Origami Bag Set and A Petite Diaper Tote

I wanted to make something from my Patty Young’s Sanctuary collection stash and browsed through Amy Butler’s book. I decided to make these Origami Bag Set for a friend. We’re meeting up for dinner this weekend to have a belated birthday celebration so I cranked up my machine and made her a couple of these beauties. I actually cut for 3 bags but I ran out of zippers. The bigger one is size Large measuring 16.5” wide across the top (12” across the bottom) x 4.5” deep x 6.5” tall. The smaller of the two is size Small measuring 12.5” across the top (8.5” across the bottom) x 3.5” deep x 4” tall.

Here’s a photo of Arwen ‘helping out’ during the photo-shoot.

Then, I got news that one of my photo buddies from Penang is coming down to KL with his wife to do their baby-clothes shopping. So, I cut the remainig material from the Glass tiles to make a Petite Diaper Tote; a pattern from the book, One Yard Wonders. 

I feel this is great for mommies who want to dash out for a quick errand and don’t want to take the giant diaper bag along. The bag’s finished dimensions are: 7.5” wide x 7.5” tall x 3.5” deep. I like it because it comes with an attached changing mat (quilted) that folds up and sticks to the back of the bag with velcro.

The teddy bear prop is Arwen’s idea :)

And this is how the bag looks like from the front:

Fill it up with wipes, diapers, a bottle and wallet and you’re ready to go. 

Beanies and Cowls

I was commissioned by Melissa to make beanies and cowls for her and her partner for their trip to Sydney end of July. It started with just the beanies at first but since there were extra yarn in the stash that she gave me, I managed to squeeze in the cowls. There’s a little bit extra for her Dell Streak cozy. I’ve yet to start on that. Hopefully I could wrap everything up by today and send it out to her. 

I’m very sluggish with my sewing nowadays. Got to work on a few orders that has been confirmed and payment has been received. I’ve cleared up my sewing room just to get in the mood but the mood seems to elude me. 

Hard to resist

It’s so hard to resist from buying fabric when the patterns are so pretty, isn’t it? I normally have a strong resistance towards fabric shopping but when I walked into Kamdar, IOI Mall yesterday, after breaking fast, I was pleasantly surprised with the selection. The first few that cought my eyes were theis colourful polkadots. 

Then, among the polkadots were these cotton gingham. What the heck, just cut me a few meters for my stash. 

This is my combo idea? Do you think they work?

Or this one?

Even the floral patterns are new and refreshing. I just love this red combo, don’t you?

Red and pink seems to work here, don’t you think?

The fact that it’s the Mega Sale season just made it easier for me to draw out my debit card and swipe. Hope you have fun feasting on my fabric selection :)

Reversible Aprons

I made these aprons today for a friend. I made them before but I didn’t post them here because the pictures weren’t nice. So, instead of laying the apron flat, I had no choice but to model them. Please ignore the tummy bump and the unflattering figure. These are taken by my 5 year old son. Times like this I wish I have a mannequin.

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...