Should the Kids be Scolded? (Part I)

This post has been shifted to a more appropriate blog: Circle of Life

Save my Floor!

I have parquet flooring and the chair I bought from Ikea had plastic-ky legs.  Worried that it'll scratch my floor, I made these little "leggings" for the chair from scrap jean material, felt and some elastic:

Chair "leggings"

Leggings held in place with elastic

Glass Tile Pendants - Feb 2013

Here are a few more glass tile pendants made from Japanese fabric.  Which is your favourite?

Pink Rose Bobby Pins

Pink Rose Bobby Pins

Finally, my handmade pink rose bobby pins are available at my Storenvy store!! 

These were made with pink knit fabric which was leftover from a top that I made for myself some time back.  Working with knit for the first time, I was so happy that the edges didn't fray =)  It took me a few months to get it to my Storenvy store because my 2nd little one was keeping me busy with all the feeding and diaper changing... Well, now that it's here, how about getting it to add some colour to your hair? ;)

Trying Something New - Button Holes

It's a brand new year, so I thought I would try something new, something I've never ever done before.... Why?  Because I'm scared of failure.... Somehow, when I was growing up, failure was something to be avoided at all costs.

So, what's this thing that I've been hesitant to try?  Button holes!!  Well, I finally mustered up enough courage.  I tried out a few on scrap cloth, most of them had clots of thread behind, or the tension was wrong.  After playing around with the stitch settings, I finally tried it out on my product and here's the result.  What do you think of my first attempt?

First attempt at button holes

Glass pendants at my Storenvy Store!

I'm so excited!!! After all the time spent researching how to make glass tile pendants, ordering and buying the materials needed, to actually making them, they are finally available at my Storenvy store!!

I've mentioned this many many times -- I love Japanese fabric!!!  From the cute cartoon ones to the kimono-like ones, I just can't resist buying more =p  So, here's a range of glass tile pendants made using Japanese fabric.  Here's one of my favourites:

Chair Cover

We've got lots of Ikea stuff at home, and this was another addition from Ikea - JULES Visitor's chair:

Ikea's JULES Visitor's Chair (before)

Functional? Yes.  Comfortable? No.... way too hard for me... I took this opportunity to whip out my fabric and sewing machine yet again in an attempt to make it more comfortable.  Similar to my previous project to make a chair cover, I just spent lots of time measuring and hoped for the best =p

Since I felt that this chair was too hard, I bought some batting and sort of quilted it to my chosen fabric.  After lots and lots of diagonal lines, I declared the quilting portion completed (initial plan was to do a crisscross kind of quilting.... but I got lazy).  Now, moving on to sewing the pieces together..... here it is:

Ikea's JULES Visitor's Chair (after)

Does the fabric look familiar??  Well, that's because it has been used here and here and here and here and here and here.