December Is For Sewing Marathon

My sister Marina took-up my offer to sew for elderly ladies and brought some leftover fabrics her mother-in-law (MIL) asked to be made into blouses.  Luckily she provided ready samples so that I didn't need to measure her MIL who lives quite a distance away.

I completed the project pretty quickly.  Just measure and made patterns from the ready wears, then cut the fabrics.  I learned from my sister of her MIL's likes and dislikes. Hahah... she does not like froufrou stuffs so I cannot do any embellishing on her blouses. 

Here are the finished blouses:

These rose buttons are rare and I love them.  I found them in an old sewing store that use to sell sewing supplies now doing clothing alterations.  It matched perfectly with auntie's rose coloured blouse.  I hope she won't loose a button because there's no replacement hehehe....

The above sunset dusk coloured blouse is interesting to make.  It was the first time I came across this type of collar and taught myself something new.   She's going to wear it for the new year celebration.  Great! Thanks auntie :-)

Darn... I have forgotten to take a photo of the topaz coloured blouse.  I styled it like a baseball player's jersey.  Topaz coloured fabrics are rare here where I live, it gave me a hard time looking for buttons that matched.  I saw her wore it the other day going for her doctor's appointment and it fits her perfectly.  I bet she liked the boyish cut hehe...

Niways, that's all for December 2013.  Look forward to more sewing next year.  Wishing you a wonderful Happy New Year 2014.  Cheers.. ^ ^

My Diamond Ring

We were having lunch at Blue Ginger today (27 May 2013) and Sharif held my left hand and was looking at my fingers.  Suddenly, he took out a small black box with orange and white polkadots from his pouch and when he opened, there was a shiny diamond ring in it.  I was so surprised, I was speechless.... It was so beautiful.  He swiftly put it on my ring finger.  

He said it's an engagement ring. Ow My God... Never thought that I would finally be engaged.  

He was delighted that the ring fit perfectly in my finger.  He  was worried because of his last experience buying a ring for his ex-girlfriend named Julia.  The ring didn't fit and they had to choose another ring at Centre Point.  When he told his mom about it, his mom said that was a sign that the relationship would not last.  And unfortunately it didn't.  

Well anyway... I am smiling ear to ear.  Still can't stop   grinning when I put this in my blog today and hearing Rihanna's song "Shines Bright Like a Diamond" in my  head hehehe....  ^_^