Silvermist Costume

For the school carnival, my little one wanted to wear Silvermist (Ondine in french) costume. Silvermist is a friend of Tinkerbell. Because the weather has been so cold (still! You know it will be spring in couple days... kerr...), so I worried if she used the usual fairy costume.

Well, according to one of Tinkerbell movie, the winter version of those fairies' costumes also exist. With a little research and some days of design planning (design planning? ^_^ But yes, it took couple days to decide & make the design), I finally made the Silvermist costume on winter.

I might missed some little details (especially for the wings) but It's fine. My daughter was totally happy... She gave me some hugs when she saw the costume finished (almost finished). And she smiled a lot when she saw the mini wings.

Total working hours, probably 5 hours (not including the design & the material hunting process). Four hours for the coat, one hour for the wings (the first one I made was too weak, the wire was not strong enough so I had to change). The headband was easy peasy :)

Ah yes, the pattern I used for the coat was Anya Dress from Petite Kids Boutique (in Etsy). I modified the below part & the belt.

And... Look at her photo... Trop mimi... :)

Passport Organizer for a Friend

My friend wanted an organizer that could fit 4 passports (since her travel will be with her husband and her son - with double passports). She also wanted the organizer to be as small as possible. So, I made this for her. She will use it next week, so it was a quite urgent need for her.

Basically, this organizer is the same with the one I made last year (Travel wallet). I just modified a little bit at the interfacings since I did not use the canvas fabric for the exterior.

All fabrics are using medium weight cotton (the exterior is Vera Bradley design bought at Lemonz CraftProjects, and the interior + pockets are solid cotton from Eurodif store). Interfacing used: Vlieseline H630 and double H250.

Ready to go for the New Mexico trip! Bon voyage, mon amie...!

Tuto in here

Japanese Sewing Books: My Wishlist

I just want to keep this well written in order not to forget. Memory problem T_T

I remember I wanted Mademoiselle book. But then I tried to hold myself because I just bought two others. After that, I wanted one Japanese sewing book for myself (women size). I read one review at Japanese Sewing Books blog and it looked interesting. Still, I needed to compare with others.

As usual, the process of comparing those books was taking so long because of many reasons. Until today, I spent some time again to check, re-check, etc.

Et voilà! My wishlist...

(26.03.2013: Already in my bookshelf)

My birthday will be in July. Note that.

:D

Large Messenger Bag

Again, the pattern is from Oliver+S' book, Little Things to Sew. This is the large version of the messenger bag I made before.

Fabrics: black cotton canvas & Vera Bradley cotton.

Slight modification at the straps & additional thing at the simple closure (with lobster clasp).

Gardening 2013, Let's start it!

Penyemaian benih pertama kali dimulai saat liburan sekolah Februari kemarin. Yang disemai adalah biji cilantro hasil tanam tahun lalu. Kemudian saya mulai mempersiapkan tanah di beberapa pot (dicicil ya... maklum...) dan menyemai beberapa benih yang lain (lettuce, radish, spinach, cabe rawit). Baby chives tumbuh sendiri dari bekas tanahnya yang tahun lalu. Cukup mengagetkan karena saya sudah menghancurkan tanah dalam pot tersebut. Berhubung saya cinta sekali dengan chives dan sering masak dengan herb itu, jadi saya tetap membeli lagi baby plant-nya di Botanic.

Tahun ini saya mau mencoba menanam strawberry. Kemudian, saya juga mau mengganti tanaman basil sebelumnya (basilic grand vert) dengan citron basil. Rencananya sih hanya itu yang baru. Namun ternyata kemarin saya tidak tahan untuk membeli Kale Bleu 3,5 EUR di Foire aux Plantes Orléans. Kalau melihat di google, Kale Bleu ini mirip dengan Rape Kale. Sempat juga melihat tanaman goji seharga 10 EUR. Tergoda tapi tidak beli *bangga atau menyesal?* :D

Selain itu, tahun ini saya juga harus mempertimbangkan apakah harus rotasi lokasi/pot tanam khususnya utk jenis tanaman yang katanya "makannya" banyak, seperti tomat dan kentang. Cuma repot juga karena sebenarnya saya ngga punya cukup banyak pot atau planter yang besar. Thinking about buying 2 new pots with the diameter of 30 cm. Tapi nanti dulu deh... Harusnya tahun ini ngga ngeluarin dana utk tools and equipments.

Catatan dari hasil kunjungan ke Botanic dan Foire aux Plantes kemarin: tanaman tomat dan basil belum dijual. Kalau mengingat tahun lalu, rasanya sih bulan April baru ada. Kl tanaman strawberry, di Eric Deloulay http://www.aromatiques.fr/ (pépinière di dekat Orleans) sudah ada pas lihat mereka jualan kemarin di Foire. Tapi jenis strawberry yang mereka jual itu masuk kategori légumes anciens. Saya maunya yang biasa aja...

Yuk, mulai lagi berkebun...!

Small Messenger Bag

I started this project a week before February school holidays and then it was stopped in the middle because I couldn't find the strap adjuster that I needed. So I ordered online thru Etsy. The strap adjuster was arrived around Monday (four days ago). And finally I could finish this bag. It's so cute!

Now I have to make the bigger one for the bigger daughter :D

Pattern from the book of Oliver + S, Little Things to Sew.

Brownies Mr. Oliver

Feeling better now after 2-day KO. Bye flu... Now I can enjoy one slice of brownie. Thank you, Jamie Oliver for the recipe :*