Tutorial: Patchwork Lunch Shopping Bag

I'm very honoured to be invited by Jo to share an easy tutorial over at her blog for her New Skills Festival!

It's very easy to sew. All you need is patience! I hope the tutorial is simple to comprehend. If you do have any questions, feel free to drop me a mail. I'll try to answer your doubts. ^_^

Just sharing what I'm busy with these days...

(Sorry if this picture looks weird. It's taken with my iPhone.)

Hoping to share more things very soon!

everyone is spoiling me... + giveaway winners

I just had the craziest two weeks. No sewing, no computer. Only cooking, running after kids and all other chores. Can you imagine how sad I am everyday looking at my working table and fabrics?

The happy times I had were when the postman rang my bell and passed me parcels. Everyone is spoiling me.... all my lovely friends.

Thank you so much, Amy! Thank you for the prettiest pincushion! It's so much bigger than I thought and it's so well made. I love it alot alot and have not used it yet... just cannot bear to damage it. I love all the hand stitching details. And thank you for the sweet note too!^_^

A parcel full of beautiful things from Amy! Thank you so much, Amy! I'm so spoilt by you with all the beautiful fabrics and ribbon trims and cards! And the sweet note! When I opened the parcel box, I was so overwhelmed by everything inside and I took quite a while admiring them. Amy also sent me a few Atsuko Matsuyama fabric which I don't have! Yay! And a few other pretty floral fabric too! *hearts*

Aw... this is one very surprised parcel from Kristin. My heart is still fluttering looking at this lovely parcel from Kristin. She is such a sweetie! She bought some fabric from my destash a while ago and I did not know she has so many better fabric in her stash! She just sent me this parcel without telling me! *happy* I love every single piece of fabric from her. And the fabric tape she did. All are my treasures! Thank you so much, Kristin! *hugs*

A big parcel of Sarah Jane, Children at Play fabric! I just could not resist this range of fabric so I had to buy it all from Kerri!They are such a darling! So vintage prints. And the pretty pom-poms by Riley Blake are a must to have too. I'm waiting for them to make pillows! Thank you so much Kerri!

So can you see how much I'm loved by lovely people? That includes my family too! They are loving me alot too and that makes me a little happier at the end of each day.

Ok, to the giveaway winners. Sorry for the long wait! Thank you so much for all your comments! I had a good time reading all and it was so interesting to find out the different kinds of flowers everyone likes. I really googled some flowers that I don't know. It's very fun for me to read about them! Thank you everyone for sharing!

Now, here you go:



I'll go according to sequence as in the generator.

18: Kristinorth - book
2: Elena - fabric
6: Kerry - fabric
15: ZiaMaria - embroidery thread

I'll email all winners shortly.

now I feel so much better after blogging... time to sleep...

xoxo
wynn

a little something for myself & a small giveaway

Early last week, I received a small parcel for myself. It made me a very happy woman.

The hello kitty stamps are really cute!

Fabrics from my most favourite Atsuko Matsuyama. Yes, I'm crazy over her prints. Very much crazy. So much so I have started a Flickr group for everyone to share the fabrics you have and the things you make from her prints. Please join us! All the fabrics above are bought from Lilymeru. I'm so glad to have found her shop in Etsy!

Ok now to a small giveaway as I promised...

There are four gifts for four lucky winners!

To join this giveaway, please leave a comment to share with us what is your most favourite flower! Yes, flower! Ok, I'm so in love with orchids. I see them everyday in our balcony! How about you? Which flower do you love the most? I will really be very happy to know!

Each person is entitled to only one chance for fairness. You can let me know which gift you would like to win!

I'll pick four winners on Sept 12. So, any entry before I pick the winners is considered valid.

Can't wait to share what I'm working on with the new fabrics... ^_^

Fat Quarterly Designer's Challenge - Basic Grey

This is the project I have been dying to share for the longest time!

I don't know how to describe my feeling now that I can finally showcase what I have been working hard on last month. My heart is still pumping with excitement and nervousness!

Please hop over to Fat Quarterly's blog to read about what I did and done for this amazing project! Thank you Fat Quarterly and Basic Grey!

xoxo
wynn

p/s: a new giveaway is coming up real soon...^_^ follow my blog to be notified! 

this week...

This week was a tough one for me. I needed a break from home and kids.

So I went to Ikea today to shop and enjoy a cuppa coffee all alone. It was a good time alone. I spent time to think about myself, my life and what went wrong. And I went home a happier woman clearer of what I wish to do in my life and how much I love my children. Kids are happy too to have their happy and fun mommy back.

Now I'm feeling so much better. And so much looking forward to the rest of the week and years!

Anyway, here are some things I did this week... very slow sewing.

I love this slouchy bag. It feels lazy, just like me. And this lunch shopping bag. It's simple and so functional.

My 5th block for Farmer's Wife Quilt-a-long. This is the first time I'm not using Atsuko Matsuyama's fabric. Sorry for the crumpled and messy look. I was too eager to take this picture that I forgot to iron nor trim the thread ends.

Baby's breath bought from the market. I have made a promise to myself to buy fresh flowers every week to make our house happy and cozy.

Patchwork is my love! Working on a project to be shared real soon!

Aw... this is the project I'm going to share in tomorrow's blog post! Please come back and read what I have been up too!

Before I go.... did I forget to share what I bought from Ikea today? A big bad wolf fabric!

Farmer's Wife Quilt-a-long (1)

I know I'm seriously lagging behind in this quilt-a-long but I'm trying hard to catch up. Perhaps I need to sit in front of my sewing machine for 24 hours a day and for a week before I can catch up.

This is the first ever block I made! It is the easiest block in my opinion.

My 2nd block and I love it alot! All my favourite fabric in yellow, orange, red and green. Florals and polka dots.

My 3rd block with yummy strawberries and "chocolate chips".

4th block. This block nearly killed me! Had a difficult time trying to align the small squares to the big one. But I like how it turned out. Nice.

Most fabric used are by Atsuko Matsuyama. Yes, again!

So, I only did four blocks out of 111. The rest of my group mates have done more than 20...?

somethings to share

My sewing machine broke down last week. I was very sad and lost. Very sad. But... I kept myself busy with this project...

... all the handsewing has made me happy again. It's a very nice project. Can't wait to show you but I have to do a write up with pretty pictures first.

While my sewing machine is in the repair shop, I reorganised my fabric stash again. And, these are all what I have. Hubby always say I have way too many fabric but he has not seen other crafters' stash.... I think he will freak out when he does! I don't have many fabric actually and all my projects are worked around the fabrics above.

This is something I wish to share. Very beautiful floral paintings by very talented people. If you can, please do buy and encourage these special artists. I love these cards alot. And they are bought with a sincere and kind heart by my sweetest husband. <3

Tomorrow is Wednesday and I'll bring my sewing machine back finally. How I miss her.

slow week...

It's a slow week for us this week. We are taking a step at a time.

Over the weekend, I went for some shopping for supplies that I have used up. But... as usual, I ended bringing home some really beautiful fabric.

Other than shopping, I baked granola bars too. My first try and mind you, it tastes really very nice. I'm not joking really. It's really very nice.

And very healthy too! Recipe is from here by La Fuji Mama, one of my most like food blogger. Her recipes are always easy, simple and most importantly, yummy.

Fresh strawberries are a treat now, especially when the weather is way too hot to do anything. But yes, I am continuing to sew quite a fair bit. I will show you soon.