Selamat Menyambut Hari Raya Aidifitri

Salaam Aidilfitri buat semua rakan2, follower dan pengunjung blog ini yang beragama Islam. Maaf Zahir dan Batin dari saya andai ada coretan yang menyinggung perasaan. Semoga amalan yang kita lakukan disepanjang bulan ramadhan ini dapat diteruskan ke bulan yang seterusnya. Pada yang pulang ke kampung semoga selamat sampai dan meraikan bersama keluarga yang tersayang. Moga amalan puasa dan ibadah kita dirahmati dan diberkati Allah. s.w.t.

Salam Ramadhan

Pic : credit to Iluvislam.com

Salaam buat semua pengunjung blog yang dikasihi dan meraikan kedatangan bulan Ramadhan yang mulia ini. Dikesempatan ini saya ingin memohon maaf andai ada coretan saya didalam blog ini yang secara sengaja atau tidak sengaja telah menyinggung perasaan anda semua. Sesungguhnya saya hanyalah manusia biasa yang tidak pernah lagi dari membuat kesilapan. Semoga kita semua dapat merebut peluang yang hanya datang setahun sekali ini untuk menambah amalan yang dapat membantu kita untuk kehidupan yang kekal disana kelak. Semoga puasa dan amalan kita diterima Allah s.w.t dan moga puasa kita pada tahun ini lebih baik daripada tahun yang sebelumnya. Insyallah.

Selamat menyambut ramadhan al mubarak

Lace Medallion Cushion

Salaam and Hello Everyone

This my latest project on the Ribbon Embroidery Cushion for my nephew's wedding. Inspired by Lace Medallion Cushion by Helen Eriksson from her Ribbon Renaissance book. I loves her ideas combining the art of Ribbon Embroidery, lace and beading that prompted me to give it a try.

When I bought the lace it was decorated with beads and sequin so I am adding few flowers, leaves and sew a straight stitch to make a trellis filing between top and bottom lace which makes it look a bit classic with victorian style cushion.

I personally loves the cushion and feels that I want to keep it for myself *wink* but I can always makes another one :-). My SIL wants the finishing with frills same with the peach cushion. I hope she likes it and got to go now as I need to sew the bed runner..

Thank you for visiting and have a good crafting day !

Celebration of the soil

Salaam to everyone,

Here, is the sneak preview what I am busy at for the past week and next two or three weeks. This wedding pillow is special request by my SIL for her son. She specifically mentioned that she wants soft peach colour and can be match with other cream theme pillow which is also in the sewing progress. The pattern is from the Inspiration Magazine ~ celebration of the soil.

The whole design and finishing of the pillow. It is a pair of 16 x 16 pillow with frills. I am hoping that I can improved on my sewing skills. As the proverb says "Practice makes Perfect".

Take care and loads of ~ XOXO.

Happy flowers for a happy moments

Salaam Semua,

Praise to Allah that the engagement ceremony for my niece went very well today. Time flies very fast, she was 4 when I am tie the knot with her uncle *wink* and now her turn to get married. As a present for her "hantaran" I had requested my dear friend suraya ~ loveholiccakes to make a sweet lavender and lilac theme cupcakes. Thanks Su, everybody loves your pretty and tasty cuppies.

Tag dari KakYon

Salaam semua,

Kali nie kena jawab tag dari lovely lady kakyon. Thanks so much akak for your kind thots. Me kenal kakyon nie dah lama jugak la. She is a nice and soft person tapi masih belum berkesempatan untuk bersua walaupun dah beberapa kali berurus niaga dengan kakyon kat wmc. Ekceli me tadek masalah nak jawab tag kakyon nie, sbb belum pernah buat. So, here is my answer.

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1. Berapakah umur anda, bila anda mula mengenal cinta dan dapat surat cinta yg pertama.Orang tu siapa ekkk? usia, mengapa nak berahsia...hikss..me masa sekolah memang tak layanzz bercintan cintun nie sbb rockers beb..opsss..hehehe..dah keje baru la boleh nak lap you, lap me kan..surat cinta takde sbb satu opis jer..usually DH dulu rajin bagi kad la, choc la, kaset la..lagu aper..hehehe..masa tu kan headwind fofular..

2. Apa anda akan buat pada hadiah/barang/apa sajalah..pemberian dari orang yang anda sayang tapi anda tidak suka. So far me tak pernah lagi la dapat barang2 dari orang yg rapat yang me tak suka sbb selalunya dorang akan tanya dulu apa barang yang me nak kalau dorang nak bagi gift atau belikan.

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3. Kalau suami anda balik rumah ..tetiba dia kata..ayang! abang rinduuuuu sangat kat ayang!..heheh..apa reaksi spontan anda..terkejut..pehal lak tetiba miss, miss nie..ada apa-apa ke?..hehehe

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4. Apakah perkara/kejadian yg memalu/melucukan yang anda alamai masa baru- baru mendirikan rumahtangga.Maklumlah..masa tuu kan ada malu-malu sikit..nge..nge..
aisehhh puas lak me recall, tak ingat la pulak..

Red Tote Bag

Helloo and Salaams,

At last, after a year.*sigh*..yerps..it took me a year to complete this tote bag..*LOL*. I had enrolled a bag making lesson at Quilt Gallery in Bangsar, march last year and utilised the 6 session to produce only one bag!..hurmmm..that shows I am pretty slow in sewing *grin* huhuhu..confession of a novice tailor. It was a great personal achievement for me after finishing this simple bag. To me, it is simple because I have seen others had sewn a pretty and complicated bag design which makes me drooling every time I pay a visit to their personal blog.

The inside part of the bag. I makes 2 small pockets for my small items and one large pocket to fit in my purse. To make the bag looks solid, I used batting and bag interfacing.

Opsss, bag making books!. Looks like someone is going to make more bag..*wink*. Only time will tell when I am going to sew my 2nd bag *smile*. There a are a lot of task waiting for me and I have to go now.

Till next entry, take care everyone. Thanks so much to all of you who had take some time visiting my blog and leaving me a sweet notes. Lots of love from me, xoxo

Fleurs De Paris - An Update

Hello and Salaams to Everyone

Agak lama jugak me tak berkesempatan nak update blog nie. Bulan May adalah bulan yang paling sibuk dengan bermacam-macam urusan terutama urusan keluarga. Masa nak berkraft pun sangat terhad dan mood nak menulis pun tak berapa nak ada. Kadang-kadang bila dah penat, malas sungguh nak pegang kain dan jarum. Rasa happy jer bila dapat tergolek terlentang depan TV..hahahaha.

Fleurs de Paris nie pun sangat lambat me jahit. Me rasa macam warna kain vintage linen nie menenggelamkan warna2 benang yang agak lembut nie. Fabrik dalam chart menggunakan material Aida cream tak silap me, tulah suka je main tukar2..hehehe..suka tak suka, kena continue..kata nak shabby2 kan..konon lah..hiks.

Part tulip tu la yang paling bosan..sbb me dah pernah jahit bunga tulip yang kat bawah nie. Kaler bunga dia pun lebih kurang sama kan. Peten nie dah lama me siapkan..sebaya dengan usia my 2nd doter.


Till next entry, happy crafting!

Sunshine award

Thank you, thank you from the bottom of my heart, Hani. I feel happy and honoured if my humble and simple blogs can inspired hani and some of you to keep in stitching and embroidery. Hani, I am now lending you my 'kerajinan'..so keep stitching if you have time for it..(i know that you are busy with your kids :-)

Friendship Award

Salaam Semua

Terima kasih banyak-banyak pada Shima atas ingatan untuk memanjangkan "tag" ini pada Sal yer. May our friendship will last forever. *smile*.

Cup and Saucers

Salaams and hello to all my friends and readers,

Move on to my next WIP - cup and saucer cross stitch by design works. I had completed the wording and the lace part, leaving me to work on the cup and saucers plus the multiple heart shape for the background. I don't have any problems working on this chart but I had purposely create a problem for myself..hahaha :-)

I knew from the beginning that the length of the Aida fabric which I plan to use is not sufficient to accommodate the whole design nicely. I will need to extent the fabric length by joining it with another Aida fabric should I want to proceed with the existing fabric.

I could not find any information from Mr Google about how to do it, so it is up to me to make it happen - my way *wink* for -- unnoticeable and smooth join. After some thinking and experimenting, I took the plunge to join the fabric, something which I never done before with a precaution that I must carefully join the pieces so that the row of threads are in the straight line.

Obviously..you can still noticed the joined *wink* but since it was almost at the end of the chart, I think it is not so obvious and acceptable to me...hahaha..ye ke?..we shall see the final result after framing.

Till next entry, Take care and tons of love from me!

Tiramisu

Salaam buat semua..

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Minggu nie, me memang sibuk kesana kemari, ditambah dengan yang cuaca panas..perlu sesuatu untuk menyejukkan diri dan hati..hikss..so me selak-selak buku asmah laili..senang je nak buat nie..and rasanya macam tag line buku asmah laili..mintak ampun sedapnya, so here is the recipe :

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21 keping biskut lady fingers bergantung kepada saiz dish kaca

whip cream

keju Berkrim (cream cheese) kacau dengan garpu untuk melembutkan

2 sudu makan serbuk kopi segera

2 cawan air panas yang baru mendidih

1/2 cawan susu evaporated milk

1 tin hirisan buah peach

beberapa biji stoberi

beberapa biji anggur

1 sudu teh serbuk koko

1 sudu teh serbuk kayu manis

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Cara

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1. Bancuh kopi dengan air panas dan susu evaporated milk hingga rata. (me tambah 1 sudu besar susu pekat) bagi manis sedikit.

2. Celupkan segera sebatang biskut didalam air kopi susu dan atur didasar bekas kaca

3. Ulang satu demi satu dan atur rapi hingga dasar bekas kaca penuh dengan biskut. Biskut hendaklah dicelup satu persatu, kerana ia cepat lembik dan berderai. Sapu lapisan pertama dengan keju berkrim.

4. Ulang dan celup lagi biskut satu demi satu untuk lapisan kedua. Seterusnya sapu rata keju krim hingga mampat. Kemudian spray whip cream, sehingga rata dan tertutup.

5. Tabur serbuk koko dan serbuk kayu manis. Gunakan tapisan teh untuk menabur. Kemudian hiaskan dengan hirisan buahan peach, anggur dan stoberi.

6. Sejukkan dalam peti sejuk selama sekurang-kurangnya 2 jam. Tiramisu ini tidak boleh dipotong. Gunakan sudu semasa menghidang.

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Selamat mencuba !.

When east meet west...

My small collection of blue of white displayed on top of rosewood half moon table placed nearby the staircase. Lily is always my favourite color be it white, yellow or dark pink and it has nice smell too :-).

At the middle and bottom shelf, I displayed my small collections of jug and basin bought from lovely lace and Metrojaya long time ago. The stripes background is not a wallpaper but painted by DD's and me :-) and the floral border is from lamex.

The whole ideas :-).

Thanks for looking and take care.

Oriental Spledour - an Update

Since the S-A-L launching, I had a slow progress in stitching this pieces. The 16ct box is quite small for my old eyes and sometimes I am having difficulty to find the small holes for another half stitch to go through especially in a row of the cross-stitched. Less patience may prompt me to switch to bigger count of fabric but..takkan nak membazirkan benang, masa dan kain...so need to stitching with a slow dance tempo *wink*.

Till next entry, 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.

Just cooking and reading

Hello and salaams to all my dear friends.

I am in the mood of baking and since every body at home loves carrot cake, I had decided to try a recipe shared by hani. Thanks for the yummeh dear, it is worth spending the time preparing and eating the cake...:-)

I had promised to DD's that I will bring them to the book fair at PWTC, however I am bit reluctant to go there during weekend knowing the traffic condition, limited parking space and a big crowd since it is the last two days of the event. Instead, I brought them to xcess bookshop at level 3, amcorp mall after I read the advertisement in the newspaper about this bookshop.

What so special and makes it different from other bookshop ?.Price tag!..It sell a new book and lower price compared to other well known bookshop. On average, I spend about RM12 for for 9 books and one magazine.

Meg Cabot books are priced from RM9.90 to Rm17.90. DD's went crazy deciding which book to choose..yeah looking at the offer price versus the allocated budget *wink*. I knew they want more books..next time, ok *smile*

It is quite interesting to learn DD interest had changed from Mr midnight to princess diaries then charmed series, sophie kinsella, stephanie meyer and now XOXO..gossip girl *wink*..and it price at RM14.90 each.

Till next entry, XOXO from me !

Ivy Leaves Cyclamen

Hello!..I am back with my needle, thread, ribbon and fabric after a busy life 3 weeks in a row..phewww it was hectic and tiring. I was in the mode of withdrawal syndrome when my body and mind are cloudy with unsolved matters and problems. To start of the stitching mode, I want to do something that is easy and not too brain taxing. I opened my china cabinet, go through all my botanic garden collection one by one and selecting the pattern that is simple to do. What is my pick this time ?..its Cyclamen Repandum

This species is found from southern France to Greece and has large, lobed leaves that are dark green with conspicuous silver-grey mottling and marbling. Considering its lush foliage, spring blooming habit and Mediterranean homeland, it is surprisingly frost hardy. Its flowers are pleasantly scented, have petals up to 20mm long and occur in white and all shades of pink to light red. (source from : articleroom.com)

It may looks simple, but still took me two days to finish it. I am using 6 mm satin ribbon for the petals, two tone ribbon color for the stem. The novelty button add more character to the design that is inspired by the Portmeirion - Botanic Garden Collection.

Have a great day ahead and will try to update my cross stitch progress in my next entry. Insyallah.

Towel, Please !

My all time obsession is collecting pretty kitchen towel. They are relatively inexpensive items and I used it to - decorate and wipe-a-wet hands after washing the dish. Members of the house need to be reminded NOT to wipe a dirty hands or utensils..big NO NO..ermmm will take sometimes to train them *sigh*.

I usually display it by hung it at my kitchen cabinet door, nearby the sink, so that I can easily wipe my wet hand after washed my dish.


Some people loves to collect the linen tea towel especially when traveling to overseas since it is an affordable souvenir and easy to carry in the luggage. It can be frame or make it rest in your bread basket *wink*.

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My motif preference usually teapot, teacups, herbs, fruits and cuppies. I bought them from many places such as online shops, flea markets and small stall at the shopping mall.

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Thanks for visiting and have a nice weekend. Take care and have a good rest :-)

Thank you, Chemp

Another lovely award from my lovely friend, thanks a lot dear. I value the friendship and your support...XOXO :-)

I heart them

It's award time and thanks so much to nannie and shima for their kind thots. I sincerely appreciate the friendship and hope that it will last forever. This award will goes to all my lovely follower, readers and friends out there.

Take care and big hug from me :-)

Anemones and pansies

Helloooo!..it has been a month that I did not do any craft update. I did not touched any of my xstitch project as I have been very busy with my RE projects. Redoute roses *ehem*..still not finished, daffodils are already blooming and in the process of sewing into pillow . I am now focusing on my niece's wedding pillow which the solemnisation ceremony will be held this saturday.

For the main flower - cik anemones, I am applying a zig zag technique on 1 inch satin ribbon which I learned from Pn. Ann's online RE tutorial. I am trying the pansies technique from Helen Eriksson Ribbon Rennaissance book and I think the petals are terlebih keduts..hiks *grin*. I have been doing the embroidery every night while watching my favourites movie channel to reduce the stress of finding the harmony flower and color combination. During the matching process, I had to removed the flower that had been stitched few times, because I am not happy with the outcome. At the moment, I have a feeling that design is incomplete and missing the final touch but time is running..so got to go now...daaaa!

Thanks for looking and have a great day ahead.

Know the Enemy

Interesting article featured in the Makna newsletter issue 2/2009. Cancer information released from John Hopkins Hospital, USA.

Tahukah anda ~ bahawa setiap orang mempunyai sel kanser dalam badan mereka? Sel-sel kanser ini tidak akan menyerlah dalam ujian biasa sehingga ia telah berganda kepada tahap billion. Apabila seorang pesakit diberitahu bahawa dirinya telah bebas dari sel kanser, ia cuma bermakna bahawa ujian yang dijalankan tidak mampu mengesan sel kanser ini sehingga ia membesar kepada satu saiz yang boleh dikesan.

Apabila kemoterapi dilakukan ia bukan sahaja membunuh sel kanser yang cepat berkembang tapi juga sel yang sihat dalam tulang sum-sum, usus gastro dan lain yang akan mengakibatkan kerosakan kepada hati, buah pinggang, jantung dan paru-paru. Radiasi pula akan membakar, merosak dan membinasa sel-sel, tisu dan organ yang sihat. Walaupun diawal rawatan kemoterapi dan radiasi, saiz tumor akan mengecut tetapi rawatan yang berlanjutan tidak semestinya membinasakan tumor tersebut.

Apabila badan seseorang penuh dengan toksik hasil daripada kemoterapi dan radiasi, sistem imunnya sama ada akan beralah atau binasa dan menyebabkan pesakit mendapat pelbagai infeksi dan komplikasi. Cara yang efektif memerangi kanser adalah dengan TIDAK memberi makanan yang akan membantu sel kanser ini membiak. Jadi apakah makanan-makanan ini?

Gula merupakan makanan kanser. Dengan menghalangnya, kita telah menamatkan satu sumber bekalan makanan yang penting untuk sel kanser.

Susu menyebabkan badan mengeluarkan lendir, terutama dalam saluran usus gastro. Dengan menggantikan susu dengan susu soya tanpa gula, sel kanser tidak akan mendapat bekalan makanan.

Sel kanser hidup dalam persekitaran yang asidik. Oleh kerana makanan berasaskan daging adalah asidik, kita dinasihatkan mengurangkan segala makanan yang berdaging. Disesetengah ladang ternakan, untuk mempercepatkan kadar penghasilan daging, haiwan ternakan kerap disuntik dengan antibiotik dan hormon tumbesaran. Daging juga mengandungi pelbagai parasit, yang semuanya bahaya bagi pengidap kanser. Diet yang terdiri daripada sayur-sayuran yang segar, buah-buahan, kekacang dan jus buah-buahan akan menukar badan kepada persekitaran yang beralkali.

Elak dari minum kopi, teh dan coklat yang mengandungi kandungan kafein yang tinggi. Sebaliknya teh hijau lebih baik dan mempunyai khasiat melawan kanser. Bagi air pula adalah lebih baik meminum air yang ditapis untuk mengelak toksin dan logam dalam air paip. Air suling mengandungi asid dan perlu dielak.

Suplemen seperti anti-oxida, vitamin dan mineral dapat membina sistem imun untuk membolehkan sel pembunuh didalam badan menghapuskan sel kanser. Vitamin E pula terkenal sebagai pembunuh sel, iaitu kaedah tubuh untuk menghapuskan sel yang telah rosak atau yang tidak diperlukan secara normal.

Kanser juga merupakan penyakit minda, badan dan spiritual. Sikap yang proaktif dan positif dapat membantu pahlawan kanser menjadi penyelamat. Sikap marah, tidak memaafi, kecewa, membuat tubuh kita menjadi lebih stress dan dalam keadaan asidik. Oleh itu jadilah seseorang yang mempunyai sikap penyayang dan pemaaf. Belajar la untuk relax dan menikmati hidup.

My Passion Blog - 1st anniversary

Jom ramai-ramai join nannie's giveaway - tarikh tutup adalah 24 Feb 2010 dan cabutan akan dibuat on 25 Feb. Sila rujuk entry dibawah..me copy and paste jek..(sungguh kebizian sekarang ngan line tenet yang sangat tak stabil)

Click here for more details ya! : nannie's blog

Giveaway No.1

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Giveaway No.4

Good Luck to all participant :-)