- Kids skirt with embroidery
I upcycled a dress to kids skirt for a friend who has twin girls. Underneath the skirts, I added bloomers and connected the skirt and bloomer at waist. I also made embroidery fish and bird at hem so they can figure out which one is theirs. As I wrote before, I am into hand embroidery now.
- Closet Case Files Carolyn Pajamas
I recently made this pink & ivory version as a friend’s birthday gift. It is fun to make and fairly quick to sew (it takes me about five hours from start to finish) which makes it a good handmade gift. This time I bought piping at Nakamura online shop since I thought it would save me some time. But I wished I made my own piping that fits the seam allowances. In this particular patterns, 1.5cm seam allowances are already included. My store-bought piping width was 0.8cm. It was hard to sew at curves when then seam allowances and piping width don’t match. Overall I am happy with the end result and my friend seemed to have liked it. My Aztec Carolyn here and silk satin here. For more ideas, here (black one with white piping), here (navy blue and white piping) and here (pancake print!!).
- Teapot Cozy
I had an opportunity to make teapot cozies for a tea shop in Takasaki this month. I made sure to make a few extra so I can gift them to my friends and family. I made my own pattern based on the instructions from the tea shop owner, but you can find many different versions for free online. The floral print fabric and the beige cotton lining sandwitches the thick quilt batting. Inside, the seams are finished with bias strips. It would be fun to give with teapot and delicious smelling loose tea.
Woven labels from Dutch Labels Shop
For more gift ideas, check out Shopbop and take advantage of the big sale! Sale ends 11:59PM PST (Los Angeles Time) Tuesday, 11/29). クリスマスシーズンが早くも近づいていますね。
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Baby Shower Gift Ideas with Skip Hop
Hello! I wanted to share some pictures I took at my friend’s baby shower. I was her designated photographer:) She is expecting a baby girl and we had a shower at her lovely home in Tokyo. She is British and her place is decorated in British fashion (what I imagine an English home to look like) with pretty tea cups and dark color wood antique furniture.
{Custom ordered cupcakes}
{Collection of beautiful tea cups – My friend said she bought most of them from charity shop!}
{Kiko and fun party food}
{Scrap booking time! Most of the items are from 100 yen shop, Daiso}
{We each decorated the bibs}
In terms of shower gifts, this posts’s sponsor Diapers.com gave me few ideas for good baby toy gifts. I try to hand make gifts as much as I can (diaper cake, baby clothes here and here, nursing cape and bunny beanie) but occasionally, time does not allow it. So here is my guide:
{Skip Hop baby shower gift guide | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5}
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MADE | Matching Stripes Bodysuit & Top
Spring has finally come! I am so happy not to be bundled up with scarves, hats and all kinds of layers. My first Spring made item is this stripe bodysuit. I have been wanting to make a bodysuit for myself ever since Closet Case Files released the Nettie pattern. But instead of buying the pattern, I self-drafted it. I thought why bother to buy a pattern, print it out and put together the 20+ pages if it is just a top and underwear connected together. I was wrong. I quickly found out that a bodysuit pattern is much harder to draft than I expected. The top long-T part was ok; I wish I made the shoulder wider and armhole a bit bigger, but nothing terrible. The underwear part was the problem. If you make it too loose, it will not look right and will lose the bodysuit fit. I think the main attraction of a bodysuit is that you have a clean waistline. It looks less fussy than tucking in a shirt since bodysuit holds it down with snaps at the crotch.
Top: Fabric is from Tomato knit section, Jeans: Levis 501
Initially, I made the bodysuit with full butt coverage like the above picture. When I tried it on, the panty line showed when I wore fitted skinny jeans, so I had to modify the bottom part to make it like a thong. I don’t really like wearing a thong so I want to know if there is any solution for a full butt coverage bodysuit that won’t show a line? Or should I just accept the fact that the line will show when worn with tight bottom and pair it with loose fitted skirt?
I have a mixed feeling about this bodysuit. Although I love the stripes (literally matches with pretty much everything in my closet!) and how French it looks, every time I go to the bathroom and have to remove the crotch snaps, I feel a bit dumb. Kiko commented, “mommy you look like a baby!” refereeing to a baby romper. Next time I make a bodysuit, I will certainly be using someone else’s patterns, like Nettie or Kommatia.
There is not much I need to mention about Kiko’s top. I made it with leftover fabric. The pattern is from a Japanese book, titled “Yuki Araki’s Girl’s Clothes (セレクト版 荒木由紀の女の子のお洋服）, same as this panda dress. I had to shorten the sleeves and hem because of the lack of fabric.
ボーダーのボディスーツを作りました。
ボディスーツは以前から作りたくて、暇さえあればと、うずうずしていたのですが・・・
意外と型紙作りが難しい！
ロンTの型紙と、パンツの型紙をつなげればいいんじゃないかと思っていましたが、うまい具合におなか回りをピタッとさせて、か、きつきつにならないように布の収縮具合を考慮して作るのは難しかったです。
自分で作った型紙は、いろいろ修正したい点がありすぎて、今後同じ型紙で作ることはないと思います。
市販の型紙でどうなるのか試してみたい・・・
ボディスーツの良いところは、Tシャツタックインと違っておなか回りがもたつかないことと、
腹巻効果で温かいことだと思うのですが、トイレに行くたびにぱっちんはずして、つけて、ってちょっと間抜けです笑
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