Jom Cuci Mata Tengok Tudung

Baru-baru ni kencang menjahit tudung lagi...semuanya untuk seorang customer ini...cewah...tapi kakda memang tak pernah jumpa tuan yang empunya diri ini.... i hope all the tudungs fit her nicely....






ada lagi... hehehe
7 helai semuanya...tapi yang satu tu...baru siap tadi....so dia miss the foto sesion la...






Ampunkan cara tudung2 tu berposing, ok...
Susah tau nak ambik gambar tudung ni... senang lagi ambek gambar kucing...

Hmmm..Tudung DIY Lagi

Sebelum raya dulu sempat la buat a few tudung for myself...buat tergesa2 sebelum balik Kelantan...



Punya la kelam kabut...nak siapkan yg pink tu...finishing pun ala kadar...tak kalu, tak de tudung nak match dgn baju kurung hitam munger2 pink ku ittew...

Baru2 ni mangoh(tasha's auntie no 2) datang...dia rembat pulak yg black with red awning tu...bawa balik pahang...
mana tak nya...dia order sket punya lama...sehelai pun belum buat utk dia...bimbang gak...kang dia majuk ....salah siapa?

hehehe...actually ada 2 orang lagi my sister yg mengoder tapi tak dpt2 lagi tudung... maktam ngan manjang...sorang dok kangar sorang dok nilai...dah berapa kali entah interview... nak kaler apa...awning ape...pastu dah ukur muka entah berapa kali...kikiki...sabar jer la dema yek...akak dah nak buat dah ni untuk dema....kain itam baru sampai stok....

SELAMAT HARI RAYA AIDIL ADHA

Baru2 ni sempat buat a few tudung...untuk ahkak la pulak... nak pakai raya tapi belum ambik gambar pun....

Ini pulak tudung yg siap pagi tadi dan telah di pos kapada tuannya, sis nane... harapnya sempat la kot dia nak pakai raya haji....
body: cotton knit dark purple...
awning: thai silk lilac...
sebijik mcm kakda punya... tapi belum bergunting kain...




Oh ya ...sabtu ni kakda nak balik kelate...rayo umoh bonda(MIL) la pulok...
boh(banjir), boh la wey...kita nak tawakkal aja... nak tido cherating semalaman dulu ...balik kl hari rabu... cemane la tu agaknya... tganu kan tengah banjir...
Wey sis Index...silap2 kita terjerepok kat KB Mall...jom main bowling se round...:)

Selamat Hari Raya semua dan selamat menunaikan ibadat qurban bagi yang nak berqurban.

Tudung Powder Blue Chinese Brocade

Nak tunjuk u all tudung yang kakda buat untuk kawan sis Yela...kain dia kasi semalam and pagi tadi gunting kain...pastu stop...

sbb me kena pergi beli benang kaler yg sama utk jahit edging bagai... so me, my girl and my sister pergi la kat jalan TAR tu nak mencari benang (eleh...alasan jer tu)...
last2 jadi session membeli kain....3-4 jam jugalah ....sampai Tasha fed-up...hehehe
balik rumah baru sambung jahit...




lawa tak colour combination dia?...kakda suka sangat.... i wish it was mine...uuwargh..
hubby asked me to make one for myself....tapi sayang nya kain awning tu dah takde kat kedai....

oh ya ...awning tu guna template Lyds courtesy of Yela..

Tudung DIY Kah Itu?

Itu tudung kakda buat la...biasa la...kalau me dah berhibernate sakan tu.. mesti up to something la kan...
Dulu masa giler mesin sulam...gitu gak, sakan la hari2 mengadap pc mencari patterns .. pastu mengadap mesin la kan. Tapi jangan tak tau... sekarang mesin sulam tu dah lama tak berasap...dari raya lagik...ekeke...terok kan ahkak...

Ini dah giler buat tudung pulak...correction... giler membeli kain untuk buat tudung ...bukan yg bawal tu tapi yg jenis slip-on tu.
Asalnya kakda memang tak berminat langsung dengan tudung slip on dan sewaktu dengan nyer sebab awning dia yang macam cap tu ...eee tak berkenan sungguh... tapi bila cuba tudung slip-on dari satu butik ni sedap pulak pakai dan my face takder la jadi rupa bibik sangat...ekekeke
Tapi itulah...ni tang harga dia yang tak tahan...

Mujur la kakda terjumpa geng BFT dok pakat buat tudung slip-on sendiri ...DIY gitu... mesti u all heran kan....apa makcik buat kat bod BFT tu kan...nak cari bende yg boleh hilangkan bintik2 kesan penuaan kat muka makcik ni ler...ahaks...

Its all started when one innovative girl took the initiative to make a replica of her favorite slip-on jilbab and she has hand-sewn it entirely....wow...bravo Cupcake!! And she is kind enough to share her templates...check out her blog, http://mektwain.blogspot.com

So, i have made 4 pieces...tho not perfect, i have flaunted them on numerous occasions... my relatives must be wondering what's with me... takper...asalkan makcik bahagia...
well girls...jom la join kakda....

Some more pics from camera cap ayam...date pun salah tawun..



More entries on tudungs soon since i bought enough materials to make more than 10 tudungs or so... hubby is on the smiling mode again...senyuman ala2 tak percaya gitu...(ekeke... sure darling...sume ni akan jadi tudung nanti, insyaAllah...)

Thank you very much Sis Cupcake. And also to Sis Yela for sourcing the fabrics and organising the JVs.

My Belated Birthday Gift

Tak..tak..tak... don't get me wrong... jangan ada yang nak wish me happy birhtday pulak ye....my birthday is nowhere in sight...its long..long... gone...bulan Mei dulu lagik...kikiki...

Tapinya yang nak tunjuk kat sini is the gift yang Kak Ros made for me..... dia kasi lamaaaa sangat dah....baru hari ni nak tunjuk....malu kan?
Pada Kak Ros... ku pohon ribuan ampun... bukan tak mau tunjuk... infact dah 3 kali buat sessi pengambaran tapi gambar2 dia buat me sampai majok kat camera tu....asik blurr jer... tu yang me majuk terus malas nak update blog... frustrating betul... i want to show the dainty tatting lace and the also the fine stitching by Kak Ros tapi tak dapat la this time....not until i get a decent camera...
In case you are wondering what camera i am using...
it is called Camera Cap Ayam. (hope hubby will come across this entry...)

Entah camane... last night me dapat seru nak update blog...hari ni me pun capai balik dan godek2 camera cikai tu...

my third attempt...this is the best i can do...





To Kak Ros...Thank you very much for the beautiful pinkeep...i love it very much ...dapat gunting lagik... masa dapat tu surprised sgt...maklumlah kita dah lama tak buat exchange kan...
oh ya ..bila kita nak bergeder2 pulak ye? lama la tak jumpa u all... rindu la..


*tau dak u all...me terkial2 nak cari tempat nak click utk sign on to my owm blog!...mujur me terjumpa...

SELAMAT HARI RAYA AIDIL FITRI

To all my dear friends and family:
I would like wish you all Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Fitri
Maaf Zahir Dan Batin.


Dapatkan Satu Di Sini - e-comment2u

Merdeka And Ramadhan...

Salam to all my dear stitching sisters....i bet everybody is savouring the long weekend...

As we are eagerly waiting for the auspicious,precious Ramadhan to arrive... we are awarded with an extra day to rest.. as tomorrow we are celebrating our Hari Kemerdekaan Yang Ke51...

So, Monday is a holiday...yeah..yeah ...no need to go to school!!... i mean ...no need to send the kids to school....how nice....

And the next day we still start our fasting month... yeah...yeah... no need to prepare breakfast and no need to give the kids pocket money... well at least we don't have to give so much... they still need to bring some money for back up ...
oh ya jangan lupa baca niat puasa dan bersahur yer....

Dengan ini kakda hendak mengucapkan Selamat Hari Merdeka dan Selamat Menyambut Kedatangan Bulan Ramadhan Yang Mubarak untuk semua...muahs..

Marhaban Ya Ramadhan....

Telekung Sulam Tasha La Pulak...

Bila balik Bandung tu hari... banyak la beli telekung untuk Mama, Enda(my MIL), and my biras2 semua... untuk diri sendiri 2 pasang jek ... tiba2 my little girl tanya "mummy tak beli telekung untuk saya???"...."aaaaa? mummy betul2 tak ingat la darling... lagi pun banyak utk orang2 tua jer...untuk budak2 mummy tak nampak pun"....

Ahak... memang me tak terfikir2 pun nak cari telekung budak kat sana... ye la dah bayak beli baju kat facotry outlets kat dia.... nak tak nak me pujuk dia" takpe nanti mummy buat telekung lagi cantik dari bandung tu"
hahaha...good luck ler nak buat cantik gitu konon.... jauh api dari panggang....

so lepas me godek2 mesin... ni la rupa dia... me tak de belajar pun main ikut sedap rasa jer....

Ini bahagian kepala/mukanya.

Ni pulak bahagian belakang....

Bahagian depan dan tepi...

Bunga ni pulak scatter on the telekung... not a good choice tho'... should guna pattern lain... baru cantik.... tapi for now ok la... tuan dia heppi jek... hehe..

Baju Sulam Tasha

Ini la baju Tasha yang belum siap siap lagi tu.... sori la Mus... baru hari ini tergerak hati nak hantar posting...



Sebenarnya... buat baju ni untuk wedding Mak Ngah dia yang nak kahwin akhir bulan Mei lepas... tiba2 wedding postpone pulak.... so baju tu tergendala la dulu... semua dah siap kecuali tang leher jer... nak cuba patch kain yg sama dengan skirt dia tu kat leher... susah juga sebab ini first time buat leher macam tu...lepas tu cadangnya nak bubuh skit2 sequin dan manik kat situ...
now me tadak mood nak siapkan baju... nanti bila Mak Ngah tepon bagitau wedding date yg baru la kita 'gempor' menyudahkan baju ni...

Anyway me sebenar dah tak boleh main2... sebab bulan Ogos ni Manjang(Tasha's Mak Anjang,ie; my youngest sis) pulak nak kahwin... sepatutnya me dah siapkan 3-4 pasang sorang maklumla nanti nak kena bertandang lagi.... banyak kenduri tu.... tapi tak tau bakpe... budaya lepak dah melanda makcik ni.... maybe sebab me tengah depressed... ye lah... minyak naik... beras naik...semua naik jadi me tadak mood la... so me melepak la situ sini... kat rumah... kat klcc... kat pavilion... tapi mujur tak shopping... makan2...minum2 jer... yelah melepak la kan....
oh ya kalau you all jumpa tempat makan best2 kat kl ni... macam nasi lemak yg ain tunjuk tu share2 la ngan akak ye... so me tak payah masak.... jimat sikit... mmmm....

Note: nanti bila rajin me tunjuk gambar telekung sulam dia pulak ok...

Tatting

Dulu kakda ada promise nak tunjuk kat dania somethingkan?... alaa tatting yang me buat atas keychain tu la... haa... inilah dia.. masa cuba tu rugi tak sediakan satu motif kecik utk letak kat tengah dia... thank you dania sebab kasi semangat dan tunjuk ajar... oh ya masih belum jumpa2 plastik ring tu....

ahaa...ni plak kakda tengah cuba nak buat cluny leave....dah berapa kali cuba.. gaya macam nak jadi...masih fail lagi... last2 i gibab you!... next time bila jumpa sifu kena minta dia tunjuk 'live' baru faham agaknya

dah lama ambik gambar tu...tapi dok tadak mood manjang...kena la pulak dah kena penyakit baru... dulu rajin merayap website cari cross stitch patterns... now asyik mahsyuk kumpul machine embroidery free patterns... bila dah jumpa lubok yang baik punya... mula la tak hengat donia... mendonlot sakan la... pastu testing la pulak kat mesin... tu la keje nye hari2 sampai Tasha pun dah perasan,"mummy dah tak nak donlot cross stitch pattern lagi ker?".... ish ish ish....jangan la cakap macam tu....guilty mummy taw....

satu lagi...sila abaikan background jeans buruk ku ittew...

okay girls... have a nice day everyone... amboi mus.. senyum jer.... congratulation on your engagement, dear..

Mummy's New Toy....Dont Touch....

Okay, untuk tatapan semua....ini la dia mesin tu. It is an embroidery machine... Memory Craft 350E from Janome.... takde la secanggih mana...but this will do very well for me....
Why did i buy this machine?....ummmmmmm...dunno...hehehe..

The story is like this.... last year, i went to have a look at another machine, Janome Harmony 2049 to upgrade my 20 year old Singer.... there i saw these two ladies learning to use the Memory Craft machine... they were making some embroidery for baju kebaya and baju kurung....immediately i fell in love with this machine.... the quality of the embroidery is surprisingly good to my standard... (of course, nothing can beat the exquisiteness of the the sulam goyang.... that is another story..)

I just stood there mesmerized, thinking."ooo no, i want this too!!" That day i went home empty handed, indecisive, confused.... macam orang angau ...hahaha..
Obviously, i cant afford to have both machines.... i need to have the Harmony 2049 for my sewing projects....yet what i really want is the other one...

So, not long after that i saw marissa_anuar of SKAC offering a voucher of RM500 on the forum.... i called her up and with her help i bought the the Harmony 2049 machine at a very good price... what a nice lady she is... she gave me the voucher for free!! i am so lucky ... thanks a million Ida....


Well... that was a few days before new year.... i knew then that the price of the MC 350E is going to go up after the new year...so, i paid a booking fees.... in case i really want that machine, i can still buy it later at the old price....a much much cheaper price...

To cut the story short(yey! this a long long story indeed).....i got the machine last week.... it is my 20th wedding anniversary present .....and here i am today as busy as ever... so many new things to learn.... how to sulam baju kurung, baju kebaya, tudung, sulam gambar Tasha suruh...etc.... but the most important thing is...i am so blissfully happy at the moment...and hope you are too, my dear friends....love u all...muahs...

My Verdict on the Machines:
Harmony 2049- best sangat mesin ni...sewing is such a pleasure...smooth jer.. betul tak dania?... macam2 tapak nak kena cuba ni...
MC 350E- best jugak... selain dari pattern yg boleh dibeli, ada free patterns boleh download from internet and kalau nak design pattern sendiri boleh beli software dia and design kat pc then sumbat kat mesin suruh dia jahit...hahaha... tu me belum ada lagi...nak! nak! nakkkkk!

Ps:
Thank you guys for bearing with me... i know what it feels like when you dropped by and seeing my old expired post...what to do...blog bersawang syndrome dah melanda hehehe.... so sorry about that....i will try to make up for that...

Lovely Lilies Update

Sorry to say... but not much progress is done on my Lovely Lilies.... tho' i have gone back to working on the quilt part.... the aliens are still there....
Looks like it's going to take forever before they can transform themselves into a beautiful quilt....

Buttercream Frosting Sampler

Another finished WIP....i started this piece somewhere last year....or was it last last year???....seriously i can't remember at all....

This pattern is by Primrose Needleworks featured in one of the TGOS issue... stitched on my own tea-dyed aida... looks kind of aged and patchy... but what can i say ....that's how it's supposed to be...

Anyway, i started working at it again last December, because i am all for ZERO UFO .... yes, that is my new year's resolution .....
And i finished stitching it early this month... hmm...that is a good start... let's hope that i will not forget too soon...

NOTE: ZERO UFO is not equal to ZERO WIP!!

Budak Cicak Nak Posing

Because i am not in the mood of shooting new pictures.... here i show some pictures of Budok, the kitten... the apple of his Mama's eyes.....
The first thing his Mama will look for when she gets back from school is Budok....
"Budok....Budok.... where are you...mama dah balik ni"..... she will call...hehehe

And then she will ask me "Kakak dah kasi Budok makan?...

My...my....he has grown so fast...




Ehem...in case you are wondering... Budok calls me Kakak ... because i refused to be called Grandma... itu Mama dia punya ultimatum...
"Mummy, you want to be Grandma or not?" ....
"NO....no way"
"Kalau gitu Mummy kena jadi Kakak okay?".....
"Okay"...so Kakak it is...hehehe....jangan marah....