Three Bags and Counting...

It's just a little work-in-progress report. Not bad for the month of April!

Completed a messenger bag for Nigel. We stuck his favourite phrase 'Whatever' on the front and look at his glee.
Four totes and counting... Using up my canvas stash from Petaling Street. You can find all sorts of canvases there. Light and heavy weight canvas, striped and coloured ones.
Finally finished crocheting BJ's pincushion. It's a little gift for a dear friend. (Psst, I need your address now. The box that you sent was ripped at the bottom where your address is.)
My darling little pincushion from June. Look at the details. It's too pweetty to be a pincushion.
Blushing cheeks and blonde curls!

Last Year's Carnival Photos

Last year we helped out at with our church's building fund by holding a craft stall at the carnival. It took me and my mom around four months to prepare and a few helpful cousins (which I am eternally grateful!) and friends who lend a hand. We worked hard and of course, prayed hard too!
Our craft stall made around RM9k and we were sold out by 2pm. These photos are a tribute to my Mom, Joy, Erin, Ben, Meow & Victoria, Jessica, Faith and all who have contributed unconditionally and willingly. God bless everyone of you!

Yoonie's Wabbit Tutorial

Happy Easter to all! This is a last minute gift I made for my Nigel and my nieces who will be spending Easter morning with me. Forgive me for some of the blurred pictures, I have a deadline and the weather has been bad for photos. (I think I've finally decided to invest in a good camera!)
Here it is...

Download the template. Decide on a size, enlarge as big as you like and trace 1 body and place on 2 pieces of fabric, right side facing each other. I have the nose template separated. Cut the nose out of felt along the outer lines, stitch around and stuff lightly. Pat it to flatten slightly.
Stitch along the tracing. (I usually reduce the size of the stitches for a tighter and secure sewing for softies.) I'm using 1 plain fabric for the front and floral for the back. Don't forget to leave an opening at the base of one foot or at a bunny ear. ( I choose to leave an opening on the ear, I hid the blanket stitches with a ribbon to accessorise.) I'm making three at one time so don't get confused by the changing fabric of the wabbit you see on this tutorial.

Prepare the nose and ear pieces.
A very important step. Snip, snip around the borders to release the bunching that will happen once you invert the sewn pieces. The more corners and curves a softie, the more slits you have to make to release the tension of the fabric. Don't overdo it & careful you don't snip the stitching.
Invert. Takes patience.
The back of the inverted wabbit. This is a great project for fabric remnants.
Start stuffing them. Make sure you fill the legs and the ears first, and when you're done simply make sure you have enough fillings for the limbs so that it will not bend on the joints.

Blanket stitch and close the opening.
Attach matching ear applique with blanket stitch or any embroidery you're comfortable with.
Embroider the paws with two simple lines and matching thread.
Attach the nose with thread, secure by passing the needle through the nose and face a few times, zig-zagging underneath.
Embroider the nose with a simple 'Y' with matching thread. Pull taut to create grooves.
Cut felt eyes and secure with matching button eyes.

Three completed wabbits waiting for their new owners!
And while I was busy sewing, Nigel drew mommy a WABBIT! (Awww! I could kiss him like crazy!!!!)
You can download this template, but do come back and share some photos of your wabbit! I would love to see them.

Pavement Drawings by Julian Beever

Yeah! I have permission from Julian to feature his work on my blog. I think some of us may have seen his works of art on the net, but I'm a big fan of his, so here it is again.

These pavement drawings are described as anamorphic illusions drawn in a special distortion in order to create an impression of 3D when seen from one particular view point. Enjoy....











He's been all over the world, I wonder if he'll accept an invitation to Malaysia?
To visit him, simply go to http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/index.html

Catching Up With March

Hi! The weather has been crazy lately. Really hot in the day and rainy in the evenings. It's been a hectic month and with the flu season spoiling all our plans, we've been ill and with work piling up it's just work, work & work. So to catch up with March, here's a little of what I've managed to do this past month.

This was the initial card I wanted to give Usha for the Card exchange. The theme was garden and I kinda spoilt the whole thing after I mounted in on felt and then on card again! Yikes, What was I thinking!!!. Had it designed on my computer and printed out.
Started stitching the details on the card. Had a hard time pulling the thread thru the card, maybe it was the wrong sized needle. Nevertheless, it turned out quite nice.
Simple stitches on a Conqueror Card. Had the leaf template pinned to the felt and had it cut.
Attached the felt leaves on and then I had trouble cutting the piece out. It didn't look good on a small card. Should have just left it in a big blank piece of card. Duh! So now, it's on top of my shelf and I still have no idea what to do with it.



A little something for Margaret. It's the box that houses my latest craze.....
A crocheted pincushion ! Sugar-free delight. Am thinking of setting shop at Etsy.
My latest favourite magazine. This magazine comes complete with patterns and ideas to sew for little kids. Now all I need is TIME!