Šarena haljina/The colorful dress

Jedan predivan materijal, jedan dobar kroj i jedna lepa haljina.

Tim redom ide, tako sam ih kupila, birala i sašila.

One beautiful fabric, one good pattern, and one lovely dress.

In that order, I bought, picked and sewed them.

Jeste da sam obećala sebi da treba sređivati garderobu, da nešto sa nečim ide, ali u haosu kojem smo trenutno (sređivanje jedne kuće, davno spakovane stvari u kutije u drugoj) ne znam odakle da počnem niti da li da uopšte počinjem dok se ne preselimo. A to znači da sam nešto počela, ali mi loše ide... Sa druge strane treba šiti od materijala kojih imam u zalihama, a i to uspevam loše jer mi baš treba nešto sasvim drugo od onoga što imam... A treće stvar je da treba da šijem jednobojne materijale jer mi takvih stvari najviše fali, ali i tu se slabo šta kreće ka uspehu...

Sve u svemu, definitivno je da sam neuspešna u ciljevima koje sam postavila. No, to me svakako ne sprečava da šijem ono što mi se svidi.

Yes, I promised myself that I needed to sort out my wardrobe, that I could more combine, but in the chaos, we are currently in (renovation of one house, long ago packed things in boxes in another) I don't know where to start or even to begin until we move. And that means I started something, but I'm doing that poorly ... On the other hand, it needs to be sewed from the materials I have in stock, and I manage it poorly because I just want something completely different from what I have ... And the third thing is that I need to sew monochrome materials because I miss these things the most, but I procrastinate...

Overall, it is definitely that I am unsuccessful in the goals I set. But it certainly doesn't stop me from sewing what I like.

Ovaj materijal sam kupila polovinom juna, a došla sam tada u radnju sa namerom da kupim materijal za suknju i kupila čak dva, naravno šarena. U međuvremenu sam se predomislila i sašila od ovoga haljinu.

I purchased this fabric in mid-June, came to the store intending to buy fabric for a skirt and bought two, of course colorful. In the meantime, I changed my mind and sewed this dress.

Model je broj 104 iz oktobarskog izdanja Burda magazina za 2018. godinu. 

U časopisu se nalaze dve haljine sličnog kroja, a materijal koji je preporučen se razlikuje od materijala koji sam ja koristila tako da moja haljina drugačije pada u donjem delu. 

Nisam se trudila da uklapam boje i linije na materijalu jer je to bilo nemoguće s obzirom na smerove linija i nejednake dezene, tako da su se negde slučajno poklopile linije, a negde ne.

Što se rukava tiče, morala sam da skratim i suzim prvobitno planirane iz časopisa jer nisam imala dovoljno materijala za njih. Moja mišljenje je da ovi bolje pristaju uz ovaj materijal, ali sam se dvoumila da stavim ipak kratke rukave.

Haljinu na slikama možete videti sa pojasom i bez, a ja ne mogu da se odlučim koja varijanta je bolja. 

The model is No. 104 from the October 2018 issue of Burda Magazine.

There are two similar patterns in the magazine, and the recommended fabric is different from the material I used so that my dress falls differently in the bottom.

I didn't bother to match the colors and lines on my dress because it was impossible given the directions of the lines and the uneven patterns so that the lines somewhere coincided and not.

As for the sleeves, I had to shorten and narrow down planned initially from the magazine because I didn't have enough fabric for them. It is my opinion that these fit better with this material, but I was hesitant to put on short sleeves. 

You can see the dress in the pictures with the belt and without, and I can't decide which one is better.

Na slikama u nastavku možete videti u celom kako haljina pristaje.

In the pictures below, you can see how the dress fits me.

Nadam se da vam se svidela haljina.

Do sledećeg čitanja

I hope you liked the dress.

Until next read

Omiljeni kroj/The favorite pattern

Priča o košuljama se nastavlja.

Kao što već napisah, rešila sam da menjam dosta u svojoj garderobi, a sa druge strane, pokušavam da nađem odgovarajuće modele za sebe. Počela sam sa košuljama, a koristim za sada materijale koje već posedujem. 

The story about shirts continues.

As I already wrote, I decided to change quite a lot in my wardrobe, and on the other hand, I'm trying to find the right patterns for myself. I started with button-down shirts, using fabrics that I already own.

Košulje sam prvi put šila 2007. godine koristeći krojeve iz Burde, a godinu dana posle toga sam ih imala 40-tak. Tada sam se pripremala za posao u osnovnoj školi kao nastavnik matematike (Moje primarno zanimanje je matematičar, to sam studirala i završila.) i košulje su mi bile idealne kao radna uniforma. Nažalost, nisam uspela da pronađem trajan posao u toj struci, a od tadašnje sašivenih košulja ostala mi je tek po koja u ormaru (Ostale sam poklonila.). 

Posle tog perioda sam vrlo retko šila košulje, tek nekoliko, ali ne više od 10-tak.

I sewed in 2007 for the first time button-down shirts using patterns from Burda, a year after I have had around 40 in my wardrobe. Then I was preparing myself for a job in elementary school as a teacher of mathematics (My primary profession is a mathematician, I studied mathematics and finished it.) And the shirts were ideal for me as a work uniform. Unfortunately, I didn't manage to find a proper job in that profession, and from then made button-down shirts remained only a few in my closet (Other I gave out.).

After that period, I rarely sewed shirts,  but no more than 10.

Ovaj model košulje je jedan od mojih onda omiljenih modela koje sam šila. Kroj je iz Burde za januar 2007. godine pod brojem 102. 

Materijal koji sam koristila je čist pamuk, kupljen na vašaru materijala pre koju godinu.

This shirt model is one of the then-favorite models I've been sewing. The pattern is from Burda Magazine for  January 2007, No. 102.

The fabric I used is pure cotton, bought on the fair a few years ago.

Na slikama u ovoj priči možete videti kako model izgleda i kako meni pristaje.

In the pictures, you can see how the shirt looks like and how it fits.

Do sledećeg čitanja

Until next reading

Proleće/The spring

Nekoliko puta sam već pisala kako mi nedostaje gornih delova (bluza, majci, ...) u mom ormaru, kako ih najređe šijem, i kako ne znam zašto to radim, ali moram da menjam nešto.

Onda sam u poslednjem tekstu pisala kako stvarno nešto moram da menjam u mojoj garderobi. i da sam previše šarena, i da ne mogu da sparim stvari, i da još uvek imam mnogo materijala, pa sam od toga i počela.

Trenutno, već duže mogu reći, pokušavam da nađem odgovarajući kroj za sebe, a tiče se košulja, bluza i pantalona. Kilaža mi se promenila, a sa tim i proporcije i zbog toga moram da prilagođavam krojeve i nađem najbolji za sebe. Proteklih dva meseca sam isprobla par krojeva i sada slede priče o njima, a ovo je samo prva od njih.
I already wrote several times that I miss the top parts (blouses, button-down shirts...) in my closet, as I barely sew them, and I need to change something about it.
Then I wrote in the last text that I really have to change something in my wardrobe, and that it is too colorful, and I can't match garments together, and that I still have a lot of fabrics in my stash, so I started to do anything.
Currently, I can say for a while, I'm trying to find the proper cut for myself, and it's about a shirt, blouse, and pants. My weight has been changed, the proportions also, and therefore, I have to alter patterns and find what best fits me. For the past two months, I've tried a couple of models and now follow stories about them. This is just the first of them.

Kao prvo moram da naglasim, materijal sa slika je predivan. Mislim da još nisam naletela da me nešto toliko oduševilo kvalitetom, a da sam ga nabavila za vrlo malo novca (Na poslednjem vašaru tkanina sam kupila ovaj i još dva po 6€ komad od 1,60m. - Uglavnom tako kupujem ovde.).

Materijal je prelep, a nisam šila haljinu. I to je jedna od stvari koju kočim ove godine. Naime, pokušavam da šijem ono što mi je potrebno, a ne ono što mi prvo padne na pamet, a nije mi potrebno u ovom momentu. Zbog toga je od materijala nastala košulja, a ja sam samo jednom zažalila zbog toga (Stvarno mi ne treba još jedna haljina.).

First of all, I have to mention that this fabric is too beautiful. I don't think that I have ever found something, that I was so delighted with quality that I bought it for very little money (I bought this one at the last fabrics fair (and two more) for € 6 a piece of 1.60m.).

The fabric is utterly fascinating, and I didn't make a dress. That's also one of the things I try not to do this year. Namely, I try to sew what I need, not what comes to my mind first, and I don't need it at that moment. That's why from this material is made this button-down shirt, and I only regretted it once(I really do not need another dress.).

Model za ovu košulju je običan model za košulju bez ikakvih ušitaka, a ja sam dodala faltu pozadi.

Kao što napisah na početku, pokušavam sa raznim krojevima i njihovim izmenama. 

Košulja je predviđena da bude šira i duža nego obično, a na slikama možete videti kako mi pristaje.

The model for this shirt is an ordinary button-down shirt model without any darts, and I only added a pleat in the back.

As I wrote at the beginning, I'm trying with different cuts and their edits.

The shirt is intended to be broader and longer than usual, and in the pictures, you can see how it fits.

U poslednje vreme dosta eksperimentišem sa jednostavnim krojevima. To se naravno ne vidi, ali verujte mi, uopšte nije lako sašiti nešto što vam u potpunosti pristaje (Stoji kao saliveno.) ako niste neke standardne građe. Naravno da će onaj koji zna o čemu pričam primetiti šta je možda trebalo drugačije, a meni je dovoljno da ja znam šta bih još promenila.

Sve u svemu, zadovoljna sam košuljom - prelepa mi je.

Do sledećeg čitanja.

Lately, I've been experimenting with simple cuts. Of course, this can not be seen, but believe me, it's not easy to make anything that completely fits you if you don't have standard proportions. Of course, the one who knows what I'm talking about will notice what may have been different, and to me, it's enough to know what more I could change.
All in all, I'm happy how this shirt turned out.
Until next reading

Izazov - broj 3/The challenge - number 3

Završila sam drugi izazov pre koji dan, što ste mogli pročitati u prethodnom tekstu, ali još pre kraja  tog izazova sam znala da me očekuje novi. Nisam bila uspešna koliko sam želela tako da je ostalo još par stvari koje me opterećuju.

Naime, izazovi mi služe da rešim neke problematične stvari koje se tiču moje garderobe, tj. odnosu prema kupovini odeće, odnosu prema svom telu i garderobi, planiranju i potrebama vezanim za moju odeću, a obuhvatali su do sada takođe moje šivenje u pogledu kupovine tkanina. 

A few days ago I finished my second challenge, what you can read about in the previous text, but even before the end of that challenge, I knew that a new one needs to be done. I was not as successful as I wanted, so there are a few more things left that burden me.

Namely, the challenges help me to solve some problematic things that concern my clothes, i.e., my attitudes about buying clothes, correlation of my body and wardrobe, planning and needs related to my clothes, and so far have included my sewing in terms of buying fabrics.

U ovom trenutku, čak i duže, me brinu dve stvari u vezi mog ormara i mog šivenja. 

Prva stvar je ta da mi fali osnovnih komada u mom ormaru. Pod osnovnim komadima podrazumevam odeću koja se lako kombinuje sa nečim drugim od komada garderobe. Tu se radi najviše o bluzama, pantalona, suknjama i jaknama. 

Pretežno šijem vrlo specifične dezene, ali i modele i ne trudim se da sparim nešto sa nečim. Obično sparujem garderobu sa cipelama, ali to baš i nema puno veze sa mogućnosti kombinovanja odevnih predmeta, tako da pod hitno moram da menjam pogled na šivenje i da to radim obazirući se na već postojeće stvari u mom ormaru.

At this moment, even longer, I am concerned about two things about my clothes and my sewing.

The first thing is that I miss the basic items in my closet. Under essential pieces, I mean clothing that is easily combined with another item of clothing. It refers mostly to blouses, trousers, skirts, and jackets.

I predominantly sew very specific patterns, models also and don't bother to match them with something else. I usually match clothing with shoes, but that doesn't really have much to do with the possibility of combining garments, so I need to change the look at sewing under urgency, and to do this, taking care of already existing garments in my wardrobe.

Druga, vrlo bitna stvar, je moja kupovina materijala. 

Dešava mi se da skoro uvek kupim 4-8 materijala i da do sledeće kupovine ne uspem sve da sašijem (pola uvek ostane u zalihama) pa ponovo kupim još toliko i desi mi se ista stvar. Tako se nepregledni niz kupovine i šivenja pola od kupljenih tkanina nastavlja, a na taj način se samo povećavaju moje zalihe, tako da nije ni čudo da sam došla do stanja u kome sam. Mislim na zalihe, ogromne su i nemam više mesta za dodatne.

Another significant thing is my purchase of fabrics.

It happens that I almost always buy 4-8 fabrics (approximately 7-12 m) and until the next purchase I am not able to sew everything from that (half always stays in stock), and I buy again so much, and the same thing happens. That repeat of buying and sewing half of the purchased fabrics continues, and in that way only my supplies are increased, so it's no wonder that I came to the state I am in now. It is about my fabric stock, it is enormous, and I have no extra space for more.

Zbog dva, gore navedena razloga, došla sam do ideje za novi izazov. 

Narednih godinu dana smem da kupujem materijale samo za osnovne odevne predmete i samo onda kad sam sašila sve iz prethodne kupovine.

Najiskrenije, ovo je neizbežno. U poslednjem tekstu sam napisala da sam kupila nešto materijala, tj. iz dva puta sam kupila, zajedno sabrano, 7 materijala za bluze i 5 za pantalone. To je 12 odevnih predmeta (a možda mi ostane i za nešto više) i dok njih ne iskoristim ne smem da kupim niti jedan metar tkanine.

Kao i kada se radilo o prethodnim izazovima, svesno se prihvatam ograničenja i učiniću sve da uspem u tome da ih se pridržavam. (Postavila sam si i neke druge izazove, ali o tome će biti reći u nekim narednimm mesecima.)

For the two reasons mentioned above, I came up with an idea for a new challenge.

For the next year, I can buy fabrics only to use them for basic garments, and only when I have sewed everything from the previous purchase.

Honestly, this is inevitable. In the last text, I wrote that I bought some fabrics, i.e., all together, 7 fabrics for blouses and 5 for trousers. These are 12 clothing items (and maybe something more), and until I use them, I cannot buy any meter of fabric.

As with previous challenges, I consciously accept the limitations and will do everything to succeed in adhering to them. (I set some other challenges to me, but about that will be written in some of the following months.)

Na slikama koje slede, mogu da se vide nekoliko slika preuzetih sa Pinterest-a, a radi se o inspiracijama za neka buduća dela. U ovom trenutnku mi nedostaju bluze, košulje i pantalone u mojoj garderobi, a svakako da mi treba još koja suknja i jednostavna (jednobojna) haljina.

In the pictures below, from Pinterest, several clothing items can be seen, and these are the inspirations for some future work. At this moment, I do not have enough blouses, button-down shirts, and pants in my closet, and indeed, I need some skirts and simple (monochrome) dresses.

 

Poželite mi sreću da uspem u svojoj nameri jer mi je garderoba trenutno u vrlo šarenom haosu iz koga moram da se izvučem. (Čim se preselimo i sredim ormar za cipele, moraću i povodom toga nešto da menjam, ali o tome uskoro.)

Wish me luck to succeed in my intention because my closet is currently in very colorful chaos from which I have to get out. (As soon as we move and get a closet for my shoes, I have to change something about that too, but about that soon.)

Do sledećeg čitanja

Until next reading

Kraj 2. izazova/The end of the 2nd challenge

Krajem aprila meseca prošle godine sam napisala jedan tekst na blogu, a radilo se o još jednom izazovu - mom drugom izazovu za period od godinu dana posle prvog.
At the end of April last year, I wrote an article on the blog, and it was about another challenge - my second challenge for one year after the first challenge.

Prvi izazov sam uspešno završila, nisam kupila niti jedan komad garderobe za godinu dana, a nastavila sam u sličnom ritmu - ne kupujem skoro uopšte garderobu, već je šijem kad stignem.

Sa ove tačke gledišta, učinila sam sebi sa tim izazovom veliku uslugu. Ne odlazim po radnjama, kupim tek kad mi se nešto mnogo svidi, ne nerviram se više jer mi garderoba koja se može naći ne stoji kako bi trebalo već samo moje telo ne može da se uklopi u konfekcijske mere pa ne kupujem ništa što mi polovično pristaje. 

Kao što se može zaključiti, prvi izazov je samo pozitivne stvari u moj ormar i novčanik doneo.
I successfully completed the first challenge, I didn't buy a single piece of clothing in a year, and I continued in a similar rhythm - I don't buy almost any wardrobe than I made it when I have time and the will.
From this point of view, I have made myself a great favor with that challenge. I don't go in the shopping, I only buy when I like something, I don't get nervous anymore because something that can be found doesn't fit me how it should nor my body cannot fit in ready-to-wear measures, and therefore I don't buy anything that half-fit me.
As you can conclude, the first challenge brought only positive things in my wardrobe and wallet.

Posle toga, došao je red da rešim još jedan problem koji je počeo da me opterećuje. Tada sam odlučila da proteklu godinu dana ne kupujem tkanine - niti jedan jedini metar. Sad videh da sam za datum početka izazova odredila 1.maj prošle godine pa pretpostavljam da je trebalo da izdržim do prvog maja ove godine.

Recimo da sam u tome uspela. 

Naime, u protekle 3 nedelje su se u okolini gde živim održala dva vašara materijala i pošto se sledeći  ponovo u blizini održavaju za 6-7 meseci, ja sam se odlučila da posetim ta dva, sad već za nama. Tkanine kupujem uglavnom na vašarima materijala jer mi je to prilika da se na jednom mestu nađe mnogo raznih vrsta materijala po vrlo povoljnim cenama. No, ako mi je baš nešto potrebno, posetim i obližnje radnje. 

Sve u svemu, do početka aprila nisam kupila ni jedan metar materijala koji bih iskoristila za svoju garderobu, tako da smatram izazov uspešno završen. 

After that, it was time for me to solve another problem that began to burden me. I decided not to buy fabrics for the year - not even one meter. Now I see that I set the start of that challenge on May 1st last year, so I guess I should have endured it to the May 1st of this year.
Let's say I succeeded.
Namely, in the past 3 weeks, in the surroundings where I live, I visited two fabrics fairs, and since the next one is again in 6-7 months, I decided to visit those two, in April. I buy fabrics mostly in markets because it is an opportunity for me to find many different materials in one place at very affordable prices. But if I need something urgent, I also visit nearby shops.
Overall, until the beginning of April, I didn't buy a meter of fabrics to use it for my wardrobe, so I consider the challenge to be completed successfully.

NAPOMENA: Što se tiče onoga što sam kupovala, bili su to materijali iskorišćeni za moj profil na BERNINA blogu. Stvari koje sam tamo šila su osmišljavane iz meseca u mesec i nisam imala materijale na zalihama, tako da je bilo neizbežno nabaviti ih.
NOTE: Regarding what I was buying, were the materials used for my profile on the BERNINA blog. Things there made have been designed from month to month, and I did not have the materials in stock, so it was inevitable to obtain them.

Sa druge strane, plan mi je bio da se rešim dobrog dela svojih zaliha materijala, ali u tome nisam bila dovoljno uspešna. S obzirom na splet svega što se dešavalo oko mene, pogotovo u 2018. godini, nisam mnogo šila (o čemu sam pisala u priči o 2. godini bloga).
Nije da nisam imala inspiracije, naprotiv, ali nisam imala volje i nije mi bilo potrebno više od onoga što sam uradila. Naravno da je lepo obogatiti svoj ormar sa novim komadima garderobe, ali kad mi se nije šilo - nisam.
Iz tog razloga su moje zalihe tkanina još uvek prevelike, o čemu ću pisati još u sledećem tekstu.
On the other hand, I planned to spend a big part of my fabrics, but I wasn't successful enough. Considering everything that happened around me, especially in 2018, I didn't do much sewing (I wrote about that in the story about the 2nd year of the blog).
It was not that I didn't have inspiration, on the contrary, but I didn't have the will, and I didn't need more than what I did. Of course, it's nice to enrich your wardrobe with new clothes, but when I didn't want to sew - I didn't do that.
For this reason, my stock is still too big, as I will write about in the next text.

Na slikama u nastavku su samo neki od materijala kojih sam se 'rešila' (a nalaze se u tekstu Izazov - broj 2.) i ono što je iz njih nastalo sledi u narednim slikama.
The pictures below are representing some of the projects I've finished from the fabrics from my stock (they can be found in the text Challenge - number 2).

(Moram priznati da me uvek fascinira, ne samo kad je u pitanju moje stvaranje, već i kad se radi o stvaranju drugih ljudi, u šta parče tkanine može da se pretvori. 

Moja garderoba je već odavno mojih ruku delo, a ja sam samouka, šijem ono što mi se svidi ili što mi je potrebno i kad imam vremena, ovaj blog i šivenje mi nije posao, već samo zanimacija, ali zamislite tek što šta su sve u stanju da urade ljudi koji su potpuno posvećeni krojenju i šivenju.)
(I must admit that it always fascinates me, not only when it comes to my creation, but also when it comes to the creation of other people, in which a piece of fabric can be transformed.
My wardrobe is for a long time made by me, but I am self-taught, I sew what I like or what I need and when I have time, this blog and sewing is not my job, it's just a beautiful occupation - hobby, but imagine what are able to make people who are fully dedicated to tailoring and sewing.)

Što se tiče planova za šivenje koji su takođe napomenuti u pomenutom tekstu, nisam uspela da ih ispoštujem. Trenutno se osećam kao da sam ih potpuno zaboravila, što i nije baš netačno.
Inače, to je takođe jedna od stvari koju bih trebala da menjam - tj. da se potrudim da ispoštujem planove koje napravim. Neretko mi se desi da nešto isplaniram, a onda se vremenom predomislim i uradim nešto drugo. Na taj način dolazim do gomile nekih komada garderobe koje nastaju nevezane jedne za druge i koje teško da mogu sa ičim da uklopim.
Tako da, definitivno, moram da poradim na planiranju i realizaciji planova.
As for the sewing plans that are also mentioned in the mentioned story, I have not been able to comply with them. At the moment, I feel like I completely forgot them, which is not very wrong.
Otherwise, it's also one of the things I should change - i.e., to try to finish the plans I make. It's unfortunate that I'm planning something, and then I change my mind over time and do something different. In this way, I come to a bunch of clothes that are made unrelated to each other and which I can hardly be able to fit with anything.
So, definitely, I have to work on the planning and implementation of plans.

Na slikama sam označila samo dve stvari koje sam uspela da završim, a koje su predstavljene na njima. (Stidim se.) Iako sam za većinu imala tkanine na zalihama, nekako sam izgubila pojam o ovim planovima ili mi nisu bile potrebne te stvari pa ih nisam šila. Skoro sve sa ovih slika ostaje i dalje u mojim planovima, a o nekim drugima biće reči u nekoj od sledećih priča.
In the pictures, I marked only two things that I managed to finish, which were presented in them. (I'm ashamed.) Although for most I had fabrics in stock, I somehow lost the notion of these plans or I didn't need those things and I didn't sew them. Almost all of these things remain in my projects further, and about some others will be said in one of the following stories.

Za kraj priče o drugom izazovu, mogu samo još da dodam da je izazov prošao i iako sam uspela u njemu, nisam u potpunosti zadovoljna sa onim šta sam uradila. Još uvek imam previše materijala u zalihama i trebalo bih da nastavim da manje kupujem tkanine, ali pri tome više da šijem.
For the end of the story about the second challenge, I just like to add that the challenge is over and although I managed it, I'm not completely satisfied with what I've done. I still have too many fabrics in stock, and I should continue to buy materials less, but at the same time to sew more.

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