Me Made May 2016: Day 11

Hi Everyone!

Me in a me made trousers..

Design my own..

The trousers are made of good quality dark chocolate terricot with more cotton ratio in it..

It is worn with buttons near the waist on one side, (well hidden)..

There is also a pocket on the other side of waist..

What's interesting is the pleats that you see in the bottom part..

Just like churidaar..

So its neat as a trouser and has pleats as churidaar..

Can wear it with western tops

And even with kurtis as I shall share pictures some time this month..

Have a great day and see you tomorrow..

Me Made May 2016: Day 10

Good to see you All here!

Today as I was going out to meet some friends, took these

 pictures..

I love RED..

The kurta is made of red pure cotton self patterned fabric..

This is me made pattern..

The neck starts as closed round, but just near the center becomes "V"

The kurta does not have a separate yoke but in its place,

I have put many pin tucks to give texture to the chest part of the kurta..

giving it style quotient..

The sleeves are slightly puffed in the ends..

I wore this kurta with my semi patiyala salwar discussed on day 2

Smart, casual and very comfortable dress..

Hope you all like it..

See you tomorrow..

Me Made May: Day 9

Hi Everyone!

Its a nice cheerful day..

Am out to the club and hence asked my friend Arpita to take my picture for today..

Its so easy and nice when someone takes your pic..

Both upper kurta and lower churidaar are me made..

The upper kurta is an A-line dress

Made of Off-white factory machine embroidered cotton and Mustard yellow block printed cotton

The sleeves have off-white fabric piping in the end..

In the dress wherever the Off-white fabric meets the Mustard fabric I have added a lace made of moss green and maroon threads.

How does this match?

Moss green goes with my lowers i.e. Churidaar pajama, and

Maroon matches with the block print on the mustard fabric..

What do you say?

Smart dress..Isn't it?

Hope you all have a very cheerful day!

Meet you tomorrow..

Me Made May: Day 8

Hi Friends!

As an extension to yesterday's post

Am going to talk about the top

The top is made of self patterned and printed chiffon fabric

The shoulders before cutting are pulled towards the neck with help of two pin tucks

This gives stylish look to top, space for body and also show shoulder a bit more..

The top is made of just a metre of cloth

Front open and buttoned..

Simple yet very stylish and useful daily wear..

See you tomorrow in something different..

Me Made may 2016: Day 7

Hi Friends!

Today am back with a long gypsy or bohemian style skirt..

 I love the free flowing feel around me..

The skirt is made of printed chiffon fabric taken out from my mother's used saree worn over an underskirt..

Design: Gypsy or Bohemian

Measure the waist at naval level and add some extra inches to make the waist band

As you notice the skirt is made in 5 tiers

Measure the length from naval to heel for total length of skirt

Divided total length of skirt by 5 to get width of each tier

Tier1: Waist measure + 0.5 metre

Tier2: Tier1 + 1 metre

Tier3: Tier2 + 1 metre

Tier4: Tier3 + 1 metre

Tier5: Tier4 + 1 metre

Sew them one after the other as the image drawn with pleats.

Put elastic in waist band

And you are ready to go..

 

The top here is also sewn by me

But let me talk about it tomorrow..

See you then..

Me Made May 2016: Day 6

Hi and a VERY GOOD DAY TO YOU ALL!

Am back again..

Taking my own pic is little difficult..

Managing position, exposure,..

Please bear with the image quality today

My today's me made garment is..

This is a top made of natural dyed hand-loom cotton fabric.

The top has a collar and is worn in overlap fashion, tied up with strings on the side.

Do note the asymmetry of the overlapping parts, highlighting the style..

The back side is no less interesting

There is a small cutout just bellow the collar adding fun..

 This garment goes very well with trousers, jeans, wrap and skirts

See you again tomorrow..

Me Made May 2016: Day 5

Hi Everybody!

Hope you all are having a good time!

Today I had to go to library and this is what I wore..

Again both the garments, upper kurta and lower churidar salwar are stitched by me.

The kurta is made of purple colour self patterned satin and terricot mix fabric.

I have put a broad gold brocade patch or piping to lower edge and round neck line.

There is a single button at the back to help wearing the dress.

Please also note that the sleeveless cut is extended showing a bit more of shoulders making the kurta more stylish..

The churidaar is made of purple camric fabric..

Its comfortable and stylish..

Hope you all like it too..

Meet you again tomorrow..

Me Made May 2016: Day 4

Hi Everyone!

Am so thrilled..

Today's dress is..

Well today am wearing both the upper(kurta) and lower (churidaar payjama)  garment stitched by me.

The kurta is made of cotton fabric with block print. I have added border of contrasting strips of printed pink and muted gold fabric near sleeves, lower border and yoke.

The yoke is further embellished with sequins and Sindhi embroidery in red. The Sindhi embroidery is by my mother. I learnt Sindhi embroidery from Mamma, but am a little less confident with it.

Hope you like my creation for today..

See you again tomorrow..

Have a nice day!

Me Made May 2016: Day 3

Hi there!

Glad to be back again on my laptop, ready to upload today's dress..

Getting photographed is such a nervous affair

Its difficult to like your own curves and width

But its a fun affair too

My hubby took this pic when went out for lunch

This is a lovely satin top in a shade of mauve..

I teamed it with little touches of white here and there

The neckline has little weave of white and mauve strips..

Tiny sequins adorn the chest..

Single line lace define the edge of sleeve..

The white stitched in place belt with crochet flower just completes it..

Hope you all like it as much as I enjoy wearing it..

See you all tomorrow..

Me Made May 2016: Day 2

Hi Everyone!

Am really thrilled to see so many people watching this post..

Thank you for your time and appreciation!

 Today is 2nd May

And my today's outfit is this

I sew a semi-patiyala salwar (the lower garment). This garment was originally designed and popular in Punjab state of India. The name comes from the place called Patiyala. Though now it is a very popular lowers wore by most of India and its neighboring countries.

Owing to its versatile use, it has gained popularity amongst all age groups.

Here I have teamed it with a Lycra sleeveless T-shirt  and a stole.

One can wear it with long or short kurtas or may be even boyfriend's shirt and belt..

Shall meet you tomorrow again..

Me Made May 2016 :Day1

Hi Everybody!

As you know by now that am participating in Zoe's Me Made May 2016 for the first time, to showcase my own made garments for the complete month of May 2016.

I started sewing for myself sometime in my college life,say, sixteen or seventeen years back. Since then I have sewn many garments for myself. Now am married with two kids, and it gives me immense pleasure to sew for them and also for home.

As I said I shall share one me sewn garment each day, here is

Day 1

This top has a bohemian look!

It is made from silk fabric rescued from my mother's discarded silk saree. The asymmetric sleeves add fun to the outfit.

See you tomorrow!