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Winter Fox Corduroy Dress

Published on November 16, 2014November 16, 2014 by sweetsourmoments2 Comments

I don’t usually find cute corduroy fabric in store, there are many options in online but not in store. This one is an exception, I got it from JoAnn and it’s on half price. Such a cute and perfect fabric for winter outfit.

It’s been couple months since my last dress project, my little one has been growing a lot, most of her summer dresses are too tight to fit her even for the next spring… and they also are not suitable for this weather now. So bigger and thicker dress is what she need. I adjusted the pattern to be able to fit her hopefully until next fall, it does look too big on her now especially around the armpit and waist… well too big is better than too small. I was also planning to add sleeves but then I thought sleeveless will be more versatile… she can still wear it with cardigan or sweater during the cold weater(without adding bulkiness to the arm areas) and the dress might works well during some breezy summer day.

So here it is the winter fox corduroy dress. Hope it inspires you!

Backless Tie Dress

Published on July 11, 2014 by sweetsourmoments2 Comments

My favorite part of this dress is the blue fabric that I got from JoAnn with 40% coupon. So classy, elegant, and also cute at the same time, children version of toile fabric. The design inspiration came from the romper I saw at Janie&Jack. Instead of romper, I changed it to dress. This dress is very versatile, it can be adjusted to adapt to my little one’s growth. When she is taller I just need to lower the tie, when she is bigger the elastic band on the waist area will still make her comfortable. Hopefully it brings you inspiration!

Isn’t it pretty?

Children Linen Summer Dress

Published on May 22, 2014May 22, 2014 by sweetsourmoments2 Comments

This is recycling project I did last weekend, my first sewing with shirring. The fabric is from my old pink linen skirt, I think it was from my high school or college time. I always like its texture and color, but not the fitting so I decided to give it the new look and purpose 🙂

My old skirt:

Cut the length.

The shirring part. Despite all the researches I did in youtube and google, I still had hard time figuring out why the shirring didn’t work. In one of the tutorial, the lady keep saying that we have to make sure the elastic thread hooked to the bobbin correctly… though I reminded myself to do so I still failed to check if it stayed that way after I hooked it. It took me almost 1 hour just to solve this. Finally I double checked the bobbin and the thread was bounced back from the hook, that’s why my fabric always came out flat,mystery solved!

Attach the straps.

I added lace on the straps and bottom of the dress. Beside the elastic thread, this lace is the new material I bought, the rest came from what I’ve already had.

Extra flower appligue to make it prettier.

Here is my little model with the dress.

Little Batik Dress

Published on May 14, 2014 by sweetsourmoments3 Comments

This is the first dress I made for my little one. The feeling when I see her in this dress is amazing, so pleased it fits her well. My mom used to sew us dresses and I’m happy that I’d be able to do the same for my daughter.

The batik fabric is the one I bought from Jakarta years ago, it’s initially planned for homedecor project like the one I did here. When I was looking for materials in my fabric stash, I remembered I had this one and thought this batik fabric would work perfect combined with left over blue batik (for the shoulder ties and pockets). I do not have pattern or tutorial for this post, sorry… the pattern is made spontaneous and sewn after my little one went to sleep, somehow it felt like racing with time between being sleepy and wanted to go to bed and being determined to finish it that night 🙂 …..I hope it still brings you inspiration.

Believe it or not, the hardest part was actually to get a nice picture of her wearing this dress. Maybe she also felt the excitement I felt, she just kept running around and moving. This is the best I could get.