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Blue Whales Dress

Published on September 12, 2015 by sweetsourmomentsLeave a comment

Lately I saw many whales pattern fabrics in store and online, they were all so cute made me hard to decide. In my opinion whales are not a cute creatures, they are big and mysterious. Often I associate whales with the words mighty and respect. It’s amazing how those giant whales images can be translated into cute lovely fabrics for children. This dress is a summer racer back dress ( like the one I made before) with tiered bottom. To differ it with previous Whales Dress I named it Blue Whales Dress… believe it or not, creating name for dresses sometimes is harder than sewing it.

And this is always be my favorite part, seeing my little darling in mommy’s made dress.

Hand Smocking Polkadot Top

Published on August 23, 2015 by sweetsourmomentsLeave a comment

This Polkadot top is my first hand smocking project. I’ve already made another 2 hand smocking tops after this one, so loving it! Hand smocking adds a nice details to the fabric and creates a unique texture, it’s actually kinda relaxing doing it.

Added little crocheted daisy 🙂

Gardenia Dress

Published on June 1, 2015 by sweetsourmomentsLeave a comment

This dress no doubt looks so summery, with the bright flowery color palette and shoulder ties, it represents summer fun. I actually want more spring time, summer is here too soon… but it’s better than long winter which is very much not my season as I come from tropical region. So, here is it the summer dress made for my little darling.

I made an apron using this fabric, here is the link: petite apron

Here is my sweet darling.

Nom Nom Lunch Bag

Published on May 7, 2015 by sweetsourmoments4 Comments

Though I often thought about sewing a proper lunch bag for my husband, I’d ended up sewing something else. It usually because I didn’t have the right fabric, what I mean by the right fabric is I need the fabric that is thick, with darker shade, and not to girly. Last week I went through my fabric stash and was drawn by this fabric…finally I found the right one, why didn’t I think about it before?? It’s left over fabric I used in wall decor, I bought it from IKEA couple years ago… almost forgot that I still had some left, just enough for the lunch bag.

After finding the right fabric, I was thinking about making a thorough sewing tutorial for this project, but I should’ve known that I shouldn’t be too optimistic about it when your 2T was teething and very demanding. I was lucky enough to be able to get two pictures which I don’t even consider them as tutorial picture 😦

Anyway, I hope this Nom Nom lunch Bag inspires you!

The fabric, liner, and interfacing.

Since I didn’t have fusible interfacing, I sewn the medium interfacing I had to the main fabric in parallel lines.

This bag has an expandable top with cord.

Whales Dress with Collar

Published on May 6, 2015 by sweetsourmoments2 Comments

Does any of you notice that prior to this I’d never made my little one dress with collar? It’s because I didn’t know how to make it 🙂

Before I went back to Indonesia early of this year, I kept telling myself to not to forget to learn how to sew collar from my mom, particularly how to draw collar pattern. With all the hectic schedules and events, I eventually, in the last day during my stay, got to learn how to make the pattern which actually only took about 5 minutes, not as complicated as I thought.

So here it is, my first dress with collar.