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My cousin Faith will go back to school next year as a first former at SMK Limbanak. Aunti Phyllis called me last month asking me to sew a couple of pinafores for Faith. I said, "Ok". Maka-maka... lum pernah jait pinafore pun. hahahah

But i figured it woudn't be so hard to sew. The basic is just the skirt maa..
I took Faith's measurement. She, being the tomboy that she is, said," jangan kasi kembang tu skirt aa?" She didn't want to look too girlish maybe. Her mum said, " Jangan talampau ikut apa dia mau tu, Alie.. Kasi buat A-shape ja." "Ok..".

I bought 4 meters of the 60inch wide blue cotton cloth from Starlight in Segama. On sale waktu tu. I thought that would be enough but I suddenly felt like sewing Ninak another baju so after feeling and checking some fabric ( I remember Ninak saying she liked the last baju I made for her, sajuk, licak (hahaha) and had a nice motif).. I bought 1 1/2 meters for her.

So... just yesterday I started cutting the cloth for the pinafores and this morning, Ninak's baju. I sent the kain for edging this morning. Sesampai ja rumah, after lunch, I started sewing the pinafore.

Huih... finished the pinafore after 2 hours plus of sewing. Tu pun... banyak rehat. Sigup habis.. so minum green tea banyak-banyak. (I already bought a pack of Green Tea, Mona).

Faith with new uniform

I might not finish all tonight.. logot-logot lah.

Kurung Pesak Riau

Finished my second Baju Kurung Pesak Riau today. I learned that the normal baju kurung, the original design of it is called Baju Kurung Pesak Buluh. Correct me if i'm wrong on this, anybody. And oh, finished the other projects on friday and have already given them to the tukang order baju. Tidak sempat ambil gambar. I have three more projects that I'm compelled to do. Marking papers...also a necessary task but so malas to do..

My two Kurung Pesak Riau. The neck and the sleeves I finished off with a type of sulam which I forgot the name of. A normal baju kurung would cost around RM27-RM30 to make. The cost of sulam or beadwork is another price. So I guess I just saved myself some RM30-Rm40. Neat...

sewing world

I was browsing through the net looking for anything on baju-kurung and found a few interesting sites. One is Jurra's and through Jurra's, I got to janesfabrics. Jane's celebrating her 53rd birthday this coming 16th. More amazingly she's making a giveaway... Wah... so big-hearted of her. Those of you who are interested in clothes, cloths and making beautiful items from cloths, click on to janesfabric.blogspot.com.
Happy Birthday Jane!!

Seamstress wannabee

After closing both my eyes, throwing caution to the wind and splurged on the shoes, I did my last splurge and shopped for a few meters of cloth. 2 different patterns. No seamstress would accept any kain at this moment (this being the month of Ramadan and most celebrants would expect their kain to turn into lovely baju kurungs or kebayas or what nots by the time Raya comes). So I thought of sewing my own baju kurungs. Not too difficult a task I think. Just time consuming. I've sewn a few kebayas and baju kurungs before. Not too shabby I must say. The right sleeve was of the same length with the left. Hahah...
Apart from sewing for my own, I also plan on sewing one baju for my Grandma. Just the top kebaya. She still goes to town wearing the style dulu-dulu. Kebaya top with a nice kain batik . Hope I can sew another good one this time.