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i've always had this crazy dream of learning to make shoes but as always it'd remained unrealised. i'm quite sure somebody teaches shoe-making, yes? who? where? it took this blogger 3 months to "figure out everything" she needed to. wait. in fact, she took only half the time. no wonder Shini calls her a wizard.
earlier today, i was at CC's other blog and my interest (if one can actually call it that!) in sewing was rekindled. does anyone know how to make these spats? it shouldn't be hard, eh? i've seen some sold on etsy but i don't want the cutesy ones. the one on the left looks simple to do...
via CC loves
but of course i'm just talking through my backside again. my idea of DIY is this:
laughable. i'd wanted to reshape the silhouette of this jacket. i really did want to try DIY'g but i wasn't confident and so entrusted it to my ma. i told her i'd wanted the sleeves like one of her top's. the plan was to go find out if a tailor could do it (w/o charging too much). and if not, she could help do it for me. so one day, i asked her how it went. she told me right away that she's thrown the jacket away. i was so mad. i'd loved the jacket so much. the colour's so nice but it was getting a bit tight where the shoulders were; i couldn't move my arms at ease. that's why i thought to have it reshaped like a semi-vest or a thicker top that i could layer over my clothes. sigh. i'm still quite bummed by the loss. i found it in shanghai. there were many jackets and only this one really caught my fancy. i didn't spare my tongue when my ma dispensed the bad news. but for the life of me i couldn't recall if she'd told me she'd be throwing the jacket away. maybe she did and i said okay? which is more worrying? losing my memory or losing the jacket?
3 comments:
Fabulous post, darling!
Thank you SO much for the shout-out!
xoxox,
CC
The only DIYs I ever attempted were belts and jewelry (and I did knit scarves as a child). Shoes are beyond anything I'd ever attempt, although I can see myself taking classes for sewing etc. Such a shame about the jacket... my mom's one to throw out stuff without asking as well, so I don't let her anywhere near my stuff.
I'm really just a klutz when it comes to DIY-ing. I just can never seem to get it right. So, don't be too hard on yourself. Although I would be angry about the jacket too if I were in your shoes. Thankfully, my mom is great with a sewing machine - too bad she's moving and I won't be able to have her repair all my clothes and do all my DIYs for me!
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