Found these pieces of cloth while I was sewing curtains for my work place. Pretty. Now I have more to do but can’t decide what should I do with these pretties. Any idea? – Melle
cotton
Back to the 60s
I personally agree that polka dot will not get out of vogue no matter what the trend and era is. Yup, it’s so famous back in the 60s. I’m not sure if I have ever mention that I got inspired by the 60s. The decade that brought us flower power, hippies, bell bottom, hot pants, mini skirts, polka dot, Audrey Hepburn skinny jeans, Beatles suit for the men and the list goes on. Where were you when all these were happening? If a genie could grant me a wish, I wish that I could turn back time and live in the 60s. *Erm… can I have more wishes ??* 😛
While I was experimenting some new flowers for my accessories projects, I realized that my obsessions have recently expanded to involve headbands. I’ve the designs of the headband sketched. Done some drafting and finger crossed things will turn out well.
The elastic headband below is 100% handmade of polka dot and solid navy blue cotton. With the perfect match of the newly-experimented-flowers, it brings everything to perfection.
Oopsy daisy… pictures to come later.
Paper doll dress up
I have been thinking for quite some times how to blog about this cheongsam of mine till Winnie visited my blog. On a whim, China paper dolls came across my mind. I heart paper dolls when I was younger. I created each character of hand drawn paper dolls and dress them up with my designs as part of my homework. And here I am doing my homework. 😀
It was love at first sight. I knew right away what I’m gonna do with this cotton, japenese patterns fabric when I first saw it from the display shelves. Yes, my ever first cheongsam.
It’s a huge progress in making a cheongsam where the mandarin collar is the most technical part. What I enjoy most is making the chinese frog buttons. I called it “yao jah guai” buttons. I designed my cheongsam with cut-in sleeveless, ‘A’ line skirt, key hole, knee length, an invisible zipper on the centre of the back side and one hand-made frog button is decorated on the mandarin collar. This simple yet elegant cheongsam can be made a new look for a big party. I believe you’ll be more confident in any shows.
psst… Cheongsam is known in Mandarin as qípáo (旗袍). 😀
Note: This cheongsam is tailor-make. To order, please message me at work@chomelle.com