Baby Grand Piano Cover

My friend, Alice and Faudzi has this gorgeous ferrari red grand baby piano. A few weeks after it came home with them, Alice asked me to make a cover for it. Part of it because they were leaving for a two weeks vacation to Prague and don't want it to gather dust. Another reason is to keep Lizzie, their cat from sratching the luscious paint. I got it done but only after they got back from their holiday. Better late than never?

Arwen’s Gypsy Skirt

What started out as clearing my sewing room, turned out to be making more mess when I made this Gypsy Skirt for Arwen. I hardly have half a yard each of these cupcakes fabric and wanted to clear my scraps. Arwen was happy twirling in the skirt as soon as I finished it but she has her own idea of wearing the skirt; topless. She refused to wear a shirt over it and look at her face when I insisted, so I can take her pictures. She wasn’t happy that I only took the bottom half of her with the skirt so reluctantly, she cooperated. After the photoshoot, she took off the shirt again and went about happily, topless. Well, at least, she likes the skirt

Ava Bags - All Five of Them

 Made these Ava Bags for Siti Hajjar. She gave me two weeks’ lead time. I lost one week due to the viral and bacterial fever. I spent the whole of this week on these beauties. Taking it slow and steady as part of my recovery process. I cut and prepare no 1,2 and 3 on Tuesday. Made the bodies on Wednesday, Prepared and attached the handles on Thursday. Cut and prepare no 4 and 5 on the same day (Thursday). Didn’t touch them at all on Friday as I had to go to Toyota to take back my care after the windscreen replacement and sent the kids to my mom’s for the night and went to the insurance company to submit my claim. Went for a movie with hubby dearie to celebrate our night’s away from the kids. I finished it early this morning with Azrai’s help and sent it to Hartamas after our brunch. 

Thank you Hajjar for your business. It was really therapeutic for me...

No ends to Luggage Tags

I woke up at 4am this morning. Arwen had one of her night terror episodes. She’d cry out of a sudden and as suddenly as it started, she’d go back to sleep; as if nothing happened at all. Since I’m awake, I decided to finished off what I started last night. I managed to cut and prepared the material for three luggage tags for my girlfriends. All I needed was to sew them together. I finished everything in an hour and got to clean up my sewing room. I’ve taken out some fabrics for CD toters. I’m planning to put some at Ruzila Kassim’s booth in Putrajaya next wednesday. She was generous to offer fellow crafters who’s interested to put up items for sale at her booth. Since it’s already in my turf (Putrajaya), I might as well come on board. I haven’t start a single toter yet. Me and my last minute execution. I’m cooking a plan to add passport covers and luggage tags. Only if time permits.

Till then, have a nice weekend folks!

A Birthday Present for A Special Friend

I have a date with a bunch of girlfriends tomorrow morning for brunch and it will definitely stretch out to, who knows. One of them is celebrating her birthday this month so I thought I could make a bag for her. I’ve been using a lot of Gypsy Paisley in White from the Gypsy Bandana Collection by Pillow & Maxfield and I just love it. I looked around for a bag pattern not too difficult to make in a short period of time and decided to make the Ava Bag, a Tanya Whelan of Grand Revival Design. I’ve had this pattern for over a year and made one bag for my mom last year for mother’s day.

I love the fact that it’s reversible and mix and match it with Patty Young’s Zen Garden in Pear from the Sanctuary Collection. It’s not my neatest of work but given the time constraints, I’m quite pleased with the outcome. I just hope that Birthday Girl is equally happy with this little gift.

To make it interesting, I’ve spread out the contrasting fabrics that I used for the background of the picture. You can see the crease in the first picture :P

To my dearest friend, Nazlina Noordin,

I’m wishing you another year
Of laughter, joy and fun,
Surprises, love and happiness,
And when your birthday’s done,

I hope you feel deep in your heart,
As your birthdays come and go,
How very much you mean to me,
More than you can know.

By the way, these fabrics are available for sale at lilarwen.blogspot.com if you’re interested :)

A Pillow Case Dress for Baby Mia

I’m scrap-busting my 1/2 meter stash. I made this for baby Mia. Her mommy, ordered the camera strap cover and some other stuff from me. She’s a great photographer and operates LittleBIGShots Photography. Check it out on Facebook :)

I made using the last 1/2 stash of MetroMarket Strawberries in Aqua. Finished the edges with red bias tape. I used Mingle in Blossom for the strap.

Mommy, don’t forget to take great shots of Mia in this dress!

My New Camera Bag

I’ve had my Lumix GF2 for almost 3 months now. Although it came with a bag but I normally chuck it in my Cosmo bag along with God knows what else. It’s rough I know and I’ve been searching for a bag suitable for it. I went online and browsed Esty for some ideas. I like the cubie or a padded insert that you can put in any bag. But I don’t have any foam lying around in the house to make one. 

Camera Cube found on Etsy

 After much searching, I finally decided to follow Pink Penguin’s Bento/Lunch Bag tutorial. I made a slight modification to the bag where I added  batting onto the bag’s body for padding and extra protection to keep the camera from being knocked around too much. And Oh!, I added some pockets in the interior lining for memory cards.

 I took this with my Iphone4. The quality is not too hot. I am seriously considering to make a matching camera strap cover and lens pouch... 

I’ve had ScotchGard for quite sometime already. I found it at a DIY shop in IOI Mall, next to Daiso. I was prompted to get this when Naza of Itsy Doodles asked me how to stain-proof placemats she’s making for a customer a while ago. My solution is to put the placemats under the plastic or vinyl cover that people usually put on their tables. When I saw this, I thought I’d give it a try and protect my bags. :) I have yet to put it to test. I will update accordingly when I have. 

Now, I’ve got to get ready to pick Danial up from school and send some packages to the postoffice.