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Hello! I want to show you this quick project I worked on. I had some left over fabrics from making these skirts and bag I wanted to do something with them so as to not increase my fabric scrap stash. I think many sewers know that fabric stashs tend to overflow pretty quickly if you don’t consciously try to get rid of the unnecessary excess. I decided to make a table cloth and napkins (luncheon mats?). We have this very ugly dining table but I can’t seem to part from it because it was my parents’ first dining table. I used to have tablecloth to cover the ugliness, but since Kiko kept pulling it off, I got rid of it. But these table cloth and napkins will be a good cover-up whenever we have people over at our place.
I used the tutorial on the Martha Stewart website, “Sewing a Mitered Corner“. The instructions are clear and easy to follow. I love the clean finish on the corner.
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I recently had a chance to work with a wonderful customer from Malaysia, Lisa. I made a variation of the Secret Perriwinkle dress in ice gray for her to wear to her brother’s wedding. It is always fun to work on a custom order, and to know that someone from another country is wearing my handmade creation. She wrote a review for me and you can read it here and see more pictures!
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Handmade splatter top (similar), Uniqulo jeggings and Michael Kors watch
A while ago, I read somewhere in the sewing blogsphere about clothes in real life not being styled and worn the same way a
they are portrayed and styled for blog photos. Sometimes I feel that way because I end up not actually wearing the heals that I used to style a dress I blogged about or putting my hair up in bun for the photo when in reality I leave it down for pictures. That does not apply today. This is what I actually wear to work, run errands, and play with Kiko many days of the week. I am trying to make more separates because of their versatility. I am very pleased by this top I made from a left over fabric from the skirts I made for ANTHOM (The exclusive Vivat Veritas x ANTHOM skirts only available here). I think the splatter print is so unique (good finds from Nippori Fabric District) and the slouchness makes it easy to pair with any kind of bottom both tucked in and out.
The Uniqulo jeggings are beyond comfortable. I think you can’t really tell they are jeggings, unless you see my crotch?! Any thoughts? My sister gave me two of those and I literally live in them now.
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Last weekend, we celebrated Kiko’s second birthday! I feel old to say that “I have a two-year-old daughter” now, instead of “baby”. Last year, we had “Pink & Piggy” themed birthday party. This year, we had a joint birthday party with Kiko’s friend, Ocean. We met Ocean at church and they happened to share the same birthday in the same year! Ocean’s mom suggested we thoew a joint birthday party with Minnie Mouse theme, and I gladly agreed!
For the party, I made the Minnie Mouse dresses for the girls. It was pretty easy to sew because they are pretty much the same size. I’ve sewn similar dresses in the past, as you can see from here and here. I actually made these in the morning of the party in about two hours because I had been very busy the week before. They fit the girls perfectly. I like that the dresses falls below the knees and the puff sleeves. 
The party was a lot of fun. It was unfortunately rainy and cold but we enjoyed each others company nonetheless. Kiko took a while to get used to the crowd, but after a while she started talking and enjoying herself a lot. 
It is hard to believe it has been two years already. I don’t miss her baby time as much since I think she becomes more fun to hang out with everyday. We can converse a little and I like seeing her enjoying activities, like playing with her toys, with her friend Ocean, or simply taking a walk or a bike ride. I am excited for more years to come. 
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