the return of MURNI

This girl was missing from my sewing room for many seasons ................... She had just came home from visiting her in laws in Sabah and now is expecting her first baby. Doesn't she look familiar?

If I mentioned MURNIWATI, does it ring a bell.........? She was an x-stuff of Epal and had travelled around Semenanjung to all Epal centres...... She was very famous then.... winning few awards for her creativity and produced some very neat works and a good tutor there. She retires now and a full time housewife.

All was not planned, and she came barging to the house out of the blue..... and I was thrilled. She brought along a bundle of scraps ...................all lovely and yummy designs.

... and I just knew what to do with them all.................... :D

XS-January #2- I was DEFEATED

The pic says all....... I was racing with time and was defeated by my own tight schedule....... I will continue this to completion.

This chart shows a lot of halves and quarters and need lots of concentrations and frankly I strained my eyes..... but I love every bit of its developments and growth. I am still finding times to get to it, soon...... but now I have reluctantly and gently shoved it aside to give way to others in hand that needs my full attentions :)

ALISHA's own

No earthly joys could bring more pleasure,
Than a little child to love and treasure.

the saying goes and she is the jewel of her parents' eyes and soul......... ALISHA

I have not met this little baby, but I know she deserves this little gift .... made with sincerity and love from me. Hope we will get to know her thro' her mother..... soon.

A panelled design and simple stippling quilted around the sashing, with Alisha's name.

You just bloom and grow up Alisha and be a good Muslimah ....... Aaminn!

Recycled products...

I was venturing away for 3 days to our yearly activities at WI HQ at PJ. This year around we have to produce something from recycled old newspaper to be weaved to form variety of baskets or anything related as our next source of fun raising.

Puan Aishah and me, busy rolling cut papers to make the main material to weave the basket.


Participants came from all states from Semenanjung except from Perlis, which did not turned up for certain reasons.


Few example of products from the same materials.


These are mine, produced in one day hard labour :)

I am fiddling some times to convey all the knowledge I have learnt here to all my buddies in Kedah. InsyaAllah.

I’ve to rush thing in my sewing corner a bit because of some deadline, which means I’ve been sewing, piecing, stitching past my bedtime, which inevitably leads to ................ urgh!

I can do it, I must do it, I will do it, I will work hard now ...............!!!

Embroidery again.....

All ready to be delivered.......... consist of

: 2 sets of pillow cases


:2 blue pillow cases and a matching table cloth plus a piece of green

:10 pieces of tablecloth

Hope my embroidery machine will have a good rest this weekend for I am off for some new thing to learn......... will update later.

Have a nice weekend to all.

My NIA

SITI DANIA, my first daughter,

she is now a wife to MOHD AFIF......... just a month now.......

Dearest Afif and Nia , love and be true to each other till the end,

and we shower you both with our blessings......

XS-January #1

So this is what I have achieved as per today's date.
It has a long journey to go...... and I am putting this aside for awhile for a few quilting-related projects in hands.

A Girl for Mus

This is to inform everyone here that MUS has safely giving birth to a healthy baby girl today, 10th January, 2011 at 8.45pm.

Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Fedex!

Emb. PILLOWcases

For the past two days my hands were full with these pillow cases. A simple embroidery adorned on one side with a white 2 inches strip to tone down the peachy-pink fabric colour of
Puan Haton's choice. All one dozen for her. But I added up two whites with matching strips to compromise the other set.

And the extra one piece is for me to keep..... :D

SAMPLER BOM - have yet to receive

It was over due............... and I am not sure what with the rest of us, participants ....... have they or have they not received full blocks yet, cos not all are making entry on their blog respectively ......as I understood, due to other commitments and major attention needed elsewhere.

And what I display here are 10 blocks received from 10 BOM participants. I am patiently waiting 2 more blocks from HANI and FAWA............. to fill up the empty/white space and get all done with soon. My hope that I am not waiting in vain finally.....

We shall see, and I am sure they are a good game-keeper, just that we should wait, a while longer!

Cut.... cutting!

Hubby and me, had a fabulous time to begin the new year with our kids at BK3. Our few days stay was spent with lots of food and we had great time indoor for it rained almost everyday at the Klang Valley.

There, I would not miss for the world to do some shopping around... and bought few items for my sewing corner. One of those is this apple-green cutting mat from Clover. My dream of having a bigger mat was fulfilled (even though I was looking for a white) and this hopefully could boost my sewing capacity for the whole year......!

XS - January

I have to keep my own promises to complete at least a project for x-stitch per month. And here is the starting off of a beautiful, quilt related xs design. A very kind hearted blogger friend gave them to me few months back, thanks dear.

Well, I think it is best to invite ALL to join me here........ anyone, especially SHIMA ........

Finally....It was done!

I did the piecing way back in 2009,
a BOM project with CALENDER QUILT CHALLENGE '09 with many team members organized by Rachel Griffith

I managed to complete this few hours before the end of 2010. Though it took almost a year to complete, I was overwhelmed with the final results and such a relief. The backing was a simple lantern prints and this quilt measures 88 x 68 inches.

Just to wish everyone here, a Happy New Year - 2011!!!

bACK tO sCHOOL pROJECTS - done

It was just yesterday I could fixed my sewing corner and rearranged things to places and spend few hours to sew these for an orphanage home as a charity- back to school projects collected by Pondok Craft....

I am so sorry for the delay and truly hope I could do more.........

My hope with these little things which they could call their own
....... will cherish the kiddies there!

SAMPLER BOM from Mus

This came from Mus and my 10th blocks........ It was very neat and sewn with care and love.... All I can say is, it was a perfect piece. Thanks Mus, love it dearly!

WIP..... Nia's

Still struggling these for my girl's big day..........

WIP..... Nia's

Have more to complete........ !!!!!!! ......... sigh!

SAMPLER BOM from Diana

My 9th block received from Mardiana few days ago. Soft touch plus a soft colour combination of my choice looks lovely to join the rest shortly. Love it Diana and thanks a lot :)

WIP..... Nia's

Few more of Nia's..........

Hubby's handcraft...... a real 'keras tangan'

I turned into a very busy bee lately to complete lots of embroidery. But I always have to peek on Hubby constantly, as what he was up to ...... and what was his latest project outdoor.... :D

Look what I've caught him doing...........


I, really am proud of my Hubby!

WIP ...... RE for Nia

I will be engrossed with this for the rest of the weeks, until all completed for my dear daughter, Nia...

CHARITY - bACK tO sCHOOL pROJECTS

Here I would like to attract all readers to this ads from PONDOK CRAFT organizing some handicraft works for an orphanage home. Please walk over to Ayu's and get more details.

A small thing means a lot to those in need.............

COLORS...... placed and laid out

A pure colour, all ready for delivery. A dozen of tablecloths and 3 dining table spreads with simple stitchery.

These three are of the same design.............yet they differs from each other and form an individual character and personality........ just by colors.

So do us...... we color our own lives....and be different!

SAMPLER BOM from Aimila

Yesterday I received my 8th block from Aimila...... sweet dotty soft colour of my choice.
I like it so much. Thanks Aimila :)

Xstitch by machine

Back here from my hometown last Monday with heavy head and a weak body and soul ...... So much to think and do and I am really exhausted ........ As much as I try to slow down the ticking of time, I have found that it is to no avail........... and I am running with it now!

Before the journey proceeds for the 'Aidul Adha, I managed to embroider these to replace/add few more pillow cases before the year end holiday starts which I expected more relatives to drop by then.

Crib Bedding Sets.

Bedding sets for a dear blogger friend, somewhere in Penang.............. :)

Hubby was left...... alone!

Oh, some vengeance!.....No, just have lots of errands to settle in town... and Hubby was left alone at home. Not to worry coz he would not realized I was missing until he gets hungry........ :) He is so engross with his woodworks and cleaning up his fishing gears and gadgets!

Ok, so I went to the post office for some delivery. Then, to the SSM (CCM/RoC) for renewal. Looking for bits and pieces for my sewing things and fabrics for the tablecloth. Did all the running here and there, in a time crunch and came home with these.

The fabrics for table cloth are all white cotton..... eliminated from the view :)

Three heavy cotton, few meters of printed cottons and a lovely Japanese silk, for my baju raya 'Aidul Adha.

There too, an additional of my craft/sewing books..... a Taiwan printed magz from PBS.

Alone.... with machines and fabrics!

Hubby left me alone for his deep-sea-fishing trips. Yeah!!! :)

............. and I have done lots of thing around the sewing corner...........

- Firstly, dusting off.............. :)
- Managed to complete a diaper stacker for a friend's grandson, delivered and no pics was taken... :(
- Dug up scraps...........Lots of fabrics cutting for few new projects.... my WIP's.
- Started on my embroidery things ........ cutting, hemming and get the embroidery machine humming again... this time maybe will go on for sometimes..... The first ten set of the table cloth (saperah) were completed for delivery.