My sewing books

These are my sewing book collections. Ok, I have like a dozen or so more which are pattern related. 3 of these are vintage books which are totally amazing!

(Left to Right: Couture Sewing, Pattern Drafting (which is from the 1960ies), Twinkle Sews)

True blue 1960ies sewing books. They even smell old!

Me Made March - Last Week

These are the last 4 outfits of Me Made March 2011.

This is DVF wrap dress inspired. Mabel actually thought this was a Missoni dress and I'm very flattered.

This is a Roland Mouret's Galaxy dress knock off using Vogue Patterns. My 2nd attempt at this pattern actually. :) Love it!

This is another Vogue pattern dress, using jacquard from Gorgerous Fabric. The fabric is amazing with purple motifs embroderied onto navy blue .

Lastly, Burdastyle short skirt with hound tooth jacquard from Gorgeous Fabric as well.

There, the end of Me Made March posts. :)

Me Made March - Week 3

Bonjour everyone!

Progress of week 3- 3 outfits which I wore to work.

14th March 2011

This is a dress from Michiko Kayaki's "Simple Chic" sewing book. Pardon the creases haha.

15th March 2011

This is another "Chanel" jacket I made. I used the pattern "Origa" from Tamanegikobo. Fabric is from Gorgeous Fabrics. Skirt is made-me as well. This is a "Jenny" skirt from Burdastyle. I made like 6 versions of Jennys in various shades of grey, black, yellow and in tweed as well.

18th March 2011

This is a Butterick 5211, made with silk twill. This is a really fast and easy dress to sew! I was at the Marina Barrage. Beautiful place!

(Starting from left: Bee Cheng, Mabel and Me) at the Marina Barrage





Trench Coat - Progress Report

Trench coat is making progress! Fabric has been cut and I have chosen the lining of my trench!

Work in Progress

Lining + Trench Fabric

The most challenging part of sewing a trench is adding all the tiny details - epulets, tabs etc.. those tiny things take a considerable amount of time to sew but add lots of character. haha and of course, makes the trench look more store bought than home made. :P

Me Made March - Week 2

Hi Folks!

Week 2! Not extremely good progress on wearing every item "made-me". Only managed 3 days out of 5 working days. Forgive the pics as they were taken in a hurry in the morning before I rush off to work!

8th March 2011

This is a Butterick 5455 and I used ikat print silk twill from EmmaOneSock. It was tough matching the prints! This is my 2nd B5455, I made lilac version in Thai silk.

9th March 2011

Both the jacket and skirt are "Made-Me"! Jacket is a simple cotton tweed material I bought from Nippori Fabric town in Tokyo. It was really cheap! 1000Yen for the piece of cloth for this jacket! Was "Coco Chanel" inspired hence the black trimmings. Skirt is a "mermaid" skirt, something similar to what Yoshimi had posted.

10th March 2011

DVF inspired wrapped dress. I used Butterick's 5546. More versions of this dress to come as I have a stash of jersey fabric from Gorgeous Fabrics just waiting to be sewn! :) Fabric for this dress is Gorgeous Fabric's rayon challis.

Me Made March - Week 1

Pics from Me Made March week1.

1st March 2011

I made this dress from a vintage 1960's Simplicity pattern with bateau neckline. Skirt has soft pleats in front instead of the usual darts.

2nd March 2011

Me-Made-Skirt. Cotton twill from Gorgeous Fabrics, with front pockets. I copied this A line skirt from December 2010 edition of Classy (Japanese magazine) This is the snapshot of the skirt featured in the magazine



I was not wearing any Made-Me items over the weekend as I was here!

Marina Bay Golf Course! Beautiful isnt it?

Me Made March 2011

I am participating in So, Zo's Me Made March 2011 campaign. The pledge as follows:
'I, Brenda from http://brendasewingadv.blogspot.com, sign up as a participant of Me-Made-March '11. I endeavour to wear at least one item of handmade clothing each day for the duration of March 2011'

Wish me luck!