Stash Swap Group 3 - Received

I've received the stash from my partner, Kak Noor and I'm so happy! So many cute stuff! I love ém all!

These are the FQs, ribbons and buttons. They are super cute! Am so happy to receive many large shank buttons as I really wanted them for making bags.

I especially adore this lady...so very vintage!

The felts. Love the color and especially the polkadot printed one, wow! I've never done any felt craft before, I think I'm gonna start soon.
And the surprise stash – wow what a surprise!

Kak Noor gave me her handmade bag made from LV monogram inspired cotton fabric! Her work is awesome, the bag is very well made!

Aisha took one look at it and immediately grabbed it for herself. It's the perfect size for her.

To Kak Noor, a big THANK YOU for the stash. Please visit her blog to find out more about her crafts.
Meanwhile I've sent my stash to my partner Aimila. Visit her blog to find out what I sent for this Stash Swap. I'm not sure if Hani wants us to make something from the stash as the next activity. But if she does, I'm in! This is so much fun! J

Gracie V-Neck Dress and Sweet Retro Dress

We are attending the wedding of a distant cousin today. The girls, of course, need new dresses ;)

Hanan's dress is actually a v-neck top pattern (view C) from Portabellopixie Gracie by Sandi Henderson.

I made an unwise decision with this dress when I cut it one size smaller than Hanan's usual 2T. I honestly thought it would be a bit on the bigger size (some patterns are like that). Note to self: Your baby is growing, when it comes to dresses, better roomy than tight J But of course Hanan loves it because her big sis has a new dress too.

I sewed a sweet & simple, retro inspired dress for Aisha from this Japanese sewing book (ISBN9784834724189, pattern no. 39). I love it!!

I omit the ribbon ties for the dress. And my biggest accomplishment here is the centred zipper, yeay! I wanted this dress to work so much I took the necessary, not for lazy girl action i.e hand basting!

I basted the seam allowance first, then the zipper. There is a reason why all sewing guide books recommend this, the result is so neat and professional, saves me from the heartache of a botched sewing project.

I used vintage inspired roses print Japanese cotton for the dresses. The dusky pink and green stripes trim fabric on Hanan's dress is Kaffe Fasset's shot cotton.

Tutorial : Basic T-Shirt Refashion

I managed to put up a simple tutorial for the basic t-shirt refashion in the previous post. You can download it here, it's in pdf format. Enjoy! :)