Now it’s officially a rainy season in the east part of Japan – although, I always feel like it does not rain as much as I expect, thankfully. I love seeing hydrangea flowers on people’s gardens and streets in the rainy season. It’s called Ajisai in Japanese, and you know they change colors? Some hydrangea turns from blue to purple to pink! 
Here is a new addition to my shop, and I used the fabric that has Ajisai flower all over – They are super soft lycra!
Etsy
Ruffle romper, lace zipper and Steig Larsson
Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! I had not been feeling all that well since I came back from my vacation – I had a terrible rash all last week, got a sty, and cold. I’m not sure what Bali did to me:(
For those who asked about where you can buy a lace zipper, someone told me that you can buy them on etsy! I found this seller, taeco, and she sells the lace zipper in cream, black, pink, brown etc.
I finished this romper last week and posted on etsy. I love rompers in the summer! It is such a no-brainer piece, and comfortable.
I recently started reading “the girl with dragon tattoo” by Steig Larsson. I saw this book all over the place when I was in the States, and was curious. I’m on about page 130 now, and I really like it..don’t tell me what happens in the end..i’m not there yer:p
Already used it, couldnt’ wait.
If you know my character, you might know how impatient I am.. I always like things to happen NOW, and RIGHT HERE!. Same goes when it comes to sewing. The day after I got the lace zipper from Asakusa-Bashi, I sat in front of sewing machine and started sewing because I was dying to try my new zipper.
My impatience works both good and bad when it comes to sewing. Good, because I get on it quick, and am able to pump out good number of stuff in short time. Bad, because I know that I would end up making better stuff if I sit down, calm down and sketch the design before I touch the sewing machine.
I am okay with the result of this dress. I used gray and white stripes fabric, but in retrospect, I should have used black to make a contrast with white lace zipper, so the zipper pops out. Maybe next time.
The pattern I used is Mila, which is available for free on BurdaStyle. I like this pattern a lot, and used it to make this, this and this. For some reasons, it was only available in “Print at shop” version when it first came out. As impatient as I was, I took the pattern to a copy shop the next day it came out, and print it out. However, the person at Kinko’s shrunk the pattern to fit the page, and it was shrunk for about 15 %. So the dress is pretty small, but fits me well.
Oh do you see the thread holder in behind? My husband made it for me! It’s not quite straight, and the sticks that’s sticking out are too thick to hold regular thread and only hold serger threads, but oh well, he tried:) <3
I happened to find this lace that matches the zipper perfectly in my sewing box. I probably had gotten in a while ago at 100 yen shop or something.
