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Finally finished

April 17, 2012 – 10:32 am

After making this dress from this book, I needed to make another one for my 3 yr old. I originally made one for her using another fabric which she chose, but I forgot to add seam allowances when cutting out the skirt frills and that skirt ended up too short! Which is why I don’t read more »

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The play dress

March 14, 2012 – 4:41 pm

After the flurry of activities for Chinese New Year, it was back to the grind of school and after school activities. I’ve had time to sew but I just realized I have not updated my blog for a month! Our days are so busy that it was so hard to find time to take photos read more »

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Josie Dress in Black Satin

September 24, 2011 – 1:32 pm

R is having a mini piano recital tomorrow (Sun), I knew about it some time ago, but her teacher only informed me of the dress code on Wednesday. She said black or white dress, but if she doesn’t have, just a light color dress will do. That got me all excited. I think I was read more »

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Josie Dress in Turquoise

September 20, 2011 – 10:43 pm

Here is my installment of our turquoise challenge. It really took me a long time to overcome the fear of cutting fabric! But Estelle told me that she really loves the dresses I make her as they are “made with a special fabric called love”. And that really got me going. (That and the fact read more »

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Josie dress in Heather Bailey fabric

September 16, 2011 – 3:32 pm

This was the other dress I made. It was a size M but I realized that the sizes run big, despite following the given measurements, I should have made one size smaller. Now even after taking out 5cm from the back the bodice is still loose, so I will have to take in the sides read more »