More patterns in the house

This time i have combined the box pleat,pelmet and scallop.I am still at the experimental stage.I don't quite like with how the long scallop has turn out,might need to resize the scallop.

Small simple valance for the door.

Pelmet with scallop
This pattern also calls for a light sheer drop at the back to distract eyes from the messy room inside.

Box pleat with scallop

The jumbo quilt is finally done

The ready size quilt is 124inch x 94 inch to fit a super king size bed for a dear friend who is giving the jumbo quilt to her loving sister who is in her senior years..

The patchwork was quilted simply in in a straight line following the arrangement of the white hexies.It is quilted in this manner for many reasons ..One reason being to cut stitching hours to the minimum and definitely reducing costs..and headache,sebab tuan tanah asyik merengek tanya bila nak siap?

The pink fabric on the left and right of the hexy piece was quilted seperately and later joined  to the main hexy patchwork to make up for the total size of the ready quilt..so this quilt consist of three parts quilted seperately..

Some lame photos taken on a hazy week...

This is in the bridal room.Unfortunately ,the room is not ready for a good photo shoot..

This is in the main living..Even the hall is not ready for the big event.Notice the bycycle 

At the main entrance@the sliding door..The electrical box is not doing justice to the pelmet..

Temporary hiatus....

Am currently swamped with sewing projects plus the multitude of matters relating to the home ground.Will be back with lots of sewing updates ..Stay tune dearies.....

Meditation on Saturday.Take some time off to arrange and tidy up the fabrics

These newly acquired fabric stacks  have been sitting beside me at my desk for almost 2 weeks waiting for me to pick the right project..it could be a baby quilt,a tote bag ,a quran cover,kitchen cozies.....ba,bla,bla..there is a long list of orders...

I am having a tough time deciding what bag pattern or quilt pattern to do and which material to pick and whose order to start with....

These stacks sit in my store room..But mostly are curtain fabrics in small meterage and small bits of cotton great for patchworks. They are all relegated to the back of my mind and my sight as for now and slowly losing my interest and waiting to be given away to the old lady..who visits me occasionally to "clean up" my stash,,See the line up of nagoya plastics below...more sheers pieces.They make nice frills for basket makeover.But there is just too much and i am giving it away as i am in dire need of the space,, 

I am trying to hold all the solid color fabrics(top most shelf) in one place for easy reach.This arrangement is great for starters..The shelf sits right at the back of my desk also at the entrance to the store..

But unfortunately after folding and unfolding i still could not decide.Fortunately and for sure they are now nicely fold and neatly arrange till my next pondering...A good peck on my back for a clean job..hihihi

Quran Cozy made from fabric bought from Mecca

This is another runaway project done late this evening.

This bed spread is done...

It is for a bridal bedroom..

The green pelmet is up

Baskets makeover

It has been quite sometime since i last make up these rattan baskets...have almost lost touch of the techniques and steps in doing.The materials are leftover sheers.I like to utilize all my scraps..Since the theme for the occasion is pink fuchsia i have chosen small floral trimmings with soft touch of dark pink.Wonder if i should embellish with ribbons or bows in stark fuchsia..or just leave it simple...after all they are going to be filled up with gorgeous looking door gifts... i don't want my basket to over-shine the pretty door-gifts...

3 baskets are done...She needs 4 baskets.....another one to go....Hmmm..short of one basket....

Sunday rambles....

What is it with patchwork ..?Its addictive..All these were done many months ago,smells like it has been sitting in the closet for many years....closet smell...Definitely needs a good wash after quilting....and when will the quilting work start???search me...i have no idea.With all the curtain orders lining up for Hari Raya,when can i find time to quilt..I have a good mind to sell these patchwork pieces..Anybody interested out there????

This is for the standard pillow size and there are 2 pieces.

size of each hexy is 1.5 inch x 1.5 inch..the ready patchwork is 86 inch x 86 inch

This is for the standard pillow size and there are 2  pieces

Size of each hexy is 1 inch x 1 inch...size of ready patchwork is 78 inch x 84 inch.

Each patchwork took a good 3 months to complete....

And the material therapy continues...

Look at some of these gorgeous material ......all  are Bellaboo Design from Bangkok.....bought at Dchomel,Taman Melawati  aje lah...tak kuasa nak melalut sampai ke utara nun..

The animal print has been taken

Fun orange combo

Small floral fuschia

Butterfly and black dots

Daisy on pink

Daisy on mustard

soldier print

 If you are interested all  are priced at RM20 per meter cut..postage not included..

Green pelmet..

The new pelmet

The old pelmet...without fringes because it has been stripped off and transfered to the new pelmet on customer's request....so much in the spirit of recycling old curtains.....

The ugly looking plastic stool has a frilly skirt now.

Who says a plastic stool cannot look pretty...Look at these beauties....

All 6 pieces are done for a customer who wanted to recycle her old curtains

This is the only one in box pleat and with ribbons.

Quilted at the seat and piped..the piping follows the shape of the seat which like hexy looking..

All covers have  4 strings sewn beneath which are tied neatly on the legs of the stool to prevent it from slipping. 

So....do not throw away old curtains,,,recycle them and have fun along the way..

The making of hexagon quilt...the old fashion way,no fancy expensive machine involved..

This is how they looked on the wrong side

They keep growing every day if you are a hard working and passionate sewer..

The ready pieced measures 60 inch x 98 inch..takes about 16.5ms of fabric,lots of hexy paper cuts,1 box of staples,countless threads and 3 months of hand stitching with tender love....but to some it is laborious work..kikiki

Just determine the backing material....i need a material and a fiber piece size as large as or slightly larger than the hexy piece..i chose a pastel pink light cotton and started attaching  them by running stitches

The backing material is ready stitched to the fiber.Don't worry if the stitches are not of the same length.They are just temporary stitches to guide you on the peddle when the quilt is machine stitch..

Now let the fiber side face up to you

Now put hexy piece over the fiber and start stitching the 3 pieces (back,fiber and the hexy piece)

This is going to take a good solid an
hour and a half before it goes on Mr.Juki....will keep you all updated.Stay tune and be sure to visit me again next week for this project...