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Thursday, January 26, 2012

Seventh Trimsies

Voilà! C'est la dernière culotte d'apprentissage que j'ai fait. Kemarin saya nemu beberapa bahan yang sudah dipotong tapi belum dijahit. Yup, kebiasaan. Nyiapin bahan spy pas ada waktu langsung bisa dijahit. Ternyata waktunya ngga muncul2. 

Ini adalah salah satunya: Trimsies trainer ukuran M dengan side snap. Akhirnya saya jahit semalam dengan susah payah (ganjel mata dgn korek api :) ). Sistemnya AIO. So no stuffing thing.


Outer: PUL
Inner: microfleece
Soaker: microfiber 2 layers

Kali ini, tantangannya lebih kepada si microfleece yang punya sifat stretch. Saat soaker dijahitkan ke microfleece, luas penampang (halah...) kain tsb menjadi berkurang krn berkerut ke dalam (ke bagian jahitan antara microfleece dan soaker). Akhirnya, bentuk si inner menjadi tidak seragam dgn outer. Ke depannya, kalau berinteraksi lagi dengan microfleece di mesin jahit, saya akan coba utk membuat seam allowance lebih besar lagi.

Suprisingly, hasilnya ngga terlalu buruk. Malah lebih baik daripada Trimsies2 saya sebelumnya. Mungkin memang ini plus point dari penggunaan PUL bersama dengan microfleece sebagai pasangan inner outer. Ketebalannya tidak menyulitkan saya. Lain halnya dengan inner dari jenis terry (cotton, bamboo, hemp) or regular fleece. Tebel bok!

Berhubung si kecil sudah tidak terlalu membutuhkan trainer lagi, jadi this Zinnia Trimsies Trainer will go to... *thinking*




 O iya, kl yg ini late post. Goodness Gracious Diaper size S buat anak teman saya. Fitted type, baru bulan lalu saya bikin. Saya merasa kurang sreg dengan polanya karena...  lupa *doeng...*. Pingin coba pattern yang lain...



Outer: cotton flannel
Inner: bamboo terry
Soaker: microfiber





Sunday, January 1, 2012

Happy New Year! Let's Do Sewing...!

Happy New Year!

May 2012 give us lots of love and happiness... Also, life security, a peaceful world and so on (so many wishes for this new year).

And now, when I have a little time to update this blog, I would like to post some crafty things I made during the past couple weeks. First, the checkbook covers.


The first one, I made it on Mother's Day, Dec 22, 2011 (Indonesian). A gift for myself :D. Cute fabric but it was a bit bigger for my checkbook. However, I could put other things like prescription papers from our doctors. At the end, not bad... Multifunction.


Then the second checkbook cover, for my father-in-law, it was perfect in term of size. The only problem was a little stain from my steam iron water. And another thing, my daughter said it was too girly (the colors) but I said, hm, ça va... My faither-in-law loved it too like I did.


A week after, I made a reversible tote bag in a very girly colors and prints (big smile) for my moonlight princess. She could use it for taking some books to/from the library. I really love the result. And my both daughters like it too! It made me think to sew another tote bag from the same fabrics but smaller for my little star. Love, love, love both...!



Tutorial resources:

  • Checkbook cover: We are the Robinsons! I modified the size, I did not use any applique. 
  • Reversible tote bag: Skip to My Lou. I used the exact measurements except for the little tote (8" x 9" for outside & lining pieces, 4"x30" for the straps).
  • Fabric rosette flower: My Sparkle.


Happy sewing!