Purses

Niece and her little friend, Nina, visited recently. Before they left Nina had a special request - she wanted a purple purse. So I went on the internet to try to find a pattern, and found one that looked easy enough from Tipnut. By the way, if you don't know that website, I recommend you take a look. There're loads and loads of tutorials for all kinds of things. Just google 'tipnut' and you're home.

Anyways, back to the purple purse, it all came together easy enough, tadah!

This one followed the pattern exactly, and is really quite tiny. But just nice for a little girl.

Purple's her favourite colour you see.

It came together so quickly that I decided to pull out some more fat quarters and make another. And then another. And before I knew it there was a stack of little purses.

Err, where did these come from???

I only stopped because I ran out of zippers.

Now, didn't I tell you fabric was addictive?

Hope you're having a happy Sunday!

Scrap Busting Part III

This project works best with scrappy strips, eheheee!

P.S. No meows were harmed in the making of this post. Milo, like his human mummy, is also A Fabric Case and loves being smothered in bits of fabric (don't let his fed-up look fool you). He has been (reluctantly) unwound after his photo shoot. 

Scrap Busting Part II

Remember all those scraps I cut into the other day?

Well, I've used up the 3" squares, and made a cute little patchwork seat cover, hu hu!

It never ceases to amaze me how patchwork can transform a bunch of mismatched fabric into something pretty. The seat cover is patched on both sides, so it's pretty much reversible.

(Hmm, think we really need to repaint the chair).

I love how it's really soft and fluffy too. Might go off and make another one now.

Hope everyone's having a happy week!

Scrap Busting

It's been raining a lot lately in Kuala Lumpur. The other day it rained for hours and hours straight. It was pouring at tea time, then at dinner time, it was raining when I went to bed, and was still raining when I woke up. I stayed in that morning, thanks to a bad cold (maybe thanks to all that rain?), and was definitely not in a creative frame (definitely thanks to all that rain). And so I was sitting there staring at a box of scraps, when the following happened.

Tipped out box:

Organised scraps into groups (according to size of scrap).

Applied ruler and rotary cutter:

(by-product of ruler and rotary cutter activity):

Divide product of ruler and rotary cutter activity into three piles of 4" squares, 3" squares and 2.5" squares:

And strips of various lengths:

(Existing pile of growing (and hairy) 4" squares which will someday (hopefully!) make a patchwork quilt):

Pat self on the back for job well done.

What a perfect rainy day activity :-)

I want one too!!!

Was surfing the other day. Internet, of course. You wouldn't catch me dead on a plank in a raging sea. Or, should I say you wouldn't catch me alive on a plank in a raging sea - as I'd likely be dead. But I digress...

Anyway, I was surfing the internet the other day, and found this pic.

Insane!

Needless to say I'm now desperate for one just like that too. Even though I think Yummy Hubby might disown me if I did. Grrr.

So what's your wall of wow like?

A.W.O.L.

Hullo?

It's been a while. Which makes me wonder how do I, should I, explain such a long absence? And the more I wonder, the more I'm putting off actually updating this blog. So I've decided. I'll just pick up where I left off, and pretend that nothing's happened. La la la laaa. I hope that's not cheating?

So anyways, I have been sewing all this time (for the sewing bug, once caught, is hard to be discarded no matter what the circumstances). Just bits and bobs, a little here and a little there. And of course only when time permits.

My Lavender Fields  quilt was finished months ago, and has gotten much use ever since. I have absolutely no patience, so I bullet-trained my way through the quilting process (Bad, don't follow -  quilt your quilts with lots of care - you'll see why in a second). Because I knew beforehand that this quilt was for me, I wasn't really concerned how it would look in the end, and just wanted it finished, so I practically dragged it under the needle (Double bad a.k.a shameful!).

And so the finished product, ta dah!

excuse the toes!

Is a fairly big one, dimensions are maybe 5.5 feet wide X 7 feet long.

Quilted in a large stipple (or meander, I suppose).

I managed one photo with somewhat decent lighting:

And now we will see why patience is a virtue to be exercised:

Gasp! Horrors!

(Technical info : The loose stitching at the bottom is a direct result of me rushing the quilting. The loops are formed when the hands (pulling the quilt along) move faster than the needle can stitch.  I think. Please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong).

But I'm easy to please. So I'm loving it anyway. And Yummy Hubby never notices these things, so he loves it too. (Of course he doesn't have a choice, he has to love everything that I make, whether it's a quilt or a burnt piece of meat. Or else.) And it's nice and soft and comfy and even the meows can't get enough of it.

Ahhhh.... now THAT'S what its all about.

Have a happy week all!

Fabric Find

I was traveling recently and found myself in Beijing. Chinese culture is, if I had to sum it up in one word, WOW! Apart from everything else they had, the silk and embroidery just blew me away! I didn't pick up any embroidery, no time and no budget this time, unfortunately.

But I did manage to escape for a walkabout at one of their markets, and see what I found:

Pretty, pretty, pretty fabric shoes!

I think they're gorgeous!

So of course I picked up a pair for myself, and an extra for Niece. In different shades of pink, hee! I wanted to post a photo of my pair actually on my feet, but I've got a scab on my left foot. And Niece's photo is in the iPhone, and I can't be asked to get up to look for the wire thingie that syncs it to the laptop. So I'll just show you the shoes sitting pretty at the market again, hee hehe.

Now I can't end this post without showing you this:

These little goldfish were in a big aquarium at a restaurant we stopped at for lunch.

And they were all looking out at us. Can you imagine hundreds of little goldfish 'wagging' their tails and staring face first at you? Priceless!