Beautiful blog award!

Rule No. 1:
Thank and link the person that gave you the award

Thanks to MAYA for awarding me with the award. I've always been a silent reader to blogs and learn a lot of things from ppl in sewing community and Maya's blog is one of the must-read blog. :) I'm so grateful that many bloggers are willing to share their thoughts, their skills in sewing. Sewing has been a therapy me. Thanks!

Rule No. 2:
State 7 things about yourself

1. I just started sewing 1 1/2 months ago. :)
2. I'm currently 7 months pregnant and awaiting for the arrival of a baby girl. :)
3. Loves to read and learn from other blog. Oh yeah! And collecting tutorials!
4. Latest madness - Buying fabrics!
5. Trying to sew as many as possible for my soon-to-be-arrived-baby but ended up giving it away to friends and family. ;)
6. Looking/thinking desperately for a name for my baby girl.. Any idea? :)
7. In just within a week - I've lost my camera battery charger, my laptop crashed and I can't transfer any photo into my hubby's server. Luck is just isn't on my side. Darn! :)

Rule No. 3 :
Pass this award to 15 bloggers that you've discovered and think they are fantastic.

I'd like to award this beautiful awards to the blogs who have inspired me and taught me a lot in sewing world. Thank you so much! -In no particular order- :)

Maya
Zura
Ashley
Dura
Brittany
Mayya
Tini
Dana

All I have.. :)

Honestly, I envy people who has a collection of beautiful fabric and lots of colors and design to work on. :P It does somehow brings out creativity. You can easily mixed and matched fabric to form a truly homemade garments. Since I'm new in this, I tend to buy a fabric for a specific project. Last night, I feel like I want to have a decent collection of fabric so I went to Cotton Zone at Tesco Mutiara Damansara. They're having 20% discount till 31th of March. Although they do give discounts, I still feel that it's expensive. Oh well, that's just my opinion. ;)

Bought these cotton fabric from Nagoya and Kamdar. Good bargain and they were on sale!



These are the cotton fabric that I bought from Cotton Zone. The printed cotton are all half meter, only the plain pink that I bought 2 meters (that was the last - already cut fabric). They cost me RM84! The price is more or less as the designer fabrics!



Cotton knit fabric is pricey! haha! It's really hard to find in Malaysia. I searched high and low for it and finally found it at the People Textile at Jln Petaling. Not many variety of pattern there for children but I did find 1 or 2 that I liked - it was just my luck! :)



I seriously am not sure the name of the fabric. I found it, liked it and bought it. I did a kimono out of it and found out that it became "furry" after the first wash.. So I don't think clothing suits for the type of fabric.. Hurmm.. What do I know?? anybody knows what to do with the fabrics? Let me know! :)

These are the heavy cotton type which I have no idea of what to make.. Maybe a diaper bag or a baby carrier? Too many project to work on before my confinement. Gambate ne! :)

Well.. These are all I have.. :)

Peasant Blouse

Finally I've completed a dress for my soon-to-be-arrived-baby-girl. Thank you so much to Maya for the wonderful tutorial and the effort to make the tut for the world to learn. The tut is so easy to follow and you do not need a pattern for it. Her explanation on cutting the fabric is very well presented. :) This tutorial is for 6-12 months old baby so I guess it's going to be in the closet for quite some time before the owner could wear it. :) Btw, the pants tutorial is not included. I actually just applied the same method for the ruffle on the short tutorial. I thought I'd be great for baby girls pants to have ruffles on it. ;)

I bought the fabric from Kamdar and it was on sale. It cost me less than RM5 per meter and for this dress, it only requires half a meter. The fabric isn't as cute as the designer' fabric but it's good enough for a rookie like me. So I won't feel miserable ruining the expensive designer fabric if I screw up.. ;p I think I could make another dress from Maya's tutorial - The dahlia dress - out of the left overs fabric. Yay! :) How I wish I have stashes of fabric to work on.. Oh well.. :)

Boy's button-up shirt - v2

It's hard to make the kids sit still for the photo session. Haha! Thanks to Brittany, so far I've managed to make 3 button-up shirt for my son and nephews. :)

I love the rainbow fabric. It suits well with my nephew Haziq and I love the dark blue burberry fabric on Amir. :) Since I didn't get the chance to measure them myself, it's all based on a hunch.. lol! The pants and sleeves are shorter for Amir and for Haziq, it fitted just nice which means, he can only wear it for a couple of weeks. Haha! :)

As for the felt design, I was looking for how to stitch a blanket stitch and I found a great webby - Crafty Daisies on the how-to.

Lost my camera battery charger! Argh!

I've lost my camera battery charger.. I've no idea where to look for it anymore. I couldn't get any photo of it due to my camera is out of battery. So far I've made 3 button-up collar pajama for my wonderful nephew and Zhafran and no camera to put it up on my blog.. I've add up felt design to spice up the look. :) Wish I could capture it on my camera.. Oh well, maybe next time. My latest project is working on with cotton knit fabric which now I realized that it's hard to work on for a newbie like me. I bought a few yards of such fabric for my unborn child but I guess I have to work on my skill on sewing in general first. I wonder what to do next? A baby carrier? or a sundress? baju kurung for my niece? Oh.. I think I'll make a dress, baju kurung and a skirt for my niece. Haha! :)

Booties

Ever since I knew that I'm pregnant, I've been longing to make booties and mittens for my unborn child. Actually I made this before I made the button-up shirt but I was swamped with work and completely forgotten about it. I tried the tutorial on cotton knit fabric - it's stretchable fabric. Quite pricey I must add. Oh well.. Next time, I'd buy an XXL adult t-shirt at Tesco for my next cotton knit projects.

I wanted to add embellishment on it but decided to wait till the baby comes out and we actually have a name for her. Yes, it's a girl! Mittens are coming up next!

There are many fabulous tutorial on booties all over the internet. Here's the one that I refer too. Joanna had posted up beautiful projects on her blog that's well worth trying for. Check it out yourself! :)

Boy's button-up shirt ;)

As you may all know that I just took up sewing but I have this insane urges to make garments for children. Actually my sis-in-law requested me to make her a kimono for her children but her hubby was suggesting a button shirt instead. So I've tried my hands on boys shirt and here's the "test" result. I'm going to make another 1 for my 5 year old nephew. :)

I love the fabric and color. I'm not fully satisfied with the execution and I do hate the collar stand. I just traced the pattern from Zhafran's old shirt. I should have bought a pattern book instead for more accuracy. Oh well.. maybe next time. :)

A big thanks to Brittany from Crafty Phesine for her wonderful tutorial on Boy's Button-up Shirt Collar. I'm so thankful for the tut as I couldn't figure out the easiest way to make a collar shirt. It sure broaden up my knowledge in sewing department. :)

Where to get fabrics in Malaysia?

Even though I just started sewing, I all into the fabric craze. Having a very supportive husband doesn't help either. He would take me fabric hunting all over KL and never once complaining bout it. As I look into the net, I found out that, it's not easy to find nice fabric - cotton/ knit fabric/ interlock here in Malaysia. While lurking around people's blog, I have a decent list of stores in Malaysia. Can't wait to pay them a visit soooon!

Doshi N L Company
2Nd Floor, Lot 318,
Ampang Park Kompleks,
Jalan Ampang, 50450, KL.
p: 603-21612678 f: 603-27109674

People Textile
15, Jalan Petaling, 50000 Kuala lumpur.
Tel: 1-700-80-1315.
stretchy cotton

Cotton Zone
Lot No. 6, First Floor
Tesco Mutiara Damansara
8, Jalan PJU 7/4
Mutiara Damansara
47800 Petaling Jaya

Craft World (Yee Button House)
33, Jalan SS2/55, 47300 PJ
Tel No: 03 78770072/78770049
Fax No: 03 787743035
Business Hours: 9AM to 8PM (Close on Sundays)
Email: wcyee@craft-world.net
http://craft-world.net/
-Japanese prints of linen & cotton blend, g kedai Yee in SS2

Mayfair Handicraft
29, Jalan USJ 10/1E, Taipan Triangle
47620 UEP Subang Jaya
Tel/Fax : 603-56334563 (Brenda)
Business Hours:
10.00a.m. - 9.00p.m. (Mon - Fri)
10.00a.m. - 8.00p.m. (Saturday)
11.00a.m. - 7.00p.m. (Sunday)
Email: info@maycraft.com.my / mayfair.handicraft@gmail.com
http://maycraft.com.my/

Cottage Patch Sdn. Bhd.
#447, Jalan Ampang,
50450, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
http://cottagepatch.com/index.htm

Quilt Gallery
LG, Bangsar Village Shopping Ctr,
Jln Telawi, Bangsar Baru, 59100 KL
Tel No: 03-2282 5789
email : quilt@po.jaring.my

Haby & Wools
Lot 316, 2nd Floor,
Ampang Park Shopping Complex,
Jalan Ampang, 50450 KL
Tel : 603 2161 5346 (Jenny/Jennifer/Jacky )
Fax : 603 2715 7217
email : haby_wools@hotmail.com

Lily Handicraft
G095,1st Floor, Sg Wang Plaza
www.lilyhandicraft.com.my

Jens Handicraft
Lot 1-17A, 1st Floor The Atria Shopping Centre Damansara Jaya,
Petaling Jaya,
47400 Selangor,
Tel: 03-7722 1276

Anna Patchwork House
Lot CP2.02, Level CP2, Orange Zone,
Sunway Pyramid Shopping Mall,
No. 3 Jalan PJS 11/15, Bandar Sunway,
46150 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
Tel: 012.317.4655
Email: annapatchworkhouse@gmail.com
annapatchworkhouse

Knit N Craft Centre (formerly known as Pusat Kraftangan Ann Branch)
12G, Jalan Puteri 5/1
Bandar Puteri,
47100 Puchong, Sel
Tel: 03-80631253
(close on Sunday)

Macy Handicraft
No.111 Jalan Sultan,
50000 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 603-2078 1459
Business hours: 10:00 am to 7:00 pm
(close on Sunday and public holiday)

The obvious choice fabric store for Malaysian - Kamdar and Nagoya

http://www.ikea.com.my/

Fabric - Online shopping

http://shopaholicsewist.blogspot.com/

http://azzaracottons.blogspot.com

http://japanesecotton.blogspot.com/

http://efabric.biz/

Fabric hunting: Cotton and felt

As I browsed around the net, I get really excited looking at the fabric collection of everyone has! I tried to find (cotton) fabrics from major stores here but there are not many option. I wanted to make a project for newborns and I really wanted to find soft cotton. Ideally cotton interlock but couldn't find anything here. Oh well, maybe I'd go as far purchasing it on the net.

Later on I fell in love with felt. My hubby fell in love in the idea of making it into booties. He downloaded few tutorials from the net on it. I don't really have the mood yet but hopefully I will soon. I bought it from Yee Button House at SS2. They have the imported ones and local. So you have variety of options on the quality. A4 size of a imported felt may cost you RM4. I don't know of the pricing for felt but it does sounds expensive to me. I went to Macy (last Friday)at Petaling Street (where I've read somewhere that you can get a cheaper felt) but sadly it was closed. I reached there at around 6pm. Should have gone sooner.

Pants + Kimono shirt = Pajama! YAY!

I found an awesome tutorial on how to sew shorts as it's one of my goal to make Zhafran's short since I took up sewing. It's so handy to know the how to when you really needed one. As of now I've made several shorts and long pants for my son. Never knew it'd be so easy. Although my sewing skill still sucks. LOL! I'm so thankful to have found the tutorial. I can pair it up with the kimono that I made on the last entry. Now I can make a pajama out of it!

P/S: I hope I can make my own pants/shorts based on the tut!

Here are the devils!

My first project!

I fell in love with this tutorial. It's a little too ambitious for a rookie like me. I didn't do it reversible because I wanted to do a simpler version of the tutorial. It was the first time I ever handle a sewing machine.. Opps.. forgot, I did took ERT when I was 15. It was too long to remember. LOL! I'm proud of it. At least it's a finish project. Although I agree that the work is sloppy. Haha! I will re-do the project soon.

Here's the dress' front and back pictures.

As for the second attempt, I get my hands on this tutorial which I think is perfect for my little boy. It's pretty easy to follow and the tutorial was beautifully done. The thing that I love the most is when I see my little boy wearing it! Love it!



P/S: I bought few meters of left-over fabrics from Kamdar. Darn cheap. Cost me about RM2 permeter! Definitely a good start for me. ;)

My new sewing machine!

Wow! This is new! Sewing that is.. :) Never thought I would venture my self to one of these projects. When I was growing up, I hated the idea of sewing. All I could think of sewing = tedious + time consuming. Later, I came around and somehow interested in making clothes. I shared the idea with my hubby and surprisingly, he supported the idea and bought me a machine! YAY! It's beautiful.. Thanks hubby! :)

Happy Valentine's Day! :)