anime north

Hello everyone, it's been a while hanging out here. I'm been quite busy with work right now.

Last weekend I went to Anime North for the first time. I've been curious to go there for the longest time so I'm happy that I have the chance to go this year!

One of the highlight of the event was this t-shirt I bought from 1%Talent. Very cute t-shirt design that I'm looking forward to wear! There are more different adorable design t-shirt if you go to their online shop!

It's definitely interesting to see different cos-players there, it was quite nice to just sit down on bench and watch people pass by with their creative dressing ideas.

So I am getting the hang of sewing clothes now and it's very temping to try making high-end costume of a fictional character. One of my idea was to make Totoro mascot with giant leaf umbrella, walk around the convention giving out assorted nuts to people.

That idea is quite temping..... What do you think?

plaid capri

My last sewing project I worked on, I made scrunched up plaid capri pants. Originally I was going to use this fabric to make shorts but I still haven't figured out how to do pockets and stuff so I went for something less complicated.
This is my first try to make button holes from sewing machine and I didn't realize how easy to make one! Now I'm ready to make jacket or something that has lot of button holes!

Another summer pants I can't wait to wear!

capri version

Last week I posted my apple peel pants I made. This time I tried making capri version! The pattern is still the same except it's shorter and added sleeve edge to keep the scrunchy-ness.

This is another fabric I bought while back that I didn't get a chance to use. This fabric is quite nice, it's recycled fiber so it has different texture when you touch it. This is another super comfortable pants that I can not wait to wear in the summer!!

apple peel pants

My second project I worked on last month. I posted book about Pattern Magic I bought in NYC, I wanted to try one of the pattern in the book. I apologize for dark photos...

The pattern of a pants was shaped like peeling fruits so they named it "Apple Peel". The inner leg length is shorter than the outer leg length so when you wear it, it creates natural wrinkles around your leg. It gives more result when you use stretch type material.

This pants is super comfortable.

summer dress

Last month I had free time to go back to my sewings that I put on hold for very long time. To be exact, I have collection of fabrics in boxes just sitting there. I think I do fabric shopping more than clothes shopping.

I bought this fabric few years ago, I still don't know if the pattern is nice but I fell in love with the colors the most. I wanted to make summer dress with this so I tried out making it sew as I go.

Summer is almost here, can't wait to wear it!

wood burn

My mom takes yoga class with her friends. She wanted me to decorate her yoga blocks so she can tell they're hers.

So I tried my first attempt of wood burning. I didn't know how much it takes time to draw a consistent line! And the burner I had was not comfortable to hold properly so it made it extra difficult...

look

Sorry for slow down with updates lately, pretty busy with personal stuff. This past few weeks I spent time altering my clothes and making few pairs of pants and dresses for myself. There's lot of photos to take which I'm not prepared to take pictures yet.
Hopefully I'll have the chance to share my work soon!

While then, I did a hour and a half painting to keep me warmed up with cg painting.
Mainly I wanted to do her hair!