Just thought to share a dress I made before all the craziness started last week! I got this cute ships fabric in Nippori, Japan. I thought it might be too much if I used this fabric all though the dress, so I decided to use it only for the top part.
The bottom skirt is made out of black light weight cotton, which is so breezy and comfortable.
Now I’m in Philly! It was so beautiful and sunny today, it made me happy. I hope this weather lasts for a while.
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Custom Orders
March was unbelievably and unexpectedly good month for my little etsy shop. Last week, I had to finish 8 custom order dresses in 5 days, while I still worked my full time job! It was crazy.
The floral cut out dress became a best selling item in my shop, and I love making that dress:)
The floral cut out dress became a best selling item in my shop, and I love making that dress:)
Besides sewing, my husband, friends and I went to Hanami (Cherry blossom viewing) at Ueno park the other day, and it was a lot of fun! It was packed with people, different vendors etc, and I love the fact that we can have drinks at public places! In Pennsylvania, they had a strict alcohol rules, and it was not allowed to drink alcohol in public, or buy it at a convenient store. I love the freedom of that in Japan.
Now I’m in NY, and heading to Philly tomorrow!
Baby shower and handmade baby clothes
We had a wonderful weather this weekend! I planned a baby shower for my best friend, and this was the first time I thew a baby shower. So I was so glad we were blessed with the amazing sunny weather.
So I decorated the garden with colorful balloons, baked cookies, and my friends brought over other foods to share.
My close friends from high school and their significant other got together…
Played some games.
As for the gift, I made some baby clothes, using polka dot double gaze fabric in different colors. I bought the fabric at Yuzawaya.
The pattern I used was from a website, called handmadenokokoro. The website is in Japanese. Pattern can be downloaded from here. Just like BurdaStyle patterns, this pattern can be printed out in A4 copy papers and glue them together.
The pattern has only one part, and is extremely easy! You only need some bias strips other than the body part.
Since I’m used to making adult’s clothes, the baby clothes seemed super small! so tiny and cute.
I only needed 50cm of fabric each for these.
With the fabric left over, I decided to make some matching baby bibs.The bib pattern is from the same website.
This website is great! They offer a bunch of patterns for baby and kids clothes, all for free!
This website is great! They offer a bunch of patterns for baby and kids clothes, all for free!
Since the Japanese patterns do not include seam allowance, I cut out the pattern with seam allowance including.
Baby clothes are amazingly small!
I put everything in a box, with a small soap.I was so glad that my friend loved it!!
