Menjalara, Inhibited

And this is one of my sister's kurungs. She said no flowers please. But I am too enthralled by the flowers that Noraini has that I have just got to do them for her. But I toned it down a bit so that it doesnt look too flowery.

Nevertheless after she saw the baju she said cantiknya. I told her I should have made the full flower design for her after all. She said next baju then..

I had no problem with this baju, the beads and the pattern just flew across the sleeves. She had pretty tulang belut on the neckline so I decided to stick to traditions on the collar.

I'm glad she likes it. I should do something like this on my baju too.

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Fuschia Pink Kurung

I completed this some weeks ago. I simply love this pattern by Cikgu Noraini (of course, who else?) and had a joy finishing the project.

After completing this on my baju, I told my daughter I have to make one like this for her kurung too.

And when my sister sent me her own kurung, I said I will put the same flowers on her baju. But she said she'd rather not have the flowers. How unfortunate - I really enjoy sewing this actually. So I had to think hard how not to put the flowers on her kurung.. I completed both her baju but dont have the photos yet. Will put them up once I do.

ps : By the way, fuschia is actually a flower that bears the color of the brightest pink, Wikipedia actually calls it electric magenta. This pix says it all. Its hex code is #FF00FF or #F984EF for a lighter shade (in case you want to use it somewhere in your codes.. )

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