Zakka Project

 

Sometime I feel quilting process can be so painful, right now I am in the middle of working for my new quilt .. a queen size bed cover to be exact .

Fallen in love with the pattern from Ayumi Takashi book , I need 3 more swedish bloom block to go since I need a bigger size , though.. well, let see .. how much hours I need to put for this project.

The new blocks for my new quilt

 

I'm busy and having fun in the same time - sewing new blocks for my new quilt . I didn't know that can be so addictive ; piles after piles of blocks . Time consuming but again I just can't stop doing it. It's fun ..

Still need 20's more blocks to go - can't wait until the final result.

Summer Quilt Blanket

 

It took a long weeks, to finished this blanket .. I didn't feel to do anything for several weeks, just being lazy :(  In fact, this is a first time I did a hand stitching for top quilt.. Did you notice the leaf petal on the plain block ?  I like the result.  I think I will make another one , but I promise this time I will do it fast, before the plant season is coming, I will be busy working out door rather than sit and sewing.. well, we will see.

 

I don't bother to measure the finish size of quilt, it's quite big, thou. Perfect for summer picnic blanket. In fact the quilt is already on the hand of  a lovely nice lady :D - She was so happy with the quilt .

 

 

 

And for the weekend, I made 2 scrappy bucket for me and my daughter too, it was fun to grab of left over fabrics and create something cute like this. The big version is for me, I put a lot of stuff in there, and the small version is for my daughter, she loved carry here and there... She put her daily journal and crayons , she love to write everything she see while she sit in the car :D

If you like to make your own, please check the tutorial from my beloved talented Chase HERE (click)

 

 

 

cold weekend..

 

Already March second !! Still cold at STL - and just typical Saturday morning, my husband go for half day work, most the time just meet clients , and me must to take a little one for gymnastic class every Saturday morning.

Wake up early this morning my 6yo daughter said, "today is Dr. Seuss's Birthday and I want green egg for breakfast" *you might know book A Green Eggs And Ham- from Dr. Seuss* eeww...*  anyway, she made her own egg, 1 egg + 1 drop of blue food coloring , whisk very well = green egg. {ooh, my I forgot to take a picture} , oh yups.. she eat those green egg + 2 slice of bread and ready for gymnastic!

 

Yesterday she brought home , a change box as a part of Pennies for Patients Program. Which is the kids from her school will collecting spare change around the house and donating the money to support LLS's mission (Leukemia & Lymphoma Society) - mostly for kids with cancer.  And what make me proud is, she just 6yo and she already think one step ahead , if she can do a lot of chore and get paid for it, her box will fill up soon.  And she really did ..  make up her bed, clean her room, fold the clothes etc.  And she get pay for good cause  :)

What? Me ? during cold weekend ? is too cold to go outside, just reading some good books and flip sewing magazines I got several days ago. It's really good book, though..   The Japanese Sewing book I got from Joann's - on sale + commotion coupon, the final price was $7 ! And James Patterson novel (my favorite author) just 75cent from Thrift Store.

 

In fact, I have another reason to visit fabric store soon *I can't find exact coordinating fabric for binding and backing from my drawer* {really??, are you serious ? } - well, do you see my blankets ?? those are not finish, I don't have a fabrics .. ooh GOD ... ^_^

 

 

 

Have a nice weekend, every one. Thank you for stopping by . This is just my rambling..

Scrappy Trips Attack ...

 

Actually I'm in the middle of working with 'grey' colors fabric until some activity around quilters from around the world attract me. And I'm stop what I'm doing, and just looking to my fabrics stash and doing this..

Scrappy trips really get me .. I can't stop cutting 2,5inches blocks ; combine ; sewing .. no rule just sewing.. before I know my cutting table filled up with stack of blocks.  And for you who like to make for your own, here is a very useful tutorial can be found here:

http://quiltville.com/scrappytrips.shtml

Oh well, I will come back with the final result.. Happy Friday Everyone Thank you to stop by and check what on my blogs, you guys always "cheers" my days

needle..stitches..baking..special day..

 

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I'm doing hand quilting stitches, while baking a spekoek layer cake - the MUST cake I need to bake for a special day.

So, how do you like this handcraft so far ? .. this is my first time doing hand quilting, It's fun. I will come back to post the final result and the cake maybe .. :)

and still growing ..

I feel run like crazy .. too much too do, so little time .. here is one of the reason too, sneak peek from my last project. Piles of my quilting blocks, and still growing ..

I will be back soon..

NO BAKING TODAY : Scrapy Log Cabin

I always want to learn about quilting ! I can't belive that I did ; this is my first time scrapy log cabin ever. The block keep on growing .. and I still don't know how far i can go :)

Don't worry, not hard at all - you can find so many free tutorial through flickr or youtube . You just need a lot of scrap fabrics and passion for sure :)

Happy Weekend everyone,

xoxo