Book Review: Little Girls Big Style

LITTLE GIRLS BIG STYLE

AUTHOR: Mary Abreu

This is my first book of patterns. I chose this because of the simple designs for beginners like me ;) I love the fact that it works mostly with cotton fabric (as I find it the best fabric to work with). It comes with patterns which I feel is really easy to follow and cut. And also comes with sizes from sizes 2 to 6. My definite favourite is the peasant top ;) Hint: I didn't master sewing sleeves then.

Fleamarket stall at Bukit Batok Interchange

Today is the first day open stall at Bukit Batok Interchange. Tomorrow will be another. Alhamdulillah, sale pretty fair considering the lack of crowd. Most things sold were children's clothes, kids head band and soft toys. Some movement in the pins too :)

The girls became a little restless and bored especially during the afternoon sun shines through. Many were first timers and I met and chat up all of them :) (It's also a way to kill boredom and make some friends).

For me, no matter where I set up a stall... I rest it all in God to give what He deems fit. All I can do is make sure I place my stall display nicely, neatly and make it attractive. If it is meant to be good, insya Allah it will be no matter where or how the crowd is. Important, I tried :)

Tomorrow will be another day. Not too long compared to my previous experiences (many years ago). Only from 10am to 7pm. Not too bad :) Anyway, making the girls sleep now so that I can make a pin order for a customer to collect tomorrow. As usual, I make them at night when they're asleep ;)

Making Dress for Little Girls

I am actually being a little ambitious this time trying to make not so simple dresses for my girls. One is a three tiered long dress in purple for my 4-year-old and another is a pink long dress supposedly like a princess (where I decided to put netting underneath to give that big puffy look) for my elder girl, 7 years old.

I completed the purple dress after putting on hold half way a few months back. So, it happens to be a little short. Guess my girl has grown taller. Still good enough. As for the pink one, I bought a pretty two-tone fabric which has faint glitters on it. Really love it. I used her other dress as the plan and thought I'd make a mistake free project this time... Everything turned out well from the drawing to the cutting and then the neckline. Realised a mistake only when my girl tried on the top. 

MISTAKE: I forgot to give grace for hems and joins...!!! Luckily for me, the sample dress was a little loose. Only thing, it became a little short. Hence the bottom skirt too.

SOLUTION: I decided to use a 2 - 3 inch ribbon as a cover as an extension to lengthen the top a little. Anyway, it'll be a great accessory as the fabric is pretty plain ;) Phew!

Here are photos of the completed purple dress, the finished neckline and gathering the netting... ;)

My first attempt on using bias from the same fabric to make the neckline: SUCCESS!!

Gathering is a piece of cake just using tension and stitch length.