WI- Another little glory.....

The two tier sewing basket made early this year was finally revealed after the State WI meets was held on the 9th April 2011 and my little achievements was it has passed through few stages and finally went to Kedah State level. Alhamdulillah .

It is now at the Petaling Jaya WI Head Quarters for further valuation..... InsyaAllah.

So was the Sejadah Sujud (small prayer mat). It went through all stages and was posted together with the above basket representing KEDAH for the National level on craft category.

Just that... !

The only thing I did for the last few weeks on my sewing room was the above...five pieces of table cloth.... and the owner waited these for almost a month. That was all!!!

...... thousands of thing to take care and plenty of works to get done and I am exhausted now.

WIP...... bags

I am hurdling with these for the rest of this week.
Hope everything goes in schedule.

Baby..... cover set

Before I call it a day.... I just finished up an additional baby set covers for Puan Wahida.

I enjoyed sewing this, maybe because of the vibrant color that cheered up my day too.
Today I did lots of errands that left me no more energy..... to iron-smooth them first before taking some photos :)

An early bird, does the delivery and posting!

Stayed up late last night to get these pillowcases done. This morning, an early bird, me :)..... started ironing all and ready for packing.

Some of the seasonal order from few friends, and I have to get more fabrics in town, after delivering and posting the above.

Casserole Dish Carrier

The eight out of ten casserole dish carrier completed last two days. Here is the link for EVERYBODY to make one or two as gifts :)

Before I could get some snap of the whole lot, 2 had been grabbed by friends.... :)

As is..... on white!

The crib set for Ben and Nurul.

Personally I love all fabric design but best on white like the above, especially for the new born. That applies too, to this new-parents-to-be, their choices were perfect and went for simplicity too......
The bedding set and comforter will be wrapped up with the above diaper stacker, a little token of love from me :)

Practice...practice.....practice!

When I bought this fabric, a bundle of curtain remnants of 2.75meters x 120" from local Nagoya store in Alor Setar, I just can't figure out what more appropriate sewing project should I do with the balance after the diaper bag. But some how it strikes me that I should make it worth to something of good use...and now I am making some casserole dish carrier.
From the same fabric I can get 10 pieces all.

Here I just had to put an effort to quilt all of them. And this was the right time to improvise my FMQ on the ten pieces apart from just doing, stippling....:D



No contentment on this last piece. I learned that doing quilting from outside inwards could not give a smooth finishes like the above result. ...... Yet the feather had to be quilted first followed by the center stippling ........ or maybe just because I did not baste sufficiently......!!!

BeNurul's Own

A comforter measures 3' x 4' for Ben and Nurul, for their baby to cuddle in......!

It was a simple piece but the soft combinations of fabrics enhanced the main design. A very lofty whereby I used 1" thick fibre batting and just stitch in the ditch all. I think this was my third piece using the same design.

In its simplicity, I love this dearly.

PASSION FRUIT

We were back at Hubby's home town, recently, just at Langgar, Alor Setar :D ...... , and I saw this PASSION FRUIT at the back yard. For more than thirty years now I have not tasted them...and so glad I did today. Locally known as BUAH MARKISA.

Some infor below, from the net, regarding this fruit.

Passion Fruits are great for use in soft drinks or cocktails. The fruits grow on a climbing plant which is also well known for its beautiful flowers.Cut the passion fruits in halves. Remove the pulp and squeeze and stir it through a sieve to extract the pure juice. Add syrup to taste. Add ice cubes. If too strong, dilute with water, or wait for the ice cubes to melt.

Serve it either chilled and straight away or in a chilled glass* with salted rim.

NOTES:

This smoothie requires either stored in the chiller section of the fridge or served straight away. The natural sugars in the fruits start fermenting (totally safe and natural process); but this makes it taste sour.

*To chill glass, fill with ice-cubes and store in the freezer for about 10 mins. Shake out the ice-cubes, dip the rim of the glass in Salt and serve the smoothie in it. Tastes excellent with salted rim.

Do you have sleepless nights? Try Passion Fruit smoothie!! Tangy and highly aromatic passion fruit pairs well with the sweetness and buttery texture of Mango in this smoothie.

Passion fruit is high in somniferous properties; when had before going to bed helps relax and gives a restful sleep. It is also rich Vitamin C & A, Iron and Potassium, and an excellent source of fibre if consumed with the seeds. The seeds that are covered in the yellow gooey gelatinous flesh is also eatable.

Gift and WIP

Not much on sewing done. Just clear-up the mess occured for the past few days, and whipped up these two boxy-pouch. One will go into the diaper bag and will be taken by the owner soon, Puan Siti Rohani.

And I have this WIP... almost due, and I have just finished the cutting. Well, I am rushing the whole of this baby set..........And pray I could complete the above on time.

Quite tight with preparation of WI state meeting this Saturday...... !

Apple of my eyes....even though!

A diaper bag. A simple, trial and error project. External material is scotch guard, fabric usually for curtain and water resistant, handles and lining were of cotton. A magnetic button for fastening and richly pocketed bag with eight all, and two wrapped elastic bands as fastener in the interior. Measures 20"x 11"x 5" approximately.

But, I was not very happy and satisfied with the handles.... kind of wobble and should sew the lines continuously down. I sandwiched in batting, instead of thick interfacing, intentionally to give a soft effect on the shoulder while carrying , but turned out so :(

Actually I wanted it to have two usage by fixing snap buttons on the exterior, at all sides or just let it open freely. But I have no larger snap buttons...but it still gets the effect of the other design without the buttons though. I learnt a lot of lessons from this apple green.... :)

One for me.....

From the first to the last few I was unable to claim any for my self. Now this definitely is mine and for me to keep.

A slightly bigger than standard size previously. With two inner pockets, a hooked-string to keep my car key within easy reach, zipper closure and little hexy charms dangles merrily as zipper pull.
I love it!

Little ATIN came to visit UMMI

Early morning she came, .......ATIN...... with her mom, for me to babysit her. She is a beautiful little lady now....and kind of shy meeting me and hubby.
She stayed up for a couple of hours..... and occupied my cutting table to be her drawing corner.... She loves coloring and really great at it!!

I had quilted one single for her when she celebrated her first birthday..... here and here.....

Substitute for veiltail

This veiltail goldfish species was in my possession once..... just 2 of them, and proudly placed them at one corner of my sewing area in a big glass bowl. Love them dearly, I saw them grew each day and dancing merrily in the crystal clear water ....... just as they watched me, sewing.....!

Before my Pilgrimage years ago I let my niece had them....and when I came home later...... what left was an empty bowl collecting dust. I did not ask how and why???????

Recently I collected, cleaned and filled the poor bowl again........bit by bit from stash, few pieces at a time and finally it is full now to the brim..........with no fish, but lots of PINCUSHIONS........!

Then an apple green cover was introduced as companion and protection against dust.

And finally I am happy now, with my new found 'gold' stash!

Ann's Giveaway

Crafty Anique is having a giveaway of her lovely pillow cover......... Here is my quote to her......

Ann, KakDee nak bantal tu, yang love2 tu, nak ganti bantal bucuk kDee yang dah lusuh... dan tidoq leh mimpi Ann selalu.... :)

Come on, jump over to her page and make an entry!

Another casserole dish carrier...... hatched!

While embroidering, I did another 2 pieces of casserole dish carrier. Just that this time they measured 17" diagonally instead of 19" previously.

The eldest and the 2 new sisters.
The latest sisters were not quilted on the top body..... much simpler and just used 1/2" ribbon and little beads to tie off neatly.

Just refer here if anyone interested to have the same !
Happy sewing, and a lovely weekends!

Pillowcases

Supposed to deliver last week, but I was away from sewing and just managed awhile ago.
24 pieces of pillowcase - 10 white with blue, 12 red with white and 2 white with pink stripes.

Upgrading

I made this last April, 2 pieces almost identical, for a friend, Puan Hajah Siti Rohani. She chose the quilted one and I have to continue quilting with the other.

The front, echo around the frame. The rear , used the same thread color as the top for all feathers and pebbles.

Some details of the whole quilt.

Casserole Dish Carrier

Amongst my most wanted to do list was this, casserole dish carrier. I found the tutorial here. I measured the standard 1.8litre bowl from the rice cooker, so it could snuggle in perfectly. It measures 19" diagonally and I am so pleased with the result.

When I browsed around some friends' blog I found that Rozi's CD Toter is very much practical and simple and she has plenty to offer with her lovely collections of fabric design.
You are great Rozi... :)

Up on the shelf

This top is ready for quilting, hopefully soon,.......... after this school holidays and wedding seasons.

I will take a break, to my hometown, Ipoh, for a short while and maybe will go further down to BK3 if Hubby is in the mood to drive us down......
I pray hard that he will.