Another Quilt - Yay!

I'm tackling another UFO - soooo satisfying!

You may remember this one from  here and here.

I'm finally quilting it - in an overall meander, this time.

Lots of upper arm muscle involved.

I gave it a name a long time ago - Lavender Fields. It sounds a little dramatic now. But somehow it fits, what do you think?

Almost, almost done, heeeeee!!!

Better Late Than Never

So there's been this award that's been going around. A couple of gorgeous bloggy girls nominated me (thanks lovelies - muah muah muah!!!), so of course I should join the fun, right? A little late (as usual), but better than never.

Now apparently there are rules to this thing.

The first rule is I'm supposed to nominate up to 15 other bloggers to receive this. As I'm little late (ok, a lot late) onto the bandwagon, almost everyone I know has already received their nominations (seems the crafty, bloggy world in Malaysia is pretty small after all).  So I'm taking the easy and lazy way around and nominate ALL of you lovely, crafty, blogging ladies reading this, ahaha! Jokes aside, I want you to know that I do take the time to find and enjoy your blogs, and I appreciate all your comments (even though I'm completely useless at replying).

The second rule is that I'm supposed to tell you 7 things you dont know about me. Huh? Ok...

Number 1 thing you don't know about me is -  I'm actually a nut case.
2. My favourite colour (most days anyway) is RED.
3. I'm absolutely TERRIFIED of Ultraman. Ever since I was a wee lass. NOT a joke.
4. Ooh, serious one this. My life was so 'eventful' a few years ago that I was diagnosed with panic disorder and agoraphobia. Sewing and quilting became therapy. Literally.
5. My favourite idol so far is David Cook.
6. I loooooove potatoes!!!!!
7. When I grow up I want to be Beyonce. ehehee.

So there you have it!

Have a happeee weekend all : Happy Thanksgiving to those in the States (most importantly - HAPPY SHOPPINGGGGGGG) and to all here, happy looong weekend (yup, ANOTHER public holiday on Monday - insane! heeeee!!!!)

Another quickie

Simply to wish you Happy Eidul Adha!

For those not in the know, this is another celebration on the Moslem calendar, this time to celebrate the 10th day of the month of Zulhijah, otherwise known as the Haj month. And we all know about the great pilgrimage that is the Haj.

So, enough said.

PS. Sewing therapy well under way. Photos soon.

PPS. Because Eid Adha falls today ie Sunday, we get another public holiday tomorrow (haven't I warned you that we get LOADS?). A benefit of a multi-cultural, multi-religious society. But alas, not me. Oh no. I have to go to WORK tomorrow. Grrrrr...

Been Traveling...

... Can you say "shattered"?

Some serious sewing therapy much needed - preferably with a good dose of fabric shopping therapy thrown in.

Thank heavens for weekends.

And sewing machines.

And fabric.

And yummy hubbies too (someone's got to rub sore feet, hee).

Happy weekend all.

Tidy Shelves

The last couple of weeks haven't been particularly interesting in The Office, sadly.  Oh, I've been in it a lot, it's just that there hasn't really been any significant processes going on. I have made lots of little pouches, make up bags and such sorts, but I won't be boring you with them this time.

But.

I've also cleaned out my fabric shelves - they were getting to be scary looking. Quite.

So.

I'll let you have a peek at my stash, in all its technicolour glory.

Now I need to ask,  how do you stash your stash?

Me?

I have yard bundles:

half yard bundles:

varied length bundles 

(ie those not falling in the yardage or half yard categories - 

a bit pointless this category, but there you go) :

Solids, checks and spots:

A floral bundle:

FQ bundles. These come in two sorts, the first being bundled up according to collection:

And those just, well, bundled up.

Of course, there's my scrap bundle (or should I say part of my scrap bundle). I think this is my almost favourite bundle. I looove playing with scraps, randomly piecing them, not making and not thinking of anything in particular, just seeing where they take me, eheh.

My favourite bundle? 

A basket full of precuts! 

So how do you stash your stash?

Charmed Fun

This week's project was brought about as a matter of necessity.

You see, and here's something about myself you don't know - I'm a bit of a creature of routine when it comes to my breakfast. I bring it with me every work day, probably because I'm always so rushed (read "unorganised") in the morning that I never manage the time to have it at home. And my packed brekkie is almost always the same thing, a jam sandwich and a juice box, and sometimes, if I'm feeling healthy, there'll be a fruit.

So anyway,  I have a little lunch bag which I use to haul my breakfast goods. I can't even remember where I got it from, but since its got a print in the front that reads "Welcome, Thank You", I'm thinking it must have been a goody bag from a get together of some sort, a wedding perhaps?

And here it is, but as you can see, one of the straps have gone. 

Oh dear.

But.

That meant I needed to make a new one - yeppee! - any excuse to sew, hey?

So out came some charm squares - happy happy! - volunteering for the job.

These are from Moda's 'Spirit' - I'm wondering how many of them I've actually got, Spirit charms seem to jump up at me every so often.

The construction was simple. I merely copied the dimensions of the old lunch bag. All in all I used up, let's see, 1, 2 ... 14... 17, I used up 17 charms for the new bag, so I suppose there'll be a fair amount of  Spirit charms left to jump up on me every so often again.

Now for the fun part - photos!

Lots of room!

All packed up and ready to go!

Now don't forget to eat your breakfast!

A Little Less Fabric

I've been very good lately in eating into my stash. The more I use up the more reason there is to buy some more, hee!

This week I've used up more than half of my Moda Arnold's Attic fabric.

So there's not miles left, only mere yards, eheh.

And this is where it's gone into:

My kitchen table's gotten a new look hu hu!

Hmm, maybe I should've ironed the table cover before I photographed it?

(Check out my mosaic floors, they must be about 30 years old - does anyone else have mosaic floors these days?)

For the seat covers I simply used velcro as fasteners. My previous seat covers (patchwork affairs also made by moi, of course - currently in the wash, so no photos) had ties, but I wanted this set to be simple with clean (or cleaner) lines, so I just velcro-ed it. It's not so pretty, I know, but ah well, I'm easy to please :-)

All in all, I'm giving myself a pat on the back *big smile*.

Used up any stash lately?