FamilyTreasures: sewing

This year I managed to sew some raya clothes for my kids. I've used the leftover cloth that I sent to the tailor to make them. So the 3 of us (me and my 2 kids) were to wear clothes from the same fabric for Raya. I made a baju kurung for my daughter and a shirt for my son. I completed the baju kurung within a day but not the shirt. I had to do a lot of fold and sew because I didn't have any serger. The shirt was a bit complicated to sew as I was merely sewing by referring to my son's and husband's shirts for pattern. Also, the button hole was not perfect. Thanks to my sewing machine which didn't work properly. It's either I didn't know how to use the button hole footer (is this what you call them?) or the sewing machine itself has a problem.

Anyway, here are the kids with their raya clothes. BTW, we didn't get to wear them on the first day of Raya (EID) because we were celebrating our raya at the hospital with the newborn. But the kids managed to wear them on the second day..

I have sewn a few things... Most of them being simple:

skirt

short/pants

bag

curtains

Most of the things I sew are things that are useful, not purely for decoration purposes... Sewing isn't that too difficult but it does require your energy, time and dedication.. I am the type of person that likes to finish sewing the whole piece in a day or 2 and not more.. If it got extended, then it'll probably be neglected and become an unfinished object.. That is why I only do my sewing on the weekends where I can dedicate the whole day just to get over with it.. Usually, I'll cut all the pieces for all projects that I'd be working on. And the sewing will be done on another day where I try to finish all those that has been cut.

Most of the sewing that I do comes from patterns that are either from sewing book or sample of clothes that I already have.. It is easier having an example than just imagining how it would turn out in the end.. A sketch would sometime helps too.. Anyway, here are some of the completed pieces..