda expensive and we don't really have any special occasion to wear them.

But it all change when I saw this at LiEr's blog. She's amazing and I've been following her crafts and sewing for some time now. I'm always amazed at her creativity and read in awe how she can transform a simple cardboard into fantasy. 

So I challenge myself to make them for my girls.  My older one wants the green one and she asked for the purple one for her little sister.  So, we went shopping at Arab Street for satins and chiffon.  

Here's how my version looks like. 

I also use Liquid Gold in pink and green chiffon for the ruffles at the sleeves and front panel.  Bought this at a steal from Spotlight at $2.20 per meter!

The stars nylon tulle was laid onto the green chiffon and I serged the 4 edges and sew them to the sides ruffles.  

The gold trim was from Simplicity range of fabric ribbons that I got from Spotlight. One roll of the trim last me one dress. I used them on the front top bodice as well as behind and the sleeve ends.

Like the movie version, there's detachable long skirt that are velcro-ed on and can be double up as cape when detached...

.... to reveal this short cute dress!

I made the dress just in time for her to wear them on her birthday lunch with my family.

Happy 7th Birthday my little girl!

Cheery Cushion Covers

My sister had asked me to make her some cushion covers to brighten up her room.  Her sofa was deep red and she wants some bright and cheery cushions.

So, I went shopping again at Spotlight and saw some beautiful home deco fabric that I think will just fit her requirements.  She didn't want floral print or polka dots. But I managed to convince her that Big Polka Dots in bright colors will work and I'm right : )

delicious tangerine orange

refreshing green lemonade

Bought 1 meter of each color and made 6 of these cute and cheery cushion covers! They are simple to make. Each 16" by 16" with envelope back.

And, how can I leave out my little tags?

The cushions will welcome her guests for the coming Lunar New Year and I'm glad she loves them.