FEW LOVELY GIFTS

These past few days I was not feeling good.... with the changes of weather and had a severe migraine and put me off my sewing area constantly.

Yesterday changes the whole things when I received these lovely gifts from Hubby and a dear friend....

This little beauty 'accidentally' fell on my lap as a gift from Hubby due to my birthday few weeks ago...... (what more can i ask when I have so much love and affections from the man of my life......) due to my dear old baby giving me a signal that something was not okay with her..... she has to visit my technician shortly. Then came the urge of having another little baby to fulfill my need of something small and handy and Hubby came to the rescue..... so this belongs to me from beloved Hubby. Thanks Dear!











It did not ends there when Hubby brought in two big envelopes and placed them on my sewing table. Oh gracious God..... from SHIMA..... both!!!! I was so speechless when I opened the contents.... Shima, you managed to enlighten my days and here I mumbled my words of thanks for being so thoughtful and giving 'that' most beautiful fabric, fabrics, ribbons and lovely decoupage tissues........ apart from the first 3 sets of hexy-flowers of our Hexy Game..... Thanks a heap dear....... thanks again and again. While doing this entry I am still holding your hexy-flowers and all the lovely fabrics in my hands......

HOUSES FOR BABY - 4th

It has been quite a while I did not do quilting and too much on bag making, how I love the diversions .....

Rushed this little green piece for Yasmin and her coming baby boy soon.

Simple wonky houses design, all machine stitched and machine quilted. Measuring roughly 3ft x 4ft. This is my 4th reproduction of the same.

These are the close up requested by Cik Kema. Simple satin stitch or zig-zag. Black thread to highlight each object. No turning in seams, no stabilizer. Simple and fast....

YET......... ANOTHER

Still with these........... Thanks for coming orders and support from all over. Have few more to handle.............!

These are are for Syazana of Seremban.

HEXAGON GAME

Assalamu'alaikum semua.

Dah lebih separuh perjalanan kita dalam game ni......... rasa nyer yang dah dapat awal2 tu dah bolih cantum, macam Fida, Cik Kema, Mus...... aduh, KD pulak yang rasa tak sabar. Best juga kalau dapat tengok perkembangan bunga-bunga kawan-kawan. Kalau bolih tunjuk kat blog masing2 pun okay juga atau antar kat KD nanti KD post/buat entry kat sini.... takde masaalah.... memeriahkan!

Oh yer ada berita sedikit dari rakan kita Puan Balkhis......... Baru2 ni dia ada sms kat KD.... dia sihat tapi sibuk sesangat, kena kursus lagi di Langkawi (Khis tak per kursus tu pun leh bertukar angin, baik untuk minda dan ada masa untuk diri sendiri, at least for awhile)

Okay, masa untuk undian...... tengok siapa yang kena!!!!!!

Tinggal dua gulung kertas yang nak kena undi giliran ke 6........

S-H-I-M-A yang kena! Tahniah Shima!!!!!

Secara tak langsung seterusnya adalah Zura, KD, KD dan KD.

Macam biasa KD harap sangat semua update kat sini terutama Via dan Zura..... walaupun sedikit komen sudah memadai tanda telah acknowledge tentang entri ini....... KD doa, anda berdua sihat sejahtera....

Shima telah lama konfim nak pink/kuning (ada perubahan Shima?). Dan harap Zura juga dapat konfim pink/????.

Okay semua, teruskan berhexy.......

STITCHERS' ANGEL SWAP

I was dusting off my embroidery machine from the corner of my sewing table...... poor girl! I am into embroidery this week for few custom orders from some friends.










While I was at it, I embroidered a white pure cotton fabric tablecloth for my Angel from Stitchers' Angels Swap (can't reveal her here yet). Included were a wrist clutch by which I hand-stitched a little rose and a hexagon pincushion. Hope with these, she loves them and will reach her on time. Have posted this a week ago.

P/S > Received a note from my Angel, Suzana Diaz of SusanPatch from Malaga, Spain. She has received my little gifts safely and hoping very mush she loves them all....... My humble thanks too for Helen Stubbings of Hugsnkisses for hosting this wonderful swap..... will look forward for more swaps organize by Helen.... :)

> An email came from Pia Skogman, my Angel from Sweden, saying that she was not feeling well to stitch yet....... and she was so sorry for this to happen.... My prayer for your speedy recovery Pia...... I can always wait.... :)

KHUZAIMAH's WEDDING

Last week end with Hubby (lucky that day could get hold of hubby to tagged along) we attended my former student's, Khuzaimah, wedding which was held at Hutan Kampong, Alor Setar.

She looked radiantly beautiful...... she was a simple girl who came to learn traditional machine embroidery, bags making and a bit of networking setup. She is building up her blog... to fill all her leisure time and will be residing in Rawang and will be a full time housewife....

Mmm Zaima, Auntie advise you to learn some Kedah's delicious traditional dishes and have many children ..... see, I can't cook well till now and am so lonely..... and now you are not around to accompany me... :(


Will frequently visit your mum to tackle her secret recipes.... :)

MUM & DAUGHTERs'

I am still struggling with some expired promises.... here are some and.... oh.... few more to fulfill.

These are for Farah and Sarah (mother and daughter). Made the cutie bags few weeks ago and last night I stayed-up late to complete the messenger bag for her daughter......plus a matching pencil-box!

Sarah, Auntie Diah forgot to embroider your initials as promised.... sorry dear!

TREES AND SHRUBS

This is my post to the COME OVER TO MY HOUSE CHALLENGE for October, some trees and shrubs.

DiahRothman's Block 10

by DiahRothman
(Malaysia)

Here we were adding some landscape by 'planting' trees and shrubs (snow-balls blocks). More trees are growing by next month.....

10 LUCKY WINNERS

Yesterday marked my birthday....... mind you I am now 53 years old old-girl..... Did I ever mentioned before that I am 53 ....???? I thank God that at my age I am in the pink of health and very spirited towards another dimension of old age era. Never do I consider the number that without failed accumulating each year, but the many things that I could accomplished day by day..... Well, lets not bother much about that...... :P

What? Oh the GIVEAWAY DRAW....... Oh okay.......Look there, it was me, yes...... :)

I was thrilled by the many participants walked over to play the role..... these touched me a lot. This is the only way and means of how I can reach you and hand something to brighten someone's day ..... which came truly from within.... and I thank you all. I apologize if some were in vain but there is always some other times...... Promise to visit all and return to link.

What again? Okay okay.... here goes........................

True Random Number Service.
List Randomizer

There were 77 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

1. mamaalicianorman - patched denim bag ++
   
2. tinntinn - cutie bag-pink ++
   
3. naiz - wrist pouch ++
   
4. sharifah - wrist pouch ++
   
5. shima- wrist pouch ++
   
6. ayu -wrist pouch ++
   
7. elaine - cosmetic bag ++
   
8. mamadaniel - little bag ++
   
9. juniza - little bag ++
   
10. mina - little bag ++
    
11. haslina
12. sharifah
13. lamammacuriose
14. lamammacuriose
15. mamaalicianorman
16. msdaisy
17. sue
18. sweetwannur
19. alabamagal
20. janovi
21. suecahill
22. yati
23. neaflerida
24. hobbymummy
25. sleepy
26. aless.erre
27. mangosteenskin
28. Shima
29. aneesah
30. mrsfedex
31. mamaalicianorman
32. mamaalicianorman
33. norhafinaliza
34. puantanah
35. anonymous
36. neaflerida
37. mamaqaseh
38. aida
39. sekocinorlie
40. ainaa
41. sherry
42. teenaintoronto
43. reen
44. ogy
45. zaikulim
46. mamafami
47. Fawa
48. linpingalong
49. azie
50. alviana
51. shafazaliza
52. yati
53. rai
54. mamaalicianorman
55. anonymous
56. iefadesign
57. mamadaniel
58. ainaa
59. allthingsbeautiful
60. nurain
61. trisyaaleesajamil
62. mamaalicianorman
63. soyasofiah
64. yati
65. yati
66. anamarza
67. myrayyan
68. syakila
69. zana
70. jommakan
71. hamper
72. jommakan
73. juniza
74. hany
75. hobbymummy
76. ariza
77. taufidris

Timestamp: 2009-10-22 22:02:06 UTC

All winners, please email me your addresses ... Tq!

ADR'S GIVEAWAY

P/S These are the final collections of gifts that I managed to offer....... I am drawing out the lucky names by 9.00pm tonight, Oct.22nd ..... see you soon

ADR's TREASURES is celebrating its FIRST blogovesary and also my ....... birthday on the October 21st.

I appreciate all the supports, the never ending encouragements and having so many lovely friends through blogging world. I found serenity in this wonderful journey.... which I have included all of you too....by enjoying few minutes or hours of solitude reading your kind words and added thoughts.... This has always bring some joy to my life.

Please enter my giveaway and may be your name will appear to receive some of these........

Just leave some words as many times as you wish and add your blog to my dearest friends's column.... I appreciate some additional friends.
Please spread the words too.....

The above are the first three gifts for the 3 lucky winners................to be drawn on the Oct 22nd.

I will add few more gifts....... books or magazines, little bags, pincushions, buttons and anything that I think you worth having....... how I wish I could??????..............

P/S Oct 15th - Here I add up few magazines (not latest issues) for few lucky winners.......















I have three copies of this Quick Quilts m'zins for another few winners ..... do not worry I have my own for all the above. Just greedy me always grabbed few extra for others if I can afford it.... :)

Now I am off to sew few little bags and pin cushions......

HEXAGON GAME #5 - OCTAVIA

Via, ni semua untuk Via, KD dah pulun bagi siap...... Biru-kuning sebanyak 30 kuntum.

KD dan kawan-kawan Hexy semua berharap agar Via selamat berkursus dan dapat menjaga diri yang sedang 'berbadan-dua' tu...... Take care!

Kawan-kawan pun tak sabar nak tengok hasil kerjatangan Via dan bunga-bunga yang bakal Via hasilkan......

RETREAT @ PENANG

Bag Making	Patchwork	Free Motion Quilting
ABC Tote/ Pleated Bag/ Coin Purse with 3D Applique/ Hexagon Purse / 2-Way Tote /4 Sided Bag	Playtime Quilting	Beginner
	Friendship Girls	Intermediate
	LogCabin /Machine Trapunto	Advance /Threadplay

This is something that we should not miss..... a chance to meet some talented quilters up North, a demonstrations of Bernina 8 series, fabrics, kits and many more......... To have further details of the whole events, please visits here

HEXAGON GAME # 4 - NAIZ

Assalamu'alaikum semua,

Dah pun 2 minggu dah dan nak kena undi lagi...... Macam mana dah bolih ligan selari dengan jadual Hexy kita ker?

Kali ni KD just on time....baru lepas pos Naiz punya 30 kuntum bunga2 tadi pagi. Dah siap sekali ngan Mus dan CikKema punya tapi tak sempat nak ambik gambar dan nak beli envelope pun tak sempat keluar rumah..... Maaf yer Naiz. KD banyak 'paperworks' dan duduk terperosok dipejabat kecil ini selama 4 hari bertungkus lumus... Alhamdulillah, selesai semua.

Okay, macam biasa member tolong update supaya KD dapat maklumat terkini dan KD juga akan updatekan column kecil kita di kiri tu.


Tinggal 3 nama (tak termasuk KD) yang kena undi........

Jampi punya jampi KD buka nama VIA aka MAS untuk penerima kali ini....... Tahniah Via!!!!!

Via, tolong update dan confirm kan warna bunga-bunga hexy Via, okay dan sertakan alamat ......
Kd rasa ramai yang dah buat siap-siap untuk peserta seterusnya kan..... Tu Shima tu, dia rajin, KD nampak dia dah siap banyak...... :p)

HEXAGON GAME - MUS's & AKMA's (additional)

Ini 10 kuntum bunga-bunga untuk MUS

Ini 10 kuntum bunga pula untuk CikKema

Naiz punya 30 kuntum Isnin hantar sebab stok sampul kat rumah dah abis, Pejabat Pos tutup. ...... Sabaq na Naiz!

Lega... hutang bunga-bunga dah langsai!!! 8-))

IN BETWEEN

After the Eid I was quite busy doing some errands and attending open-house gatherings from close friends and relatives. My sewing corner was functioning well though, and lately I am doing flowers for Naiz of our local Hexagon Games ....

Do you ever feel bored Diah?????? Of course I do....... stressful like anyone else.....

But mind you I have what I call 'IN -BETWEEN'

These are few things that I had done to snuggle out of the blues, all sewing related for sure ......

> little bags for door gift (already gone, day before yesterday for my ex-colleagues)....

> few more wrist pouches (online orders still coming) ......

>fabrics cutting

>templates making.....

>AND make something specials for giveaway soooooon ..............for my coming birthday and first blogovasary. Watch out for these!

Then I will continue what was left ......!



I long to quilt ...... !!!!!!! :(

BABETTE'S DIARY

I have never forgotten about the little penguin -BABETTE. What I have is her photos and templates...... have yet to hatch few of her siblings.

Had visited Carol's blog recently and wow... Carol has given a lovely labels "BABETTE CORNER".... am I jealous of Babette.... and really envy about their tour...... The pics below are Carol's and please visit her to read about both of them......

Thanks Carol for all these wonderful thing you have given to Babette..... and wow..... she even assists you in your everyday life toooo...... ????? She is one lucky 'penguin'! WILL UPDATE AND COMPILE BABETTE'S ACTIVITY THROUGH CAROL'S. Allow me Carol..... Thanks....

........Babette visits - Wimpole Hall

There are animals at this lovely house that are SMALLER than me :) Missus H. said they are called snails. I wanted to swim in the Bath House but no water. Sadness.
A very old lady lived in this very big house for........

And the winner is ..........

(..... say cheese BABETTE)

.......Babette visits the Gower Peninsula

I got to visit the sea. Whoopee !!!!!!! Sadness, the tide was out :( But we had a mighty fine, looooooong walk. Missus H. carried me in her lunchbox so I would not scare the big, furry creatures with four legs !!!!!! I saw some distant relatives but.........

......."Babette" on vacation

Missus H. let me travel on the plane with her which was good thing 'cause her luggage got searched and I might have scared the searching man.
All the humans went on a trip round a place called London while I slept in the hotel. Good thing too because.......

.......Babette to Missus H

Babette - Missus H. when are we going to show the lovely people my holiday pictures?
Missus H. - Soon Babette, soon.
Babette - When is soon?
Missus H. - How about on Friday?
Babette - Why not today?
Missus H. - Because I have decided to...............................

.......Project up date - signature blocks for Lady of Steeles

This is the project I took on vacation with me. The intent was to get all 26 done. I have 15 of the celtic knots finished and the rest are .....

.........We are back from our vacation

We had a fabulous time in Britain. "Babette" got in on some of the pictures and..........

........Peek-a-boo

Look who's decided to tag along to Britain as quality control inspector for my sewing project. It's baby penguin from the recent pincushion swap...........

............Just call me the village idiot :)

A mystery package from Malaysia showed up at my house a while ago and for the life of me I could not work out what it was for. An adorable baby penguin that had.........

GENG HEXAGON MALAYSIA - kutu hexy

Salam untuk semua, SELAMAT HARI RAYA, dan kemaafan KD minta dari rakan2, terutama dalam kumpulan HEXY ni.....

KD nak buat sedikit pengumuman yang KD akan ambil alih pengurusan PERMAINAN ini, diatas sebab-sebab yang semua telah maklum..... Kita sama-sama doakan kesejahteraan Puan Balkhis yang pasti nya masih padat dengan jadual kerja dan sebagainya... Khis jaga diri dan kesihatan!

• > Okay pertama-tama KD kena buat penambahan bunga untuk MUS dan CIK KEMA kan? Okay nanti KD hantarkan.

• > Kedua KD nak minta semua peserta paling kurang bagi satu komen dalam setiap entri yang KD buat. Bukan apa nak tahu yang semua dah maklum apa-apa perkembangan dengan sedikit komen.... bolih kan! Atau sesiapa ada masaalah atau apa-apa punlah sila kemukakan.... :))

• > Ketiga KD nak minta pendapat semua kalau bolih KD nak yang terakhir - sebab 3 lot tu kalau nak antar kena tiga kali kan - sat, jangan panik! Antar lah bila2 pun..... janji semua sampai kat tangan KD...... tak adil/adil?????? Jawab!

• > Keempat...... kita main semula yeaaaah!

• > Kelima kita cabut undi....... KD dah buat cara tradisional (kertas gulung2 tu) cabut sendiri pulak tu........ Berikut yang bertuah adalah ........ N-A-I-Z..... Tahniah Naiz!
• 
  
• (Naiz kalau ada apa perubahan bab warna ker apa-apa ker habaq cepat na, sebelum depa stat potong-potong kain buat bunga. Naiz - MERAH/KUNING)

Okay untuk dua minggu ni kita akan pulun buat semula Hexy kita untuk Naiz..... okay, bye!!!!!

Friday Give-Away/Quilting Gallery

This is the other parcel that I received today.....

The two gorgeous tote bag patterns, from Barbara Weiland Talbert. Indeed I am one lucky winner, coz believe me, they are great patterns and superb tutorials.

Thanks Barbara and Michele of the Quilting Gallery for the patterns. I will make both and will post about them as soon as I get it done! Thanks..............a million times :)

Good Ol' Summertime Mini Quilt Swap

I was so bored to death the whole morning and the line was snailing around like I have nothing else to do...... when I heard the gate bell ringing. Jumped up to my heels and here are what the postperson handed to me..... Yes..... Happy and was on top of the world!!!!

Two goodies from the US.




This was from Denielle Lue of Spring Hill, my swapie of Good Ol' Summertime Mini Quilt Swap. It is simply lovely and love the colour combinations. Thanks Danielle, will hang up on my sewing room display-wall for everyone to see, especially all quilters' friend around this part of the world......and admiring your little pink Flamingos :)

I might as well post here the mini quilt I made for Mindy Peterson and some other little gifts. She had e-mailed me that mine is in her keepings.....

My heartfelt gratitude and thanks to Michele/Mishka of Quilting Gallery for organizing this swap. Will join in more swaps later on...... ??

AWARD FROM DEAR SHIMA

These great awards are from SHIMA. Thanks dear for your thoughtfulness and an honour receiving them. Thanks again.

I am sending these awards off to all dear readers and friends......

WRIST POUCH turns CUTIE BAG

Well, much hope that readers here are not bored with my pouches..... :)

This is for Amy Ezora of e-Zora Boutique and she requested for a different strap. Here is the result..... mmmm not bad, and it turns out to be a CUTIE BAG!










Managed to sew another two of the same design for my sewing room.

BOOKS

Apart from few goodies, cookies and other accessories that my children bought for me and hubby for the Eid, they remembered my passions of sewing and crafting... here are two beautiful patchwork book by ONDORI and Origami by Tomoko Fuse to add to my collections.

Thanks kiddos.... Abah and Mama always love you all!

Before I could finished browsing, they jumped to me and requested that I make patchwork bear one each for them ..... oh oh .... guess they must have discussed this way back in BK3.

Lots of beautiful things to sew......and plenty of papers to fold!

HOUSE BLOCK 9

This is my post to the COME OVER TO MY HOUSE CHALLENGE for block 9 and the pic of my Morty's Place

DiahRothman's Block 9

by DiahRothman
(Malaysia)

For the last block of Morty's I used lavender. Kind of bright compared to the rest. Just changed the columns fabric to enhance them. Wow, soon we are adding the trees and shrubs and all greens will appear!!!! Love all these....

COLLECTIBLE ITEMS

During the fasting month hubby and me had visited our kids at BK3 and we (all girls) had fun searching and hunting for Baju Raya and other stuffs for the celebrations.

Apart from that we had time to discover some treasures at few trifted stores around The Mines area and found these. Great for decoupage.





This salt and pepper shakers are end-stands for my books and template-in-use.

and this beautiful bowl will house my sewing tit-bits and gadgets .

.....SALAM AIDILFITRI UNTUK SEMUA MUSLIMIN DAN MUSLIMAT.....MOHON KEMAAFAN DI HARI MULIA.....

WRIST POUCH...... last but not last!

As usual after sending off hubby to the bus terminal then came home, the sewing room will be my first target. While the washing machine was mumbling and rambling taking over the laundry from me, I was happily sewing and listening to the local radio station - Kedah FM.

Now here is the result.......... Darr, mama have these for you! Are you happy?


Now I am off to the wet market to get some fresh ingredients for the Hari Raya menu tomorrow.......

WRIST POUCH........ enough!

When Amalina left and turn the next block, disappeared from my sight I instantly remembered my girl NIA and have to make one to match her baju raya too (so did Amalina said about her pink pouch)...... Drooling I went and completed this. Just a perfect gift for her..... I knew that she would not read this cos she is soooooo engross with her new 'toy' (not to worry for DARR cos she has three in hand).

P/S Before I could conclude this entry DARR called and told me that she has only TWO, one was given to her cousin, and insisted that I make another two of her own fabric choice.............. now what!!!!!!! GIRLS ARE GIRLS...... COULD NEVER HAD ENOUGH OF ANYTHING.............. Grrrrrrrrrr!
Will make TWO for you Darr..... cos I LOVE you two, three, four, five.....

WRIST POUCH......yet another!

A visitor came this early morning about 7.56am, Amalina, SIKAKITULIS at my sewing room to pick up this .............. she managed to urge me to do one piece of the pouch for her. How could I refused when she sounds like my daughter who was so desperately need one for this 'Eid!

Drive carefully dear..... on her way to Sri Iskandar to collect her sister. And both will proceed to Kuantan............ All my prayer to your safety. InsyaAllah....

LAST ....... just awhile!

I found my long lost friend, Farah Sofiah, few weeks ago......

Few years back......we had been drifted apart and so absorbed with own activities and endless commitments. But the best thing was when she first contacted me, I was fast asleep in BK3 at about 3.25am and the message was she 'found' me through this blog..... how amazing and she placed some order for these two items....... a lappy sleeve and denim patched bag.


Maybe this will be my last sewing and shall wrap up my sewing room for the 'EID'..... (wonder if I will be able to stay away from the sewing machine that long...... :))

FEW MORE...

Yummy indeed this fabric design...... for Syafazaliza. Thanks Sya!









Another but the same design. These are for some dear friends......!









Have left few other sewing untouched.... since I was fulfilling some orders and last few before 'Eid. To continue my patched-bag now!

YUMMY COLOURS - WRIST POUCH

These are for Sofya and had been posted this morning. She knows what colour suits her and I like her choice. According to her they are YUMMY colours..... :))

Thanks Sofya for your support!

ONE LUCKY WINNER

Just want to share this with everyone...... and I am in CLOUD NINE... Soooooo happy!!!!!

Friday Give-Away/Quilting Gallary

This week’s give-away is two gorgeous tote bag patterns, pictured below, donated by Barbara Weiland Talbert. One winner will be chosen to win both patterns. Stitch up a few for Christmas gifts.

To enter the give-away, please leave a comment below answering: Have you started your Christmas quilt-giving projects yet? The contest closes September 10, 2009. Winner will be randomly chosen.

UPDATE: Congratulations to #99 DiahRothman. She won the two tote bag patterns.

I won the above from Friday Give-Away/Quilting Gallary..... Thanks!!!!!!!!!

WRIST POUCH

The whole of yesterday was spent making these and completed last night. So really exhausted that can't lift even a finger anymore.... and went to sleep like a log....... :)

Feeling fresh today and here are some of the completed wrist pouches ready to be delivered. Oh... more coming... Hope I will get through to the end......of the list!



Updated post:

Some of the pouches that had been delivered. Could not keep them all for group snap cos I did the posting immediately upon completions.

DENIM PATCHED BAGS AGAIN

The whole of this week will be filled with making of this bag.

I bought this light striped-denim almost seven years ago, so glad that finally I manage to make full use of all ten meters.... hope can finish the whole lot soonest possible before this coming Hari Raya.

Have done two today and few more to take care......Apart from fulfilling some customemade order I will make extra few for some close friends and relatives.

HEXAGON GAME #3 - AKMA

All 20 pieces were packed and ready for shipment to Cik Kema, plus the little pincushion for her too.

Made few more pincushions for some other friends and as door gift for visitors at my sewing corner.

HOUSE BLOCK 8

This is my post to the COME OVER TO MY HOUSE CHALLENGE for block 8 and the pic of my Ann's First Home.

DiahRothman's Block 8

by DiahRothman
(Malaysia)

I like Ann's First Home due to my most favorite fabrics being used here both the roof and the wall.

BB RAYYAN's and MUM's NEWS

Latest news from Akma through her SMS to me today:

"Salam. Semalam dah g amek vaksin tamiflu. Progress bb rayyan ari ni, xdemam, kawal temp by bagi ubat. Selsema ada sikit. Kahak clear, paru2 clear. Alhamdulillah. Hope bb rayyan cepat sembuh. Thanks doakan kesihatan bb rayyan."

We all, together, can just pray for both of them and hope a speedy recovery for baby Rayyan. InsyaAllah.

The HexyGame has made conclusive decision that Akma will be the next hexagons recipient. Hope with this will cheer her up..... Congratulations Akma.....!

THE GOOD OL' SUMMERTIME MINI QUILT SWAP

We (hubby and I) had a great time last week visiting our children at BK3. During this fasting month I knew that they would love to have their favourites dishes to be on the table at least once.... Nia-Laksa Penang, Darr-Ayam Pedas Kicap and Boy-Hot and Spicy Spaghetti.... all done..... And also we had few shopping trips.... We are now back at Alor Setar.

Before we left for KL, actually I managed to complete this, but the line was down then and could not post here until today.

The Good Ol’ Summertime Mini Quilt Swap

Very soon I will sent this to my swap partner. Since she loves flowers.... and from few of my local batik fabrics, machine appliqued and machine quilted.....this will be hers. I really hope she likes my little bright quilt specially made for her. It measures 22" x 22".

DENIM PATCH BAGS

The fasting month has always been busy with all sorts of activities from early morn till late night. Added to it my eldest (Nia) came home to celebrate this early fasting seasons with us. We had lots and lots of things to chat and lots of things to giggle about! But in between that, I never stopped doing some sewing.

(Remember my own denim patch bag! It has been snatched by a friend who admired it so much... Well, guess have to make another similar one or maybe using heavy cotton this time....)

Made these two last weekends, but the other one was gone too....YOU KNOW WHO HAD DONE IT!

Who can spot the difference here.... yes, right! One was stippled and the other was pebbled by machine.




As requested by Effa, here is the pic of the lining with pockets attached.

HEXAGON GAME #2 - MUS

.....SALAM RAMADHAN UNTUK SEMUA MUSLIMIN DAN MUSLIMAT.....


MUS name was being picked up in the previous draw... and she requested for reds and whites.

Just completed these beautiful colour and had been posted today to Mus plus a little pincushion for her to keep..... All 20 pieces for you Mus!

BLACK BEAUTY

Since small, I always wanted anything in red or black colour. My late mum said that it is a dull colour for a young girl and it will make me look old..... but I still love those two colour till now.
Lately I asked for black hexagon exchange from friends around here..... BLACK is BEAUTIFUL!

And here is one example
So................... feast your eyes............................. I'll continue tonight..... so sleepy!

HEXAGON GAME # 1 - FIDA

Hello all Hexy Game Members!!!!!

Yesterday Balkhis and I had a mutual agreement and a brief conversation between us regarding the many commitments that she has at the moment... which I am sure all member has read about it.

This is the conclusions.... Balkhis hand over the other portion/lot to me and I shall fulfill the commitments.... yeah! I have two lots to muddle into but I have two sets of Hexygon quilts in the end... is not that sounds wonderful...... yes!

So the above blues are for FIDA coming from me, which I made today. Balkhis will post this with hers later.

Mmmmm.... I have to choose a colour for my other lot. I think I would prefer BLACK since I love red and black. Oh oh... black does not means all black! Anything with black in each hexagon pieces will be fine even if it is just a little black dot. Much preferable if it is a black-base fabrics.....
The motif (centre) is still yellow/orange....

Is it sound demanding? Well, have your say......... (Naiz has lots of black-base fabrics.... love them all)

DENIM PATCH BAG

All this while I have been sewing bags for friends or for my little shop. I need something for myself and be proud to carry one...... Not too much to ask right? Now I own this.

The materials were from some collections of my childrens' old denim jeans, overalls, skirts, tops........ Cut, patched, quilted and here it is!

I applied the pebble-quilt for the whole bag with inner pockets on lining and a wrapped button.

FELT GRAB

Received these rainbows few days back... and the colours are lovely. But most importantly is, its rare price that you have to grab right now on sales at Cik Kema's MsCraft Shoppe. Hurry now with a good price for a good size of rainbow felt!

This is going to be one of my projects during the long term school holidays at the end of the year....

HEXAGON TEA COSY

I was having such a horrible but quiet time when the inter net line was down for two days..... well, all must have had the same experiences and life was so empty then ...... :(

But it was quite paid off with my findings of this.... totally forgotten about making an entry on that. Completed after the yellow set but was abandoned by me..... poor thing..... finally found it in between my stash.

All handpatched and handquilted.

FAVOURITE - BLUE QUILT

Look at these two identical (almost) of blue and cream. One of my favourite quilt (right) that I cherish always.

The original design (left) was derived from the Australian Patchwork & Quilting (my most fav. magz.) Vol 13, No 3&4, May&June 2005 and designed by Therese Hylton.

Since this is a sampler/wallhanging quilt I used nylon tread for quilting. Appliqued and quilted by machine. The most favourite blocks are the pair of birdie.... and the other two.

FIDA'S BLUE FLOWERS

Well, these are all my BLUE FLOWERS for FIDA and one of the pincushion will be hers.












Completed yesterday but our Puan Balkhis would like to see them personally and decided to come over then finally she could not make it. So have posted this today for Fida.

Note that I did not sew the fabric through paper template for easier removal of paper later on. I used white thread throughout but it is still not very visible on the right side since I just pinched a small portion of fabric through and pull out slightly taut... not too much or will warp or distort.

TAGGED

This tag was from SHIMA. Thanks Shima .

Rules:You must thank the person who gives you the award.
Copy the logo and place it in your blog.
Link to the person who has nominated you for the award.

Name 7 things about yourself that people might find it interesting.

1. To my family I am a perfectionist..... I can still compromise with others though.

2. To choose between sewing and cooking.... I would rather scrubbing the floor, but still go to the kitchen for the sake of my beloved.... and my favourite recipes are LaksaPenang and MeeCurry.

3. Most morbid and phobia on riding a motorbike cos I fell off hard once.

4. Can't stand anything furry like cats...... don't mind jumping on chairs or table if one comes nearby....

5. Apart from sewing, love swimming so much... or just be in the water makes my life wonderful!

6. I am my Father's favourite child .... loves me even though I stay far from him ..... I am as stubborn as he is..... equal... but we get along fine. I did all men task during childhood and tagging along him like a shadow and helped him out to do gardening , mowed the lawn, built our own playground, built a little play-hut and we play kites together. I even helped out to repair my bicycle and changed flat tyres...... He is 80 this year and I love him ever!

7. Now, counting the days for Hubby's retirements and hope the many plans and dreams we have will come to reality..... we pray hard for that. Aaaminnn.

Post links to the 7 blogger you nominate. Leave comments on each of the blogs to let them know they have been nominated.

P/S To everyone who likes to share their interesting stories please do take this.... Thank you.

CALENDAR QUILT CHALLENGE- JUNE

This is for June.

Really hard to find time to concentrate on this challenge and I owe few more to complete. This time I had more stash on earth shades and mixed and match to get this combination. Month of June had really 'stay-put' me down more to reality of life.....

DECOUPAGE

Apart from sewing, lately I plunged myself into this decoupage world.

Frankly I had a great time doing these, firstly because I want to get the feel of doing something new and secondly I was appointed to explore more on this and generate some fund for the Institution.
















Though at first had no intention of making an entry of these..... but I think some CREDITS should be given to AFFEEN DECOUPAGE for giving full support and good tutorials. Thanks Affeen, without your help I think I could not produced anything like these.

Just wondering if should I venture more into this or..................

NO, I think I am still madly in LOVE with SEWING and will do lots and lots of QUILTING!!!!!!

GONE IN SPLIT SECOND

Since I made these two pair, our dear Balkhis had not got the time to visit my sewing room. She was all glancing, browsing and eying through the net and had something set in her mind.

Today Balkhis came to my sewing room and snatched my other pair.

( She did not know that I made this for her, and I did not dare to tell her.... let her see and find out herself. She could sensed, I guess, for she went straight to the right spot and found it hanging with the rest of my other tiny things, and claimed it was hers .... funny right!)

It was okay 'cos she looked so radiantly happy today.... wonder why! We just wait and see.......

MISSING IN ACTION

Totally exhausted for the past one week for some yearly events which involved our WI (Women Institution) , other NGOs and the governments sectors which took place at the Stadium Darul Aman from July 31st. - August 1st 2009.

Made some crafts projects just to give colours to our other products and to generate some fund for our Institution. My little contributions were just so minute compared to others. But so proud that at least I took part in this most soughtful event which involved His Royal Highness and the Yayasan Sultanah Bahiyah -

'Sultanah Bahiyah Foundation is a charitable organisation which takes its name after its founder and first royal patron, Almarhumah Tuanku Bahiyah Ibni Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman. Incorporated as a foundation on 20th August 1996, the Yayasan is managed by a Board of Trustees and the present Chairman is YTM Dato' Seri Tunku Puteri Intan Safinaz binti KDYMM Tuanku Sultan Haji Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah.'

Some pics during the events.

Look who came to visit our humble booth. Our 'IRON LADY' Dato' Maznah Hamid. She stayed about half an hour and have a nice chat full of motivated speech and spirited advices to us. She bought most of my items mostly the patchworks products.

Had been busy for few days..... missed my sewing room and mostly I missed my friends here...............

HEXAGON GAME - SAMPLE FLOWERS

Okay update terkini dari blog Balkhis sila rujuk.

KakDee ada beberapa contoh yang sesuai untuk kita refer sebagai panduan untuk kombinasi warna dan warna tengah bunga .....Sila comments KakDee akan cuba jawab sedaya upaya....

Tinggal 1 hari lagi untuk undian...... siapa lah yang menjadi orang yg bertuah tu........!!

HEXAGON TEMPLATE - MAKE YOUR OWN

Salam semua.

KakDee minta maaf kerana lambat reply dan buat entry tentang template hexagon seperti yang dijanjikan.

Kita ambil ukuran seperti digambar tertera. Yang nak buat sendiri master copy untuk hexy template bolih refer di sini, sangat mudah..... Penting ketepatan dan guna template (master copy) ni dan terap banyak2 keatas kertas..... mesti tepat.


Yang gambar di atas tu pun KakDee buat sendiri dengan alat 'COMPASS' tu.

>Ukur 1.15" dan buat bulatan atas kertas yang agak tebal supaya tidak mudah koyak.
>Guna ukuran yang sama (1.15") bahagi 6 ikut bulatan.
>Garis dari bucu ke bucu.
>Potong.
>Terap banyak2 guna template mastercopy atas kertas sederhana tebal, gunting.
>Siap template kita.

THE HEXAGON GAMES

Hello to all!!

The Hexagon Games is just around the corner and very soon a lucky girl will get her parcels flowing over her door steps.

Okay, there are few clarifications to be made before we proceed, if possible by early/mid August.



Firstly, please make it exactly 2" side-to-side templates. Think Balkhis will email to all or visit here and print to size.

2. The flowers that we are making. I prefer that we use assorted fabrics' colour to reduce our piling up stash. And through my experience, the yellow/orange for flower-centre will make a beautiful Grandma-Flower-Garden. Or other alternative like in the pics, please suggest or comments at Balkhis's blog. The best paper piecing tutorials and my favourite is here and like to share with everyone. Yes, what about the template, should we remove them .... it is earsier to sew all flowers together with paper still intact.

3. The postage. For me my choice is the Pos Express. Have tried to insert all 10 pieces in the RM3/= envelope, fits nicely and post instantly (hate to queue). Or is it costly?.Please suggest!

4. Please voice out anything. Clear off the clouds from your mind, we shall discuss and shoot to start.......soooooooon!!!!

AWARDS FROM SHIMA

Be INSPIRED by FRIENDSHIP

Rules:

1) Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award and his or her blog link.

Thank you very much Shima for these lovely awards. Nice knowing someone as vibrantly cheerful, loads of courageous effort like you are, even though you are quite new in this field. Hope on your path along this quilting passions you could brilliantly accept the challenges and strive to grab your goal.... just be patience.... you will get 'paid' with the lovely finished products....!

2) Pass the award to other blogs that you have newly discovered. Remember to contact the blogger to let them know they have been chosen for this award.

The best blog that I can't resist visiting is Alviana's . She is very talented and her courage could move a mountain..... Just have a constant visit to what she has accomplished and we could get motivated by the creative juices flowing out of her fingers .......Seeing is believing.... and to me she is simply individual with personality!

WRIST POUCH

It was rained outside and just the right time to make another wrist pouch for someone.

I took the opportunity to make another extra pieces for my little shop which had been left neglected quite sometimes. Finished 3 before I went for a nap in the sound of pouring rain outside.....hope it was only drizzled...

So fatigued after dusting my sewing room....

HEXIE PINCUSHION

Just divert to something cute and fast to boost the next quilt project.

Anything hexagon came across I will grab.... and here are few tiny-tots pincushions completed within few hours of leisure time on my sewing table while chatting with FIDA

The tutorials are found here in PDF files.



P/S As requested by those participating in Balkhis's HexyGame, I am personally will include one cutie-hexy-pincushion to all players...... in one conditions..... everyone must say YES! or nak, nak, nak like Shima did!

POT LUCK HEXIES FOR AUGUST

As a member of The Great Hexagon Quilt - Along, we were invited to participate in the POT LUCK, starting this July and the theme for this month is Scrappy Summery florals.

So these are my first two pieces for POT LUCK HEXIES. Will wait for the draw and will send off these to the lucky lady...... good luck to me!



P/S ......As per draw for July, the winner is Christine Cohrs. Congratulations!! My these 2 little hexy will fly to Australia for her to adjoin with the rest and will get its transformation soon! Can't wait to see the final products...

...... Christine e-mailed me on August 15th. that she had received my hexies with some other goodies. Glad they fell in the right hands.

HOUSE BLOCK 7

This is my post to the COME OVER TO MY HOUSE CHALLENGE for block 7 and the pic of my Lydia's House

DiahRothman's Block 7

by DiahRothman
(Malaysia)

I was surprised that we have an early design for this month... and managed to just a quick whip on this. Use up some blues for Lydia's House.

NIA'S DOUBLE

Thank God I managed to finish off this on time before Nia returns to Alor Setar next week. Like tons of burden had been lifted off my shoulder, cos I have been dragging this far too long!!!









This sweet beauty measures 103 inches x 92 inches, 3/4 inch thick batting and 'graciously' weights about 4.5 kilograms. This is Nia's 'third' quilted comforter and all specifications to her requirements....... but wonder why DOUBLE.......mmmmm!

While struggling with the quilting I dreamt that I have a quilting machine mounted on a quilting frame and smoothly glide on the top and quilt till I wilt......... my day dream!

Well Nia, it is yours!

BABY PENGUIN GOES AROUND THE GLOBE

Remember the little baby penguin for the pincushion swap....... she is with Carol Hansen ....... having a great time.

Hatched here in Malaysia, flew on her own to Tennessee of USA and now in Britain....... well, how lucky she is!





P/S This has been updated by Carol..... look at her........ guess she is enjoying herself right now....... Wait for the next infor, and Carol is going to register and name her ..... not sure American or British resident!

>> Carol has updated this cutie and named her 'Babette' . Now in London and she will be visiting 'The Buckingham Palace' ....... Happy journey Babette.... take care!
(I want to be a penguin ... who wants to adopt me, so that I can travel toooo..... )

HEXAGON GAME FOR HEXAGON LOVERS

Hello everybody! Attention Please....!!!!!! Especially the HEXY LOVERS!


Wow, I have good news here........ HEXAGON GAMES!

Balkhis calls it KUTU on hexagons....... do visit her blog or the button above to have further details of this games....... we are going to have fun and could complete one quilt in no time...... TOGETHER !

Maybe we can make THIS in our own home and at our own time with combination of fabrics from our friends.... isn't it fun?

Hope to have a good respond from all our dear friends!

THE STITCHER'S ANGEL SWAP 2009

It's open for registration, Helen's hosting this fun swap.

Click on the badge on the right to register. Please read the rules, they're a very challenging swap!

I have registered, come along ......

AWARDS FROM DEAR HAIDA

These special awards were given by a talented crafter Haida. Thanks Haida......

TAGGED

Just managed to fetch this tag from a dear friend NAIZ. Thanks Naiz! Need to answer all the questionnaires.......

>Nama Timangan Anda (Your nick-name)

Hubby and my children call me Mama. Most of my closest they call me Diah, Cik Diah, KakDee . To the younger generations, I am their Ummi.

>Anda seorang Yang (What type of person are you)

To a newly acquainted friend I am the reserved type... wait till they know me ;-p)... I am the most joyful lady on earth and have ears for everyone!

>Insan Yang Teristimewa (Your most beloved)

Love of my heart are my Husband and my children...... and the rest of family members and all my friends..... ESPECIALLY all the blogger!

>Lagu Kesukaan(Fav songs)

Melancholic, blues and reggae

>Makanan Kesukaan Anda (Fav Foods)

Spicy .... no, no to cold stuff, got cold-brain

>Sikap Yang Buat Anda Stress (Someone's Attitude That Makes You Stress)

Hypocrite

>Warna Kegemaran Anda (Fav Colours)

Red and Black

>Benda Yang Mesti Ada Dalam Henbag (A must in your handbag)

My purse, hand phone, personal cards, pen and notebook

>Kali Terakhir Anda Menangis (Last cried)

Few days ago..... was given something precious!

>Tag Untuk rakan anda (Tag your friends)

Like to forward this to 5 dearies and newly known blogger:-

1. Balkhis
   
2. Darr
3. Angeliquez
4. Diesha
5. HaniSyahida
   

PHONE CHARMS

Today I hope to continue doing some quilting for Nia's double, but for a starter I made something small and fast.The idea came up quite sometimes now...... but..... no buts now, MUST do it!!

I hate to see my handphone with dirty or oily screen (sure verybody does too) and try to fine a solution...... THEN I came up with this.












Within one hour managed to complete this 4 dangling hexagons........ 'my wipers'! :p) . The other set is for my scissors.
P/S Used 1/2" sided hexy with 1" long leather strip to string the two hexy together.

LITTLE DIVERSION!

Bought these beautiful pieces from Affeen Decoupage weeks ago. Just try to divert a little bit to another angle of crafting......

Plan to do something small for some gifts or just to pamper and indulge myself to other relaxing stuff. I do need some helps from Decoupage Expertise to guide me, though. I just knew a little of basics and Affeen had given me some guidance and few important tips..... Thanks Affeen!

Anyway I shall try my very best! See later, what is the outcome.......!

PINCUSHION SUMMER SWAP

The Baby Penguin I made for Pincushion Summer Swap to
Carol Hansen of Tennessee has finally knocking at her door.

These are few items that I've included in her parcel all in one goodie bag.... So glad she likes them all.

MINI QUILT SWAP

I did a bloghopped today and landed myself at Erin. First intention was to survey the Pincushion Swap that we both entered and got it done with, and found this...

The Good Ol’ Summertime Mini Quilt Swap

"Make a Summer-inspired mini quilt to send to your partner. It can be pieced, appliqued, or both. The choice is yours. However, if your partner entered any preferences when they registered for the swap, this information will be sent to you.

Minimum size is 12″x12″ and the maximum size is 24″x24″, any size or shape in between. Don’t forget to include to add a label to your quilt."

read more about this swap click here.

to join this swap, register yourself here. (before July 6th)

to see participants list click here.( Me @ #166)

last but not least, join the swap Flickr Group!

Well, have another few days to join ..... I am in....come on now,friends!
Thanks Erin!

HOUSE BLOCK 6

This is my post to the COME OVER TO MY HOUSE CHALLENGE for block 6 and the pic of my Shelby's Cottage and Dog House.

DiahRothman's Block 6

by DiahRothman
(Malaysia)

Again for this block I did a few adjustments especially the door and window levels were aligned to each other. And a soft fabric design was chosen for the kennel just not to highlight it compared to other buildings.

FABRIC BASKET #2

So excited about the cute little blue basket, I made another big-sister-basket to accompany.

It did not take long to complete since the basic requirements were understood. Just some adjustments on sizes. This basket has a square base.

It is cute for storing some soft toys..... !

ONE DAY'S WORK

Another embroidery project from Puan Balkhis for her office's, Pejabat Daerah Kubang Pasu, Carrum Club Tournaments.

PINCUSHION SWAP

My excitement of waiting for the pincushion swap finally came to an end when this arrived yesterday. I was so exited all over, for this was my first swap and received some great gifts from Vanessa Bodrie of Minnesota.I read her blog and I fell in love with the neighbourhood she and family stay. So country........ a serene life. She is good at quilting and my... her kids too do lots of craft projects! Please do visit her blog!

She wrapped some of the gifts with great black and red fabrics, my favourite colours.

When I unwrapped there goes the beautiful, cute pincushion sewn with care, some beads, ribbons, fabrics and a card..... I love all these.


Thank you Vanessa for all the wonderful and thoughtful gifts. Also my thanks to Sandra to make everything possible and happens......

LATEST CHALLENGE - QUEEN

This is my latest challenge.

A queen for Nia. "This time mama promise you, Nia, that I will not delay this anymore... well??????"

Actually had pin-basted this few weeks ago but deep inside me said that I was not happy with it.

Have unpicked all and re-do.... now happy!

BASKET OF THOUGHTS

Last night I was so restless and just can't close my eyes...... But I know I have to wake up early to drive HUBBY to the bus station about 6.30am the next morning! Alone and lonely....................... and I was thinking of my DEAR FATHER and my CHILDREN at BK3.

Just can't DO, DOING NOTHING...... THINK AND DOING NOTHING, I was at my sewing place....... I was surfing the net and found this some where way down my bookmark, listed about 2 months now.......It was the PINK PENGUIN'S

Switched off @ 3.02am..........................................................and I have THIS

P/S July 3rd 09 - My this blue basket now belongs to Atin to load in her 'kitchen utensils and dining sets'. She got hold of it the moment I gave her and never let it down, not even a sec.!

QUILTQUA - GIVEAWAY

LOOK AT THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Go over to QUILT QUA and enter now!

MY SEWING CORNER

Personally I have been asked to expose my little corner of the world where I spent most of my times sewing and crafting.............Well, let the pictures tell the story.

It is my way of keeping all my fabrics pre-washed and fold them in-side-out. Here it looks like all are plain and dull colours... not really...... and I love all of them... and my books and magazines.

They are my treasures!

PENGUIN PINCUSHION

Look at that bright and sparkling eyes....... I have been hiding this from children that came to my sewing room. It is a not a toy (could make one in bigger version) though. It is meant for a pincushion. Saw the pic from the net somewhere, drafted and designed to make it able to sit upright .... and here it goes!

ONE NIGHT'S WORK

It came all of a sudden, and it is typical of our Dear Balkhis. She came late evening with bundles of packed towels to be embroidered and to be collected the next morning........! GOSH.......

This was one of her office's, Pejabat Daerah Kubang Pasu (Kubang Pasu District Office), activity and some charity works organized by them.











Finally I made it with weary eyes the next morning. While waiting for her to collect the whole bunch I dozed off for a hundred times.... z z z z z....

BACK TO HEXAGON

Part of my MARTHA WASHINGTON's. Loooong way to go............... to make like one below.
(pic shows with all paper templates still intact)

"Martha Washington's Flower Garden" Top by HANNAH WALLIS. Period 1800 -1849

AWAY FOR SOME SPLASHES!!

Last Friday we were off to Bukit Merah Lake Town Resort.

All eight families (30 people) gathered up for three days and we had great times! My three kids came up too.

Hubby and me, always get surrounded by kids.



Further left, Atin had her day dreaming 'cos she loves the water but did not know where to start.... while waiting to get admission. One of her cat's-shy acts....

My son, BOY, getting even darker under the sun!!

Could not get my two girls, they had disappeared earlier.





This was one of the best place where I immersed myself for almost four hours...... water... water... water... had really good splashes!!!!!
I really got tanned. I have always love to swim... and had not much time doing so lately.

Get hold few of my little nephews and nieces to do a proper breathing and swimming , and some can't even float........ :p




Managed to catch hold of Hubby's disappearing acts. On his way to stroll around the village behind the resort.

He gets an additional pics of his 'outing' collections. Right now he is working hard to find out what is this furry fruits called............non-edible definitely!







Everybody was having fun and at the end of the day we went our separate ways..... Most of them went back to Kuala Lumpur including my kids.....

AWARD FROM DEAR SHERI

This great award was from SHERI of PRIM ROSE HILL STUDIO ! I am really surprised and honoured to receive this special award from someone that is highly known for her works and has great name in the eyes of others. Sincerely moved by this and appreciate it!

She has some wonderful and inspirational blogs , do visit her.

Thanks Sheri for sharing this awesome award. I really appreciate this and I forward this "MAKES MY HEART SMILE AWARD" to ALL ............( I am sorry for not mentioning any names here.............. to me everyone deserves this great award)

ONE LOVELY BLOG AWARD

Dear Alviana has listed me to receive this One Lovely Blog Award. Thanks a lot Alviana for being so thoughtful and kindly awarded me this.
Thanks again.

Nothing much to say since she is so acquainted to everybody and well known about her whimsical talents. She is really and what she is... Alviana!

The rules:
1) Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award, and his or her blog link.
2) Pass the award on to 5 other blogs that you have newly discovered.

At this point I am helpless...... totally lost since I assume everyone has a fair chance to get awarded in their own field and capabilities...... everybody deserve this!

They are all wonderful people. My friends near and far, my buddy and my newly befriended blogger, dear brothers and sisters, young and the elderly... and everyone out there, is the recipient!

A GIFT

Have made this yesterday for somebody that is far yet feel quite close to me. I did not know that few days back was her birthday, until I read her blog. So it is the best time to give her something that came out from my own hands... even how simple and plain it was.

I know she will appreciate this.....HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY LANI CLAYTON LASKOWSKI may you be showered with many happy returns of the day!


P/S Ar per today June 14th, 09, Lani has received this... a little bundle of joy to her. I am so glad and happy for her.....!

I AM TOUCHED

THIS POST WAS EXTRACTED FROM HEXAGON QUILT ALONG

May 28, 2009

Sharing Beauty..

I had to share this with you all girls...
Our lovely Diah Rothman, so generously made this beautiful quilt for Hexagons of Hope.
Pictures do not do this quilt justice... it is far prettier in real life.
It has been lovingly made and quilted with care.
I feel so priveleged to pass this on...







Now I know Diah won't want me making a fuss, so I won't...
..except to say "Thankyou" once again for being a lady with such a generous heart.

This quilt has a very interesting history.
It's worth a read to see how it came to life...
Check out the link here under "hexy finding" for all the info on how this quilt came to be.

PINCUSHION

Dear friend Haslina gave me this piece of stencilled fabric to make into something. Received few months back and it took me awhile to get it done and finally managed to complete this yesterday.




It is a pincushion having 4 inches square. Just stitched a cotton lace around it and have no intention to add anything else because it is just beautiful being itself. I did not even cut it any smaller to give space for the pin or needles not to land on the beautiful stincilled part. Too lovely to get poke!


Thanks Haslina. I will keep this lovely gift from you.... ever!

PEAR PINCUSHION

Early morning today, I had set my mind and effort to finish off Nia's quilt top. After full preparation for backing (she changed fabric backing again for the third time) and smoothly laid out on my prep-table, I found out that I did not have enough batting for that queen size.......Oh my, so frustrated! It rained outside, it made me so reluctant to go out to buy one today.

Divert my mind setting on something that I wanted to sew for quite sometimes now. Here it goes......

I have bookmarked this for months now. It is a beautiful creations of DAWN of UK Lass in US and have seen this on others. At first I thought it was tough, but with minor adjustments I managed to endure with which the tutorial says it all. Anyone interested please visit Dawn and could post your creations over her place.

P/S To Jaja of Jajakraf, this is only the tiny bit of the felt from you. See what more I can do..... but I know, you are the queen of felt.... love all your craftworks on felt.

CALENDAR QUILT CHALLENGE - MAY

This is for May.

First time, I was able to sew and posting as scheduled. Hope this will continue throughout :-)

ATIN'S MEOW MEOW (UPDATED)

A single for Darling Little Princess Nur Fatin Izzati on her 1st birthday. machine patched and machine quilted.

This special quilt was hand over to her on her first birthday on August 10th 2007. Last night I recalled the beautiful moments during her stay in Alor Setar (they are now in Ampang, my niece's daughter, Salina). The above shows her first and second's birthday shot. Hope this coming birthday will be merrier than before.....Miss her dearly.....

Well, managed to get hold of the original design from my collections of magazine and would like to share here since it is a beautiful masterpiece, simple and easy and a nice gift for our little girl.






Check out for this m'zine from Quiltmaker's All-Time Favorites Spring 2008 - Special Issue at QUILTMAKER.COM

A quilt to share... and more Hexies

THIS POST BELOW WAS EXTRACTED FROM HEXAGON OF HOPE

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

A quilt to share... and more Hexies

Hello everyone!!
I wanted to share with you the beautiful quilt that Diah from Malaysia made and donated to Hexagons of Hope.
It is truly stunning and fresh and pretty and pics don't tell the whole story.
Pop over to the Great hexagon Quilt-Along to read Diah's story about this quilt.
Here 'tis...







Thank you once again Diah.

STASH BUSTER

In my attempt to fluff my this treasured quilt, it drizzled outside and had to transfer it indoor.

Just to recall old times when we stayed in BK3 and kids were in college, I managed to do this to unstashed, way back in 2002.

This king size quilt is quite an interesting project for those who find it hard to quilt in a bulk and have limited quilting space. And the best part is, it is a-quilt-as-you-piece project or foundation piecing, means that we laid 3 layers together and sew the additional pieces and it will form the quilt. Stacked all up and join the pieces by hand-finishing.

I used this great technique from JUDY TURNER from her book Awash With Colour. The pics from Australian Patchwork & Quilting Annual 2002 Vol 9 No 11 Page 58.

BAG ORGANIZER

What lurks in your handbag? But most importantly is how many handbags do we have.


With this organizer we can just.........
pick up the bag organizer, shove it in a new handbag and off we go .....


I have sewn mine quite sometimes ago, but some friends asked me to make for them. Well, it is not that tough and I assure you, you can do it. Lets give us a try!





With permission I have this site for you to refer for the tutorials in pdf file. Thanks to Lolly of The Giving Flower for letting us share her creative and wonderful design.

Please have the courtesy to say something on her page and I am sure she will be happy.....at least for visiting.

CALENDAR QUILT CHALLENGE - APRIL

Just managed to complete my April block and was totally exhausted..... !

HOUSE BLOCK 5

This is my post to the COME OVER TO MY HOUSE CHALLENGE for block 5 and the pic of my Tom's House.

DiahRothman's Block 5

by DiahRothman
(Malaysia)

This Tom's House has totally different shades. More masculine colour of black and grey. I prefer the window and door to be of same level as they look neat together.

X -STITCH TREASURES

In the beginning of my marriage life way back in 1983, I had started this hobby of cross-stitching to fill my free time when I was having my first pregnancy. I resigned from my job in KL, and stayed with my hubby's family in Alor Setar, and was jobless then. So had really lots of leisure times sewing and picking up my other hobbies while learning to serve local dishes from my late MIL. Then I had tree kids and a career to take care and had limited times.

These two are my favourites. Roses are my flower and the other one was done fully stitched and took about one month to complete.....

How I wish that we could stay somewhere as serene as is in the design when hubby retires...........




















I did a lot. From the smallest items to things for framing up.
Some of them were given away to relatives and also as wedding gifts to my closest deerie. These are some left which was collected by hubby and framed and hanged up in our family lounge.







Also found in an old shoe box were my pieces of DMC embroidery threads.

If I could locate my other collections of UFO's x-stitch hidden in the darkness of my old wardrobe, I'll include here.

Another one of my favourite was crocheting................

X -STITCH PATTERNS GIVEAWAY

Many of our friends out there are x-stitch expertise. Do join our dear friend Faridah's giveaway by visiting her blog and see what she has to offer for the lucky winner.

I do not need to express here how she is to every quilters, stitchers, sewers, crafters, friends, ....locally and globally...... everything she is................

PINCUSHION SUMMER SWAP

Yes, the fun begin and worth waiting for!!!!!

Sandra emailed and mentioned who my pincushion-swap recipient is...... well, it is between me and her.

Please visit Sandra ..... Many of us participating and it should be fun when the exchange comes. To be sent before June 21st. Sorry, no pics until after everything is over.

Now have to start digging ideas of the pincushion to stitch/sew, since I know her details and I want her to receive the best pincushion.

The most trill part is, I do not know who will be sending me her lovely pincushion......

PAISLEY FRENCHY BAG

The whole of last week was my rest day of sewing..... Just sewing?

But my kitchen had turned upside down!

My eldest and youngest came back for a week and they have big appetite and a good flair for foods. In fact I was happy to cook whatever they craved for........ (Mind you I am not good at cooking, but some how I managed). They went back yesterday morning.








Then I hopped for some fabrics and zippers in town, came home and did some pattern and fabric cutting. Complete this today for Nia's old buddy. Could not get the paisley fabric design she asked for all this while...but was lucky, got it yesterday and done with it!
> All cotton with lining and pockets internally.
> magnetic snap fastener

LAPPY SLEEVE

HANISYAHIDA was my new student. She came just to learn sewing, nothing specific in particular. After some brief talk we decided to make a lap-top sleeve.

She was a fast learner and could sew a really straight line.....( for a first timer like her, that really matters) She has the flair of sewing. First day just taught her on handling of sewing machine and about my 'old girl' and what she is capable of...... some stitching patterns and a little bit of fabrics and threads. Then we proceed on the actual size of her lappy-sleeve and I scribbled off the pattern and ..... so on and on!

Well, here it is.

It took her two days to complete this. I am proud of her.

RAINBOW FABRIC, FELTS and GIFTS

I have been eying for this fabric design from a very creative blogger friend Jajakraf. Finally the parcel came knocking at my door step today. I am so happy....


Apart from that gorgeous rainbow fabric Jaja could managed to get me some rainbow colours of felt. This is my double happiness......


And also, see the pinky little round thing there...... It is truly Jaja's. Thanks so much for the lovely pincushion for my additional collections. Love it. My third happiness....

So all in all I am the happiest old girl! Thanks again Jaja for making my day, today.

SUBSTITUTE! ( New Home)

I was panting up and down wondering why my hubby came home late from work last Saturday. Understood that his journey took him more than one hour but the wild thought was hovering me more than anything........ oh damned! Nothing else but ...........I was sooooooo HUNGRY :-p

Finally he arrived home with his old-yellow-silver-bone-shaker (his FWD Pajero) accompanied by this huge green thing. We had a very late dinner!

Well, as long he was happy.......................... indeed he was. The next day, he woke up so early to plant this 'SHREK' (I named it) and had his breakfast outside, at his little garden.

This is his favourite nook....... when the weather is fine he sips his hot coffee here situated just outside our little house. This gazebo is my hubby's own ........... designed and 'handmade' by him amongst few other things ......









My son's, BOY, vintage Vespa (formally belongs to my father). Just ignore the Vespa.... just look at the little bird's house. Made from barks of trees....... and some of his driftwood collections from the jungle around Kedah forest.


BUT wondering when will the brown giant thing in the living room be removed :-(


P/S As per today (20th May) this 'brown giant' has its permanent home, under the porch where hubby always sit and has a good rest after the hard-days-work. So now I have a peaceful mind. :-)

MOTHER'S DAY SELF-TREAT

Happy Mother's Day to all dearest mother all over the globe.....

So today is Mother's Day in Malaysia.....

To console or rather selftreat myself, last night I made this cutie to replace my old tote for the Qur'an class. Added up with that are a little pencil case and a Qur'an cover to match all....

>Just a simple tote bag with outside and inner pockets, lining and zipper.

>Pencilcase is a box-design with zipper.

>I add up two strands of ribbons as bookmarks for the Qur'an cover.

HANDS OUT FOR SOME CHARITY....

Dear Blogger Friends,

I am helping our dear Balkhis to generate some fund for her nephew. She has something to sell to gather some cash for the youngster's hospital bills.

For further details please visit her blog.

Thank you, for your support.

A GIFT FOR ME

It was not planned that we (hubby and I) traveled our way to KL again last weekend. We took a bus since hubby had never tried on one before and after my first (with Najwa) and literally narrated the luxurious coach and we could have a pleasant journey, he agreed. We went there to visit bro-in-law at Institute Jantung Negara for his by-pass surgery done last Monday. He is doing fine now and progressing fast for he is an active chap. Thank God!

Well as usual, the first thing that I grabbed was my take-along-set of my hexy project. For six hours journey we managed to acquire a lot. WE????? Hubby did some sewing too..... of course he can sew.... (can't prove to you cos promised would not show the pics of him sewing). We had great times together and we could talk a lot and mesmerising our happy moments this past years >>>>>>

Deep in side, I missed my shopping or rather hopping around KL........ as we spend most of our times at IJN.

But lucky me cos my girls did it for me..................... so, so happy....

See what they had bought for me. Till now I do not understand why they bought these items for.......

This mushroom thing is for darning.... it helps me a lot to avoid pricking my fingers during that process.

The sewing book is okay.

But the beading book ???????????

The tools set ??????????

............ help!!!!!!!!!!!

Anyway, THANKS A LOT GIRLS

PINCUSHION SUMMER SWAP

AS I WAS GOOGLEing AROUND, FOUND THIS VERY INTERESTING SWAP................

Sandra Den Haag of Quilt At Home will be making a pincushion to swap, it has to be selfmade and you can use any form of textile art you like best. So you can piece, applique it or use stitchery's, woolfelt, make a crochet pincushion. Anything goes and make it the way you like it. Off course don't forget your partner's choice of color.
To this pincushion you should add
- a personal card/letter for your partner
- some stitching supplies to go along with the pincushion worth no more than 5 euro/6 dollars. For example some buttons, thread, needles, ribbons etc Please don't add food/sweets etc because of customs

Other things to remember:

1. Anyone who loves pincushions and has a blog can enter this Swap
2. If you participate you must be willing to ship overseas (in case you're assigned an international partner)
3. You can sign up untill May 10th by sending an email to info@quiltathome.nl. After signing up, you'll be asked to tell a little bit more about yourself and what you like/dislike.
4. After signing up you can grab the Swap button and put it on your blog, so all can see you joined us.
5. Your parcel must be posted before 21st June
6. Once you have received your parcel from your partner show us what you've received on your blog as soon as you can :0)

We hope no one gets disappointed, lets all stick to these 'rules' and make it a wonderfull swap. She is looking forward to getting to know all those creative blogs & seeing all kinds of selfmade pincushions!!

Care to join them, girls..... get moving now!!!!!

UFT TO PROCEED

Today I am in the mood of dusting off my sewing room. Apart from extracting dust and pieces of stash from my few treasures, I found some UFT (UnFinishTop) stare mercifully at me from the top of my shelves. Not that I am unaware of their existent, but try to ignore ....... quite a while then.

One top down from its friends.

This was chosen when I saw our dear friend Mus is blogging about this design. Quite similar to hers and she requested that I post mine too. Take this opportunity to complete it.

I have sewn this sweet queen top for eldest daughter SITI DANIA (Nia) about a year ago. Was put aside until recently Nia found a suitable fabric design for backing and bought it for me to complete hers.

Well Mus, lets complete ours...............

AWARD FROM DEAR VIA AND SHARIFAH

An award from my creative and blogger friend Via and Sharifah. Thanks a lot. I have no particular person to award this. Everybody is good individually and everybody deserve this.

HOUSE BLOCK 4

This is my post to the COME OVER TO MY HOUSE CHALLENGE for block 4 and the pic of my Jarene's.

DiahRothman's Block 4

by DiahRothman
(Malaysia)

Block4 (Jarene's Country Home) has the tint of bright colour to enhance my other blocks.

CALENDAR QUILT CHALLENGE- MARCH

This pinky square is for March. Not much of pink colour collections though, and some of them were sewn together to give some good strips. I am way behind, and catching up soon.

WHITHER AWAY

I was shocked when I woke up this morning with this huge thing hovering my living room...

This belongs to my dear husband's garden creature. But somehow it got whithered away and he was upset about it cos this is one of his best plant that he nurtured day and night.

I simply do not understand plant and its nature (cos I just do not bother to understand). Sometimes (seldom) just help him water his little garden while he is away from town. (Always hope it rains everyday during his absence cos I am lazy to do the watering). Temporarily he put the whole plant in a plastic wrapper and it went inside a huge rattan basket.

Somehow this brown thing, smells like freshly cut grass, and the leaves do not fall off... luckily.

Well, I hope dear husband is happy that he placed this giant in the house for awhile... hope it will disappear soon.

HEXAGON OF HOPE from Malaysia

Well, after a few weeks of fun and leisure finally I came back with a new and fresh attitude. I did continue this for the whole day and it is now out for airing after washing and drying.

All was machine quilted. For freehand quilting definitely I used the darning foot (look closely, I have a broken darning foot, the lever/hook had snapped off few years ago but it is still very faithful to me).

Just simply stippled quilt on all the path except for the 'petals' and feather quilt around the frame.





So, as promised, I am on behalf of all Malaysian, whole-hearted and graciously would like to hand over this to ROBYN. Please give me the details on how to transfer this to its destination..... the Australian Victorian bushfire quilting ladies.

SNEAK OUT

I was being naughty during our stay in Penang. We were residing in Telok Bahang but thank God I could escaped with the help of my nephew and nieces to escort me, to QueensBay for a short window shopping. The distance is about half across the island.

This is what I could grabbed from Borders. I have been looking for this kind of craft book on every stores or book stands that I have visited. Finally.......







Inside this, lots of amazing source:

* beautiful collections of designs
* whimsical illustrations of mischievous fairies and delicate angels
* stylish Art Deco images
* classics motifs
* traditional patterns
* MANY MORE.........


















Being naughty is worth the risk!!!! SOMETIMES

NAUFAL & SITI

Last 2 weeks we were quite busy with our niece's wedding, which took place in Ampang. The wedding reception was such a wonderful gathering for all family members. A lot of memories and each one of us took an important roll in whatever we could contribute and participate to make, our darling princess SITI AMINAH, the bride's dream comes to reality...

Personally I was attracted to many things but the best was this delicious yummy cake and the sweet, soothing and therapeutic smell of fresh flowers everywhere... the natural fragrances. Lovely.....








The other thing was these other cousins that have yet to decide and queue and register their names to be the next victims.

















Last weekends we were off to Pulau Pinang at the Paradise Sandy Beach Resort, to attend the wedding reception there. These are some of their pics.

All the best and congratulations to SYED MOHD NAUFAL BARAKHBAH BIN SYED AZHAR and his beloved wife SITI AMINAH BINTI DATO' SHAHABUDIN.

Do love each other dearly........ pick and gather your happiness as you walk hand in hand in life as it goes on...... my prayer to both of you. Aminnnnn.

WRIST POUCH AGAIN

Apart from other activities that I face each day I managed to make these subsequently for DARR to cater for her blog.










She requested for two sizes each fabric designs.

QUILTING IN PROGRESS

In the process of quilting there are many types of basting methods. Traditionally quilts were basted using tread and needle, however here I used safety pins instead. For this project a quarter of an inch fiber were laid internally and placements of safety pins basted quarter-section in parallel rows in opposite directions were adapted throughout about 5" apart each rows.

The basting took place on my prep-table since it is a single and the table could just accommodate the project by quarterly process.

It is necessary to roll or fold the quilt for machine-quilting. This is done by using a free motion method. In my case since I have an ample space I let it loose for easier turning since I used the stitching in the ditch and tracing down the shape of each flowers.

The quilting was done using my other 'old-faithful', the embroidery machine which with my magic wand I transformed it to straight stitching machine for quilting.

The quilting is half way through and I need a lot of courage to really sit and sew...... !

EYE CATCHING TEA COSY

From my previous post I did mentioned
that I made two identical sets of tea cosy for our local WI meets and I submitted only one set.

See all bright yellows and I love this colour dearly.

Well, actually I am not that hard working old girl......................... I made this tea cosy REVERSIBLE! So what say you?

HOUSE BLOCK 3

This is my post to the COME OVER TO MY HOUSE CHALLENGE for block 3 and the pic of my Jimmy's place.

DiahRothman's Block 3

by DiahRothman
(Malaysia)

Block 3 (Jimmy's Place) has the slight colour contrast from the previous blocks, just to give a little variation. Hope it blends well.

WI CRAFTS

Do I call myself lucky or I have magic fingers..... whatever it is, I have won several categories in our annual meet which was held on Saturday, last week.

Firstly, look what I have done to my sewing table. Tsunami has just arrived!!!!

All the tiny details...... and make full use what ever within reach.



It turns out to be this flower arrangements.

This is a simple sets of tea cosy. Later on I will show another one similar to this.