More To Mica - Life & Fashion Theme Update

Somehow, I’d like to think that little by little I am moving towards my dream of being a fashion designer and that I have God supporting me on this.

If you’ve seen my previous post, I’ve taken up sewing classes at FIP and enrolled to other classes as well. I’ve finished my Basic Sewing class, Basic Patternmaking for Ladieswear and Basic Fashion Design. I am currently taking up Fashion Merchandising, Children’s Wear and Advanced Fashion Design.



Here’s my sketch of a woman facing side view, one of the few things I’ve learned in class.



Some Prints & Patterns.



A work in progress... I finally had the courage to share my progress. I couldn’t post my drawings during my Basic Fashion Design class in FIP coz’ ang papangit ng drawing ko, kakahiya.
I hope you guys liked it, I know I need a lot more practice..

It’s Philippine Fashion Week all over again last June 12-14. I got to watch the first day with Lystra again, plus new sweet ladies of Team Clozette Philippines Jara & Christina. And with friends on the second day.


Sadly, we weren’t able to watch the show anymore since all the seats were occupied, even the media seats were full and people have already crowded the place that we can’t even stand up to watch coz’ we couldn’t see what’s going on anymore. This is also because of PHFW’s booking mishap. :(

So the four of us just bonded and ate some food at SM Aura, while Lystra, Jara & Christina wait for the after-party at Raven. I couldn’t go because I had class the next day.



Since my sprain didn’t allow me to wear heels (Huhu, it’s still hadn’t healed during that time but I think it’s okay now).. I decided to wear the white platform sneakers I bought from G.U. Japan. I wanted to be able to wear the panda hat my beau gave me, so I chose a gray top & a gray bodycon skirt as my outfit and added a touch of Iconic Socks’ The Harley with a panda print.








I just got my IPhone 6 so I tried taking my ootd photos.

Thank you so much to my photographer friends: Jara Lucero, Lystra Aranal, Christina Advincula & Patrick Divinigracia.

Welcome to FIP!!! It all begins by opening Fashion Institute of the Philippines’ door! (Haha)



I’ve shared my fashion school hunt previously in my Fashion Schools in the Philippines post and there I mentioned that I’ll be taking classes at Fashion Institute of the Philippines (FIP) Makati branch. One of the course I enrolled for the/my first term is the Basic Sewing for Ladies wear.



I’ve been attending sewing class at FIP for three weeks already. My first day was last April 23. It’s every Thursdays with Sir Mark de la Peña. It was a bit unfortunate that I had to use my left foot (so difficult!), because I had sprained my right ankle two days prior (also the reason why this post is quite late.) My mom accompanied me just to keep me safe and help me walk. (Thanks Mom!) I still haven’t fully recovered but I can somehow walk and bear the pain.



Due to my injured ankle I was only able to apply cc cream, foundation & powder over my face. No makeup look!



So far the sewing machines I see at FIP Makati are all Juki brand. Except for the serger. They also have two machines painted, one in pink and one in yellow still Juki, so cute! (#just sharing)
Here’s a detail of what I’ve done and will be doing at FIP’s sewing course on a per day basis.

DAY 1
I started using the machine immediately. The very first thing to do is to gain proper control and get used to the machine. I started stitching a paper. No thread just following the lines marked on the paper. After my last paper I moved to sew on the ‘katsa’ or muslin. I learned how to do the reverse to lock the first and last stitch.

DAY 2
Continued sewing on the ‘katsa’ or muslin. After the last activity which was sewing a dart, the next step was edging. Was so excited to use the serger machine! Sadly it wasn’t that easy at first.

DAY 3
I was still on the edging machine for a few hours until I finished edging the last piece of fabric. After that, I went back to the regular sewing machine and stitched the ones I’ve edged according to what Sir Mark instructed. Soon after, I’m about to start my 1st project - the basic skirt! YEY!! And since I just had my first day of pattern making class last Saturday, I will be using my own measurements for the skirt that I will be sewing. (clap clap) I ended the day with cutting the fabric according to the pattern I made.

DAY 4 (Updated: 05202015)
I’ve finally made my first sewing project! It’s a basic skirt. YEY! Though it’s not yet done, you can see the pins at the hem of the one on the right. Hahaha. Still need to stitch the hem. The one on the left is the front and the one on the right is the back portion.



Since I’m also taking up pattern making I was able to make a skirt of my own size.



It’s looking like real clothing with the zipper. :)

DAY 5 (UPDATED: June 6, 2015)
For my 5th week in sewing class, I finished my first project! YEY! Haha. And started with my 2nd project, it’s a skirt again but this time with lining.

DAY 6 (UPDATED: July 7, 2015)
I got busy T_T, wasn’t able to update this post on time.. but my 6th day in sewing class was last May 28th. From here, I’ll be posting up until my 9th day.
For my 6th day, I successfully finished my 2nd project.



Viola! Here it is... pardon the wrinkles of my skirt, I got lazy to iron it ... Just like my first project, I made my own basic skirt pattern and made this skirt shorter than the first one. The difference of this project with the first one is that this one has a lining. After I’ve finished with my 2nd project, it’s time to move on to the third one, a blouse (with sleeves and collar). Since we haven’t discussed bodices in pattern-making I just used the ready made patterns that’s intended for the sewing class. And as usual, I wasn’t able to finish it on that day.

DAY 7
I continued working on my 3rd project.

DAY 8



There! I was able to ‘half-finish’ the blouse... It should have buttonholes and buttons but according to my instructor the machine in school isn’t working properly so... Haha. I hope I could finish the blouse someday?

Shoutout to my college bff Inna, for being my mannequin... Thanks so much!!
On the same day, I started cutting out the fabrics from the ready-made pattern for my 4th project, which is a sleeveless dress. Wohoo!

DAY 9
Finished the dress today, but still need to do some minor stitching on the zipper and iron it out. I’ll post a photo soon!

(To be continued)
Hoping that you’re still interested (haha)... I’ll be updating this post every week to share my daily sewing activity at FIP until I am finished with my last project. There are 6 projects in total and I have to finish all the projects within the span of 4 months.

Yey! Another day to watch Philippine Fashion Week Spring Summer 2015. And this time the showcase will be from our very own local designers.

First in line are designers from EsAc.

Opening the show was Jun Jun Cambe whose designs were full on and truly onto the Filipino traditional garments.



The next was Lyle Ibanez, but I would have to apologize for I won't be able to post any photos. As his collection was full black and looking at my photos, their clothes are joining with the background. I wouldn't want you to waste your time looking at jus the model's arms and legs. Hahaha.

Jumping on to Audie Ae. He just had one to showcase, unless add up the guy wearing only a red brief with the EsAc logo at the butt area. Lolz.



Next up is Jeffrey Rogador. This collection I super love together with Jerome Salaya Ang collection which you will also see below.



This look is the first to show up. From then on I was already 'Oh! I'm gonna love these!' and I totally did.



Pegs for when I dress up the love of my life. ❤❤




I could wear this and we'll be matchy matchy. Perfect for our coming 4th anniversary. If only I can. Haha. Love love! ❤❤




Those shoes! I've been seeing mandals over instagram and I haven't got one. T_T



Such a lovely off-shoulder dress from Jerome Salaya Ang. You should know that I am a fan of off-shoulder tops, dresses and the like ever since I don't know, and that's one reason why this collection got me as well.



Look at that print!



Those cuts plus the structure of the dress.



Brilliant! That's the word for the collection Sidney Perez Sio. Just look at how she transformed an originally mens clothing - the barong into ladies' wear.






I'm really delighted to be able to watch PhFW, and to be able to see up close the works of Philippine Fashion designers. It's sad that I wasn't able to go on the third day.

I'd just like to say how thankful I am to God for letting me be part of Clozette. It was such a blessing. I got media passes for the second time around. Hopefully, I can attend as a blogger. (Praying)