the invite:


in the meanwhile, i made 3 outfits for 2 clients. i'll put up pictures of the fabrics. beautiful. i don't have any pictures of them in their clothes. will work on that. personal sewing has been on hold as i have 2 more outfits to finish. slow and steady, i guess.

of note, there was a miscommunication between me and one of my client. she requested a two dresses with full skirts. really full. and you can't get any fuller than a gathered skirt which i sketched with lines coming down from the waist to the hem. she approved the sketch. so i sent her the clothes and she said she didn't think it would be gathered. so i said well, the original skirt of the pattern was a full a-line which she saw and wanted more fullness. so, i guess she really wanted the original skirt but didn't know that was what she wanted. so it got me thinking... how full can you make a skirt without doing gathers? will it just look heavy at the bottom if you did an a-line skirt with a ridiculously wide diameter? i smell experiments coming my way!

ps: client was cool about it though.

here's the programs i did for my maternal grandmother-in-law's service of songs.


i'm working on an invite for my cousin. i love it! she loves it! even her mom loves it! (i guess that's when you know you really scored. lol.) i'll see if i can get it up after the invitations have been distributed. no fear of wedding crashing here. it'll be in nigeria!

hi. i'm back =) just had a nice weekend and i'm here to give some updates.

no, i've not yet completed dh's jeans. it's not complicated, i just got sidetracked =) i mentioned i had paper stuff to do. i'll write more on it towards the end of this post. anyways, i told my mom to bring some native fabric for me whenever she comes to visit and last time she came she brought a whole bunch of them.




i really liked 3 out of 5 of them. you can always find uses for fabric. anyhoo, i really wanted to make something for myself since the last one did pan out so well and i wanted to give my upcoming side business some pr. my fave ankara was the black and red one. so i picked that and waded thru my pattern stash (yes, i do have one now =) and settled on mccall's 5094.


so, i didn't like any particular one of the views so i had to mix and match. loved the wide straps cause i don't do spaghetti straps. loved the sweetheart neckline and the triangle opening in the back. added the ties (my idea, the pattern's is sew on) at the back so i can enter into the garment with ease and moved the zipper from the back to the side. finally, i made the gown floor length and the skirt much narrower with little flare. i must say, i am very, very proud of the final result.


here's me wearing it in full force =) with dh and me. didn't get a sharp full length pic but this one with my sis will have to suffice. then i like the one picture of me doing the face powder dance. hehehheee.



my friend now wants me to make a whole bunch of stuff for her. here's to getting my first client =) i'm going home in august and the ladies in my sewing group want some fabric and headties. so i'll be doing a little intercontinental trading or just some intercontinental errand running! lol.

so, the event was the wedding of a couple who are friends of ours and also a client! yes, i was hired to make the place cards, church programs, menu and reception programs. i got great feedback and people apparently loved it so i may just be getting more business coming my way. yay!