Retro dan Nostalgic

1950's/60's/70's vintage retro cottage rose pyrex..that is the description appeared masa me google pasal flower nie. Nie set kesayangan my mom. According to her, masa dia beli dulu set nie untuk 6 orang tapi banyak yang dah takde..mak pun tak ingat mana letak..so sayang sbb me suka tengok bunga dia..looks sweet..selain dari cottage rose nie pyrex ada keluarkan satu lagi pattern bunga rose - dinamakan June Rose.

Cawan dan piring nie tinggal 2 pasang jer. Shape dia pun simple tapi bunga dia dah sweet enough to create a pleasant view.

Nie dinner plate dia, bunga sama mcm piring kuih jugak..yang ini tinggal satu ajerrr..kat belakang set nie dia stamp "JAJ pyrex made in england..tapi susah nak snap photo sbb dia embossed sama dengan warna pinggan.

Nie me paling suka..platter dia..masa me cari info pasal plate nie kat -- pyrex love takde pulak listing pattern nie kat situ...hurmmmm..dan apa pulak yang nostalgicnyer.............*wink*

Coffee pot enamel ini dulu milik my grandmother, since she passed away 17 years ago, it has been with me until now. Masih elok lagi walaupun sudah berkarat sedikit dimamah usia.. seingat saya coffee pot ini sudah berusia lebih dari 40 tahun.

Till next entry, thanks for viewing and take care!

3 roses at the corner

Salaams and Hello to all my friends and readers,

In my humble opinion, it's not really difficult to learn about ribbon embroidery, tapi bila bab design nie memang susah. A lot of factors need to be considered such as type of flowers, type of fabric and colors, color combo, bunga-bunga yang act as pelakon tambahan pun tak boleh sembarangan sebab nanti nampak janggal dan merosakkan design. Makanya..terhasillah bunga yang sangat simple ini..


I am still in the learning process and those roses using umirose technique. I had sewn the same design at four corners of the pillow. For those who are interested to learn RE with kak umi , you can find details about RE classes from her blog.



Thanks for viewing and till next entry, take care and happy stitching!

Orange Tree

Salaams and Hello Everyone,

How is your craft activities?. I hope all of you enjoy your craft activities as much as I did. Back to my orange tree story. I once read this, A researcher says -- An orange a day can keep a heart disease away, so do take an orange a day to stay healthy *smile*. My orange tree had also helped to keep my stress away..*wink*. I had done the wooden beads covering with silk ribbon few months back but I could not finished the whole design as I don't have wire to make the tree trunk -- and when I stopped, it will take sometime for me to resume..hehehe..



Since I am not in the mood to do cross stitching and looking at the chart even make me more 'pening', I decided to do something 'light and easy'. I walked 5 minutes to the nearest LNS, bought a pack of wire and start to make a tree trunk and overcast with variegated perle cotton no 8..


I then worked on the basket with woven filling stitch using variation perle cotton no 8, adding forget-me-knots flower and leaves...


Walla..a completed Orange Tree and forget-me-knots design from panel 10, Ribbon Embroidery and Stumpwork by Di Van Nierk.

Thanks for viewing and have a wonderful day ahead.

Flower for you

My neighbour's Sunflower

Penat-penat menjahit, jom kita rehatkan mata dengan bunga-bunga yang me snap from mine's, neighbour's and BIl's garden suatu masa dahulu. Hari nie me restless mode. Doc kasi MC suruh rest sbb 4 hari kepala me sakit, then followed by perut yang meragam sampai apa yang me makan semua keluar balik..adehhhh..I do need a good rest tapi asik tido baring je bohsan la pulak..bertambah beku rasanya kepala nie..sambil me pikir2 nak buat kraf yang tak memenatkan mata..jom layan gambar bunga-bunga dulu yer..take care!

Bil's Garden

Bil's Garden

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My garden

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Square of Blue

Salaams and Hello Everyone !

After almost 2 months, I am back with my needle, thread and fabric story..*wink*. Many things had happen in just two months..some are good news and some are sad news...hurmmmmm..that's is life is all about.

Above is a mini project from the book titled Beginner's Guide to Hardanger - Jill Carter. This project use a hardanger basic techniques which I am familiar with but some stitches are new to me such as reversed diagonal fagotting ..(sound technical right? *sigh*). I have to unpick few times due to miss counting the number of thread...however when you had mastered the technique and familiar with the fabric that you are working on, it's going to be fun and I enjoyed doing this piece very much.
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Till next entry, have a wonderful day ahead and take care. Thanks so much for visiting and leaving me a sweet notes. I appreciate it very much !. XOXO

Novelty Teapots

Sharing with all of you my small collection of novelty teapots by Paul Cardew. Enough of 4, as it stands pretty fit on the shelf which I bought from lynn.


And this teapot plaque handpainted by one of my fav painter - sis Aniza. Design is adapted from the OCR. Happy viewing !

LNS-Habby and Wools

I believed most popular and well known shop among the local crafters is H&W. Located at the 2nd floor of Plaza Ampang Park. You can never missed it if you take an escalator to the 2nd floor -- the shop is just opposite the escalator. At H&W you can find a greater selection of DMC thread and tools. Haby also do framing services if you want to frame your cross stitch works. You can enroll for a tatting and stumpwork class with a reasonable lesson fee (material is not included).


They also sell cross stitch charts and books, tatting thread, silk ribbon, chrochet threads, american cotton (very limited selection) and fabric for cross stitch.

Haby & wool can be contacted at : 03-2161 5346 (Jenny/Jennifer)

Happy stitching and stashing!

LNS-Macy Handicraft

Hellooo and Salaams!

Short entry about one of the LNS that I always frequent to look for satin ribbon, wooden beads, glass beads and minlon thread. No photo is allowed inside and outside of the shop, so I have to paparazzi the shop photo accross the road..*wink*. The shop is near the vicinity of the Chinatown@ Petaling Street and located just few blocks away from Nandos Restaurant.

Here is the full addie should you want to visit the shop for your stashing and sewing need
Macy Handicraft, No.111 Jalan Sultan, 50000 Kuala Lumpur. Tel: 603-2078 1459
Business hours is from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm (close on sunday and public holiday)