Velvet Ribbon

    Hello... I made another basic wear last week. I used the leftover fabric from my infinity scarf  and I am happy that the sweatshirt matched so well with my self-drafted pencil skirt. Spring is finally here, the weather is still foggy with high humidity but anyway... I just hope that the sun will come out one day :) My family and I went to Fisherman's Wharf and Sands Macao for a walk yesterday and I used the opportunity to wear my outfit. After all, I like my new sweatshirt. The fabric is so soft, draped nicely and it doesn't make me sweat. Material: 1.5 yards of knit cotton in emerald blue thread Pattern : This is my third version of Moda Diana pattern no 75 -3P size 34/36 with variation. I added sleeve and hem bands. Which the final result is different than the original pattern. You can check my first  and second version The size of the sleeve band is 16cm x 8cm and the size of hem band is 90cm x 8cm. All the fin...

Hello.. Here is my finished top for  MAGAM February. Based on Moda Diana no. 75 -3P size 34/36 with adjustment. You can see the detail of my work on the pattern grading and adjustment on my previous post . This top is my second version of pattern no. 75 - 3P and I already cut another fabric for the third version. I love this pattern and this is one of my favorite top and I am planning to make more in the future, summer will be arriving soon and I need some short sleeve tops :) The sewing process of this top is quite fun. Firstly I need to removed the shoulder darts (remember that my first version was too big at the shoulder and I have to add darts to make it right). Then I transfer all the pattern pieces on new sheet of papers. After that I cut fabric plus matching the striped, pin and sew the top. The two tricky parts to sew this top was matching the striped and sew the neckline. My work on matching the striped was not so good...

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2015! Today post is about my last garment of 2014 and also my December garment of MAGAM Challenge :) As I mentioned on  My Facebook Page some days ago this top is based on Spanish sewing magazine "Moda Diana" no.75 - 3P I was planning to make the top with purple knit fabric only but I decided to add color block with dark purple knit because I want to make a not so boring basic top. At the end of my work, I liked my new top and I am happy to have one more casual top that I can wear with my jeans :) Pattern And Alterations: As I mentioned in the beginning, for the pattern I used Spanish sewing magazine "Moda Diana" no.75 - 3P size 34/36. The minimum size of the original pattern is 38/40, so I have to grade down the pattern to size 34/36 with following alterations, I omitted the darts (bust darts and back darts) Made a color block by slashed the front top pattern in two pieces Shorten the sleeve length 2 cm Reduced the length of the top ...