Monday 22 August 2011

Kebaya Encim ala Bolognese

After been asked many times by bunch of girlfriends.. In the end I took the challenge to sew kebaya. Kebaya is an Indonesian traditional clothes (according to my knowledge). Women.. they usually wear it for some special occassion such wedding... or others. I never sew kebaya before. My girlfriend sent me the pattern outline but I still got no clue. One day I thought.. I'm going to give it a try anyway. So I started to draft the pattern. Basic one. I manage with the pattern but I want to give some personalize touch on it... I sew three lines of elastic for the front panel. Attach bell type of sleeves from the elbow point. Originally.. when you wear kebaya.. you wear aswell the sarong. But I'm not in the mood to sew the sarong to go with it. I thought I'll wear black skinny pants will do the show. For the material... I use Indian silk... the one I got for my bday gift. Bought in India and brought here by my sister in law. The colour is cooper colour. For the collar and the sleeves.. I use batik cotton..left over from my last trip to London. The funny part is... this batik is original Indonesian Batik halus but I bought it in London. I paid even much cheaper than if I buy it in Indonesia... crazy! The final result is nice. I think now I can say that.."hey.. I sew kebaya too..y'all know"

Monday 15 August 2011