Sewing for the Super Typhoon Yolanda/Haiyan Victims

As a Filipino, each one of us is looking for better ways to help our countrymen, the victims of the recent super typhoon Yolanda / Haiyan. There are those who volunteer to re-pack goods for the relief operations, some give money to buy food, and some also donated their used clothing for the victims. Every little ounce of kindness, every little thing that in a way may help the victims right now is a big help. 

Being a sewing addict, I came up with the idea of taking advantage of what I can do to help by sewing basic clothing for the kids. My initial plan is to buy cheaper fabrics in Tabora St. in Divisoria this weekend to start this up.

Every little help counts :-) If anyone is interested to help me in this project (by donating fabrics/sewing materials, or by helping me sew the clothes), kindly let me know by posting a comment in this post..FYI,  the clothes will be sent to Tacloban.

We, the Filipinos are very grateful for all the help that has been extended for our country.

Maraming salamat po.. 

Cleaning Your Sewing Machine

Learn how to clean your sewing machine to keep it in top shape: 

Fabric Roses

I used  felt fabrics in the  previous versions of DIY roses that I made for mama and for lola both on mother's day.  I realized the same pattern and style that I used for those felt roses can also be used to make roses using other types of fabrics.  

This is a work in progress. I will be using wires for the stem for these fabric roses. Will post the other pictures soon. 

Dress for the birthday girl

My friend's baby turned 1 early this month and I thought it would be amazing to sew a dress as a gift for her birthday. Inspired by the solar dress pattern, I made her this dress:

I used the pink polka-dots fabric that I bought months ago. I adjusted the length of the dress since the pattern I used was for a 2-3 year old toddler. I added a white bias tape at the bottom part as well as a fabric lace on the top part.

Sorry about the messy background, I was too excited to take a picture of the dress.. lol!