Keep sewing babe!!...Edisi njait baju lebaran buat Gendis (my niece)

the story began from short conversation between my sista (she has a baby girl already by the way) n me in social media ...cieeehhh...

My Sista : "Mba...bisa bikinin baju kek gini ga buat gendis", sambil di jembreng pula picture baju yg dia pengenin...
Me : "ooo...yg kek gitu ya!!....ya dah sini I bikinin...lebaran dipake ya :D "
My Sista : "Yakin kamu bisa Mba"...
Me : "tenang aja..pokoknya nti lebaran dah bisa dipake deh"..dengan pedehnya ..

dan ini adalah piku baju yg dia jembrengin...



sambil memandangin dan memvisualisasikannya dengan alam nyata...hadeehh apa sih...secara cuma dikasih gambar doangan...dan gw masih amad sangat amatir dalam bikin dress...dapet cobaan bikin baju yg kesusahanx tingkat dewa(ini gw yg ngomong ya..bukan sebagai kapasitas penjait yg sebenernya...ciee apa sih pake kapasitas segala ..:D )

akhirnya malamnya gw pun men-googling sono sini...muter2 di dunia maya..menghampiri tiap2 blog yg isinya tentang dunia perjahitan (dan 98% dipastikan blognya orang luar...btw...orang luar banyak loh yg emak2nya pada ngeblog dan isinya cara bikin baju buatan mereka sendiri)...
dan ga lupa buat mampir juga ke forum jahitnya Female Daily...cieee...klo dulu gw biasa nongkrong di kaskus...skrg secara udah bertambah dewasa...hahahaa..emak2 kali bukan dewasa..jd gw memboyong barang2 gw dan pindah nongkrong di forum Female Daily...jieee..jiieee..prett...

akhirnya gw dengan membabi-buta(jiaa brutal amad) mem-bookmark semua blog yg isinya related dengan baju yg mo gw jait...
setelah gw baca berkali2...mengcompare..memvisualisasikan..memperhatikan...dan terakhir jadi membingungkan buat gw sendiri...hahaha...tapi at least gw dapet lah sedikit ilham step by step cara bikin dress ini...

Baru deh keesokan malamnya..gw gelar perkara...cieee..maksutnya gelar kertas, gelar kalkulator, gelar meteran...jembreng bookmark-an...jembreng pict baju yg diinginkan juga...

inpo yg gw dapet dr sista gw sangad minim ...dia cuma nyebutin.."Gendis lingkar dadanya 50cm..trus panjang dress yg dia mau 45cm"...
(buset emaknya ngirit inpo amat ya...)...katanya sih gendis rewel klo lagi diukur2 badannya...makax dia juga udah alhamdulillah bisa ngukur dua variable itu...dan memusingkan buat gw tentunya...


akhirnya ya dah lah...sambil membayangkan postur tubuh gendis...maka gw merumuskan itung2an...untuk bikin pola dress atas dan rempelnya yg tiga tingkat itu...

itung2an selese...saatnya gambar pola....gambar pola dah selese...malampun dan larut...(pas malam itu bertepatan pula ama kebakaran di LP Tanjung Gusta Medan...lah gw pan jadi takut ada napi yg tiba2 minta ngumpet di rumah gw..mana suami lg dinas malam...hahahaa..ini cuma ke parno-an gw aja sodara2... :D )


okeee...back to njait lagi...
besok paginya gw pun gelar bahan...untungnya gw dah punya bahan pink polkadot dan puring pink yg taun lalu hasil gw ngiterin tanah abang...hiks jadi kangen beli bahan di tanah abang)...

buat baju gendis ini cuma butuh bahan 1 meter...bahan pink polkadot ini katun jepang..jd enak dipake...murce pula cuma 25rb semeter..trus puring katun pinknya cuma 10rb per meter...benang pink juga kebetulan dah punya..jd modal buat baju gendis ini ya cuma 35rb...hehehe...


setelah mentracing pola dari kertas ke bahan..saatnya menggunting2...abis itu di sambung2in deh sampe jadi dress ini...
the hardest part in making this beautiful dress is the ruffle part....3 layers booo...
ok now I invite you to imagine the ruffle:
ruffle layer 1 = panjangnya 115cm...
ruffle layer 2 = panjangnya 177cm..
ruffle layer 3 = panjangna 271cm...

wedew...sengaja gw bikin ruffle yg panjang biar kerutan dress nya mengembang dengan sempurna bak adonan roti yg sukses...hahaha..jd laperr..

dan yg aga tricky...tiap layer lebarnya harus beda ...soalnya layer atas harus menutup layer tengah dan layer tengah menutup layer paling bawah...
lom lagi bikin tier extender nya..alias sambungan buat ruffle itu agar bertingkat tiga...hadeeehhh...


tapi dengan segala kerendahan hati...akhirnya gw melalukan pekerjaan itu dengan giat...jiaaaa...apa sih kaga nyambung yaa...

dan akhirnya selese juga baju itu within 3 days...plus fine finishing nya 1 hari...jadi totalnya 4 hari dingg..lama bener yaaa...
dan ini dia penampakan hasil jahitannya :D

cieehh...ada yg bilang awesome lah...ada yg bilang beautiful lah...ada yg bilang so darling lahh..ada yg bilang so cute n sweet lah...banyak deh yg pada bilang gitu..hahaha..padahal itu semua gw sendiri yg bilang dalam hati ...hahaha...parahh ...

dan bagian dalamnya untuk mengesankan boutiqe made..jadi gw jait rapih dengan puring...ciee...

Klo diperhatikan secara detail...maka keliatanlah ada garis biru yaa..itu pensil kapur yg buat ngegaris-garis..biar jaitanx lurus jaya..hahaha...amatir banged seh ngejait aja pake digarisin dulu...
tapi tenang aja...pas di cuci maka garis2 biru dari pensil kapur itu akan menghilang dengan sendirinya...magic bukaaan!!!... (ya bukaaannlahh dodol :D )

dan bagian belakangnya baru deh keliatan ternyata dress ini di buat ama penjait amatiran...hahaha..soalnya gw lom bisa pasang retsleting di baju...secara masih amatir...jadi gw pakein aja kancing...itu juga kancingnya dapet dari nyopotin kemeja seragam ngajar di metro dulu...soalx kancingx pas sama warna pink :D bokis yaaa...

dan ini bagian pitanya...yg gedaa benaaaar...ga apalah biar agak catchy... :D

Mari kita lihat penampakan keseluruhanx sekali lagi... ^^

P.S : semoga Gendis suka yaaa baju buatan bude nya ini... ^^

Let me reveal my third handmade blouse ^^

ta daaaaa...for those who long for my story....here I come..ngek ngek preeettt...hehe...

I think you guys all know that I've been staying in Medan for almost 2 months...(btw...Did I tell you before that I moved to Medan...jiaaaa)
and Medan is so so so....ehmmmm...(dont have many words to describe)...but I miss Makassar to be honest and Jakarta for sure :( (yaeyalah jakarta is the place where my "ari-ari" was planted.....apa itu ari2?...tanya ama emaksnya masing2 yak...)

Haloooo...I cant see any relation between your story and the tittle you made above...(eiitsss...sabar cuuuuyyy...)

kayy...for the time being, I dont have any serious activity as I havent applied for any teaching job in Medan yet. I'm more focus on my pregnancy program anyway (wish it would be success...huuufttt...please pray for me prens :)

so..rather than just bengong2 or wandering, I try to keep myself busy by doing my recent hobby which is sewing..yeeeeyyyy...
Last week I had successfully finished my big project "making backpack for my dear husband"...(I uploaded the pictures in my facebook already....yah harap
maklum...hasil karya harus di pajang...hahaha...preeettt...)

and just now...I finished my another blouse. I bought the fabric with blue floral printing when I was still in makassar, precisely at "Toko Perlengkapan Jahit Harapan di pasar Central Makassar"...the fabric was so cheap...it was only Rp 17.000/meter.
and the pattern itself was actually taken from "Japanese Sewing Book"
Here is the book that I just mentioned ...

Perhaps some of you will question me...how can I make a blouse from a book that has kanji writing....hahaha...me myself dont have any idea....I just straight look at the step by step pictures only, without understanding the writing explanation at all....heellloooooo....ya eyalah...sejak kapan gw bisa baca tulisan jepang :D


oh ya I fell in love with this book at the first sight. It was when I did browsing online stores that sell pattern sewing book and I found that book in Toko Bagus...langsung hajar bleh beli cuuyyy...abisnya di medan lom ada kinokunya book store.


Then I told my husband that I just bought Japanese sewing book by online and its price is  Rp 150.000 and the delivery cost is Rp 23.000.
and you know what his reaction was...He was just frawning...
then I repeated my sentence...iya..so totally Rp 173.000
after some seconds then he spoke up..."what an expensive sewing book it is !.."
then I said lightly..."ya eyalah my dear...It is imported from Japan so It is super duper original book from Japan my dear..." :D
"How about the language?..", he added.
"ya ..of course in kanji", I answered..
"so..will you understand?..",he added another questions
hehehee...I just grinned..."Let's see when the book arrive, kay.." :D


and finally the book arrived...Oh Gosh...all the clothes in that book are so simply gorgeous and the book is also completed with patterns of some clothes...so I just need to trace from the pattern...yihaaaa...
I kept reading the book...upps not reading but staring at the pictures only and tried to understand the patterns and how to sew them into gorgeous clothes :)

at the end I decided to trace "the No.3 pattern". It looked so easy for me and I was so sure that I could follow the step by step pictures.

ta daaaa....within 2 days I successfully sewed this blouse...
But ... Oh God...why this blouse is super big for me..hiks...
I ensured my self that I was picking size M which is the right size for me...
(For Your Info...each pattern in that book is available in size S,M and L, we just need to fit our body according to its provided sizes)


I put on my handmade blouse...and It is really really loose for me...oh nooooo...I'm drowning in my own clothe...help help...cant take a breath...help help....halah halah lebay jeung yg ini...hehehe...

Then I asked for my husband's suggestion, "What if I cut these long sleeves into short?...will I look much better?...
and my husband was only nodding his head several times...
hadeh capek deh..not helping at all...

So...I cut the long sleeve into short and put elastic string around its sleeve...
ta daaaaa...It doesnt look that bad, does it!...hehehee
ya at least if it is too big for me, I still can wear it later on during my pregnancy... :D