Back to Basics

After a long quilting drought, dabbling with other crafty pursuits, finally got down to finishing a full sized quilt. This one is for our vacations host. It's the Swoon quilt using assorted  Cotton and Steel fabrics. All in all, took 2 weeks to complete. Now itching to do more and started on Fancy Forrest kit by Eleizabeth Hartmann. Super ambitious!

Mad Hatter

Had to whip these chef hats at 10pm the night prior to B's company cookin event. It's actually relatively simple, but don't tell him that :) . Just cut 8x24" rectangle for the rim, fold in half so its 4 x 24", sew ends together with some stiff interfacing, and attach to 20" round (coordinating if you like) fabric gathered equally. I used some velcro to secure the back ends. Ta-da!  
 

Little Big Girl Dress

Finally got down trying my hand at sewing clothes. Used the tutorial from Little Big Girl Studio for a simple pillowcase summer dress.

Fabric selection: Kate Spain Central Park

 

 M wore it last night to a family gathering and it looked pretty good but more importantly, she didn't complain it was scratchy! Dead sure she would fidget the whole night because the seams weren't serged (finished off with a zig zag stitch on the trusty Bernina). Anyway, still toying with the idea of getting one (a serger), but probably only when the new sewing space is ready next year when we move.

Dinner for One

 

 

Inspired by this cookbook I had purchased for S's birthday gift, decided to make matching scrappy placemats to go with the general theme. Used the concept from Ellison Lanes' 12 gifts of Christmas blog hop. Started out well enough but ran out of time, and ended up with only 1 of 6 mats planned. So much for personal effectiveness.

Don't want to make promises I can't keep so S will just have to wait for those times when the boys are out and she can sit down with a nice bowl of comfort food, with her very own unique placemat.
Happy Birthday girl!
 

You can check out the rest of the 11 projects (Can't wait to try out the iPAD case

Superhero Girl

Who says she can't be Superman? That's what she said when we got the invitation card to her classmate's Superhero themed party. She was right, there aren't many "superwomen" who had costumes that are age appropriate for a 6 yr old. So got my hands on some red and blue satin, and whipped this up.

Downloaded the famous symbol and appliqued it to a plan blue t-shirt, then made a simple skirt and cape with matching belt. Just before we reached the party venue, M said to me "Mummy, we forgot something, the RED UNDERWEAR!!" Too cute.

Not much sewing happening lately on account of the lazy bug, mainly triggered by renovation blues. The new place will likely be delayed a couple more months (argh). Starting to pack up all the stuff ready for the move to storage so a few more dry months. Will bring along some half completed projects to finish up at Mum's though. Anyway, must look on the bright side, I will have a dedicated sewing studio (its really just a corner) at the new place so looking forward to kitting that out.

Here's some simple pillow cases made to cover the now grotty pillows made last year. Need to get more projects done.

Aquas and Oranges

Sneak peek at my new baby quilt for T  (Yes E, the wait is almost over!). I'm calling it Tangerine Submarine Quilt. Just love the bright colors.

Only the quilt top is complete, just need to baste and quilt and bind..... :) will get down to it. I will... Pics of the completed project to be posted. Anyway, M wants this design too, but in pink of course so deciding to finally cut into the Sherbet Pips. Hope it works out well.

Also need to get down to finishing up the pillow cases for Mother's Day. Thinking of trying the cathedral window pattern on Moda Bakeshop by Angela but does look a little daunting. Perhaps will stay up late tonight for election results and get down to it.

Oh Happy Day!

New Kookykutz Logo and label!

Happened to chance upon a small bookshop at the mall and found that they were carrying an adorable line of handmade baby items (can checkout their website www.spinkie.com ) and said to myself, "Hey, I can definitely do that".

Anyway. inspired by this, I decided to do a little branding of my own stuff (for a more professional look) and got someone to design a new logo. Its an updated color version of the 2 birds which I used to hand print on organic twill tape. Haven't quite decided if I am going to invest in a woven label, or simply DIY on printable fabric. Decisions, decisions...

Even have a shop front done for Etsy. Now the trick is to start producing enough stuff of sufficient quality to start selling :) Akan Datang!