Fabric Gift Card

A friend ordered a tote bag as birthday present for her mom. The bag was mentioned in my previous post here. Since she is currently in Manchester, she has also asked for a gift card to be included together with her gift. Making a card using fabric scraps didn't crossed my mind until i stumbled upon a tutorial on how to make one. You can find the tutorial here - Quilted Notecards.

Now that i have made one, I simply love it. Gotta get more fancy cards & start making more of em ;).

Other crafters that have also made cards from fabric scraps, among the many are myBotang and tinihani.

Love note : Do share your experience of making fabric cards. Btw Sue, if you are reading this, memang la syok jahit atas kertas hehehe

I need help with my free motion stitch....PUHLEASEEEE!

I have been hit by the free motion sewing wave started by Anique of Craftzone Malaysia.
Tini has tried it.So has Durra. And i'm sure there are others who have already mastered the technique.

Me..however, failed BIG time.
I don't know where did i do wrong.
The thread nak bergumpal (tangle) jugak.
I have lowered the presser foot. Put in the thread correctly. Set the tension thread to '0' Semua ok kalau jahit biasa. Tapi bila nak jahit free motion je..tak jadi :(.

I bought the foot, then the ram-ram (hoop). First i tried without the ram-ram (i find the name ram-ram a little funny). First time tahu when anique mentioned it to me hehehe. Many did well without the ram-ram. But when i failed to hold the fabric without kejang-kejungkan my hands, i decided to buy the ram-ram (thinking maybe i'm a little s.l.o.w in that matter so..takpelah). Tapi..tak jadi jugak. I've googled, read tips, watched videos..the only problem is..benang masih bergumpal jugak! Mula2 ingat gumpal kat benang bawah. Bila tukar bobbin thread colour lain...rupanya it was benang atas yg bergumpal. So pelik! Made me wonder..is it me or it is my 'antique' machine?

 free motion foot

plastic cover to cover the feed (cannot lower)

tension thread set at 0

stitch - running stitch

stitch length : 3.5

Here are some pictures of my blunders. To those who might have tips & clues and maybe the answer to my misery..please leave a comment ya! Thanks! Appreciate it very much :)

Tried on interfacing material

Pictures : Left - front, Right : back

Tried on fabric

Pictures : Left - front, Right : back

Tried on fabric

Pictures : Left - front, Right : back*

* used contrast colour for bobbin thread : showed that the upper benang yg bergumpal..kenapa ye?

I really really hope you..or any sewing Otai @ Guru out there can somehow enlighten me on this. And i  hope it is me..not my sewing machine. Coz if it is my machine..i don't think i can afford to get a new one at the moment huhuhu..

Sewing Tips #1 and more to come

Since i'm a newbie at sewing, my lappy is the next important thing, after my sewing machine. I sometime have to go back & forth between my machine & my lappy just to get my project done. Be it on how to put on the zipper foot, how to stitch, where turn the fabric, how to pre-wash fabrics or even how to end machine stitches.

So..instead of bookmarking every tips, i decided to share them here-one at a time. Easy for me to find and easy for other newbies too. So..for the first tip..it is..on

PINNING FABRIC by KeykaLou

3 basic ways to pin


1. Pin Parallel (Vertical)

2. Pin Perpendicular (Horizontal)