Friday, June 29, 2012
Free vocaloid magnet rin black dress giveaway!
I got this worn x2 times de self sewn rin magnet black dress with yellow obi to be given away free! Size suitable for s-m size ladies. Height suitAble for 155-165cm. Winner can choose to self collect from my place at yishun or courier to your place but the postage of $6 will be charged to receiver o. Interested? Share my blog entry via the Facebook share link n email me your Facebook Id at wu_hui_mei@hotmail.com or be my blog follower. Easy right? Faster share now! Only 1 winner with the most shares and links will be selected. Keep a look out for my blog entries for other freebies to be won;)
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Wardrobe sewing plans for july
Hoho, my sewing patterns ordered from sewingpatterns.com finally arrived yesterday night... I can't wait to start sewing new apparels for my wardrobe;) too bad I still need to work till July 20th then I can be officially declared as a housewife. And I also have tailoring jobs for my fellow cosplayers to complete as well... So here's the plans for July. Hope I can finish them as scheduled. Try my best;)
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Surgery date is confirmed
Yes! After a huge woohaa on the kiv postponing of the op date by prof vasala, they finally decided to proceed with the surgery as planned. What a huge relief... And my application for financial assistance is also approved by the medical social worker. So from now on, the fees after subsidies from the government, there is still an additional 80% subsidy from the medifund. So for yesterday psy appointment at Nuh, I only paid $6 for the consultation fee. Of course, if they have approved it earlier, I will be able to save more than 1-2k on the pre op investigations charges though. Watever, better than nothing right.
Yesterday psy appointment is quite interesting o, it is actually a standard protocol for all donors to go through a psy assessment to deem whether they are fit to consent to the surgery, not because I have any mental problems ( in case you are wondering). The psy dr asked me a lot of questions and even tested my short term and long term memory. I still remember the 3 words apple table pen. ( I am quite afraid that I will forget n keep repeating it in my mind while the dr continue to ask tons of questions) the dr is very nice n friendly though, so the assessment went very smoothly n of course, I am deemed fit for the consent of the surgery. Now I am only left with the ethics meeting on my birthday, a appt with my surgeon dr tiong cos he haven decided on which kidney to take yet, an appt with a independent kidney dr and a dentist. I hated dentist all my life, hope that he won't force me to extract my left embedded wisdom tooth pre op... Cos there a tini winy decaying part in the embedded portion. Lol.
I missed my babies +++ cos they are now staying at my mum's place from mon to sat as I am working. So here are 2 cute pics of them.
Yesterday psy appointment is quite interesting o, it is actually a standard protocol for all donors to go through a psy assessment to deem whether they are fit to consent to the surgery, not because I have any mental problems ( in case you are wondering). The psy dr asked me a lot of questions and even tested my short term and long term memory. I still remember the 3 words apple table pen. ( I am quite afraid that I will forget n keep repeating it in my mind while the dr continue to ask tons of questions) the dr is very nice n friendly though, so the assessment went very smoothly n of course, I am deemed fit for the consent of the surgery. Now I am only left with the ethics meeting on my birthday, a appt with my surgeon dr tiong cos he haven decided on which kidney to take yet, an appt with a independent kidney dr and a dentist. I hated dentist all my life, hope that he won't force me to extract my left embedded wisdom tooth pre op... Cos there a tini winy decaying part in the embedded portion. Lol.
I missed my babies +++ cos they are now staying at my mum's place from mon to sat as I am working. So here are 2 cute pics of them.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Cosplay costume tutorial part 2-obi
Today I will be covering on the obi sash which is super easy peasy. Materials u need:
Dark blue poplin 1m
Interfacing (I prefer iron on type cos of laziness;p)
The measurements for the sash will be your waist measurement plus 10-20 cm more for closure allowance for the length and 18-20 cm depending on yr preference for the width. Cut this rectangle on fold so that will make it double layer n iron on the interfacings. For the interfacing u can use light weight to medium weight. If you used interfacings that is too stiff, the obi sash will not look n fit nicely on, n avoid papery types as that will cause ugly paper crease on the sash as well.
Next, sew along the seam allowances along the length and turn the wrong sides in forming a tube shape. Next, fold the width sides seam allowances in, press and sew.
Now for the gathers, you can use the remnant fabric n cut into strips of 8 cms (seam allowance of 2 cm included) fold the strips lengthwise n press. Hem the raw edges n baste 2 rows of stitches within the seam allowance of the raw edges. Pull the 2 top stitches to gather the strips. Adjust the gathers n spread them evenly. Then u can sew the gathers to the main sash. The base is done. You can either finish the closure using Velcro or snaps. And paint on the white designs on the sash. I have cut out the white dress pattern pcs n will touch on it I'm tml tutorial post. Keep a look out for them n hope all this info helps. Do pardon mi for the limited pics cos I actually blogs using my iPhone. Not much functions available for iPhone blogging apps. Any queries feel free to email me;) n do help mi click on my google ads! I am 3/4 of the way to receiving my next cheque payment! Thanks in advance!
Dark blue poplin 1m
Interfacing (I prefer iron on type cos of laziness;p)
The measurements for the sash will be your waist measurement plus 10-20 cm more for closure allowance for the length and 18-20 cm depending on yr preference for the width. Cut this rectangle on fold so that will make it double layer n iron on the interfacings. For the interfacing u can use light weight to medium weight. If you used interfacings that is too stiff, the obi sash will not look n fit nicely on, n avoid papery types as that will cause ugly paper crease on the sash as well.
Next, sew along the seam allowances along the length and turn the wrong sides in forming a tube shape. Next, fold the width sides seam allowances in, press and sew.
Now for the gathers, you can use the remnant fabric n cut into strips of 8 cms (seam allowance of 2 cm included) fold the strips lengthwise n press. Hem the raw edges n baste 2 rows of stitches within the seam allowance of the raw edges. Pull the 2 top stitches to gather the strips. Adjust the gathers n spread them evenly. Then u can sew the gathers to the main sash. The base is done. You can either finish the closure using Velcro or snaps. And paint on the white designs on the sash. I have cut out the white dress pattern pcs n will touch on it I'm tml tutorial post. Keep a look out for them n hope all this info helps. Do pardon mi for the limited pics cos I actually blogs using my iPhone. Not much functions available for iPhone blogging apps. Any queries feel free to email me;) n do help mi click on my google ads! I am 3/4 of the way to receiving my next cheque payment! Thanks in advance!
Monday, June 25, 2012
Female sewing magazine summer 2012 review
Popped by kinokuniya orchard after yesterday work and yeah! Managed to grab hold of this magazine n the July issue of burda style magazine as well.
And as usual I just dun have the patience to wait till I reached home to read through them. I immediately started flipping through both the magazines on the mrt even though it was during the peak hour, no sits available n got to stand n squeeze in the crowd all the way back to yishun... I made a promise to myself to at least make 2 items from each magazine brought so as to make the money worthwhile.
This month issue of the gap sewing magazines got quite a few interesting and cute patterns;) really worth the money and it's really cheap compared to other sewing books n magazines. Only sgd 11.33! Below are some of the snapshots of the clothing patterns which I am interested to sew. They got the peplum skirts and peterpan collar dresses n sweet blouses designs. Kino still have some more magazines left on shelf so if you wanna get one too, faster make a trip to kino orchard and grab yours before it's too late.
And as usual I just dun have the patience to wait till I reached home to read through them. I immediately started flipping through both the magazines on the mrt even though it was during the peak hour, no sits available n got to stand n squeeze in the crowd all the way back to yishun... I made a promise to myself to at least make 2 items from each magazine brought so as to make the money worthwhile.
This month issue of the gap sewing magazines got quite a few interesting and cute patterns;) really worth the money and it's really cheap compared to other sewing books n magazines. Only sgd 11.33! Below are some of the snapshots of the clothing patterns which I am interested to sew. They got the peplum skirts and peterpan collar dresses n sweet blouses designs. Kino still have some more magazines left on shelf so if you wanna get one too, faster make a trip to kino orchard and grab yours before it's too late.
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Cosplay costume sewing tutorial- armsleeves
Hmm, got this tailoring order for a customer;) not sure what is the name of this character though. ( my anime knowledge is super limited) anyone who knows can tell mi? Thanks in advance;)
Today I will be touching on the armsleeves part which takes around 30 mins to complete.
Items u need:
1: blue cotton in the right tone around 2m.
2: blue thread
3: blue ribbons (mine is 15mm)
4: button hole function in your sewing machine
First you need to draw out the pattern for the sleeves. I just estimate n draw directly onto the fabric and cut them out.
2: hem the upper sleeve portion.
3: sew buttonholes the length same as the width of your ribbon. The markings are 1inch ,1/2inch, 1inch, 1/2inch all around about 1.5inch from the upper hem.
4: sew the back seams, bottom seams and front seams till 20cm from the folded portion.
5: serge or neaten the raw edges
6: fold in the sleeve opening seams n sew.
7: add blue lace to the upper hem and the big round thing to the bottom of the sleeve and thread the ribbon through the buttonholes. tada! All done. (I haven buy the lace n do the round thing yet, will put them up when I got them)
Today I will be touching on the armsleeves part which takes around 30 mins to complete.
Items u need:
1: blue cotton in the right tone around 2m.
2: blue thread
3: blue ribbons (mine is 15mm)
4: button hole function in your sewing machine
First you need to draw out the pattern for the sleeves. I just estimate n draw directly onto the fabric and cut them out.
2: hem the upper sleeve portion.
3: sew buttonholes the length same as the width of your ribbon. The markings are 1inch ,1/2inch, 1inch, 1/2inch all around about 1.5inch from the upper hem.
4: sew the back seams, bottom seams and front seams till 20cm from the folded portion.
5: serge or neaten the raw edges
6: fold in the sleeve opening seams n sew.
7: add blue lace to the upper hem and the big round thing to the bottom of the sleeve and thread the ribbon through the buttonholes. tada! All done. (I haven buy the lace n do the round thing yet, will put them up when I got them)
Beary cute peterpan collar blouse tutorial
Hihi, as promised the instructions for drawing of the blouse pattern. You will need 8 pcs of patterns for this blouse. Follow the measurements as shown in the images to draw out your pattern pcs. They come in 4 sizes s,m,l and xl. No 1 is the back bodice on fold. No 2 is the front bodice. No 3 is the button down portion on fold as well. No 4 is the sleeve pattern but long sleeve version, u need to follow the instructions in the second sleeve pic to cut down to the shorter sleeve version. No 7 is the pattern for the collar. And you will need ribbon a n ribbon b for the bow and the other rectangle for the sleeve detail.
Cut out the fabrics according and for no 3 n no 7, u need to cut out the interfacing as well;)
Fabrics required 110cm width- 2m
Buttons 14mm 6
Steps for construction of the blouse:
1: iron on the interfacings accordingly.
2: construct the Peter pan collar.
3: sew the front bodice dart.
4: sew the sleeves detail onto the designated area.
5: construct the sleeves by gathering the top portion, sew the sleeves sides together n hem the sleeves.
6: sew the sides n shoulders seams together n the button down pcs as well.
7: sew the Peter pan collar to the neckline. Using a 2cm bias tape to neaten the collar seams.
8: hem the blouse.
9: construct the ribbon bow n sew to the sleeve detail. Tada! U r done with this cutie blouse!
Feel free to email me at wu_hui_mei@hotmail.com for any questions and help with this pattern;)
Cut out the fabrics according and for no 3 n no 7, u need to cut out the interfacing as well;)
Fabrics required 110cm width- 2m
Buttons 14mm 6
Steps for construction of the blouse:
1: iron on the interfacings accordingly.
2: construct the Peter pan collar.
3: sew the front bodice dart.
4: sew the sleeves detail onto the designated area.
5: construct the sleeves by gathering the top portion, sew the sleeves sides together n hem the sleeves.
6: sew the sides n shoulders seams together n the button down pcs as well.
7: sew the Peter pan collar to the neckline. Using a 2cm bias tape to neaten the collar seams.
8: hem the blouse.
9: construct the ribbon bow n sew to the sleeve detail. Tada! U r done with this cutie blouse!
Feel free to email me at wu_hui_mei@hotmail.com for any questions and help with this pattern;)
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