Romantic Purple 浪漫又神秘的紫色

一位老朋友向我订制了一个休闲包包。她喜欢紫色。紫色有点浪漫，也有点神秘。听说喜欢紫色的人追求完美而又对自己极为苛刻。我这位老朋友正是这样的一个人。:)

我花了不少时间在挑选布料上，因为朋友要一个设计可爱又不失大方的包包。制作好包包后，朋友又加订制了一个可以配上包包的化妆包。这是我第一次尝试缝制弧形立体化妆包。成果还算满意但体积比我原先预算的小了点。

希望老朋友会喜欢我精心为她制作这一个浪漫又神秘的紫色包包及化妆包。

Matching tote bag and cosmetic pouch

Romantic purple

 

Little pockets attached at left & right side of the bag

Back view of the bag

Lined with checked light purple fabric

Matching cosmetic pouch

Back view of the cosmetic pouch

A peek inside the cosmetic pouch

Summer Shorts 夏日裤

I love shopping for fabric. But most of the time I don't what I want to do with the piece of fabric when I bought it. Well, I know I will use it to make something one day haha..

For all the fabric that I have in my collection, those boyish print fabric are the one I hardly touch. Well, I simply have no idea what to make for boy. Unlike for girl, I can sew bags or make hair accessories but I don't know what to sew for boy. I have yet to master the skill of clothes making. I've bought books on clothes sewing, but it's too complicated to follow or rather I need someone to enlighten me on that skill. Recently, I stumbled upon a website, I found a tutorial on making kids shorts. I must say that the tutorial is very easy to follow. I was so excited after reading it. It gives me some confident to start sewing. So, the next day I dug out the boyish fabric in my collection and started making the shorts. Apart from the elastic band which was cut a bit too long, I'm pretty pleased with the overall result. 

For those who are interested to make this easy summer shorts, here is the link to the website: vixen Made.

Road sign cotton prints summer shorts

First attempt to sew a summer shorts

My boy is cooperative enough to pose for me :)

Sweet Pink 甜美的粉色

I'm making another bag for the ballet centre. Again the theme is pink. Cannot go wrong with pink with those little girls. :) 

The pattern of this bag is slightly different from those I have sewn earlier. It's rather squarish and hence it's roomy to carry more stuff. It also allows you to see everything you need in the bag when open up. Suitable for ballerina that carries lots of little accessories to her lesson :)  

I love roomy bag because I usually carry lots stuff in my bag haha. I hope the girls at the ballet centre will like it too. 

Sweet roomy bag

Large pocket attached in front of the bag

Back view of the bag

Pink checked fabric is used as the lining of the bag

There are also little pockets at each side of the bag

Fleece Capelet 绒布披肩

女儿在芭蕾舞课的一个小朋友在日本旅行时，买了一件绒布披肩。是一件很好看的披肩。女儿和她的朋友们个个都很喜欢那一件披肩。女儿问我是否可以帮她缝制一件那样的披肩。我说我可以试试看。我想应该不会太复杂吧。刚好，之前委托美国的朋友帮我买回来的布料里有一片是绒布， 正好可以派上用场。

在The Cottage Mama 网站搜寻到制作披肩的教程，Cape Pattern and Tutorial. 这个教程清楚又简单，对新手来说也不是问题。由於我用的是绒布，所以在制作方面做了些更改。

缝制披肩比制作包包简单多了。有些事情我们必须动手去做，去试过了才知道困难与否，单凭表面想象有时候会跟现实有很大的出入。

绒布披肩

前面有个大纽扣

可爱的猫头鹰图案

利用方便的魔术贴

Blanket stitch

穿上心爱的披肩，好开心哦！