Teacup oh teacup

Salaam semua :-)

Syukur alhamdulillah..masih belum terlewat untuk mengucapkan Selamat Tahun Baru kepada semua pengunjung-pengunjung blog me yang tak seberapanya ni. Entri kali nie, untuk sis Nor selepas tengok koleksi teapot terbaru dia, hampir sama dengan me punya flower of the month teacup.


Masa me beli kat MJ dulu kala, set ini ada motif bunga untuk 12 bulan semuanya..tapi banyak yang dah takde..so dengan pilihan yang terhad..terpaksa lah buat pilihan mengikut apa yang sedap dipandang mata..

Tak dapat dipastikan keturunannya sebab takde cap jari ker, tandatangan ke, cap mohor ke, sbb kat bawah piring ngan cawan tu kosong ajer.


Cuma 2 pasang ajer yang me beli sekadar untuk memenuhkan para kat bawah nie. Tempat nie asalnya memang me beli khas untuk display semua cawan-cawan peninggalan arwah wan me.

Buat Chempaqa, akak letakkan teko bunga raya tu sekali ngan cawan-cawan yang semuanya single but not available...hehehe yatt..itu teko yang akak nampak masa kita geder2 hari tu..at last akak beli jugak..hehehehehe..teko VR kat atas tu me beli kat pondok nur salam :-)

Till next entry, thanks for looking and take care

Blooming Daffodils

Salaams and Hello to all my friends and readers

Another small project of Satin Ribbon Embroidery which should takes short time to complete but I had prolonged it because I had to ripped the ribbon few times and re-do until getting the result that I want. Choosing a ribbon color is another dilemma. Sometimes, we might not get the color that we want and have to be satisfied with the offerings by the crafts shop.


I had adapted the design by Helen Eriksson where you can find it from A-Z Ribbon Embroidery book and Ribbon Rennaissance. Each book shows a different technique in making this flower and I tried both :-)


Overall, I am satisfied and happy working on this project. Flowers can makes someone smile and it makes me smile too..*wink*. Take care and enjoy your holiday!..XOXO

Royal baroque

As my promised to lovely yatt and chempaqa dearie, my personal collection - royal baroque by noritake which is now already discontinued its production. Many thanks to my niece dearie who had gone through all the troubles to bring back this set from Manila for me..muahss..

Pemegang dia semua shape ala nak siku orang jer ..set ini untuk 8 orang tapi saiz teapot tu cam tak cukup nak isi air untuk lapan cawan. Nak beli satu lagi..tercekik la pulak tengok price kat sini..lagi pun noritake kat sini tak jual secara berasingan. Platter tu quite big and comes in 2 pieces.

Sugar bowl, milk jug and gravy boat with small platter.

Soup plate and yang kecik tu tatau apa nama and purpose dia..letak sambal kot.

Dinner plate, side plate and bread/butter plate

Last but not least, the tureen with medium size cam tuk 4 orang makan jer besar dia. All together the dinner set ada 95 pcs.

Have a nice day everyone and thanks for looking.

Missy Laura Enamel

Salaam and Happy Holidays !

Just my luck, I had accidentally bump into this beautiful pieces *wink*. The first blue and white enamel jug was bought during the Laura Ashley sales at Metrojaya Midvalley. The item was discounted at 70% off and its sangat berbaloi-baloi..*smile*

This enamel with butterfly embossed motif, bought from a lovely lady that sell mostly english decoration items at the level one, amcorp mall flea market during blogger gathering last Sunday. The price tag is simply too good to be ignored !.

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.

Fleur ~ de ~ Paris

Bonjour! comment allez-vous (Hello! How are you?*smile*)..amboi, sejak stitching chart with the essence of Paris, tershashul cakap french pulok..ahaks.. Wahhh feel so lazy to update blog lately..I have relish hibenating like a polar bear *ggrrr*. Fleur de Paris is my latest wip. It is a kit by dimensions that came with coloured chart, aida fabric, cotton threads and needle. It is a standard checklist that usually comes in a kit.

If you happen want to purchase a cross stitch kit, do check these items availability. One more thing, nowadays in ebay there are many charts are made in china ~ please be aware on the fabric and thread quality plus chart originality. Credits to my BFF (luv you kak reen) who had introduced this chart to me..I am in love at the first sigh (ermm semanjang tengok online chart camtu *wink*). I love the varieties in this chart which harmonizes perfectly ** que c’est beau**

I had substituted the Aida fabric with 16ct autumn vintage linen for a more dramatic shabby chic background and using the cotton thread by dimensions. No worries if you are out of thread as you can always ask for additional thread by sending email to dimensions and they will mail it to you - free of charge.

Next, sitting on top of my priority list -- that need to be completed in two weeks time (mesti..). I have planned to personally deliver the chart to a special friend that I had kept her waiting for so long – very bad of me *sigh*. So sorry dear!

Last but not least, nak tayang..ehhhh..share la..my 2 ketul collection wall hanging tapestry. Satu me hang kat living room satu lagi kat master bedroom. Sometimes, untuk kelainan me tukar2 kedudukan dia untuk pemandangan dan mood yang berbeza.

Have a wonderful weekend and holidays. Take Care and XOXO. May God bless all of you.

Cuppies for my thumb

Hello and salaams to all my blog readers

I have been very busy lately. Cluttered papers is fighting for space on my desk and I just don't know when and where to start...hehehehe..my time management is very poor now because I am too tired to get organized *wink*. Doing my work at two different places requires frequent and long traveling time. We are now in December *blink..blink* and that mean I am left with 30 days before the New Year comes, to clear my desk and finished all pending task so that I can start a New Year - fresh.

Alhamdulillah, our company will be 10 years in January 2010. I still remember when we have to struggle during the inception of the business. We have to be very prudent as our source of capital is 100% self financing. It is difficult to convince a local bank to finance large amount of capital for a new ICT business model due to difficulty for them to evaluate the viability of the project without existing reference locally.

We are only a small company with few number of staff and it is meaningful to me when we able to provide employment eventhough only for a few people and they have been with us till present - thanks to my employee. My pray and hope, our company will be able to survive under the current rough economy and continue to expand and financially stable. Insyallah



Thanks to wanie, her lovely felt cup cakes is a solution that I can think of to keep my thumb drive for easy finding. Talked about innovation, I wish somebody can invent a chip that can be attached to this thumbdrive holder so that I can paging it via my handphone for easy searching..*LOL*

Till next entry, have a beautiful day ahead and take care.

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

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 !