Leisure Sewing : Pillowcase and Pillowcase Dress

The pillowcase is for my mom while the pillowcase dress if for baby dearest,InsyaAllah. remember the huggy pillow I made for my mom a whileeee..back? ( you can read bout it here ).It is now not as fluffy as before. Therefore, I decided to stuffed more cotton fluff (kekabu) and at the same make a replacement case for it.

I recently bought a button cloth mould/maker but had yet to give it a try. So for this special project instead of making the normal slip case or with tie closure as before, I made one using cloth buttons as closure.And I love the result. Emm,..had fun making them too hehehe :D. And this is my first time sewing laces too. I simply love the fabric combo added with cotton lace as embellishment.

And since I have enough fabric left, I thought this combo would also make a sweet dress. As it was my first time sewing a dress, I used a free pattern & tutorials by Made by Petchy and Little Big Girl Studio. This dress was easy to make thus made me feel addicted to make more. I definitely will, if time permits :).

An update on my pregnancy :

I am now 33 weeks along. Based on my previous delivery history (my 2nd & 3rd sons were born on the 37th week) my OB said I may have about 4 weeks more before the baby comes. Have a few more orders to complete and baby projects as well. Hope to finish them all in time. Wish me luck! *wink*

Weekend sewing : Trim catcher and gang

 This trim catcher with a bright orange base really brightens up my sewing corner :)

View from the top. The gang - the pin cushion. I prefer to have mine on top of the machine.

Clothes peg holder

To hold my new sets of gigantic pegs. They are like 4 inches long! ( I might have exaggerated when I wrote 5 inches before. Sorry ;). If u think they are big, there were bigger ones than these. Thought of buying those but nahhh..they were TOO big, lol!

Kimi was amazed when he saw this peg holder. To him mami was amazing..for sewing this holder which mami can just buy at any stores. I told him " Kenapa beli bila boleh buat sendiri?" (why buy when you can make your own). He grinned as he recognised the phrase often said by Chef Dani Mirzan a character played by Pierre Andre in a currently showing TV drama series, Tiramisu @TV3.

How was your weekend? Was it a (not so) lazy one as mine? ;)

So long and thank you old friend..& Welcome to a new one :)

I've had it for almost two weeks now but only now do I have the time to blog about it. Since raya, my CELCOM (saja nak tulis besar2) broadband service were beyond bad! To upload even a single raya picture on my Facebook took forever. Only last week, the service got better. Since i live somewhere a little off-skirt of KL, i can't complain much.

Brother NV 50

Back to my new buddy. It's a brother NV-50. The purchase was not planned. Though I have been wanting to ask for buy a new machine as an addition to the basic 'antique' machine that i have been using. I didn't plan for it to happen this soon. But i didn't have choice. I have mentioned here that the machine i used, cik Singer was my mother's. And it's almost half my age. Due to an overwhelming response for pre-raya orders , cik Singer decided to go on a strike. And all pre-raya orders were due latest by a week before raya. Nothing I did can make it run again. I had no choice but to send it for repair.

My old buddy Singer 2105

The uncle at Singer, Seri Serdang managed to revive my sweet old machine back to 'life'. But with a condition though - "Ini mesin sudah lama. Boleh jam lagi bila-bila masa". Well, my concerns were to finish all remaining orders & my kiddos' baju melayu. I prayed hard that she can at least bertahan until all is done. Though Cik Singer sometimes did went out of tune, my sewing missions were accomplished. Cik Singer's last assignment was the Baju Melayu(s). Jasamu ku kenang cik Singer!!! Now she just sits there...retired from her service. Thought of trading her in but decided to just keep her.

Initially, i had set my eyes on Singer Confidence. After giving it a long thought, and advises from others, i decided to go for a Brother NV-50. Price wise, the two are almost the same. Equally known for their name & good after sales service. However, NV-50 offers a lot more features than Singer Confidence. Hence I decided to go for the one than offers more for my money :).

Having using a basic machine for so long (with only FIVE choices of stitches), NV-50 is totally a new experience all over. Dah la computerised, ada 135 stiches to choose from! I kept wondering..apa aku nak buat dgn patterns banyak-banyak tu? Hehehe.. Still learning & getting used to all the fancy-shmancy buttons. Amazed at how much it can do, how smooth it runs...everything is at a touch of a button. No knob to turn except for the handwheel...only if necessary. Oh..and I love that it sews buttonholes in only 1 step ( previously it was 4 steps with cik Singer).

Singer has only 5 patterns to choose from

NV-50 comes with 135 patterns

Now that I have this superb new buddy, I am wishing for more beautiful creations to come and for more time to make them too ;)

Oh..and the first project i worked on using my new machine was a  beautiful tote bag in the gorgeous Dandy Damask Print..ordered by a friend who is now in Manchester, for her mother's birthday. Thanks Hana for your order!

Love note : Sorry for the long nonsense post. Hope you were not bored ;)