Showing posts with label hair bands. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hair bands. Show all posts

Wednesday, 24 August 2011

Take 2!

We're coming up on our second flea market attempt this Saturday (which is why I haven't posted much here lately...I've been sewing, sewing, sewing!) After our relative success at last month's flea market, I should feel pretty relaxed about Saturdays, but I'm not. Because of the changing seasons, most of the clothes for this market are different than the popular items from last time. Sure, I have a pillow case top or two, but because I wanted to branch out I focused more on fall wear this time around. It was fun and I'm now excited to make my own kids' fall/winter clothes. For example:
although pants are not new for me, I've worked hard to improve my design. I now have learned the basic pocket (as opposed to a patch-style pocket sewn onto the clothes) and I had a lot of fun embellishing the pants. For the girls, print cuffs so the pants will grow with the child. And for the boys, stylish cargo pockets and a little something extra:
because if there's one thing Oscar has taught me about making clothes for little boys, it's that Thomas and his Friends go a long way to making a happy boy!
I've also made a few simple peasant blouses. Admittedly, they look kind of funny on the hanger but once on, they should be cute. Here's one I made for Irene this past spring.
And finally, last time I had been thinking about including some of my hairbands but was hesitant. There was just something I wanted to change but couldn't put my finger on it. After thinking about it, I came up with this new style. I know, I know...not too earth-shattering, but I'm excited to see how they sell.
Wish me luck on Saturday (and if you happen to be in Gwangju, stop on by!) ;)

Sunday, 19 June 2011

Starting Small

I thought I'd start out small. I'm currently in the process of going through my photos for pictures of the kids wearing my clothes. Anyone who knows me can guess that this is a monumental task considering the number of photos I take on a daily basis. The items that they are wearing this season I can easily take new photos of but many things have been outgrown and packed away so I'll have to make due with whatever photo I may have gotten of them at the time. One of the things I really want to learn to do is to take professional looking photos. A few months ago I saw a tutorial on this great site about how to make your own little photo studio (the site is a wealth of information about how to do other cool stuff too if you've got the time). I made my own photo studio and gave it a try with some of the smaller things I've made. It works great and is wonderful in that it cuts out the need for a squirmy little model! Now I just have to make a bigger one for the clothes...and find somewhere to store it.

Cloth hairband in action Designer bibs
Johan loves his!