New Year, New Hope, New Curtain....Why Not?

Assalamualaikum,

Wow...it's 2014 already ...I've been gone for so long I guess.

Happy (be lated) New Year everyone...

At the end of 2013 I got a special delivery from my father in law. My own sewing table he made for me. Yay...It's a 'real' sewing table and perfect. Now my sewing machine has its own place. All this time I was sharing table with my 7 yo boy (Well, I'm petite, so I have no problem with that... yet.)

Yay...

 So, in order to 'celebrate' the new workspace and welcoming new year, I decided to make a new curtain for my kids room. And lucky me...I found a beautiful linen with theme I wanted all this time. It's the festival flag theme...just perfect for decorating kids room.

I never sew a curtain before and I didn't know how, actually. So I just 'do it'.

I did not make a lot of cutting nor sewing on the fabric. I just hemmed the both side, added trim on the top and straps.

The sewing did not take a lot of time, but sewing on buttons was so time consuming. Button?

Yes, 2 snap buttons on every strap. Sound unusual? I don't know. I just 'do it'.

We have regular curtain rod in the house (the one that has rail on it and need little hook to hang the curtain). I don't want to take it down, so I have to improvise on the strap.

Adding snap button on the strap was the perfect solution. I used a 1/2'' snap button.

After an on and off days here it is.....my very first curtain

Before

After

And this is the strap detail

My first finished project in 2014 and lesson learnt.

What do you have recently?

Wassalamualaikum.

Twirly Hat

Assalamualaikum!

Yay....Alhamdulillah...I finally finished the hat I mentioned on the previous post. Yes, it took more time for me just to figure out how to put those hat pieces to one (sigh...)
It was a simple McCall's pattern actually, but... I still cut some pieces in wrong direction. My mistake...

pieces

See those 2 pieces right on the middle of the 2nd row....It was cut in wrong direction. Fortunately there are still remaining fabric.
This is how it looks after I put everything together:

side one...single fabric

side two...with contrast

Yup, this hat is reversible. Well, the pattern does not say it so. But why not? It's pretty on both side.
Now...the out fit is complete. Ready for play time under the sun.

Have a nice day.
Wassalamualaikum.

Another NewLook Dress

Assalamualaikum!

Alhamdulillah, akhirnya selesai juga baju ini. This is the fourth dress I've sewed up using the Newlook 6877 pattern.

The instructions are easy to follow, even for a very beginner sewer as I am. And I really love the result as I learned many techniques on sewing.

For sizing I'm using the "M" since my 18 mos baby girls is 9 kg. But I think it's still a little bit larger for her. Maybe size "S" will be perfect. Well, at least it has more room to grow....nothing is useless.

dress and panties

back view

Love the panties...so cute. The red fabrics I used is local cotton fabric. I added white baby ric rac for the trim (except the skirt, I'm out of it, it just go plain with small hem).

I'm ready to go, Mama...

 I'm planning to make a hat with the remaining fabric. I've cut everything out...BUT...I still couldn't find how to sew it!!! The instruction is too simple and I really have problem with curves. Sigh...

I'll post it if the hat is ready.

For now...this outfit is good for playtime.

Have a nice day.

Wassalamualaikum.