Monday 12 March 2012

Flower Girl Dresses - Round 2

It's time for another wedding in the family, thus another round of flower girl dresses sewing for me. My beloved sister in law, Cik Chik to the nieces, wedding reception was on the 10th of March 2012. Like before it was held at my parents in law's place in Sabak, Kelantan.

This time around, I used lace overlay on satin lining. I fell in love with this lace fabric during my recent trip to Bandung, Indonesia and because it was SO cheap overthere (like 3 times cheaper than in Malaysia), I went crazy and bought 7.5 meters of dusty pink lace for the wedding. I made 2 dresses for my lil Hanan and my niece Widad, while the rest I sent to a seamstress to make my Aisha a modern baju kurung....With my crazy workload, I could only sew the dresses a day before our trip back east, had to stay up till 4 am to finish both dresses....but despite the near-breakdown, I think they didn't turn out too bad... :)


The lace itself is not difficult to work with, the biggest challenge is mounting lace to the slippery satin lining....my solution to that, albeit an imperfect one, is to use interfacing...yep, I interfaced almost all seams on the bodice lining to stabilize the fabric. I made 4 covered buttons for the back closure, I love those the most :)


Here are the girls waiting for the groom with their aunt, Cik Yah who's now 7 months pregnant (yeay another baby in the family!!)....Aisha, going to be 12 in December, no longer wants to be a flower girl so she helped with handing out door gifts to the guests :)

Below I made a story board to show you how a simple wedding reception is in Malaysia, or at least in our family :) I love how colorful everything is....this is when the groom and his entourage arrived, received by my father in law...and later the bride (my sis in law) holding the flower girls' hands went to meet her groom halfway...after kissing her husband's hands, they'd walk together to the house to meet the family and friends....it was lovely..I just love weddings! :D


The flower girls on duty....my niece is just 2 years old, yet we are in awe of her poise and eagerness! She did not fuss or cry, carried out her duty wonderfully in the hot weather...so cute! My lil Hanan was of course ever ready to be a princess lol....We tried to get the girls to walk in sync, but in all that heat & so many people watching it's understandable that they get a little confused :)


I just love the family time we had together...the girls had so much fun at their grandparents home...a wonderful family get together...here's the four of us...with me and hubby in the picture...


Thank you for reading about our special moments friends, have a lovely day! :)

Smiles,
Zura

26 comments:

  1. Oh Nima, I know what you mean! Those slippery satin, I almost giveup! Luckily interfacing saved the day lol

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  2. Oh Nima, I know what you mean! Those slippery satin, I almost giveup! Luckily interfacing saved the day lol

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  3. Wah cumelnyaa baju2 derang ko jait!!! cuma gambar pengantin x banyak ek? lawanya hannan nampak dah besarr sgt!

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  4. Wah cumelnyaa baju2 derang ko jait!!! cuma gambar pengantin x banyak ek? lawanya hannan nampak dah besarr sgt!

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  5. Hehe so far semua giirlss muke bapak dia.... xde pon iras ko long...hehe harus keluarkan sorang lagi yg mirip papatuks ker atau mommy dierlaa hahaha

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  6. Hehe so far semua giirlss muke bapak dia.... xde pon iras ko long...hehe harus keluarkan sorang lagi yg mirip papatuks ker atau mommy dierlaa hahaha

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  7. Such lovely dresses dear, love seeing the wedding pictures, reminds me of kampung :-)

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  8. Such lovely dresses dear, love seeing the wedding pictures, reminds me of kampung :-)

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  9. mutia, i know i'm way toooo late. but u really did sew these flower girls dresses? klu ku tahu aku order ngan ko je hr tu ;P but afraid not, i have another 2 bachelors & 1 bachelorette, hihi. theye are LOVELY!!! mcm boutique punya daaa esp ...the latest yg u post kat blog - the lacy satin pink. soooo adorable. i likee!! ko x tahu mcm nk gile aku hr tu carik custom-made flower girls dresses! and i probab;y made u a millionnaire for my 7, yup SEVEN flower girls dresses! gila kann?? but never mind, now i know whom to find! keep it up friend ;) errr, do u sew dresses/gowns for this coming raya? i still have a daughter though, hihihi ;)

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  10. mutia, i know i'm way toooo late. but u really did sew these flower girls dresses? klu ku tahu aku order ngan ko je hr tu ;P but afraid not, i have another 2 bachelors & 1 bachelorette, hihi. theye are LOVELY!!! mcm boutique punya daaa esp ...the latest yg u post kat blog - the lacy satin pink. soooo adorable. i likee!! ko x tahu mcm nk gile aku hr tu carik custom-made flower girls dresses! and i probab;y made u a millionnaire for my 7, yup SEVEN flower girls dresses! gila kann?? but never mind, now i know whom to find! keep it up friend ;) errr, do u sew dresses/gowns for this coming raya? i still have a daughter though, hihihi ;)

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  11. Zura, it was nice to read...and the dress for the flower girls are lovely...satin and lace...i don't know if i will every work with that...lost my patients working with satin alone...lol

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  12. Zura, it was nice to read...and the dress for the flower girls are lovely...satin and lace...i don't know if i will every work with that...lost my patients working with satin alone...lol

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  13. Wah mimi terkejut aku tgk komen ko kat sini ekeke...dah reply kat Fb tau..welcome to my world fren :D

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  14. Wah mimi terkejut aku tgk komen ko kat sini ekeke...dah reply kat Fb tau..welcome to my world fren :D

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  15. Wah mimi terkejut aku tgk komen ko kat sini ekeke...dah reply kat Fb tau..welcome to my world fren :D

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  16. aisya betul2 anak ayah yerr... and lil hanan anak mak hehee.

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  17. aisya betul2 anak ayah yerr... and lil hanan anak mak hehee.

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  18. Gambar pengantin banyak tapi tak masuk le blog menjait ni hehe..Hanan cepat sungguh besar *sob*

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  19. Gambar pengantin banyak tapi tak masuk le blog menjait ni hehe..Hanan cepat sungguh besar *sob*

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  20. Cemana ni ngah...dah 5 bulan asyik negative je..sedih arr....nak arr sorang yg ikut aku or papatok or mamatok hehe

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  21. Cemana ni ngah...dah 5 bulan asyik negative je..sedih arr....nak arr sorang yg ikut aku or papatok or mamatok hehe

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  22. Cemana ni ngah...dah 5 bulan asyik negative je..sedih arr....nak arr sorang yg ikut aku or papatok or mamatok hehe

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  23. Hihi ramai kata camtu gak Mila..tp Hanan pun x sama sgt ngan I banyak belah ayah dia jugak ekeke

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  24. Hihi ramai kata camtu gak Mila..tp Hanan pun x sama sgt ngan I banyak belah ayah dia jugak ekeke

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