Sewing is therapeutic

Assalammu'alaikum family, friends, readers and followers of this blog. I haven't been around happy news for myself so I turned myself into a sewing monster. 😅

I took up the challenge to sew a peplum (something I usually avoid thinking it won't suit my body type), I also took up the challenge to sew my own jeans with actual fly, I did Japanese style curtain for my kitchen and hobby room, I should do for all rooms actually because they both turn out pretty! 😍

Well, okay enough teasing.. Here are what I have made so far during my 17days long of HL.

It had been too long since I last sew my signature Fit it All Bag, so I did. I almost forgot for to construct them! I guess this shall be my Eid bag then eh.

Next...
I started off with doing my girl's jeans with an actual fly. It was successful and gave me some encouragement to try an adult's.

For her jeans, I used the Twist & Shout Trousers pattern from Made by Jack's Mum. I didn't exactly have enough denim, so it was actually made by several kinds and tones. If you stare and zoom enough, you'd notice it was a black front and blue for the back legs. 😅😅😅

Before I got into sewing this, I actually bought a Peplum top just to make sure I can carry the style. Well, my niece complimented me, so I decide to plunge into buying the pattern and sew one for myself. I used the "Be Adventurous" by Ellie & Mac Patterns. I even used the flounce sleeve option and ended up falling in love with it!

And yes, finally! I finally found the courage to try sew my own jeans! Searching for a jeans pattern that requires no stretch is a challenge in itself. I found two such patterns after a long long search, and decided to go for the Morgan Jeans by Closet Case Patterns because the pattern uses buttons instead of zipper fly. Heh! I love it! The fit, the steps, everything! I am still trying to make the waistband fit me better though.

And what is Ramadhan without some Eid preps. I finally did something worthy for the house this year. I made Japanese style curtains to separate different areas. I did two, one for the kitchen and one for the hobby room, if I find more time and energy, I might go ahead and do for the other two rooms as well. This one is self drafted, I simply use 2 pieces of 1yard fabric, piece them together selvage to selvage then divide into two, and hem all around. I sewn them such that they can be put up upside down as well, so I get 2 looks with 1 set of curtains, because why not?

And then I found myself making me a second pair of self-made jeans. Yeay! This time I made more mistakes but I learn.. Still finding trouble to fit the waistband on me but it doesn't fall off so that's okay. I think next time I will put elastic through the whole back of the waistband. I have a weird shape. So who says small sized people have it great? We don't, we struggle just as much as those curvy plus sized beautiful women out there.

I need to sew more to just get some things out of my head of worries. So to more sewing adventures, eh!

Until my next self-made something,
Jun

Wasssalam