Batik Skirt

I made this Indonesian batik skirt for my dear friend the other time. At first I thought is gonna be a thoughtfull project, instead it came as a breeze. I think it easy due to material I am using. The material is cotton with batik pattern on it. This type of skirt, I must admit needs more material than if you choose -A-Line skirt. Worth the fabric though. I put the lining aswell so it won't be see through.

Will be great for summer. I just hope she will enjoy the skirt as much as when I made it.

My mannequin is slimmer than a normal person.. so I need to pin the skirt in order for the skirt to stay there. You may notice that the shape is a bit unbalance for that reason.

The final result... she wore the skirt and kindly took this picture.

Two Tone Blazer

These days I happened to need a challenging project to do. Then I came up with the idea to make a simple cut blazer which proven -not-that-simple project at all. This is my 3rd times on making a personal blazer. Of course each of them has a different model. Also different material. Infact after I finished my 2nd blazer I promised myself won't make any blazer no more, but hey times change ;)

Anyway, the pattern I drafted from Burda MAG. No try out first on musli, I just cut straight onto my real material. I use two different colour fabric bcoz I couldn't decide on which colour I supposed to work on. But having a two tone colour blazer should make the show go, right?!

The button is basically anything flat and round with facial cotton on it, wrapped with fabric. And for the button hole, I make button loop instead bcoz I'm afraid to spoil the fabric if I make a hole on it.

Inside is line with black lining. I use the same pattern to make the lining.

If you notice, I made a mistake on the collar and on the sleeves. I had a hard time to inserted the sleeves. I did follow the instruction, it just didn't correspond enough. I won't talk about it, I just want to enjoy my blazer now ;)