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Mommy’s Diary 54: Happy Father’s Day!

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Happy belated Father’s Day! We celebrated Father’s Day with a handmade chocolate cake. I got the recipe online, and you only need chocolate bars and eggs to make this cake! It was easy and delicious. Instead of baking it in the oven, I used a rice cooker to steam it. I added this DIYed “I love daddy” garland on cake on behalf of Kiko.

As for the gift – we have a price limit of $20 because we decide on more expensive purchases together. With the price limit it forces you to be a bit more creative. This time I found three 60 minute golf lessons for 2500 yen on Groupon, and decided that would be it 🙂 Andy liked the gift. For my dad, I sent wine – I usually rotate his gifts between wine and books..

P.S. Last year’s Father’s Day we did this 🙂

Sewing Tool: Eyelet

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What is the most used tool in your sewing box? I think mine is an eyelet (or do you call it prick punch?). I keep it beside the sewing machine at all times. This little pointy tool is so useful!

I use the eyelet to mark the button hole. I used to use tailor’s chalk to mark button holes, but I find it less accurate. With the eyelet, I mark the fabric with a small hole, and the mark dissapears after you sew the button hole.

An eyelet is great when you are sewing and want to guide the seam allowance to face the way you want. I used to do it with my finger and would almost sew my finger to the fabric!

The eyelet is a great tool to mark the dart point. I mark 2-3mm short of the dart point with a hole, and mark the dart legs with notches. When I sew the dart, I go over the hole a bit to cover the small hole. Although with time and wash, the hole goes away pretty quickly.

Besides these, I used the eyelet to push out the square corners and help turn things inside out. What is your must-have sewing tool?

Strawberry Dress

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Hello! Today I wanted to show you the dress I made recently for a lovely customer. She chose the tuxedo dress design, but wanted the dress in a strawberry print. After both she and I looked around online for a possible fabric choice, she came up with this pretty print at spoonflower.com. I’ve been on the site in the past, but never ordered from there. I’ve always wanted to try ordering something from the shop, so I was excited that the opportunity finally came. Overall the service was good. It took about two weeks for me to receive the fabric in Japan. I ordered two yards of Kona Cotton. It is a good quality cotton with a bit of stretch and it was very easy to work with. The only complaint I had was that the print was printed off grain. Look.

The picture above was after I pre-washed and pulled the horizontal thread to straighten the grain. You can see that the print was not printed straight; and it is tilted a bit. It is kind of horrifying to think if I’ve gotten some prints that the grain line makes a lot of difference, like plaid or stripes.

Be that as it may, I enjoyed working together with a customer to make her special dress! I’m thinking of making a new listing, called “Build a Dress”, where you can pick your designs from several designs of mine, and fabrics from Spoonflower. What do you think?