Bantal Cik Bintik

Assalamualaikum and hello Readers

Terima kasih kerana sudi singgah sebentar di sini. Akhirnya sampai juga ke studio kak Umi of Umi embroidered Gifts dekat USJ.  Kak Umi is one of my respected Guru in Ribbon amd thread embroidery.  Sangat adore jahitan kak umi yang kemas, baik pada cushion, ribbon and thread works. Pada yang berminat nak attend kelas dengan kak umi, boleh click kat sini https://www.facebook.com/umisembroideredgift?ref=ts&fref=ts

Me belajar, jahit cushion nie 4 in one techniques sekali harung. Jahit pipping, jahit lace frills, jahit zip dengan ruched frills sekali in one day boleh siap.  Belajar ngan kak umi nie teliti and most important precise.  Kak umi banyak bagi tips untuk bagi jahitan kemas. kalau nak guna semua decoration mcm nie kat bantal (piping, lace, ruched frills) kena pilih kain yang sesuai, supaya tak tebal sangat dan mudah nak cantum sekali nanto . Guna fabrik jenis cotton pun ok, yang me guna nie beli kt kedai fabric kt subang jaya..lama sangat dah, kedai tu pun dah pindah kt sg penchala, lupe nama dia.

Till next entry, selamat berpuasa 6 hari dibulan syawal. Perbanyakkan selawat pada hari esok yaumul jumuah,  Jangan lupa banyakkan berdoa terutama antara asar dan maghrib antara waktu yang mustajab untuk berdoa.  Doa saya buat sahabat semua semoga dalam jagaan dan lindungan Allah s.w.t selalu, Allahumma Ameen.

Stylish Tote Bag

Bismillah.

Assalamualaikum and Hello Friends :-)

Happy Weekends (wink)..wuuhuuuu..This is my last saturday project.  It was fun and my second bag after 4 years ..haaaa???..yerps..muahahaha. My best friend had influenced me to joined the class at Fabric Fanatic, Level one at USJ Summit.  Do drop by at their shop for a small project classes like pouch, pencil case, coin purse frame, doctors bag and many more.  Teacher Rebecca is very friendly. The fee is reasonable and inclusive of the material, teachers fee and you may use their sewing machine at no cost.  If you cannot complete your lesson in one day, you may continue at other session free of charge.

Well..I hate this part..hand sewing through this leather is a tedios part

Inner part with one pocket.  Proses menjahit beg nie macam camtum puzzle..memula jahit 2 bag yang di tindih dengan zip, lepas tu tarik dekat bahagian yang tak berjahit, walllaaa keluar bag.  Best friend cakap "magic"..hiks

Sakit tangan nak jahit handle tu, tapi rasa sangat berbaloi rm190 for the whole project.  Fabric tu me pilih sendiri. 

Muahahaha..ada kena mengena ke fabric atas dengan rancangan masak nie?..hihihi..

Have a beautiful weekend and Happy Holiday!.

Cuppies Patchwork

I always admire Julie Mckenzie's cupcakes patchwork and inspired by her works. My online conversation with my dear friend musliha about sue bonnet patchwork had gaves me an idea on how to sew this cupcakes. I bought this readymade teatowel from lynncottage . It comes in three pcs with 2 different design and another one is just a plain towel and I love it!..it gaves me an opportunity to "paint" this empty fabric.

I rummage my stash cabinet for the fat quarter cotton collection..some I bought from Yee's button, cottage patch or even a gift from a stitching friends. I take out my button box and start to pick a suitable button which is also a gift from a close stitching friends.

I started to make the template and draw it on the piece of paper, cut the fabric according to the template and place it on the interfacing and ironed it. Assembled it and hand stitch it with blanket stitching. Rejoice!.

Passion for Scissors

Assalamualaikum and hello everyone, I took me a while to update my blog. I am not able to make a regular entry nowadays as I am so much occupied with my work and family and sometimes not sometimes, most of the days I am exhausted. To keep this blog alive, I am sharing my craft/embroidery scissor collection.

I have been collecting scissors for the past 10 years. Most of my collection are from online shop since the unique design are not easily available here. I don't have any specific brand in particular to help me to decide on my pick. As long is it pleased my eyes, it will go into my cart *sigh*.

Some scissors are used to unpick my stitching especially the one with long and small endpoint blades (huh..is this word correct..hahaha) and I have one scissors with 'bend' blades which is suitable for hardanger project.

Thats all for now, have a great stitching day ahead and take care, xoxo

Tool for the craft battle

One of my personal favourite craft book collection is silk ribbon embroidery by Judith montano. It is a good book that you may want to consider for an investment. It is not available here but you may purchased it from Mr. Ebay. I would like to share with my crafter friends out there on the information available in the book about

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Variety of needles is used for ribbon embroidery but the most often used will be chenille and tapestry needle. Crewel needle will be need for finer embroidery thread, and straw needle are wonderful for French and Colonial knots. Beading needle are always useful highlighting the flowers with beads.

When choosing a needle there are a few things to consider:

• What kind of fabric are you working on

• Is the ribbon silk or satin?. Will the needle will be piercing the fabric several times per stitch, or will it pass between the fabric and the ribbon?

• How wide is the ribbon?

• What type of stitch will you use.

Remember, that the eye of needle must be large enough and long enough to hold the ribbon and wide enough to make a large enough hole to allow the ribbon to pass through the background fabric without stress. The higher the number of the needle, the smaller the size of the needle. If the needle will be used to pull the ribbon between a previous stitch and the fabric, use a blunt needle. This way you won't snag the ribbon or fabrics. If the fabric is heavy and an extremely tight weave, and if the stitch requires piercing the fabric a great deal, use a sharp point.

Chennile Needle

A large and long-eyed needle with a sharp point. Comes in size 18 to 24. Keep a good stock of all these sizes.


Tapestry Needle

A blunt ended needle with a large eye. Used for cross stitch and needlepoint. Use in ribbon works to prevent snagging thread. Comes in size 13 to 26. Get an assortment of the most useful sizes -- 18 to 24

Straw Needle

Also known as milliner's needle. It is long and narrow with the same thickness top to bottom. Wonderful for making french and colonial knots.


Crewel/Embroidery Needle

A sharp pointed needle with a long narrowed eye. Comes in size 1 to 10. Used originally for the fine floss and yarn embroidery. Purchase an assortment of packet of sizes 3 to 9.

Darner

A very long, large needle with a large eye. Can be a wool or cotton darner. Use for heavy thread and yarns or wide ribbon. Keep an assortment of sizes 14 to 18 on hand. Good for assembly work.

For your information, the photo shown are my personal picture. You may purchased the needles from Haby and Wool and Pn. Ann's online shop for Dmc Brand. For John James you may source your supply from Kak Umi's and Craft World, SS2 Petaling Jaya.

Till next entry, happy stitching and crafting.

Topiary Cushion

Salaam Semua :-)

Fabrik motif topiary yang popular nie dah lama me beli dari Hazdi, bila rasa nak jahit me keluarkan lepas tu simpan balik. Bila mood malas datang hinggap..rasa mcm nak tempah jer. Masa me belek2 sample yang sedia ada tu (gambar bawah - sebelah kiri) rasa macam tak susah sangat nak jahit, erm pikir2 boleh tak jahit part zip tu..ngan piping keliling kusyen tu lagi..dah la me basic langsung tadek..kelas jahit beg kat Quilt Gallery tu pun me tak abiskan sejak enrol pada bulan march lepas..payah betul nak allocate masa sebab tanggungjawab dengan kerja dan keluarga yang wajib didahulukan.

Sempena cuti hujung minggu yang agak panjang, me pun menggigihkan la diri potong kain dulu..sambil memotong sambil tengok tv kan, sudahnya part yang depan tu jadi melintang pulak. DD bertiga tu sibuk tanya, "Ibu nak siapkan hari nie jugak ker?"..sabar jer la ngan statement tu..sbbnya dorang memang dah leh agak yang me takkan siapkan on the same day..mesti lepas potong2 tu simpan balik..hehehe..
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Sudahnya, siap jugak la hari tu sepasang tanpa piping keliling dan berjaya jugak me menjahit zip ..walaupun tak berapa kemas macam sarung kusen yang asal dan gelembung sana sini sikit sebab bentuk kusyen yang berlekuk dan berkorner membuatkan me adakalanya terbabas.., janji boleh sarung dan adalah rupa kusyen kan..kan..kan?..hahahaha…I am happy!..

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Selamat menyambut awal muharam, moga kita semua diberikan rezeki, kebahagian dan kesihatan dalam keberkatan dan rahmat Allah s.w.t. Amin.

Antique Chairs

Salaams and Hello to all my readers and visitors

Six antique chairs by Thea Gouverneur is the latest addition in my personal chart library (huh..when is the chart madness is going to end for me…never I guess..*wink*). I have been searching hi and low for this chart and the price offered at abcstitch is unfavourable with me, so, who can help?..*grin* of course ebay!.

This kit which came with a linen..yup..linen..(..no wonder it is quite expensive) and a pre-sorted DMC thread..yay ! make my life easy as I never like to do thread sorting whenever I bought a kit. Which chair that I am going to stitch first?..Lets wait and see.

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Happy stitching and sewing.

Tea for Two

Eventually after many moons, these two lovely pieces of teacup xstitches has been sewn into a cushion cover. Takes me ages to sew it because of the frills - main reason for me to procrastinate *sigh*. One frill for one pillow will take up many hours for me to do it *LOL* - while watching my favourite tv programe at night. It is quite tedious job for me -- who just one step ahead than beginner in sewing..*wink*.

I am comfortable with envelope style finishing and this time, I am using wood button at the back of the cushion. Amy, I knew that you also stitched this piece and would love to see your progress *grin*.

That's all for now. Thank you for visiting and leave me a comments. I appreciate it very much. Happy School Holidays and take care. Hugs from Me !

Simple Bag

Made this simple bag using the RE design which I had made earlier. I am using the remnant of elyza fabric which I bought last year to sew a big pillow for my family area. The finishing is still need a lot of improvement. Think of to enroll bag making class with Gill of Quilt Gallery in Bangsar or maybe I should ask Cottage Patch which is nearer to my house if they have bag making tutorial since I am not good at self taught ..*wink*. Hope mom's is okay with the finishing..coz she is a tailor too..hikss.

Happy stitching and sewing everyone.

Bullion Rose Button

Yippeeee!..I am doing a happy dancing ..(errkss..kecoh laaa...hiks). I have been wanting to do bullion rose for a long time but I just can't find a time to do it..*wink*, so yesterday, I told myself that I need to allocate one hour to do this bullion. Hahahaha..it took me more than an hour to construct this two bullion rose..*wink*.reason..forget..hahahaha..sorry Gee,.~after few wrapping, cut, throw and redo, I remember again..naaa..still can remember..so here it is..and I am going to use it for my cushion cover..more button is on the way...addicted la pulakk...*grin*..Thanks so much Gee for the short tutorial.

Note : Gee, sila komen..muahhhahahaaa....ain, get ready aaaa...tak lama dah kan..pastu saturday kita enjoyyy !