felt craze...

well..i 've to admit that i'm out of schedule ... my ironing still not done and i'm stuck with all these projects....

emmmm..due to shortage of boards ...i have abandoned my boxes for one day and put myself into another project...it's Azeem's Entrepreneur Project ...

here are some of the items i made for his project ...






















and my felt collections ... getting more and more :)


well..i think i'm gonna stuck with this for a while b-coz ...
Aliff came back last night and saw what i made for Azeem and he wants it too.....there's goes my ironing..purghh!!







to Azeem ... Best of Luck !

boxes...my latest project

well..my latest project will be this lovely box covered with lace..
it's for my aunty Bardot's son Najib who's getting married this Oct...

gotto say it's gonna be another mega project for me ... i need to make 20 boxes
... so i will be buzy with measuring...cutting...making and covering the boxes with laces ...starting today !!!
and frankly speaking it's not an easy task ...especially cutting the boards ... just hope i can finish it by Aug :)












p/s : Moknem , thanks for tips..

package from penang...

i was excited when MakOnem called me saying that she's in a shop the fulls with beautiful things ... colourful felts and trimmings .... so i asked her to buy and sent it to me ... these are the package i received .... beautiful colours ..thanks Makonem !





so i decided to make these .....
a spring hat pincushions

patchwork bag...

just finish making this patchwork bag for my sis in-law Liza...

the fabrics were earthy tone roses prints and dark brown checked... with rail fence patchwork pattern ... and hand-quilted it ... and the handles Liza got it from SS19 ...


actually she gave me the materials for quite sometimes already but i was hooked with sooooo many things ... the mega-projects ..then buzy with the boys ... they were not feeling well...one after another ... so sori !!

at last ...

my boys are coming home tomorrow.... frankly speaking i'm glad and happy that finally they decided to close the campus .... until 24th. July ... the health ministry gonna do total clean-up thru'out the campus area...

my home will be havoc and i'll be buzy again with my boys.... :)

A is for apron...

well...i'm not saying that i've nothing to do but really... my heart just not here ..but gotto do something ... at least it will ease away my worries

i decided to make an apron .. which i promised to make for my friend Rose who loves cooking... this gonna be my first apron .. haaaaaa really looking forward to see the finished project ... here's an apron for Rose


and i make myself an easy apron from the leftovers fabric and lace from my mega-project ....

Swine Flu....invaded !!

well...i really OFF from sewing for few days now... was buzy with my boys !!!

Aiqal was home last weekend with a long list of "what to buy"... so my love hubby decided to find those items at Nanyang art store at Petaling Street ... as expected things were sooooo expensive ...

on Sunday .. we went to Malacca again for the third times in a row ...sending Aiqal and his art items...then, right before we left, Aliff sent a message ... saying that he's not feeling well ...poor Aliff !!

while on our way ... we received another message " UiTM was hit by H1N1 flu virus..." that news worried us... i was praying hard ... hoping that Aliff was not one of them... then when we reached Alor Gajah town ...i received a call from a friend ... Rose (her husband Abu Zaireen is Resident Staff in UiTM) saying that they might not allow us to enter campus area ... ya Allah , i really worried about Aliff now ...

we're glad that they allowed us to enter ... dropped Aiqal and took Aliff to campus clinic ... it was looooong queue ... and i'm glad that he is okey ...just normal fever....Alhamdulillah

we left them there with mixed feelings tho' .... hoping and praying that Aliff n Aiqal will be okey...insyallah

the star monday 13th.july

a fish for adik...

when i saw Francien's (Bulldogmeis2) fish wall-hanging.. i remembered that i made something similar .... fish wall-hanging for adik

adik wants me to make a wall-hanging for her newly renovated dinning hall ... pattern??? it's all up to me :) .... i looked for a suitable pattern that close to their life ... since they have fish pond in their orchids garden (which i envied...!) and my bro. in-law also loves fishing ... so i tought it would be nice to make them this pattern ... fish rising by Anne Tuck in Fabrications magazine ....

the pattern was called reverse applique technique ...(it was 5 layers applique panel...)

for this pattern .. it was recommended to use hand-dyed cotton for background ...so that when the second layer was cut into... the contrasting area of the bottom fabric will expose ....

for adik wall-hanging ... i couldn't find a hand-dyed cotton that i like instead i used shading printed cotton...

the technique was fairly complex but i love the result.....

1. 1st. layer the whole piece of fabric (background)

2. placed the 2nd. layer where the channels were created...the cutting and the hemming should be done before applique it onto the background ....

3. may have to snip tiny seam allowance ...turn in narrow hem until the channels of the design are stitched...

4. then place all the fish shapes and blanket-stitch it...

5. basting and quilt it.....

lastly...adik framed it and i'm loving it.....

my dun'no what to do projects...

wow..it's not easy to stop myself from sewing...i promised myself to take a break from sewing after i finished my mega-project...

well..everything went well on monday be-coz i was occupied with houseworks...and today...i thought i will be able to take a rest but i was wrong....100 % wrong!!!

i can't stop myself from thinking 'what am i suppose to sew today?'

...well actually i really don't know what to do ... then i pulled my remnents tins and took out my pre-cut 2 x 2 inches squares and decided to make a pot-holders....(machine-quilt ..i should have hand-quilt it ! )

then i pulled out my x'gon box and took 2 x'gon flowers from my suppose to do x'gon project and decided to make a coasters ...(hand-quilt...i like it)...now i'm thinking of making a few more coasters....well , i guess quilters can never stop :)

completion...

finally i completed my so-called Mega Project (60 sets of bags/pouch/mini sejadah)... on 28.th Feb .. i started with bags and finished on 4th.July....i'm so happy eventho' i do miss my dateline by few days...


and now ... i'm happy to see all those items are nicely stacked and waiting for the right time to be transported to Rompin....yabedabeduuuuuu!!!!!!

local beauty...mangosteen

wow..this craze really hit me bad...when Makonem suggested "mangosteen"... i really feel i should take the challenge...it was sleepless nite for me..thinking i must make it ....MUST...and i did..

after finished my 'suppose to do' this morning while waiting for my love hubby to come home...(actually we are sending Aliff back to Malacca...purgh, i'm missing my babies like crazy....!!!)
i took out my purple felt...whatelse....cut...sew and filled...and for all i know this is the result .... our local beauty .....miss mangosteen... sedap nya lama tak makan!



the making...actually i'm using the same technique as making the crunchy apples ... and added the top petals (sorry i don't really know what it call..)
well..i love to see the outcome but tell me what you think of it....does it look like a mangosteen or else...???? and now i'm thinking whether i'll be able making it as...half mangosteen which i think it would be lovely combinations ....purple and white ....????

many did know i'm into rubic cube also...as can be seen in the photo ...that's my loyal past time friend beside sewing....the bestest time i ever made was 1 minute and 40 seconds...not bad aaah?? now both Aliff and Azeem are master in it....i would really love to put my hands on 4 x 4 rubic cube...but not now ...later i will !!!

top only...old garden rose

i made this quilt top (81 x 95 ) for my auntie bardot's friend...

the pattern was the same pattern that i used to make Aten's quilt...
but for hers (owner choose of colours)...i followed the original plan layout but appliqued rose buds
vines onto the inner border...knowing me..sure there's some changes here and
there...hehehe i just love to experiment my works...



the original layout plan...of-coz became my worksheet for colour arrangements and some calculations on it.....












sweet and simple rose pattern....




well...actually she wanted to do the quilt by herself but then decided she only wants to do the quilting part ....and asked me to complete the top... i did my part and hope to see the finish quilt ..but i meet her that day..she said the quilt is not ready yet...well , soon i guess..