Valentine's Day Dress Featured !

Valentine's Day gift for Adithi got featured @ Toastie Studio Sewing Blog ! Yay! Thanks Stephanie!

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Pretty in Pink!

Tunic Top made for sister using printed cotton. Isn't she looking pretty in pink?

Yesterday was my sister's friend's b'day and she wore a new dress for that! do we need excuses to flaunt new outfits, really! no way! may be this pretty in pink outfit peps her up and brings her good cheer!

Made use of left over fabric from the Bling Saree Blouse to create ruffles at the neckline and also for the piping at sleeve hem!

Are you able to see the flower motif made using the ruffles at the left side of the neckline! wish it was more appealing! but ran out of fabric to add more texture to ruffles! somehow i like it the way it is? what's say???

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Blow your blues away dear sis!

Latest outfit in blue, hope it blow away the blues (if any) of my sister!

Simple Cotton Kameez wherein zari border given in the edge of fabric has been used as C.F (center front); similar to the Simple Ethnic Kameez made last week! 

Tunic in Purple coming up next ...

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Saree Blouse with lots of bling!

Got embroidery work done on this Saree about 2 years ago! yes! this belongs to the long list of Forgotten Fabric lost in the long stash of fabric load. I had gifted this saree to my sister during last new year's eve (2011!)
Blouse was made yesterday! hmm happens ! better late than never isn't it!

Sister loves this color and infact got this plain georgette saree, on which Zardosi work was done by my dear friend Daisy, unfortunately i have lost contact with her and am able to reach her and i am still trying to trace her. Miss her handwork a lot. In fact, ever since i was unable to contact her, i have not done any project with surface embroidery on it! hope to find her soon!

The lace in the neckline has been added by me as the initial zari work along the neckline meant that shoulder width would be broader and the neck depth shorter than what my sister normaly wears, so unfortunately i had to cut out the work along the neckline and made up for it with the lace trim! 

Saree 

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V Day turned out to be day of mixed feelings for Adithi!

She was beaming in happiness, as she was meddling around with her dad's gift to her on Vday, a stencil kit and when i called out to her for a dress change (the new one made for her on this special day), there she was happy and singing out her favourite rhyme; She was all set and ready to go out and play; what happens next, in about 10 minutes i hear a scream and run downstairs to find her crying; she has hurt herself as she tried play the swing the wrong way and got hurt in the process.

I had intuition earlier and had warned her just before she went out to play, to be extra careful today and not play any of monkey tricks, and she did exactly just the opposite and got hurt. How i wish children would listen at ALL times! it is not that she does not listen all the time, in fact, she does listen and pay attention to what is being told, but at times does not put the word of advice into practice, i wonder why?

She has hurt her chin and her lower lip and when her aunt (my sis) got her these bouquets then she was back to her cheerful self and wanted a photo-shoot with the bouquets and also with those injury marks! kids! god bless them!

Still manages a bleak smile, kudos to her!

Below are the snaps that were taken, before she went out to play, all in the cheerful spirits ...

Fooling around in the Yoga mat!

and some dance practice!

and guess what she more worried about, "amma, my friends might tease me at school for this bruise on my chin!" i was taken aback for a moment, before i regained composure and explained it out to her, that friends are there to be with in difficult times and hence true friends won't tease and will only comfort you, so don't worry about those who do tease as they are not really your friends and after lot of pep talk, she did go to sleep!

Now about the details of the dress,

The dress was made using half metre !YES! of main printed fabric and piping was made using left over fabric from my sister's VDay dress. The yellow portion was taken from the fabric i had bought for self (god knows when i will make one!) The dress turned out to be bright, cheerful, colorful and fit for a kid to jump around in joy, though Adithi also had moments of despair while wearing it, she recovered soon to be her normal cheerful self!


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Valentine's Day wishes ... 2 new outfits + 1 in WIP

Dear Readers,

Wish you all a very Happy Valentine's Day! Time to speak up and show the love we have in our hearts to our near and dear ones!

Made a kurta for my hubby , remember the different placket which was first posted in this Men's fashion post! tried it out, will try to perfect it even more in the next kurta, but over all i like the look of this Kurta.

My latest TV obsession being Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon and this outfit i made for sister has been inspired by the one worn by the female lead of the story Miss Kushi Kumari Guptaaaa! during the Mehendi scenes!

I took the snap from my Balcony as she was rushing to office, will post better snaps tonight!

Here is the inspiration dress pics (ran out of fabric hence 3/4 sleeves instead of the longer sleeves in the inspiration !

Darling daughter's dress to  be made  yet and has to be ready before she comes back from school, so let me go back to sewing mood!

Yes it is ready now! more snaps tomorrow!

For more snaps of Adithi's Outfit and a story behind her Valentine's Day , check this Post

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Ethnic Simple Kameez

Time for the action shot of Outfit no.2 ; she wore it today: yup 2 new outfits in as many days! lucky girl!

The kameez is pretty simple and outright ethnic, love the color and the zari (it was along the edge of the fabric)  the front is actually made of 2 pieces by joined at CF (Center Front) so that zari is meeting at CF and due to this i could also play with neck gaping that our petite bodies create whenever we have deep necklines~!  simple just tuck in more in CF seam right at the neckline point, simple no more gaping! The piping at neckline and sleeve hem have been made using leftover fabric - from my mom's saree blouse made about 3 months ago! yet another reason i can give for my never ending pile of bits and pieces of fabric! my answer to his standard query of "why don't you clear them away! ?"so how do i respond, with the truth of course, they will come in handy dear and they do, don't they! See i don't lie! he he

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Action shot - Diagonal colors outfit!

Sister flaunted the outfit no.1 today, here are the action shots

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Sewing Mojo is back - 2 New Outfits!

Sewing Mojo is back and how , with a BANG!

2 outfits in one day!

Things are not so honky dory at personal front, happens right, that is part of life isn't it. so it had to get back to where i belong, to my sewing sessions, since it was kind of self-imposed sabbatical, the 2 outfits do not have much of design into them, but just wanted to get back to sewing, so simple design was also fine, something is better than nothing isn't it.

Now i shall be sewing lots more, with V'day coming up, lots of gifts to sew and also my fav soap Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon will spare me a few hours, i spend on its re-runs and youtube updates, çoz after a heart breaking spoiler / promo! I do not have the courage to see my fav love birds parting ways albeit in a soap! How melodramatic, isn't it, but that's how i am and that in fact is the only soap i watch and hence have kind of attachment to it and hence the withdrawal symptoms, but i have nothing to worry, Sewing is Therapy and here i am to relieve myself!

3 cheers , Sewing Mojo is here again!

Bow at the end was a last minute addition, guess for what, to easily identify the front and back ! yes! given the print and the pattern / design for the dress, wanted to help out my sister, and ensure that she doesn't end up wearing it the wrong way!

Boring pics i know, but the outfits will look lot better in person, will post them once my sister flaunts these outfits! Action Shots Click HERE

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Remember the Potli bag made by me for the Naughty Notions Challenge. Have you voted yet? Please Vote  @ Naughty Notions Challenge. Click Here to Vote

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Craftster Best of 2011 winner - Navarathri Collection!

I had a pleasant surprise waiting for me as i checked Craftster site and as is my routine i check if there had been any replies to my posts, and viola there were 2 one for the Navarathri Collection and another for the Robot Costume and guess what , my Navarathri Collection had been chosen as one of the best 5 projects of the year in Craftster - Kids Clothing category! Can you believe it? I am still in shock!

I'm a Craftster Best of 2011 Winner!

I put in lot of hours every year to make the Navarathri collection and try to keep each dress unique and hope that darling daughter likes each one of them and has no complaints ;) This award just made me feel that, ok you are a good enough of designer! ok its time for me to pat myself on my back! wait should i be modest, nah, i am in no mood today, once in a while, you can goad about your achievements, can't you ... oh yes!

now enough of my bragging and lets view all those beautiful 9 outfits again , shall we ....

To view more about each of the outfits, please click here - Navarathri 2011 outfits - 

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Mil's Saree Blouse on her B'day

Simple cotton saree and blouse but the piping around the neckline makes such a striking difference to the whole look. Another reason for me to stash all the left over bits .. hubby dearest are you reading this post...now you know the reason for ever growing fabric stash in my craft room! don't you ;)

This saree combination reminds me of one of the dialogues in my fav soap of the season , Iss Pyaar ko Kya Naam Doon, where in an imagination scene the hottie ASR blurts out to KKG for her query regarding the saree she is wearing, the same combination of green with yellow, he retorts instantly, pretty like Delhi's autorickshaws! how mean of ASR ins't it, but that's how he is and that's why so many of us love that character!

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