Christine's New Clothes!

Hey there!

It's a gloomy Tuesday morning on this side of the planet. And when the weather gets to be like this, I cannot think of sitting in front of my portable sewing machine. I don't know, must be old age getting into me... It's just that I need natural sunlight to sew (see) better.

So I thought, I'd better share the 2 new dresses that I've added to my 2013 collection.
Here they are ...

The Bella Abstract

And this second one, I call 'Das Mädchen'.

I made these 2 for my oldest daughter, Christine.  But ugh! She is not interested in wearing dresses! Yes, yes ... I get frustrated sometimes but what more can I do except keep wishing that one day she will wear all that I've made for her. 

Hope it will come, soon.  :)

Love lots,

Joycelyn

Der Spiegel. The Mirror.

While I was still a regular employee, I enrolled myself in a dressmaking class which lasted five (5) months. During weekdays, I go to work ~ weekends, I go to school. We were taught only the basics, but since then I have visited a lot of blogs (Me Sew Crazy and Heartmade Creations, are two of my favorite sites) and created a lot of stuff.

I would want to put them all here, but I'll save that for later. I thought I should start with the first dress I made for my youngest daughter this year. It is made from silver gray satin, turquoise pongee lining, turquoise ribbon and some ready-made ruffles.

Here's the dress: 

I have added a very simple bead work on the front bodice...

While the back looks like this:

Good thing I found ready-made ruffles of the same color... (check out the ruffles that I attached on the armhole). You can also see that the back skirt pleats are the same as on the front.

My daughter, Sophia, did not know what I was making for her and she was the happiest girl I saw when she saw her new dress. 

Awww, there she is with big bro ... on our way to my niece's wedding.


And here she is again, having fun at the wedding reception.

Oh! you might be wondering about the title: The Mirror (Der Spiegel auf Deutsch). It's just that I am fond of playing Dragon City, and this dress reminds me of my Mirror Dragon.

Smile!

Love lots,
Joycelyn

Uno

Since this is my first post, I would like to greet everyone a Happy New Year! This is definitely something new for me, and still trying to find my way around.

I have been on this site since Feb 2011 (or was it 2012)? Well for me, a long time ago, and only had the time now to post something. Really, I wanted to ... I just did not find the time for it (and contented myself with going to my favorite blogs for tutorials). Finally, 2013 is the year that it's going to happen! Amazing, isn't it? 

In the next days, I'll be sharing my own Creations. These are designs, art/sewing projects, activities that I love to do ~ alone or with my Kiddos.

Thanks for dropping by...
Bis bald!