DIY : I just turned my oversized shirt into cardigan

I learned this from youtube so you can check the tutorial with keywords "DIY turn shirt into cardigan" by simply cut the middle of the shirt with scissors. But I stitched the hem, i tried to made it look more neat cause  if dont sew em, the fabric just curls. I used my unbranded oversized shirt. I bought this in big sale in Bandung. It only cost 25.000 rupiah so it cheaps enough for my first try hehe.

you can see the fabric just curls by itself so i need it to be sewed

looks better huh ?

taraa !

I have leftover label from LRBM so i just stitched it. I know I shouldnt put my name label on something i dont make from scratch. but i dont sell this i only wear this and it didnt have any label before. and also its kinna fun to see your own name on your own clothes. its every girls' dreams you knoow~ :D

I also added elbow patches. its kinna cool. its not that neat since its my first try. but im happy with this ! :D

SUPER LOVE !

xoxo,

Sybil

oops, apparently there is a label on this shirt, i missed it before. so this shirt is from :

GF LRBM 2012 part 1

Assalamualaikum..

FINALLY !  LRBM 2012 was done ! *pheew. Last few months I had busy with preparation for the LRBM 2012. LRBM stands for Lomba Rancang Busana Muslimah 2012. I was selected as one of finalist since March or May this year. I am one of the top 15 finalists. This event is actually composed of several series of events from consultation with juries and stuff. I didn't post any update related to this event cause honestly there're like few times I intended to quit. because this-is-hard. Other finalists have great talent, amazing years of experience and education and even knowledge about fashion and the business. And me ? I'm just a last year college student who study communication since sophomore and I can't even sew my own button how could I be a designer only for few weeks ! I am not even that close to fashionista. I wear jeans, shirts and blazer most of the time and I hated make up, they make me feel itchy. But I just gotta do what i had to do. I may be everything I even a quitter sometimes but not this time. Only for few months I was trying to catch up, browsing through internet buying some books-magazine, who's in right now, what's in and what's out. Learning about fabric, There were no week I had spent without at least once or twice going to the fabric stores and acc stores. I never knew before learning process could be that exausting and fun.

Among the process, my best friends and boyfriend, helps me so much. My boyfriend may be the most second exausted person these few months. He has a big heart and patience and time for me. He's everything. love. And my best friends, they may the only group of people who believe in me while others dont, even myself. They would spent hours listening me stressing out about everything and they just listen, they're amazing. I don't have that much best friends or true friends but they're priceless to me. Also my friends they sent me luck wishes and It feels great and I feel blessed.

So long-short story the show for the Grand final was held at Gandaria City Jakarta as one of the fashion show represented by IIFF (Indonesia Islamic Fashion Festival). Do you ever heard the hijabers or hijabistas ? It's like the nest. So as I told you before I was the only rookie among the 15 people and that made everything excites me-everything !. The show was started 2 pm but the designers already there since 8 in the morning. And I was the second arrived, everybody was late. That morning the designers met the models. Subhanallah, they were impossibly gorgeous and skinny and tall. I was stunned. I didn't know they would pick the model agent looked that pretty. GR started around nine. And the fitting began. This is my first show ever and i dont even know they will be another second, but what most excites me was the backstage part of the show. The hectic atmosphere, the make up artist-the hijab stylist-the designers-the models- It was unbelievable. It was not that big but It was my first-ever-cause I am a no one so this is special. When the show starts, the light was on, the music starts, the models walked the runway with your clothes- It was amazing. Undescribable feeling. Blessed all the professionals who gets to do this every month.

For the backstage, designers were asked to prepared photos of the total look and detail of acc and hijab. Everybody turned out to make a very simple photos. I was so excited I even made my own hijab tutorial. That's okay ! cause I'm pretty happy with the result. First I wanna show you the designs. These are the first design which got me through into 15 finalists. My theme was GREEK INSPIRED.

These are the hijab tutorial I made for hijab stylist who worked in the backstage. The hijab was so simple as simple as who I really am. - -

Photographer : papa

Editing : me

These are the final designs for the show

And these are the final result, I am so FAR from model. so pardon my....everything in these photos *ugh. 

I know I made some weird poses. Papa and my sister kept telling me how I was supposed to pose like It's so easy. It's not easy.

I don't have the runway photos-yet. I'm still waiting from the NooR magazine and documentation from other finalist and friends. That's why I hope there's gonna be a second part-soon. 

I remember how horrible last Ramadhan was, I remember how crushing down I was. And to be where I am now, who I am with, this year, It's unbelievable. And I wish there are more great news to come, like graduation :)

Singing In The Rain

Helooooo..

It's raining outside, I looove rain. I love the smell, I love the brezee. I love rain-when I'm not outside of course :p. I was listening to jammie cullum- singing in the rain. It was so sudden reaction-oh its raning-then suddenly I was singing 'singing in the rain' in my room. I already set the perfect mood so I grabbed my sketch book then taraaa~

Its captured in my terrace room. I love terrace <3

So how was it ? I did make a progress aight ? :3

I'm not a singer-obviously-but sometimes I do sing like normal people do. I love chanting actually while I'm driving my motorcycle. I have terrible-terrible-terrible voice. Still I love to sing to myself. I'm singiiiiing~ in the raain~..

"I'm singing in the rain"

Jammie Cullum

I'm singing in the rain

Just singing in the rain

What a glorious feeling

I'm happy again

I'm laughing at clouds

So dark up above

The sun's in my heart

And I'm ready for love

For love

Let the stormy clouds chase

Everyone from the place

Come on with the rain

I've a smile on my face

I'll walk down the lane

With a happy refrain

Singing, singing in the rain

In the rain.

La...

I'm singing in the rain

Just singing in the rain

What a glorious feeling

I'm happy again

I walk down the lane

With a happy refrain

I'm singing, singing in the rain

In the rain

In the rain

Even the lyric fits my mood perfectly !

oh btw omorrow is gonna be an important day for Sobu. I'll update the news later yeay !

have a nice afternoon, 

xoxo

Every Master Once a Rookie

Hai !

Its been a really really long time since the last post. This semester is pretty rough not that I take so many classes, no, Its the thesis that I've been working on take almost all of my attention nowadays. There's also another reason why I barely blogging, cause I feel like I dont have anything good enough to post. Not everyone knows but I'm kinna in the middle of a competition right now, It's a design contest and I'm one of the finalist. What frustrating is the fact that among all the 15 finalist, I'm the only one who doesn't have the fashion background, either based on experience or education. Well-I-suck ! (at first I thought that). Then I rearrange my state of mind, everytime I walk to that door I always whisper to myself, "You're here to LEARN not to win anything" and that makes me feel a lot better. Why don't you try ? Everytime you walk into situation out of your comfort zone, try REARRANGE your intention like I always do- I AM HERE TO LEARN ! :)

That intention almost crushed down by few comments which really stressed me out. Some other finalists were complementing my designs and almost all of em gave the same comment, "Your design is so cute" "Your design look like a cartoon, Its soo cute !". I know they meant well but what bringing down after I noticed everyone's design are soooo good, really like a professional designer doing sketches, they look high fashion and I ! - my drawing like Brats (you know the barbie girl cartoon) playing dress up ! not high fashion-at-all. Those comments really affected me for few weeks but i don't stop drawing and sketching. And in this post I wanna show you (faceless people on internet who maybe never exist cause no one's gonna read this) the progress I've made for these couple of weeks. Actually i did so many sketches for practice, some are bad, some are really bad, some are-let's just say-unfinished-cause I already hate the sketch before It even finished.

See ? I was no good. It was really bringing me down and I almost gave up. Everytime I draw some designs, I hate em cause I don't see myself in there. I know It sounds silly, but I just not being myself. I used to enjoy drawing and do sketches because I don't think ! The whole thinking process while I'm drawing-I hated it ! So I did this drawing-back on abstract cause I know I don't think when I'm drawing abstract sketches.

 So here it is.

It made me feel a lil better, then It crossed my mind why wouldn't I draw some design with abstract element in there ?

still.. not satisfied enough

Then I drawing some more more and more. I read again on and on pages to pages just to learn how to get a good proportion. I realize even if It's not me, still I have to learn back to basic then I can find what's my signature. Then I remember those times when I doing abstract sketches back then, I draw better when I feel overwhelmed emotion like sad or depressed. So I listen to one song, repeat mode, one song which remind how angry I was. The song was Adele-rumor has it- remix version for runaway.

I'm getting better right ? :D nooot- not satisfied-enough

I still have to learn proper human proportion and face. 

So I try to learn draw faces and get rid of the cartoon image for God's sake !

And.. this is what I drew just yesterday.

Not bad, ight ? I know I'm no good but I always love to learn. I realize that the second you notice that learning process is the key. I love drawing no matter what people say. people's comment are matter but what's more matter is I'm doing what I love. I love learn marketing, I love fashion ! , I love reading magazine. love love love

and these are my babies :3

My Dad always say that "You will never lose anything by buying books", "You're never good enough so study ! open books ! read newspaper, read magazine/ Although you can find everything by online nowadays but there's nothing like real books". So these few months I have new fav, my magz and book. These are some of em. I don't have much cause It's not that cheap - -"

two of my fav are AMICA and DEWI special edition. I bought DEWI in flea market, so I got really really low price and I LOVE it !

So there you go. Be kind with this post I still got to learn- A LOT.

Thank you,

xoxo