Summer Dress

Hello my lovely people!
Hope you are having a good friday and waiting for the weekend to relax and unwind :)

My new friends from blogger land - Sophie from Sophie's Paradise , Hyfah al, Beck from Beck to Vintage - love Beck's photographs and cute crochet items! and Mau from Creative Mau .

Its so good to make new friends everyday and get inspirations from all corners of the world don't you think?

I have not been doing any big project recently. Plan to amend it very soon.
Stitched a summer top for my little miss. Inspiration came from many sources, but had a picture of a wavy yoke stitched on this fabric, topped with some flowers. Turned out exactly how i imagined it. Its sooo so good to have a picture in your mind and then craft it from your own hands. A look at the dress rather top now..

Yes i used Picasa widely for these photos..
Did a round of blanket stitch and then followed it with this:
1 SC, 2 DC, 1SC in 1 loop. Slip stitch in the next. Did this all around for the edging.

 

Coming to the yoke...It is really simple actually. Did 5 rows of chevron wide wave pattern. Thats all!!

The straps are 1 row of SC in the center flanked by a granny stripe row on both sides. That's followed by 1 row of HDC. My favorite stitch for straps these days seem to be the HDC. It is a very cute and sturdy fellow..

Enhanced the joins with 2 ready made fabric button centered flowers from my stash.

Here's another click...

 Used 2 simple buttons for an opening at the back.

Picasa again, enhancing the strap and button for you..,

A close up of the edging. Can be used for any other crochet item too..like a towel or dish cloth..

 

Well, i am hanging up my hook for the weekend. Have a few outdoor plans and some family/weekend time to spend before my little princess is off to school!!

Hope you all have a happy fantastic weekend ahead. Loads of fun - hooky and otherwise ::)

Love,

xxx

PS : I haven't used a sewing machine for this ;)

Vintage hand towel

Good day to all the lovely people out there!

Hope you have been happy and fine. We are having our summer season here - its hot, humid and good...

What have i been up to? Crocheting some vintage lace here. Oh how i wish i had a sewing machine, the joy of convenience is few feet away. Literally, i would do anything for some space in my house, which could fit the machine. But we live in HongKong where space IS a luxury :(

So, the next best thing - hand sewed this towel from my fabric stash. I replenished my stock recently and will post the pics soon..

You would need a metallic crochet hook for this project as you need to do the SC through the ric-rac and metallic hook acts as a needle in piercing the ric-rac.Doesn't it give a vintage feel to the towel?

Loved the fabric too. Notice how it has a self matte finish to it..Beautiful!!

Added a loop with ric-rac and joined it with a wooden button and you have a vintage hand towel ready to use.

 

An easy project, my mind is now swimming with other possibilities....off i go to attend to my creative spurt..whilst the little people are taking a nap :)

Have a great and colorful day,

Love.

xxx.