An apology

 

Yes, I need to sincerely apologise to those who have joined the last blog giveaway.

Why?

Because I have yet to send out the packages yet.  I must admit that I was busy with the princesses and trying to organise the ferrying of one child to childcare while trying to occupy the other as the school holiday is here.  On top of that, I just recovered from a serious flu and so did the little princess.  That is not all, the little princess is now down with Hand Foot Mouth Disease!!!!  So she is to be at home for a week and that goes the same for me as I am her main caregiver when she is sick (or when Ash is sick too). 

So unless I can convince Superpig to help me run to the post office, the packages will need to wait another week. 

I promise once we are declared free to be out and about, I will head straight to the post office.  I will also promise that your packages will be filled with more than the hair pin. (one week in the house… I have to find ways to keep myself sane…)

Some sewing done

Superpig asked for some Christmas presents for his colleagues (his first Christmas with them) so I thought of tissue cozies.  So I made them..

And there are more fabric covered buttons.  These tiny ones are so tiny that I do not what to do with them yet.  Anyone has any suggestions?

Then these were transformed into hair ties.  Cute … very cute… I love them very much.

And today, 3 hours non-stop sewing after sending Superpig and princesses to their destination…

Four tote bags and a skirt for Ash.

The two big ones at the back used to be cushion covers from Ikea and I transformed them to big tote bags for a good shooping day at the market.  The other two are what was left over from the gifts I made for Teachers’ Day and were waiting for me to complete them. 

How do they look?

Halloween costume and fabric button

Aver’s school celebrated Halloween last Friday.  So I made her a costume… part of costume.

This her trying it on.  And no, the shoes are not part of the costume.  She just enjoys wearing my shoes.

And this is her actual costume.

Then, there is fabric buttons that I made with scraps.  Cute stuff but why can’t I get such buttons in this little island?

Superpig is not allowing me to order from etsy… shipping and all just does not add up.

I made these buttons into hair ties.  Cute.

Let me know how what you think.

Blog Giveaway Ended

Hi All,

Sadly the response for this hunble giveaway is not very good.

However, I still like to thank four lovely readers out there who took the time to come browse and join in this giveaway. 

Thank you very much as your comments and responses make it worth it.

Due to poor response, my princesses do not need to draw out the names as ALL are WINNERS.

So my email you mailing address to me at wengoh@gmail.com and I will start preparing the package to  be sent out.

 

Cheerie,

Wen

Blog Giveaway

Thank you for all the visitors who have came here and still do come here to see what I have been up to.

Although, I am still very “young” in this crafting world, I am happy that there are many who have given me countless encouragements.

This is what I have completed most recently … Crochet Flower Hairpins.

So please leave a comment here and on Monday, 20th October, my princesses will draw 5 of you… who knows there may be more … depending on how many the princesses decide to giveaway.

So, please join my second giveaway.

A skirt? A pair of pants? Both?

It seems that the fashion for kiddos nowadays are tights with a skirt attached.  I do not know what they name this particular attire but I find it extremely cute.

With my success in sewing pants for my princesses, I thought I may just push it a little further by adding a skirt on top of it.

I tried it out yestaerday morning when I stayed at home sick.  (Yes, sick but refuse to lie down and rest.)

The outcome is this…

 

And this is Aver with her “cheese” pose.

(Please ignore that her rompers and the bottom piece do not match… I simply asked her to put it on for the sole purpose of taking photos of her in it.)

Hope you will like it as much as her father do.  He says it is cute.

New pants and a new skirt

Had been looking blog hopping and have been amazed by the nice skirts and pants that other mothers had sewn for their cuties.  Although I did sew a few dresses at the beginning of the year, I don’t find them fantastic.  Hence, I put off sewing clothings and simply stick to other stuffs.

However, Ash is growing and is out growing her wardrobe and since we are on a tight budget, I thought it is time to start sewing some wearable for her.

I started with a pair of pants for her but it turned out a little too big and it looks like her dad’s boxers.

Then I went on to sew two pairs of pants for Aver and it turned out better.  So this particular fabric will be used for more tight pants.  I will try another one out for Ash.

And last night, I decided to sew a pair of 3/4 pants for Ash and that did not come out at all.  First, despite the fabric being very cute, after cutting it out, I realised the pair of pants may end up looking like jammies.  That is not what I intend it to be.  Second, I failed to put the pair of pants together.  Thinking that I had sewn three pairs the night before, I should have no problem with this pair.  WRONG! WRONG! WORNG! I kept sewing the wrong seams together and I took almost an hour sorting it out.  At my last failed attempt, I gave up on it. 

So it was not fated to be a 3/4 pants, I cut up the fabric and sewn a skirt for Aver instead.  That turned out well. 

So here are what I had sewn…

Here they are giving their wonderful poses.

Tonight, I will tackle the pants for Ash again!

Chrildren’s Drawstring bags

We will be celebrating Children’s Day here in the sunny island on 1 October. 

As a child, I always love this day… a day dedicated to the children whereby we can just be a child and totally enjoy it.  In schools, the teachers usually stop teaching for a day and let us all enjoy ourselves.

When I reached Secondary school and realised that as teenagers we no longer get to enjoy this special day, I got kind of groomy.  When 1 October came and little children got a day off school and enjoyed themselves, I felt totally out of sync for that day. I will be groomy whilst in class and dreamt of the possible fun I could had if I was a child again.

So, I decided that since I cannot enoy the day like a child, I can enjoy giving the little ones somethings to make it a happy day for them.  So here is what I did for Aver’s classmates.

Started with this:

Then I started experimenting and got one:

And after a long long time… I finished them!

I hope these will bring a bigger smile on the children.

Totey Bag

Oohhh….. finally made it.

From these …

To this..

I will be making more of it as it does look nice and cheery.

Making more for the coming up Teachers’ day for Ash’s teachers and Aver’s soon-to-be teachers.

Anyone interested in ordering from me?

Dear visitors…

I am sorry for not responding to comments… I am so lousy at that.

It doesn’t mean that I do not value them… I do… I really really do…

It is just that I have not learnt the skill of time management so I am lousy at completing tasks.

Still, I love to hear from you and really enjoy visinting your blogs too.

To answer the question of the fabric label…

I got it done by a factory in Singapore. But I guess Etsy may have quite a few who provide good fabric labels.

Hope everyone has an enjoyable weekend.

Wen