home sweet home

this fun and beautiful pattern by blossom creek was picked by a friend ...requested a wallhanging for her and nine house blocks ..a gift for her friends ... lucky them :-D
the wallhanging ...


the blocks ... little cottages


wonky houses ...


bungalows ...


it was fun sewing these ...big blue bungalow


all nine ....


wallhanging ..before landscaping


after and getting ready for basting ...arghh


stitching ...names


i hope my friend and her friends (who received these as a gift) love these ..as much as i love sewing it .... thanks Zue

t for teapot

updating my teapot wallhanging progress ....done it !!
was asked by a friend after he saw my mum's kettle wallhanging ..."a gift for my wife and the kitchen is red-white-black " he said .....aaaaaa so sweet ;)
tadaaaa....








finished product ...








on paper ... sketches

















on fabric ... applique
alhamdulilah .. hope it will fit the kitchen .... tq zain

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BOM... done !

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i'm proud to present my finished BOM top..

just a simple handquilted ... stitched around the houses and trees

the quilt ....

the signature ...

thank you to Joanna & Alecia (www.forevergreenquilts.com)

k is for kettle...

i made this wall-hanging for my little kitchen for quite sometimes ago but still can't decide where to hang ...

and there's a nice story behind this simple wall-hanging which i would love to share with ...

... i was summoned by my sis in-law to make a gift for Perkhemahan Pandu Puteri di Rompin closing ceremony and the receiver was none other than our KDYTM Tengku Puan Besar Pahang Tunku Azizah .... i was honoured ... thanks !!!

my SIL wanted something that close to KDYTM Tengku Puan ... as all of us knew that Tengku Puan Besar loves cooking and good in crafting ... so i told my sister "let's make wall-hanging..." and so i did.... too bad i don't have the photo of it...

.... i made the wall-hanging ..then i sent it to my adik in Kuantan to have it framed ...then my brother took it back to Rompin a week before the event ...and my sis in-law forgot to snap a photo of the 100% finished wall-hanging .... :(


every now and then when i saw mine...i do hope that the wall-hanging has find a nice place somewhere in royal's kitchen wall ... ;)


i made myself a 90% replica of it ..as i never like making a same thing twice ... so mine is bigger ...no framing...no dollies ... just a simple wall-hanging to remember the event ...!


p/s : thanks to my SIL Liza for printing the pattern for me....

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.....

wall-hanging ...Japanese pattern

well...again adik wants me to make her a wall-hanging to be given to their personal friend..(sorry i forgot his name...) as a gift ... to be hang in his new office...

the pattern was taken from this Japanese quilt book .. .

i took the book to the shop in order to get the nearest colours for the appliqued...but knowing me..i do change a bit here and there...

the quilt (30 x 39 inches) was hand appliqued and hand-quilt .... and my sister framed it..

it looks simple but i love ....the way it looks.....simple yet elegant......

from scrap bag....

...to the wall ...the tulips

...the flower wreaths

...the apples and baskets

...hexagon flowers garden

quilters normally don't throw their remnants....so do i... these are the work of bits and pieces from my scraps bag..now become the proud owner of my wall.......

home sweet home....

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