And guess what!? After five weeks I finally placed an order of this print on basic combed cotton fabric for two yards and will be having it shipped to my New York ShopandShip mail forwarder. Shipping is USD 3.00 to New York while the fabric itself is USD 17.50 x 2, plus I also ordered a swatch book (a sample pack of all types of fabrics that Spoonflower offers) for USD 1.00. That's a total of USD 39.00 for this order which translates to AED 156.00, not bad at all.

So it says my order will be shipped around 3rd of September.

Meanwhile, I'll sit and wait while dreaming of making a skirt with this lovely print.

My friends and I stayed at Ramada Hotel and Suites Ajman this weekend, so I took the opportunity to take some nice outdoor photographs with the help of friends Leslie and Jen.

There was nothing extra special at the hotel. But I like the idea of a short breakaway from monotony of life. No distraction and I get really relaxed. No sewing to do, no cleaning up to do, no clothes to fold away, no laundry to sort, no emails, no organizing stuff to do, ayayayay! And then there's sumptous Iftar dinner buffet, forget the idea of dieting. They have an indoor swimming pool as well.

Oh well, the following morning the group went to the beach while I was still busy catching up some sleep. The hotel did a good job providing me a perfect ambience for a goooood sleep. That's what they do right? And there was buffet breakfast as well. I didn't manage to take photos as I went half asleep before they close the buffet breakfast. Good thing about staying at a hotel is that you no need to worry about preparing your own breakfast, they do it for you, hehe! Nice break after all.

The weather was 37 degrees Celsius and was a little humid and yet was a nice afternoon just before sunset.

Now moving on to my outfit, hahahah :)

The top was a self-drafted pattern and I had somebody bought the fabric for me from Sharjah at AED10 per yard, that's less than USD 3. For my Delphine skirt, I made it at size 2 and the fabric was re-made from bubu, (a West African robe worn by men) that I got from thrift store for AED 1. It has nice prints and it's a nice feel stiff cotton so I thought of a Delphine skirt immediately.

There I am daydreaming when will I be able to afford that flying lessons for aerobatic small plane like those in Red Bull Air Races. Oh well, like I always say, I have a lifetime to do all the things I want to do.

Ciao for now friends, and I hope you liked my outfit. I also hope to fill my wardrobe with me-made clothing just like the people at sewing blogosphere especially my favourites (they are the people I've been following and taking inspiration from and I really love their makes) to name a few - Kim of Reves Mecanique, Ami of The Little Tailoress, Gertie of Gertie's New Blog for Better Sewing, Lauren of Lladybird and of course Tilly of Tilly and the Buttons!

Oh, I need to sign up for that photography class for next month so hopefully I can show you some nice photos as well around Dubai next time too.

I have been following Tilly for a couple of months now and her works are my inspiration. Today is her book launch online party and I decided to participate by making a Brigitte Scarf. My friend “Amrette” was so kind enough to model my finished product with a very unique style braiding it with her hair!