Me Made March Days 19-30

Time for Repeat Show-offs as i ended up wearing the outfits that i wore already during the Month of March. The unplanned vacation to my periyamma's place (my mom's elder sister) did alter my sewing plans.

Please note the pics are not the ones taken on the mentioned date but were the ones taken earlier whenever i had them snapped. I would like to improve my performance on the snaps side... My Dresses surely can do with better pictures. Trust me they are a lot more good than what the photos suggest!

Day 19 - Wore the Maroon and Black Churidhaar Kameez



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Me Made March - Day 11to15

Hello lovelies,

I am starting from Reverse order i.e., from

Day 15 - Shift Dress with Princess Seam + Fabric Belt with Zipper Flower embellishment

My first ever Shift Dress! Yes! Though i have been using Shift dress pattern to make lot of Indian outfits like Angrakha and Kurtas, i have never made a 'Shift' Dress using the pattern as it is. This is the first one! I love the way it drapes and is very comfy, i will make many more!

Features of the dress are

• Princess seam
• Piped neckline and sleeve hem
• Pleated Vent at the back ( i wish i had the vent even longer by about 2 inches! will do so in the next one)
• Fabric Belt embellished with wrong out Zipper (I had stitched the orange color invisible zipper and then had to rip it apart as it stopped functioning, replaced it with white invisible zipper; i loved the orange color, hence decide to use it as flower embellishment)

Day 14 - Oh so lovely color (somewhat like Olive green blended with dash of cream, Oh i love it!)

The outfit is Churidhaar kameez and i used churidhaar fabric for bodice part which has dart manipulation to cut exactly at bust level

Day 11 - Peasant top which i had made almost 2 years back! I had to wear something and just grabbed this up to wear with Jeans.

Day 12 & 13 - What Happened, well nothing, it was weekend and i was roaming around in my lounge pants. Guess i need to sew a pair to wear atleast for next 2 weekends to be counted for in Me-Made-March

Me Made March Days 4 - 10

What happened to Me-Made-March, well it is hot n happening on certain days alongside are those damp squib days thanks to my menstrual cycle due to which i was roaming around in lounge pants mostly and did not bother to pick and choose and wear!

Days 5-8 were off days so lets see what i did wear on Day 4 and on Days 9-10 . I did not manage to take snaps but will share earlier snaps of those dress

On Day 4 i wore this Red Kurta which i made about 8 months ago.



Day 9 was this sublime white n green kurta which made its debut at the Kodai Holiday last year


Day 10 was the Angrakha which still get visitors for its bright colors and unique design. Those interested in making one, can check out the Angrakha Pattern Drafting and Sewing Tutorial


I have made a new dress a churidhaar kameez and hope to wear it soon, and post !

Happy Weekend!

Me Made March - Day 2 & 3

Today is Day 3  of Me-Made-March ... ok i did not post yesterday, coz i had to wait for my hubby to be back from office to take my snap as my photographer (read Darling Daughter) refused to take pictures!

Today i did not take such changes; went to the terrace, set auto-timer on the cam and took the snaps!

I am wearing my first NEW outfit for Me-Made-March ...... Yay! A form of Native Indian Clothing - Churidhaar Suit with A-Line princess seam Kameez

It is a simple, yet elegant Cotton Churidhaar Suit,

Features to flaunt

• Zari embellished Center Front - Used the zari border at the selvedge in such a way that the center front is joined by seam to form the bright Zari work at center front.
• Princess seam;
• Zari Border at hem

Pant is black cotton churidhaar which i had to re-stitch as i had stitched directly by pre-made pattern and when i tried to wear it i realized i had put on bit of weight on my legs and they refused to get in, ... so i had to split open the stitches and put them about 1/4 inch apart from where they were originally!!! I am HAPPY (yes gaining weight is very rare for me...and i am so glad that i have gained whatever little that i have!)

Here is the Back View

Day 2
The Top that was worn yesterday (day 2) was made using leftover material sometime back, refer this post for further details...

Features i like about the Top are

• Material is so comfy!
• Mock Angrakha effect!
• Made using leftover material!

To make up for the not so impressive backgrounds, here is the perfect finish...i love those pencil scrap shaped flowers on my terrace garden! 

Me Made March - Day 1

Me Made March is here! Day 1 has already arrived!

How is my wardrobe doing? ahem... well actually not much of an improvement, in fact none, but i hope to change all that when Me_Made_March progresses further, i have promised myself to make atleast 15 new dresses so that i will wear 15 old ones and 15 new ones this month(1 day off is allowed isn't it ...!!!)

Day 1 - This is what I did get to wear today... remember my Pongal Dress...

Main features of this dress are

• Pleated Yoke
• Shoulder slit Hook closure
• Embellished Cap sleeves with slits

What i love about this dress ...

Oh the cut & flow is so simple yet elegant chic! and did i mention its so comfy to wear!

What I hate about this dress ...


the fact that it is cap sleeve and hence i need to wax my under arms, which i remember only today morning, and did it at home using cold wax and am now having tough time with warts in the arm pit...trust me they are so bad... and cruel!!!

Me-Made-March 2011

I, AdithisAmmaSews, sign up as a participant of Me-Made-March '11. I endeavour to wear Self-Made (Read - Designed, Pattern Drafted & Stitched by me)each day for the duration of March 2011'

This gives the right excuse to push myself to revamp my wardrobe which is so lifeless for a longtime now.... Thanks for the opportunity. Any one else interested in revamp your wardrobe using this excuse, join in Me-Made-March 2011

Where have i been this week! Well my net connection was down due to Cable fault and hence couldn't log on... but i won't disappoint my readers as the time off my PC gave me enough time to make V Day gifts for my loved ones...since i plan to surprise them can't share it here till V-Day!