JE Friendship SAL Update

Hi all.... hows the long weekend?... i' been home most of the time working very hard on my much neglected SAL... i am quite happy with my progress... this time i concentrate on speed... i don't care much about neatness anymore... i hope to get 2nd shelf done before Ramadhan...

Puasa nanti, i have to jahit baju raya pulak... quite a handful tho'... for me and my girl sepasang dua... for my 2 boys sepasang sorang(part ni yang lemahnya...baju melayu cekak musang!! adeh..) And...i have a this big angan2 too... this year i want to make one for dear hubby... never in my life have i make one for him... always tempah jer...
Well...lets see if i can do all that... from past experiences... last2 nanti, i just jump to Plan B.... baju melayu tu, beli jer Ready Made....huhuhu..

Oppst... melencong jauh plak from SAL update...
Since i didnt post an update last month, here are some pictures i took about a month ago... special location...tu Dataran Merdeka tau...MERDEKA!!



And this one i took this morning.... before the frogging is done on the right... Now the mistake is rectified... thank god....


oh ya... this is our new family... Si Budak Cicak... dah macam2 nama we gave him... but we end up calling him Budok... memang noti budok ni... abis dia tackel makcik2 tu semua..Sangquity, Anakonda and Buttercup..


Okay... salam to all my dear friends... love you all... muahs!..

Bookmark Exchange

At last the suspence is over... the mystery is solved....and all the questions answered...
My secret partner is who else but our dear Adik Manis,Musliha....
This afternoon when i went to the Post Office to collect my parcel, when the post worker was flipping thro' the bundle of registered items, i spotted my parcel right away .... i recognised Mus's neat handwriting.... what a nice surprise...
Ok...without further ado...lets us enjoy the view....

This is her beautifully stitched bookmark.... it is soooo... beautiful in my eyes...i keep staring at it all the way to my lil girl's school.... muahs... thank you very much Mus...

And with that, she gave me this cute crocheted cupcake...cik gumi2...alahai memang comel sesangat....
Then, there is a set of needles... hmmm very2 useful....
And a ball of white tatting thread... well, i really like this thread... i want to try crochet a doily from it... huhu... talking about big dream........

And here is the back view of the bookmark... see the fabric she used for backing?.... she remembers.... that is a pumpkin pincushion she gave not long ago...and i have actually made a very good use of that 'labu'...hehehe.


Thank very very much Mus for all goodies and pumpkin too...

Ps: oh ya...my DH said the bookmark is awesome....shantik!

Da's Candy FLoss And More Pincuchions

Just for the fun of it... i want to show 2 pincushions i made not so long ago.... Actually i wanted to see how my own hand-dyed threads turn out.....you see... i've been doing some experiments with threads and dyes...

So here is the result...



The last one is my favorite floss...it turned out so well.... But the first one on top is the 'failed one'..... i nearly threw it into the dustbin.... but being my first ever hand-dyed floss,..i tried stitching with it a bit... and made into a that blue pincushion.... just for keepsake...

Notice the better picture quality?... those pictures were taken by Dear Son No 1, with his newly bought camera... hmmmm.... i need to borrow that camera often....

My JE SAL Update

Hello friends....i realised that i haven't shown my progress on my JE SAL until now... so sorry about that, Puan Organiser Salmi..... we should make an update on our SAL progress at least once a month, right?

So here it is....


hmmm... i thought i can finish the top shelf before i show it here... but sad to say... my target is not achieved... and now that i have some thing important to do..(the Bookmark Exchange), my SAL has to wait in queue again....

Chocolate Cake Anyone?

oh while my blogging mood is still hot....i must show you this....
i have done something that i haven't done for a very very long time.....
i baked a cake!!! chocolate cupcakes....
trust me...it was very long ago since i baked a cake (or anything!)....the expiry date on the cocoa powder packet said it...
i got another month to finish the nearly 2kg of cocoa powder.... help!

you see...i am easily influenced....
you show me chocolate cakes... i pine for chocolate cake...
you mentioned nasi berlauk...just now i eat it for breakfast...
who knows....soon i'll be making cupcakes pincushions...hehehe... PEACE

owh.... enough babbling...here is the chocolate cupcakes i made yesterday.... yummy even without topping due to plain laziness....

A Pinkeep And A Scissors Pocket

I am quite pleased with myself today... because i made a pinkeep for the first time...


And yeah... it is a pinkeep... with all the pins stuck around it...but am still not sure of the use/purpose of this thing...
If its a place to keep pins... it doesn't make sense with mine... i had a hard time trying to push the pins in.... and once its there, its almost permanent...
But, if its meant to keep the pins there forever... then it does make sense..

I also made it into a scissors' pocket so that we can keep our scissors there, obviously....(what am i saying??...please bear with me..)


By the way... the pattern is Mary Garry's Sewing Cabin.... i love the wacky hair style....it makes me smile just looking at it....
So, that is what your hair is going to look like if you stitch too much!!!hahaha..

Thanks to the quality of the pictures...i bet you guys cannot pin-point the imperfections of my finishing....

A DIY Craft Stand

Last weekend my dream came true.... with the help of my dear hubby we managed to make my DIY craft stand, stands proudly (thus the name, eh?)...

took us 3-4 days to complete...

Day 1...
hunting for materials and wood cutting and sanding the surfaces...sanding took a few hours...i did it manually with the help of my lil gal...

Day 2...
relax day....well... drilling is not what i can tackle on my own yet...and hubby was not free.....

Day 3...
drill, drill, drill until we can see smoke coming out from the holes...hehehe
then, putting everything together....not an easy task.. as the holes we drilled are not big enough for the bolts...reasons...we dont have the right drill bits...

Day 4...
still trying to fix this and that...to make the clamp mouth work...i got sore fingers from handling the bolts, nuts and screws...

but all the hard work paid off... we are so proud of ourselves....
look..everybody ...my craft stand, STANDS!!! And it works...(tho' it wobbles a little..)
oh... i added that pattern holder and a pincushion to make my life easier..
well...now i need a place to hang my scissors too....hmmm...



Note: My gratitute to Mus, Lindt and Dania...guys, you made this project possible..