Start Sewing Again- Jalie 2805 for my baby girl

After so Many year of traveling around. We settled in Canada several years ago. Time fly by, my baby girl just celebrate her 2 year birthday the other day. Since she went to daycare full time I got some sewing time. I used Jalie 2805 as bodice and made 5 dresses for my 2 year old.and I only made one change to the original pattern--shorten the front and back piece to about 10". I drafted the skirt by myself.

my little balck dress

I promised that I will upload another dress that I sewd this weekend. I used a polyester cotton blend jacquard which I found at Wal-mart a year ago, it was a really pretty piece. I used Vogue pattern 8442, which I just had enough fabric to made it up.

Pattern:Vogue8442



Fabric: Cotton polyester blend Jacquard for the shell. french polyester chiffon for the lining.

Size: I made a size 10 without any other alternations.

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Back



I think I did a better job than the blue ones which the model is wearing.

Red wool coat

I made this wool coat couple weeks ago, before my school started. I used McCall's 5525 B version and I really like it. By the way I'v been sewing a lot this weekend, waiting for my DH to take the pictures for the rest.Plus I'm showing off my favourite boots.

Patten: McCall's 5525



Fabric:light weight Chanel wool(I got it from e-bay) for the shell, Italian silk Jacquard for the lining.

It took me two days from cutting the pattern to sew it up. the only
challenge to me was to find the right bottom. My DH helped me to selected it. give him a A+.

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the back:

Some of My Sewing in 2008

Should I call this end of year post? Seems nobody as lazy as me only post once a year ha ha... 2008 isn't the year for me, too much things was happened. Anyway cut the story short I will post something that I sewed in this year as an encouragement for myself to keep going on 2009.

Pattern: McCall 3880 ,view E

Fabric: black lace fabric, silver polyester satin both from fabricland
Description: I made this for my friend which she went to a wedding on September. I made the view E. it turned out exactly like the picture showed on the envelope. (please don't look at the date on the picture it was wrong).

Pattern: Simplicity 3529

Fabric: 100% Rayon bought from stash

Description:This pattern size runs big, all the simplicity pattern runs big anyway.I'm size 12 according the size chart, I made a size 8, it still turned out pretty big. I hand bead around the shoulder.


Hand knit sweater, no pattern used

yarn: 100%cotton from my stash

Description: I really like a sweater that I saw on the Internet, then I knit my own version. it took my almost half month to knit it. it turn out really nice.
I'll be back later!

Start from the begining.....

Finally, fanally....I start this blog. After I shared so many dreams and designs (from others). I would love everybody else to share my sewing and design dreams. But first I will start from my pattern and fabric collection (the most crazy part).La,la,la.....