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...

 Hi everyone, Today post is about my four favorite skirts that I wear a lot but I didn't blog about it. I made the first skirt in 2010 and continue to make one skirt each year. So, now I had four basic skirts to wear for everyday wear :)   Pencil Skirts. For the pattern, I followed step by step instructions from Burdastyle, " How to make a basic skirt " Black pencil skirt ( made in 2010)- For the fabric, I used 1.5 yards of medium weight cotton that had a slight stretch in black color. The skirt has front and back darts, straight waistband , invisible zipper at the CB but I omitted hook n eye - so the zipper inserted until the top of waistband. I also omitted the lining. Printed blue cotton pencil skirt (made in 2012)-  I used the leftover fabric from my shift dress . As the fabric is not enough, I made the waistband with black elastic (4.5cm wide). The skirt also has front and back darts, invisible z...