Long mermaid batik skirt

Hi all..

I'm helping my mum to sell a gorgeous long mermaid batik skirt a.k.a kain batik duyung. Suitable for any special occasion like wedding, dinner,etc. You can pair it up with kebaya or maybe tunic ( white color is the best one!).Two pieces available . Interested? Have a look on these below photos. It's RM55 each.Interested? just drop an email to me.. jessiearenwan@gmail.com. Have a wonderful day!

mini cathedral window quilt

Dear YOU...

Sorry for ignoring you for the past few month. My never ending work at office keeps me away from you. The only thing that I could come up is this cathedral window quilt. I did it last weekend-Sunday. It still in progress. Another type of quilt. Took few hours to complete it.

Ermmhh...my post is too short...sorry guys!

my too small pinky short

I know...just by looking at my post title, you will definitely know that this short is not my size actually. But anyway, I had fun sewing the pieces together . Here you go..my simple yet easy to sew but too small for me -pinky short!

front view

hehehe..just a zoom view for the pocket that I made for this short.

inner view

It comes with pockets for both side and I use french seam technique to finish this short. Definitely will sew more and more in future but with the correct size for me.

Happy sewing,everyone!

my mostly blue quilt

Erkk..it looks so gloomy in here...hehehe...anyway, let start with introduction 1st..about 'what should i with the fabric?' well..my original idea was to make shorts or boxers.. but then I realized this lovely 100% cotton is suitable for quilt too. So, my second idea was much more exciting to do than the short. So, here you go.. my 2nd baby quilt. I can say that 40% goes to sewing machine..and another 60% goes to hand stitching. That is why this project came a bit late from my schedule. And I hope that the owner of this quilt will like it too. Well..obviously I wish her mum will like it 1st, then only she will give it to her baby girl .It's for you, my dear niece..Roselle Usun!

i want this quilt to have pillow look design. That is why you can see a lot of face hand stitching on it. And it looks puffy too!

I bought all these fabrics from Nagoya except for the gorgeous blue-dotted one. Bought that one from Lian-Lilstitchy!

duration for me to complete this hand-stitching? Almost a month(lazy+no mood+ itchy-finger due to needles).Penat wei! At one point I said to myself, just gave up this hand-stitching-change to machine! use sewing machine! It's easier! but then..ermmhh..i guess my passion for hand stitching are still there..i continued and luckily for me... it's finally done!

there you go another 'renyah' work...wait till u see them completely.

hahah..my another flower creation. glad that it turn out the way i want it to be!

Happy Sewing,everyone!

baju kurung

quick updates on my baju kurungszzz project. three done..one more to go..

a bit blurry but still okay laa...

one for me..another one for my sis..

and..a hint for my next project..
can you guess what I'm going to do with this fabrics? heheh..wait and see the outcome..will update soon.

Happy sewing, everyone!

baju kurung again

Bought few fabrics for baju kurung .This time I'm going to add some stuff on it. hehehe...little tiny touch! Can't wait to see the result.

Oppss...sorry...my next entry will be much longer than this one. See u soon!

Happy Sewing, everyone!

my February pinky halter dress

Bought this pattern from Alviana again. Thanks Alvi!

the construction of my 1st dress.

upper part

I used different fabric for midriff part.

add interfacing to give extra support

two parts joined together.

yeah!!! I made it! my 1st pinky halter dress!

at last, I've gut to show myself wearing this dress.

Happy Sewing,everyone!

crafting at my workplace

I've been busy with my office work lately. It's been 2mth plus I've been with this new company. Very busy. For the 1st month, I felt very bored. Not many people want to help me, to guide me. It's not that they are not willing to help me but it's all because of they are very busy with their own work. It's very different environment with my previous company. I used to work at flexi hours but now, I have to get up as early as I can since i need to reach there before 8am. It's a bit far from my home too. But since I'm at opposite direction of traffic jam, then it's okay with me. To tell the truth , I'm dealing with some sort sewing stuff too. Only that this one is not for crafty thingy. We're specialized in interior part of automobiles. We sew seat leather cover for variety part of cars. From Kancil to Ferrari...these customers will send their seat cover to us in order to change the them into new comfortable leather type.
Anyway, I'm not going to explain in details on what I'm doing at my workplace.. hehehe..It's just that even during my busy time at office, I still manage to do some craft stuff at office. I became new comittee member for 5S. And one of the task is to decorate the notice board. well of course it's not the main task..the main task is actually to assist all the HOD during audit, report and etc. But anyway, back to the notice board.. I manage to use some of my crazy idea to it. And this is what happen... hihihi..


The funny thing is, because of this notice board, my GM asked me to design background for our company big banner too. hahaha...it's too much for me to handle. Luckily my colleague can help me out for this part. Thanks, Dieya!

I guess, craft can happen at anywhere you go. Happy Crafting, everybody!

my january puffy pouch

My second project for this month..MY JAN PUFFY POUCH. I found out the tutorial from Ayumill-Pink Penguin. Please check her wonderful+super easy tutorial at her blog ya. I bought the flexi frame from Tessa too.. recommended by Ayumills as well...

Exterior part laying on my cutting matt. (This cutting matt fly away from Ipoh. thx to Neeza for buying it for me.

flexi frame bought from Tessa. She's a such a sweet lady. Nice to deal with her!

quick view on how to insert the flexi frame.

peek-a-boo!

there you go.my not so perfect puffy pouch. I made wrong measurement for the upper part of this pouch. But it's okaylaa....no one is perfect for the 1st kit.
Hope you guys can make this one too.
HAPPY SEWING!

my january reversible skirt

Hope it's not too late for me to wish HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010! live long, live strong, and live happy! Anyway..here is some notes on my 2010 resolution:

1. Atleast 1 sewing project monthly
2. ermhh..tutorial for some of my own projects, perhaps?
3. Updates my not so called active-perfect blog frequently.
4. Meeting lots n lots crafter friends all around the world!

So..here we go. My 1st project! My january reversible skirt. First of all.. I would like to give credits to Kara from Sweet & Salty for sharing her tutorial about her gorgeous girly twirly skirt. You may check out her blog to see her tutorial. Pretty easy! And i was inspired from her blog when I want to do this version of mine. Thanks a lot, Kara! The only different is I have to double the amount of fabrics.
I made 2 pattern for this skirt. And of course it's not for me..hihihih..I can say that it took only 2.5 hours to sew this skirt ( in total 5 hrs for both) and I'm proud of it. Never thought that I can finish it very fast! Here you go..my 1st handmade for this new year 2010! And sorry..tutorial is not available for this one yet. hehe..

to push 2 elastic bands together was the hardest part....phewhh.......but...

I'm so happy with the ending!
reversible,right?
another reversible view.

i adore both of them!

Happy sewing everyone!