This was done during the 3 months holidays and it took approximately 20 hours in total (spread out over 2-3 weeks) to complete. It was inspired by this particular top that i saw on zipia.net.

But i decided to make it sleeveless and collarless since i just wasn't in the mood to tackle those 2 things which are the hardest part of making any dress/top. I can't remember exactly why i choose to use that particular checkered pattern fabric though.

But anw, i decided to add an interesting touch to it, that is to include a front central pocket. It was my first time sewing pockets, so it was quite fun to experiment. But thats not just an ordinary pocket. Thats because the pocket is not one gigantic pocket but actually slots for 5 pens! Drafting pens to be precise. One for each particular pen thickness. You can see a 0.1mm, a 0.2mm, a 0.3mm, a 0.5mm and 0.7mm. When its all slotted in nicely, its really quite colorful!

Hairstylists always wear a pouch around their waist to store their scissors/tools and everything so i thought, hey can't you have the same concept as when your drafting your architecture panels? Pens always roll all over the place and when time is so precious, it would be nice if you know exactly where and where your pens are!

I didn't really take any in-the-process-of-making pictures, but i shall do so for future projects. In fact, i'm currently making a dress right now, and i already took quite a few pictures of some details while sewing the thing.

Oh and as this was a gift, there is always the customary 2D paper version of the dress with instructions and everything on it. Haha.

Ok its time to go off , especially since term starts once again tomorrow. I shall post pictures up of the fairy godmother costumes that i did for our SDE (School of Design and Environment)'s Rag soon!

Labels: Blouse