T-Shirt Refashion : Scallop Apliqued Toddler Shirt from An Adult T-Shirt

As usually I ended up on a project that I've never planned or thought before. At yesterday evening, I looked at my fabric scraps, and I thought "what a colourful scraps !! I should make something with this". Ooops.. I did it again :P This time I turn a woman T-shirt into a toddler shirt, with a twist !!

I haven't finish it :P
Tonight I must seam the apliques onto bias tape and sew it onto the shirt.Maybe I'll write a bunch of tutorial to make it

I must admit that I was inspired by my little sister's scallop apliqued Trafaluc shirt. I didn't have its photographs, even though I searched and searched (and googled and googled) I couldn't find something like that, so you can compare mine with the original scallop tee

This is the original T-shirt before being cut : (It is brand new and I never wear it because it is way too small. It only cost Rp. 10.000 = a buck)


I compared it with one of my girl's dresses to trace the line that I must cut. I didn't use any pattern, just eyeballing :)


Here is the dress after re-cut and re-sew


I cut some fabric scraps. Totally, I used 6 different fabrics to add whimsical touch.


Can you see ? The apliques are still pinned on the shirt :P


I'll update this post as soon as I finish it. Wish me good luck !!

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Tutorial : External Hard Disk Cover

After a hectic week, finally I can post this tutorial. I know that this thing (external hard disk) sounds unfeminine, at least everybody that use computer needs this :D. And please forgive me for a very bad English & photographs :-x

Material Requirements :

- Focus / Exterior Fabric

- Lining Fabric

- Fusible Interfacing

- 1 mm foam/carton

- 1 set of Snap

- Matching yarn

- Fabric marking pen or tailors chalk

- Ruler

- Elastic

Measurement (see the picture below)

Note : This is not a pattern. This is just a measurement guide. Seam allowance is not included. For fabrics, you must add 1/4" or more. For interfacing, you don't need any seam allowance

Cut Pieces

Focus Fabric :

- One piece A

Lining Fabric :

- One piece A

- Two pieces B

- One piece C

For Bias tape, the measurement is 3" x 28" from lining fabric. And for elastic closure, you need to cut 3" x 4" from lining fabric

Fusible Interfacing :

- Two pieces A

- Two pieces B

- Two pieces C

Carton/Foam :

- Two pieces D

- One piece E

Interface Pieces :

Iron glued side of interfacing pieces (A, B & C) to the wrong side of focus fabrics A and the lining pieces (A, B, C).

For focus fabric A piece & lining fabric A piece, fold the side using iron

Some works on Cartons :
I didn't have any fabric glue, so I used a double tape to attach the carton into the focus fabric (note : It is better if you use foam than cartons)

Put the cartons into focus fabric A piece.

After you've done it, don't forget to :

- Make piece C : Trace the pattern from lining fabric ON FOLD. Iron the fusible interfacing on the wrong side, and stitch along the interfacing side leaving an opening along the bottom edge. Turn it right side out through opening at the bottom. Press again to neaten seams and the topstitch along the edge.

- Install a set of snap (that is consist of four pieces). Install first (down) pair of snap in the focus fabric (maybe 0,75" - 1 inch" from focus fabric edge), and install the second (upper) pair of snap into lining fabric C piece 0,75" from the edge

- Stitch lining fabric C piece into right side of the other part of focus fabric A piece +/- 1,25" from the edge

I didn't take any pictures on these steps. I hope you understand my explanation. I'm so sorry, I'll try to fix it later

Meet the wrong side of focus fabric A piece and lining fabric A piece.

Sew Hard Disk Holder

Fold the edge of two lining fabric B piece along the interfacing edge. Meet the wrong side of the two B pieces and stitch it on TOP EDGE and RIGHT & LEFT SQUARE SIDE. Leave RIGHT, LEFT and BOTTOM sides unstitched

Can you see the stitching ?

Center down completed holder at the right-down edge of one lining piece A and pin it in place around sides.

Stitch holder to lining piece A around sides and bottom

Pull the pin out and fold the holder 3/4" from each side (right, left and bottom) so it forms a box. Pin each side in its place and sew right and left side of piece C to the lining A piece

Make Elastic Closure

And for elastic closure, you need to cut 3" x 4" from lining fabric. Sew at the wrong side approximately 3/4" from the edge and turn out. Press the seams using iron

Insert small size elastic band into the elastic closure. Pin at both ends and cut the elastic band. Make sure you leave a half inch at the ends

Place the elastic closure at lining's upper right diagonal, down-accross. Refer picture below:

Make Bias Tape :
Prepare 3" x 28" from lining fabric. Fold the fabric in half so the wrong side meet and iron

Finishing :
Pin bias tape at lining fabric piece A. Meet the RIGHT side together and meet the edge of bias tape onto the edge of piece A. Stitch along 3/8" from the edge. After you finish the stitch, turn out the bias tape. Fold out untill the other edges meet the focus fabric. Press to neaten.

Hand-stitch the bias tape using slip stitch. Alternatively, you can stitch using sewing-machine. Don't forget to press the seams using iron. So you're finish !!

Just a hint : You can make it to renew your office accessories, to give it to your husbands/boyfriends, or maybe your father :)

I hope this tutorial can help. If there is any questions (or more) you can put a comment on this post

Cheers
Citra

DIY : Vitamin C DewDrop Hand Bag

I really need Vitamin C !! And this bag really juices me up :) Its orange focus fabric is a Batik Garutan, and its lining is made of green polka dotted local cotton. I thought they look pretty together

Note :
I made this bag using a Dew Drop Handbag Patterns by Keyka Lou. Come visit her beautiful blog :)

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DIY : External Hard Disk Cover -Finally Finished

It is finally finished. After a hectic week full of tantrums & cries, I finally stitch the last stitching on this stuff. I haven't touch it almost a week :( I even couldn't steal a minute to turn on my sewing machine. As my son turned well, last night I burnt all my laziness and kicked the sewing machine off.

Pretty disappointed that I couldn't write any tutorial about this at all..err.. honestly, I've written it but haven't draw any PDF pattern yet. Is it ok to write a tutorial without a pattern ? Maybe not :)

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On Finishing : External Hard Disk Cover

I made this external hard disk case cover few days ago and haven't finish it yet. I hope I can finish it this night and post the tutorial tommorow, I do hope so :D

I made it using two contrast japanese cotton, heavy fusible interfacing and some carton board to make it a little bit sturdy


The inner side is still messy. Maybe it will be better after I finish it.



Ps : Today is first day of Ramadhan. I ask forgiveness from all of you, my friend, for all my mistakes that I've made. Happy Fasting :)

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Dress for Eid, any inspiration ?

I'm looking for an inspiration of a dress for Eid, for my tots, of course :)

I roughly browsed and googled, and suddenly "Bubble Girl" came to my mind. Bubble Girl is a girl clothing line of Sebastian Gunawan or Seba. You can find Bubble Girls's website here

But still, I didn't make any choice and haven't draw any pattern yet. Oh, and I haven't find any clues for my boy's outfit for Eid either *sigh* Eid is a month forward, go go go!!

ps : the very very bad news (for me) is I can't post the baby kimonos & a reversible baby bonnet I made for a gift !! I made the kimono in two pairs : two tops & two pants. I wrapped them with the baby kimono shoes. The files were lost due to error of my camera's memory card :(