KCWC Day 4

A simple pocket skirt with lace

My niece visited me this afternoon so I didn't get to sew much. We went shopping for fabric at Chinatown with my mum and niece. I was glad that I had the afternoon free with my mum and we talked alot. It was good to shop with mum. We had a good time and bought some fabric.  Here's some of what I've bought.



It's cotton fabric on sale at $3 per yard!



I'm going to make a skirt out of this one. It's $3 per yard too!

Anyway, I let my niece choose a fabric that she likes and made her a skirt that every afternoon after we came back from Chinatown. It's a simple skirt with lace hem and a pocket with lace details! And I only used 1/4 yard!

I love the sweet pocket. With the elastic waistband, and pocket, and lace, measuring, cutting, sewing and ironing, it took less than 1 hour!

She's very happy with the skirt and pose for me. Isn't she sweet : )

KCWC Day 3

A knit top

front

 

back

cute button!

sleeves details

Doesn't this looks cute. It's made from soft knit that I got from Spotlight. Love the colourful hearts. It's short sleeves so will be a nice addition to my girl's wardrobe since Singapore is hot all year round.

I've used the twin needle for stretch fabric on this knit. Love the double stitch on the sleeves, hem and front opening. You should really get one if you sew on knit. It's really neat and looks professional.

My sister bought this for me from Japan! It's really sweet of her.  The book comes with pattern pieces for size 100 to 120.  I saw a few other nice dresses and pants which I'll try them soon, hopefully.

See that blue knit top at no. 7?

Phew! This is day 3, I'm still exciting about the sewing and really, KCWC makes me work more efficiently as I need to plan and execute them quickly. So happy with my sewing for the past 3 days. 

Hmm..next, shall I sew another blouse or move on to dress?

KCWC Day 2

A-line skirt with big pockets

This is size 100.  I made this for my little girl using corduroy that I bought from Spotlight. As this fabric has a nap, I've to cut the pattern pieces with the fabric face up and all in one direction. It's quite easy to put together, I took about 1 hour. The pockets took some time but it's was ok.

This one was a pattern from this Japanese book that I talked about the last time.

I really love this book. I'm happy that I can use the pattern pieces supplied for both of my girls as it has 100 to 140 sizes! But be warn that the pattern pieces are drawn over each other so you will have to look carefully to trace out the correct one.

I've used highlighter pen to trace over the pieces that I want and then use the freezer paper to trace over the pattern pieces before I cut them out. One good thing about freezer paper is you can iron them on the fabric directly and you don't need pins! I don't see alot of freezer paper in Singapore so if you need one, you can get them either at Spotlight or Cold Storage store at Leisure Park Mall.

Ok, back tomorrow with a knit blouse....