Queen Blouse Romanian by Dorin Negrău

Dorin Negrău participated at New York Fashion Week with his collection for Spring-Summer 2016.
This is my favorite

Back to shoes

New York Fashion Week is as glittering as ever, but these Michael Kors shoes made me stop and wonder for a while.

Envelope pillowcase with squirrel

My nephew needed a new pilowcase for his favourite pillow. I wanted him to have something special and the fact that I call him squirrel gave me an idea.
I drew a squirrel on a piece of paper.

Then, I cut a piece of white fabric and made use of a pencil, a window, some duck tape and the sun. I stuck the drawing to the window by using the duck tape, and the light of the sun helped copy the drawing on the fabric.

After coping the drawing, I started sewing by the line. I used only two colors, brown and blue.

I followed the steps in the following video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LJnPEvjdDo in order to obtain an envelope pillowcase.

After sewing all the parts, as advised, I sewed on the front-side of the pillow the white cloth on which I embroidered the drawing of the squirrel.

How to turn a scarf into a skirt

It's very simple. The first thing you need to do is find yourself a nice, long scarf.

I found mine in H&M. I think it had about 2 meters, for I made my skirt and still have enough material left to make a small scarf to match my skirt. Well, that's an offer I couldn't refuse.
When you have found your scarf, take your measures and decide upon the length of the skirt. I added to the measurements 2 cm (aprox. 1,5 inch) for the hem.
Because the fabric was too see-through, I used 4 identical parts. I used a sewing machine, but if you have enough patience, you could also sew the skirt by hand.
Firstly, I sewed the two sets of two identical parts.

Considering that the original scarf had some beautiful tassels, I decided to keep the 'spirit of the scarf' and left them in their place. As you can see from the picture above, two tassels are on the side of the skirt.
Then, I sewed the two parts together and a white zip, to the side. Here's the result

I must admit that I had a lot of fun doing this project. You should try it, too! And don't worry that the result won't be by the book. Just keep in mind that it will be personalized :)

Once an earring, now a locket

Yesterday I lost one of my earrings. Fortunately, one was still attached to my ear, when I noticed the other one missing.

Like they say, turn your loss into gain. And so I did. Starting from today, my earring is a locket. I found this in a mercery shop

And there it is

Skirt update

Give a makeover to your favorite skirt by sewing a ribbon on the slit. It's easy! You can use a sewing machine or you can sew it by hand.

Sleeveless coat

This dress was forgotten in some part of my wardrobe. For some reason, I was reluctant to wear it.

I decided to give it an update, and turn it into a sleeveless coat. I removed the sleeves and cut the front into two equal parts.

I used a sewing machine, but one can also sew by hand.
Here's the result

I can't wait to wear it with my new dress :)