Azriella turned 16 this year! Pulling elements from Jonghyun’s “SHINin’" MV and Key’s stage performance outfit for “Juice”, I made her a Jonghyun and Key-inspired suit! Keep reading to find out all about the highs and lows and all the bits in between!
Read MoreSephira’s 12th Birthday Outfit was inspired by this super colorful and cozy outfit that Onew (from SHINee) wore for his solo concert, Onew Note which Sephira fell in love with the second she saw it!
Read MoreAkira turned 9 and we planned out this super cute Kirby outfit for her!!
Read MoreThis is something I have been wanting to do for 7 years now. Wow. I can't believe it took that long to get around to making this outfit but now that it's done, not only was it worth the wait but, I sincerely couldn't imagine it any other way!
As she got older, she naturally gained new interests but Bowie and Man Man, and SHINee have always stayed at the forefront in her heart. She said she wanted to do Life on Mars for Easter and I told her how I was planning on doing a Helium (from Key's Bad Love album) x Life on Mars crossover. It was an obvious collaboration considering Key himself mentioned how this album was heavily influenced by his long-time admiration of David Bowie😱🤯This project is so important to me and to Sephira, as it’s that something I've been planning for almost a decade! I truly hope you enjoy hearing all about the process! HAPPY SHINee DAY!!!!
Read MoreThis year marks my 10th year blogging at Sew Chibi Designs!!! 🥳🥳🥳 I don’t think I could have ever imagined all the things I would create, the friendships I would make, and the way I developed my not only my sewing skills but my photography, photo editing, pattern drafting, graphics making, sewing tutorial e-booking from non-existent to things I’m really proud of!!!
I already went into major detail about both Azriella’s outfit and Sephira’s outfit, so, for this post, I’m going to focus on Akira’s outfit and the group shots I got of them at the Rose Garden.
Read MoreHAPPY SHINee DAY!!!!! Today is the 14th anniversary of the group's stage debut and I have something really special to share with you!!!
After watching the Groks from the Keyland concert, we all went completely😍over the pink, plaid outfits Key and the dancers wore for his latest song "Saturday Night"… and then he did the same look in lime green for his Music Core stage! Both of my older girls are totally into the crop tops and plaid skirts or high-waisted pants look, and they loved the mix-matched dancers' outfits.
Soon after its release, the holidays were coming up and it was soon time to pick our theme for the year and they were torn between Harry Potter and Saturday Night. I mentioned that the two could easily be blended together in an epic mash-up and both of the girls were super excited!! For Akira’s outfit, I went a different direction and made her a doe Patronus, pulling inspiration from an earlier Key video/song, called Forever Yours. I named her outfit, "Forever Your Patronus."
Read More💜Time for the Project Run & Play Pantone Party again!💜 The Color of the Year for 2022 is “Very Peri” and I made a custom fabric design, courtesy of Raspberry Creek Fabrics (affiliate link), using the exact hex code for this year’s color! It was a lot of fun drafting and designing the whole look (inspired by this stage look) and Sephira and I are so squeaky giddy over the end result! 😊
Read More“Advice” Taemin is back in chibi form! This time we’re sharing the iconic white outfit and balaclava! This post also features Touka (yes, my sweater pattern’s namesake!) Kirishima cosplay from Tokyo Ghoul! Find out more about the entire insane process by clicking on the image!
Read MoreMy eldest daughter, my beautiful and magnificent Azriella, the reason I ever even wanted to learn to sew for and essentially created this blog for is another year older. I’m just so grateful that I have her in my life and I am so happy to celebrate her in this “Advice” inspired blog post! Keep reading below to learn about all may be the most grueling yet rewarding outfits I’ve made to date!
Read MoreAnother Easter passed during the pandemic! Last year was a really bizarre one for everyone, us included, but after a year of self-quarantining, we learned how to make the best of things! I wanted to do something colorful but in a different way than I’d done in the past. Originally, the plan was holographic vinyl and neon elastic cording and white but I found it impossible to find colorful cording that wasn’t super skinny (and that was just not the look I was going for!). So I ended up having to quickly change up some of my plans!
Read MoreWe felt like celebrating this chibi Taemin outfit again! We left out some poses last time and there were some details about the outfit that needed a little more focus so we got all dressed up and did a round two!
Read MoreThis year I made an Ender Dragon from Minecraft, a Cake Dragon from Roblox, and chibi Lee Taemin “Criminal” cosplay! Further down this post, you’ll see the pictures of my dragon girls, but for my chibi Taemin, I made a special Lookbook describing the whole process and backstory on the outfit! I hope you enjoy them! Please take a peek and tell me how you think it came out!
Read MoreI’m super stoked to be introducing you to my latest pattern, the Senpai Bomber Jacket, which is releasing today! It’s part of the latest Project Run & Play Designer Collaboration: Project Streetwear along with patterns by Jenn from a Jennuine Life, Aimee from Puzzle Patterns, Audrey from Skirt Fixation, Anne from Sofilantjes, and Susana from Suco by Susana.
Let’s get into the nitty-gritty and find out more about the Senpai Bomber Jacket:
🌞🌧☃🌸🍂A pattern collection for all seasons, all ages; from basic to the max. 😎 The UMARU Collection features four versatile patterns with endless ways to customize and make it your own! Size ranges from ages 12M aalllll the way up to 16Y (and some adults!), and is designed to fit both girls and boys. Your sewing game is about to level way up!
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