The order was the Smart Girl’s skirt for Autumn/Winter in red with small floral pattern and the concept was “forest”. The choice of fabric was up to me so I chose this dark red cotton corduroy fabric with blue flowers. It reminded me of Snow White somehow. I think the result is really cute. There isn’t much handicraft involved but the original handmade buttons with red embroidery match very well and make this a special piece.

Hello, I’m still alive. I’m currently preparing for Selvedge Winter Fair (31 Oct & 1 Nov). It is my favourite textiles fair with lovely exhibitors and customers and you are very welcome to visit my stall. I try my best to show you my work here but seeing and feeling the actual thing is recommended!

This is my latest creation, the Smart Girl’s final look of “It rained into her room.” collection consisting of a semi-transparent shirt and a pleated skirt. Her clothing is mainly school girl style.

The white cotton shirt has a mini shawl collar and cuffs in light grey blue. The main fabric is textured with lines of irregular width which reminds me of rain. Resin buttons with light blue sequins and beads are placed unevenly to represent a falling raindrop from the pointed angle of the collar. The breast pocket with a grey blue fabric inside and embroidered graduation lines represent a rain gauge.

The pleated skirt is made with cotton drill fabric in grey blue. It opens at the left side with four resin buttons with blue sequins and glitter. Silver dots are embroidered along the hem edge like it’s wet with spray.

I think it looks great with or without the shirt tucked in and can’t decide which should be used for the illustration… (I do fashion illustrations after I make the garments, haha.)

This is the Smart Girl’s look of “It rained into her room.” collection in calico. Her style is school uniform inspired. The breast pocket has graduations drawn by fabric pen to represent a rain gauge. The tiny shawl collar and the button placement of the shirt are representing a falling raindrop. The pleated skirt has dots drawn along the hem like a splash. The resin buttons have beads and sequins in light blue trapped inside except for the large one used for the skirt waist which has fabric embroidered in red inside.

These blue dresses were made for my junior high school classmate and her younger sister. My friend ordered the Self-Conscious Girl’s dress from “minus the sun, night all day.” collection (left) and her sister ordered the Suicidal Girl’s dress from the current “It rained into her room.” collection (right). I couldn’t wait to see the two dresses worn together so I called my double for the photoshoot, thank you Photoshop.

My friend liked the style of this dress but also wanted the moon embroidery from the Controlling Girl’s shirt dress from the same collection so I combined the two. I suggested making the dress in light blue as she likes pale colours and it will make the moon motif obvious. I used different cotton fabrics in a similar colour for each section. The hem and the shoulder straps are done with cotton ribbon.

I have a different plan of using a few colours for the final version of this style but decided to make it in one colour for my friend’s sister, just to be safe. I’ve chosen blue cotton again to go with my friend’s dress but in a dark enough colour so that the skirt won’t be see-through. The collar has cotton ribbon trimmings and the small breast pocket is hand stitched in a teardrop shape. The fabric covered buttons are made in a slightly lighter colour.

This is the Cultured Girl’s dress in calico for “It rained into her room.” collection. Stitching details for the final version are all hand drawn using fabric pens. It is a simple sleeveless dress with two large patch pockets on the front side. The dots with an angle at the front neckline which continue to curve at the back side represents a raindrop shape. The dots on the pockets are dripping to the lower part of the dress.