What's in store

We'll be having a private sale in November. These are some of the magnets that we've made in preparation. Fabric-covered with a mixture of cotton-linen blend, quilting cotton, flannel or oxford cotton (some with lace). The magnets were E6000ed so you know they won't fall off even in the washing machine, LOL! Packed in sets of 4 by colour scheme for easy gift-giving.

Fun and colourful scrunchies. These are large ones, about 15cm across when fully opened up. Mini ones available but will post pic later. 

Christmas 2012 orders will be taken till 23 30Nov and then we'll be taking a longer than usual break after finishing these orders. Some new items coming up so watch this space.

Have a blessed day!

Same old, same old

Yup, yup, fabric covered buttons again. Magnets this time :-)

I had this piece of oxford fabric that had multi-coloured circles. They were too close together for the 27mm buttons but I cut them out anyway. I think 27mm is much better at showing off the pretty lace than 18mm ones. I like the balance of the colour with the lace and the backdrop. Sadly, I only have the blue, brown tones. The brighter version of reds and oranges was made into this backpack.

Have a blessed day!

Baby Pom colours

Do you know this Fimble? It's a pink and green striped Fimble. DD had a toy way back and I thought the colour combination was a bit odd but then I started seeing Baby Pom colours in... bread! Have you seen those rectangular ones with the brown skin top but pink and green below with cream in the middle? We call these Baby Pom bread.

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Anyway, this month's giveaway is 1 green or 1 pink 5" zipper pouch made from linen (source I bought from claimed this is premium linen, you decide) and trimmed with lace, ribbon and embroidery. It's fully lined with matching quilting cotton and lightly interfaced.
Just leave a comment here or 'Like' the pic on my Facebook page. Draw is on Friday 24June at noon!

Sneak: Frills

Went shopping yesterday and got a haul! Ribbons and laces :-)
Had a hard time deciding which ribbons to buy 'cos they were so pretty!

Keying in

Managed to complete this before the GE2011 election results program on TV. I hope that all who get elected will deal with the key matters at hand without disparaging nor prejudice.

Made from linen and cotton and resin snaps for closure. Antique look metal key rings for 6 keys.
Have a blessed evening!

Before and after: scented sachet

DD made a scented sachet for me during one of her Girl Brigade sessions. I had it on my sewing table for a while and the itch came today to redo the plastic wrapper the potpourri is in. Which do you prefer?
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More pencil cases

It's odd sometimes when the requests come in, they come in batches. I'd get requests for similar items from different people about the same time. It's interesting to see how they pair the fabrics too. Sometimes what I think doesn't work turns out better than I imagined. So I learnt to hold back my comments on the prints of the fabric and only suggest when it comes to the weight of the fabric.

Two flat rectangular pencil cases. Both fully lined, personalised and not interfaced. Smaller one is made from linen and corduroy on the outside and lined with calico. Larger has US import super combed blue lifesavers cotton lined with Korean import blue canvas on the inside. Daiso star zip and D-ring extras.

This is my first plain linen creation and I like working with linen. There are so many types of linen out there (I bought 3 recently) and they have different textures, coarseness and colour. They match so well too. Must be why so many zakka items use them. Looking forward to more lace and embroidered items :-)

Have a blessed day!