"Rock and Romance"

Rock 'n romance is a gorgeous fabric collection by Pat Bravo for Art Gallery fabrics. A few months ago, when I saw the collection preview, I knew I had to make something with it. It's been a long time, since I created a few garment pieces with some designer collection, but these prints were calling me:) I knew that I had to create tons of ruffles prior to sewing.
And I knew that I wanted to create some gaucho pants.
And yes, the matching dress too.
Or even a few.
















So, here it is, a small collection of fancy clothes featuring this beautiful fabric line. I enjoyed creating them so much, and I hope that those girls who will wear them (yes, I listed them for SALE on ETSY )will love them too. My daughters already choose theirs pieces and my lil' boy has a new rocking tie:)
I must say that the quality of the fabrics(100% PIMA cotton that is known for their soft hand and superior quality) is really wonderful. They are ideal for apparel sewing and they drape perfectly.



Here are some more pics of the clothes.... can you say that kids had so much fun too?





















Regarding the mask, you can find the tutorial here and I am preparing the tutorial for the stripwork skirt too, so stay tuned;)
xo,
Katarina

Indian summer

It is still very warm here for this time of the year, and I am enjoying this Indian summer.....



This weekend was the first weekend full with homework to do for kids, and while seating on the table with my son, I used some of his "magic pens" and started doodling....have you ever tried to use them for your doodles? I know that they are fading away fast, but if you use scanner, it will last on your Hard Disc:)



So, I will call it "Indian summer", can't wait to finish the whole collection and show you:)



And here are some photos of my Indian summer harem pants (very popular and matching fabric necklace, that can be found @ etsy






xx, Katarina

In the wedding mood

Today is our 13 year Anniversary! It's always so nice to go through this blog post and look at the pictures taken 13 years ago....And also, so glad that I took these pictures of my girls 2 weeks ago(part of the recent custom order), that are pretending to be the flower girls....Can't wait to get the pictures from the actual wedding:)

xx, Katarina

Fall magazines features

Since opening another, local shop related BLOG , written in Serbian, I am not blogging very often about clothes and accessories created over here and as many of those clothes ended featured in the local magazines, maybe I can share some of those....so here we go:

"Roditelj i dete" magazine: ("Parent and kid" magazine)





"Best shop" magazine:









And something not quite mine, but created with my cherry fabric. Love them!!!:) You can check other Eva's adorable baby stuff on her blog.





xo,
Katarina

Corpse bride

Corpse Bride (often known as Tim Burton's Corpse Bride) is a 2005 musical stop-motion-animation fantasy film directed by Mike Johnson and Tim Burton.



I had a big pleasure this year to create this costume for Jess, one lovely little girl and Marta modeled it, before I did some final touches on the veil, upon Jess's request;)
Jess loved it and she will be wearing it for this Halloween.








Happy Halloween to all!!!:)
Katarina

Like strawberries and cream

I remember one of the fabric shops on ebay.uk where I bought some of the first designer fabrics, back to 2005. It still exists and have such a yummy name- Like strawberries and cream . That cute name influenced me a lot when it came to choose the name of my very own ebay shop-which doesn't exist anymore, of course, but it existed on ebay.it (italian ebay) for a few months in the early 2006.



Of course, I kept that name for my boutique label and for my blog and for my website (that is crying to be revamped and it is among my must do's for this year) and I really like it;)
Here can be found wider explanation of what it meant to me regarding my creations for kids.



So, last week, after trying to make some order in my closet full with some crafty goodies, I have found a bag full of plastic fruits, leaves etc and thought to use them for some hair clips . They are beautiful and can be such a cute detail for some party hair styles. Of course the name "like strawberries and cream" was the guideline and inspiration to do these hair lovelies and I can't wait to create some more of these yummy hair accents:)



And here are some more past items inspired by the strawberries(or cherries, yum) and cream









Wishing you sweet, like strawberries and cream weekend,
Katarina