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Re-ribboning the Not-So-Loli skirt. April 7, 2008

Filed under: sewing — putingtikbalang @ 9:19 pm
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Hello again everyone. Do you remember when I had to replace some burnt ribbon? As promised, here’s the happy news about it.

First off, why did the first hem burn in the first place? Well, let’s just say overzealousness can be hazardous sometimes, specially when you’re wielding a hot iron near synthetic ribbons. ^_^”"” It was a very good learning experience, yes it was.

On the upside of things, it was a good as any chance to try out a set of polka-dotted ribbons I bought from a sale at one of my favorite cloth-and-notions shops. (three semi-full rolls at P50.00 each… not a bad deal, in my opinion. ^_~*) and besides — flowery pastel-pink skirt and baby-blue with white polka-dots: how could it possibly go wrong?

After an hour of painstaking looping into s-scrolls and pinning over and over, I’m glad to say it went splendidly.

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Three Panels: The Indo-Tile Skirt April 7, 2008

Filed under: sewing — putingtikbalang @ 8:39 pm
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Hello again, everyone. It’s mostly catch-up season for me updating this blog. It seems the projects have been happening quicker than I can blog about them. There’s work to be busy about and the boyfriend to take care of on weekends, so please do bear with me. (and thank you!)

A couple of weeks ago, I had Saturday all to myself: James had to watch over his dad while his family went off to visit their province. It was an opportune time for me to (1) catch up on my sleep, (2) my chores, and (3) my sewing. I wanted to make sure I could get out as I could of this day, so after a meal and some tidying up, I went right to it.

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