Finally I'm back here!

I didn't write here for more than two months. What a shame!! I also have to sadly admit that I failed the challenge I set for myself! I was supposed to finish a garment every week for three months; but I only finished 2 dresses which I even didn't post photos of finished ones!

Last night, I thought that I might not be a blogger material and  I'd better close up this blog. Then, when I was reading my previous posts I came across this line in my second post " the most important thing is not to give up!"
so, I decided to keep going on.

Anyway, this id the dress I mentioned in  last post

And the second dress I made shortly after

It also can be worn with no belt

 And finally, I bought a tripod last week; so I'd be able to take more photos more often.

I was supposed to post some photos of my new-sewn dress. But the fact is I was not in the mood to get dressed and take photos of myself! I'll do it tomorrow.

By the way, I went fabric shoping with my Mum yesterday. I know, I had decided not to buy any more fabrics untill I sew every pieces in my stash. But I desperately need a new pair of black trousers, so I had two choices; either buy ready-made or make them myself. Naturally,I went with the second option.

I bought this gorgeous black Crepe

I also bought two other fabrics. This floral black and white which seems to be a cotton blend

and this two-sided satin like

The first two are 150 cm wide, and the last is 110cm. I can't wait to start sewing them.

Yesterday, I began my challenge of garment-per-week. I picked this fabric for the first week project. This is a jersey I bought a few months ago and was the first jersey garmant I'm making for myself. I already sewed a couple of jersey for my mum, but none for me before.

The pattern I chose for this project is from BWOF 4/2009.

As always, I shortened the standard size 34 first, and after cutting the fabric, I realized I made a mistake I never thought I'd make! I should have cut the front skirt on fabric fold but mistakenly I didn't, and I ended up with a seam in the  front center of my dress!

Well... I couldn't do anything about that except telling myself that the fabric is fully patterned  and wouldn't show much.

I finished up the dress today and will post some photos tomorrow.

I have had a huge stash of fabrics for ages! So, I set a new challenge for myself. I decided to make a garment every week. It starts this week and will continue for the next 12 weeks and after that I see how I go.

I bought some of these fabrics myself , and received some as a gift. I love each and every of them.

Apart from the uncut stash, I've got another old stash of fabrics of which I made something and the remain of them are enough to make something new.

The fact is, it's always been very difficult for me to decide what pattern to use for each fabric. This time, I'm going to take it easy and pick the first pattern I can think of.

I've promised myself not to buy any new fabrics before end of this 12-week challenge.

I made this dress for my friend's wedding party few years ago. She gave me the fabric as a gift for making her wedding gown. Originally, I made it long with sleeves.

Two years ago, I decided to cut off the sleeves and wore it in the new year party.

This is what it looked then.

Last month I was invited to a relative's wedding party, and I thought I didn't like this dress long any more. So I shortened it knee-lengh. I believe it looks better this way :)

I made this skirt for the Burdastyle competition "Alabama Studio Style". Entrant were supposed to make a piece of garment inspired by Natalie Chanin's works. I made this skirt using a paatern from BWOF 11/2005 and I handstitched on it.

I called this skirt "boteh Jegheh" because the motives I used, are from Persian rugs.

And I'm glad this skirt made to top 50s.

Long time since the first post! I should be more consistant on this. I had planned to update this blog every day :(

Anyway, Imade this dress for PINK &RED competition on Burdastyle website. I didn't buy any fabric for that. I just found these two fabrics in my stash. The width of both fabrics were 90 cm. I had only 50 cm of the fabric I used for the top, and 70 cm of what I made the skirt of.

I also machine-stitched on the skirt using  red thread.

The pattern for the top comes from BWOF 7/2008 and I drafted the pattern for skirt. It took me three days to finish this project. While I was making it, a couple of times this thought passed through my mind that why I was making it? It was not gonna get high point! I ignored my non-creative thoughts and kept making, and sent it to the competition. well, I only got two points but I'm glad doing this; because the most important thing is not to give up! Moreover, I now have a cute cool dress for summer :)

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