Tak siap-siap

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Banyak my projek menjahit tak siap-siap... macam mana ni? Antara yang dah start tapi belum siap ialah bag untuk seorang kawan yang jauh di selatan...yang sedang memandang ke arah selat teberau tu... tentu dia sudah jemu dan bosan menunggu bagnya yang tak siap-siap. Sungguh tak boleh di harap langsung si tukang jahit ini ya!

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Sebenarnya banyak halangan (walaupun taklah sebesar mana) dalam nak menyiapkan sesatu projek tu (alasanlah tu!). Walau macam mana banyak alasan pun, saya akan tetap siapkan sikit demi sedikit.. Macam tadi ingat nak sulam butterfly, cari-cari kerta alas sulam pulak tak ada... mana pulak hilang nya ni? Tapi tak apa, kain ni dah cukup tebal, boleh terus sulam... akhirnya siap jugak butterfly biru itu.

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Sekarang cuma tinggal nak cantumkan tangkai and lining sahaja. Sabar ya Cik Suraya...

Simple bag...

Ta daaa... dah siap... dah bagi pun kat empunya... I hope she like it.... eventhough just a simple bag but... sewn with all my heart....

The name was intentionally embroidered up-side down. The partly seen yellow cow was also upside-down...

I will definitely sew more bags after this....

Ad-hoc sewing project...

Tak sangka pulak... laku pulak batu seremban jahitan saya ni... This morning, Cik Siti tempah lagi lima set... and I quickly agreed... sebab I suka pulak jahit tiny mini squares ni... ok projek ni akan start this weekend ... together with the baju kurung project la nampaknya...

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Last night, after late dinner... dah dekat 10 mlm dah, boleh panggil supper la kot... sebab terlebih kenyang.. dah tak boleh tidur... lagipun nak puasa hari ni.. lambat dinner sikit.. tak sahur pun tak pe..

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What did I do sebab kenyang sangat?.... apalagi keluarkan baju from the washer... then lipat baju yang dah 2 hari tak lipat... habis lipat... my daughters dah lama masuk bilik masing-masing... my husband masih depan komputer... Apa nak buat lagi... jam dah dekat 11.15 p.m. hahhh... I quickly went to my sewing corner, grabbed one of the cotton I bought over the weekend and decided to make a bag for a friend, to surprise her actually... for her to put in her baby boy stuff ...

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After cutting the material... I decided to have the baby's name embroidered onto the fabric... not one but a few been embroidered with different colours... done... put aside.... tomorrow night I would continue with the sewing....

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It was 12.30 a.m. tak ngantuk lagi... then.. I switched on the TV turned to Astro channel 413, ada movie The Astronaut's Wife.... best jugak ceritanya.... I watched until 1.40 a.m. and went to bed....

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And... pagi ni ngantuk on the way to office....

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something done and many things not done....

Finally... it's done... I sewn the whole set of five pouches of batu seremban... consists of 5 pcs for each pouch.

All the fabrics used were left over from my blouse (brown floral corduroy) and cottons from the fabric photo frame I used to do quite some time ago.

Today, I have given all those tiny pouches to the lady who is in charge for the women's affair of our company's sport club... and also a close friend of mine... Siti Zaharah..

Next project before puasa start.... siapkan another sulam manik for a friend sister's baju kurung... sempat tak ni... during Ramadhan pulak nak jahit baju kurung for my daughters lagi... nak jahit langsir sliding door lagi... belum lagi langsir dapur yang tergendala from last raya, and yang paling penting my sarung cushion for my sofa.... alamak !!!!

new fabrics...

These are my latest fabrics in the collection... all are cottons... some are for baju kurung and small project like bags and pouches for friends and daughter, Hajar and for my cushion cover...

The cottons were purchased from all over the places i.e. Nagoya in Tampin, from a textile shop in Taipan Senawang (Senawang pun ada Taipan...) and also from Bandung, bought from a friend Zarin. (psst.. zarina... I lum bayar lagi la...)

Today, konon nya after lunch nak start potong kain untuk baju kurung Sarah and Hajar... and after that to finish up the remainder of the batu seremban...

Batu Seremban...

Few months ago....a colleague has asked me to sew a set of 5 batu seremban... I tak rasa pelik sebab before this my daughter pun pernah suruh jahitkan batu seremban for her and friend. I used to play 'batu seremban' during primary school. But those days we used to collect stones to be used as batu seremban.

During the weekend, baru I took the opportunity to sew a set of five 1.5" x 1.5" sachet batu seremban. I used my left over cotton from the baby's pillow case. I also sew 4" x 3.7" small pouch to keep those batu seremban... I filled those small squares with kacang hijau..

Anyone out there... ever sew batu seremban before.... It's quite fun sewing those tiny squares....

Oh ya... those batu seremban would be used for the Pertandingan Batu Seremban during Hari Wanita at our office to be held in October.