A 'Langa' for Avni

After a looooong break... we are back and we are back with a small and pretty gift for a little friend 'Avni'!

The skirt (langa in Kannada) fabric was bought from Ramchandrapuram and has been part of our stash for more than a year now. The blouse is made out of silk cotton.

The dress was made in a short time and we couldn't experiment much with the detailing. All we did was add the ties at the shoulder and patch a motif from the skirt fabric onto the front of the blouse. But thankfully the simplicity of the blouse compliments the heavy brocade of the skirt material.

We louve, loouve, and just looouve the rich and glorious pinks and magentas.... and we adore the golds in the brocade. This is one of our all time favorite dresses! Hopefully we should be able to post a picture of the dress with our tiny model! :)

The First Sewing Machine

Singer Multipurpose was my first sewing machine and our relationship lasted for more than 15 years!

Learning to sew with this stubborn piece of machinery was traumatic. I have literally pulled out my hair, scratched my skin out and swore every time the thread snapped and acted like a total psycho while using it. I have sung so many songs with it! Talked to it! Ok I am a psycho! :)

All said and done most of my early projects turned out well! I have bitter-sweet memories with this machine. But it had to be done and I exchanged it for a new machine in March last year. It is almost one year now... And I still think about it very often.

Dear Machine, I hope you are out there, happy, with someone more pleasant than me... who doesn't abuse or throw tantrums when the needle breaks! And on top of all I hope no one blames you to hide their poor sewing skills (that is me!)