Another AfrOceNtRic FriDaY

There's no weekday I love more than fridays..Another opportunity to bust some creative fashion moves.ALL HAIL CASUAL FRIDAYS!!!!!..some poem-loving blogger should probably do a poem titled 'FRIDAY MY LOVE'..lol..moving on..

I decided to play with the afro-centric look again.Out of the pile came....drumroll please......dududududu...MY HIGH WAISTED ANKARA PANTS!!!..that's right,the American in me calls them 'pants'

Same issue as my kente jacket....no button hole!....I really need to get a button hole machine...the issue is, they are just so huge and ugly....there should definitely be a portable one...i'll find it...I know I will....maybe I should give Kimora a call..lol

Anyway, my press buttons came to the rescue yet again....this time I sewed a gold fancy button right on top....I paired the ankara pants with a yellow polo top and orange n brown flats and that made my casual afrocentric Friday outfit......off to enjoy the rest of the Friday night with DJ pillow and a movie...

Have a lovely weekend y'all *muah*

MiSs kEnTe

Helllllloooo....been a long time....*palm covering my eyes*...

I had a busy month of May....however, i still had a little weekend time to make a couple of dresses but haven't gotten the time to make anything for myself....:(

I'll put more effort into my sewing during the week......Discipline....that's what I need.

 

 Anyway, last week friday the 14th, was traditional day at the office....I wasn't really in the mood to go all traditional, so I searched through my "pile of unfinished clothes', frantically searching for any clothing item with african print, especially one that needed the tiniest bit of sewing to get completed. Voila! my kente jacket appeared! I quickly checked the edges, the sleeves to find out why it was in "the pile" and then i saw what i needed to do....or rather...what needed to be done....the button hole! I immediately started getting upset because that wasn't something I could do at the moment...it was thursday night!

And then it occurred to me, "I've got press buttons"....thank God! My mind at rest, I quickly got it ironed...didn't bother to fix the press button that night...did that on friday morning....yes...I procastinate sometimes.
 

About the jacket, the jacket is a kente/lace peplum piece...the color is bright and exciting....I made the peplum bottom by sewing 'kissing pleats'. The pleats aren't as defined as the peplum jacket in my first post(the jacket with the zip detail)....Hope you love it as much as I did....enjoy :D

Seriously, i really don't know what brought my hands together....i'm sure i was either saying something or doing something...whatever....lol

 

 

 

 

I just had to put upload this picture.....nigerian in a sari and an indian in ankara....pretty.....

 

 

Yeah yeah, i know i didn't go all traditional.....but I guess my look was afrocentric :)

Fingers crossed, I'll be uploading more pictures this week or the next.

Have a lovely week y'all.

Peace!

MY JOURNEY................

So this is my first post :) ....been a long time coming! 
This journey started about a year and a half ago after my tedious and successful completion of the bar exam. I thought...."Now its time to do what i've always wanted to do.....learn how to sew!!!". I had about 2 months before going to NYSC camp so I went to House of Henri and signed up. I had a wonderful experience....loved it!!!.

As the title of my blog implies, I intend to capture my tailoring experience and skills and to share it with everyone. I love designing and sewing....and yes it is stressful and all, but i still love it. I love the fact that I can think of a design in my head, sketch and sew it MYSELF....well....not every sketch that pops up in my head ....but i've got You-tube and various online sewing blogs and websites to help me learn new things.....So my blog is gonna catalogue my learning experience and I also hope to get fun ideas from readers....So basically i'm just gonna post some of the pictures of clothing items I've made so far :D

I love this jacket....and lots of friends too. its detacheable....held together by a zip. Its my favourite piece :D. 

                                                    same peplum jacket, different fabrics

bandage dress

by the way, my favourite colour is Royal purple.

                                     
                                   

 

 

 

 

the first skirt I made...actually the very first piece of clothing I made

 

Hope you enjoyed looking at the pictures......:) 

ps - I'm "NIMZ"....ToluwaNIMI....

AND THE JOURNEY CONTINUES....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!