progressing

i waited for my payday to get rid of some rubbish from my house. 'cause i thought it would need a lorry to get rid of them.

i had

a broken bed frame. bought at Cazenzi.. (you know..) it wasnt made from solid wood. so after a very short while, it  got broken pretty easily.

a broken tv

a broken crt monitor

a broken coffee table

but then i didnt get any lorry. a neighbour was kind enough to help get rid of those rubbish using his proton iswara. i gave him some tips. well i already saved much there.

and now i am in a middle of a crossroads. my couch set of 3+2+1. well the '1' is practically outside of the house. if it would fit into the iswara, i certainly would be happy to see it go.

i have been thinking of sewing the slipcover, but i never made it before and it would be a hassle to measure and all, 'cause of the shape. i think i might have a stronger will to start the project if it's a straight rectangular shape. i m not an expert yet, i cant think of how to make slipcover for the winged arms. so i ve been putting my plan on hold...which almost reaching cancellation for good. i know letting them go is the best choice. i would be happy to see them go for FREE. is there anyone out there need free sofa set? they look like one in the picture below.



Not my picture. Credit to owner. 

but above all,
Ya Allah please send me someone as skillful as Eric Leong to help me decorate!

Cabaran mesin jahit part 2




Akhirnya on Saturday dah dipulangkn set sarung tilam dan bantal baby kat birasku. Alhamdulillah muat jugak walaopun nak masukkan span tu siksa. they weren't perfect but i guess they'll do. Pn. Manje pun tak kisah hehe dia faham saya tak pernah buat sebelum ni.
Bila pulang rupanya dia tanya kain SpongeBob tu i buat jugak ke? 

Larr... mana tau. hari tu i dengar macam kain tu kain lebih. tak payah buat? hehe Boleh Boleh.. tapi tahun depan la baru i buat pulak. Tunggu la ye, i buat sikit sikit.
Cute purple

Tapi sebelum siap tu, mesin jahit tepi baruku itu telah meragam. jarumnya patah ( aku pakai 1 jarum je sejak beli) so kena ganti jarum dan thread balik semula. Sangat susah sampai kena suruh suami guna tools yang ada keluarkan jarum patah tu.

The problem was. like this.
Aku beli mesin tu, tak ada manual. Penerangan pun ringkas-ringkas saja sambil barang bertukar tangan. Itu aku tak kisah sebab sekarang kan zaman canggih, ku sangka. but not everyone bothers to upload every single thing to the dunia maya... duh.. :P padan muka ku. So misi pencarian ku gagal. i didnt even know how to remove the old needle properly dan mula la permasalahan ini.

tapi lepas suamiku tolong, ok la dapat la right needle tu dipasangkan.. tapi eyhhh.. why the threads (3 benang) won't make chain? Bila searched everywhere kat internet, jumpa discussion, jumpa jugak kat youtube orang masalah sama dengan aku.. but solution and suggestions were many. i just had to try my luck.

Rupanya jarum tu pasang rendah sangat, sebab aku naikkan sikit.. pakai playar.. hahaha. tapi terus jahitan ok. tapi ehyss.. boleh gerak2 lak jarum tu kan. masa ni aku tak tahu lagi :P

Aku dah start jugak baju baru wani. Baju ni amik kat prudent Baby website. Dah lama nak buat tapi cuma sekarang dapat.. lagipun lebih kain baju raya wani ada banyak jugak.

Ni basic shape, lepas ni letak getah dan siap !

Yesterday, dapat ajak suami pergi Karysma Store kat Bandar Baru Bangi. Kedai ni memang kedai barang jahitan favourite sejak start belajar menjahit. i mean sejak mesin jahit aku yang portable tu rosak dan aku hantar ke sana.

So aku detached tempat insert jarum kat mesin jahit tepi tu dan ku bawa sama. Selain nak beli elastic untuk baju baru wani, aku tawakal je harap ada yang boleh tolong. Hujan lebat gila masa kat BBB petang semalam. bila sampai kedai, bukak je pintu tu, Pakcik kedai tu memang tengah berdiri kat aisle tu setentang dengan aku. Wah ! dalam hati aku "Help me. Alhamdulillah!" Selalu anak dia yang jaga. Pakcik ni lagi bagus sebab dia tau jugak repair machine. aku harap la.

So dia selesaikan masalah aku ^^ walaupun dia tak tau tentang mesin yang aku guna tu sangat. dia cuba2 je. dan aku dapat pasang 2 jarum, dan aku beli allenkey yang padan dengan lubang dekat tempat jarum tu. oooh baru aku faham apa yang member aku cakap. dia bukak jarum pakai allenkey tapi tak terfikir dah bukak macamana sebab serabut sangat time tu. husband aku memang ada allenkey tapi tak pernah ada sehalus tu, so tu yang aku tak terlintas, walaupun husband ada tnya "Ni lubang 2 kat sini untuk apa?" aku mana tahu, manual kan tak ada.. dia memang dah suruh cari allenkey, tapi dah tak tercari dah time tu.

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So balik rumah, dengan gembira terus aku pasang jarum tu balik kat machine, dan thread 4 benang. Yay! Misi berjaya. Alhamdulillah Amin!

Peasant Blouse
Tutorial asal di Prudent Baby

Terus lepas tu siapkan baju baru wani. Ok lepas ni baru boleh siapkan kerja lain. umm kerja core business contohnya *cough*

ok, baju baju wani lain yang dah berjaya ku siapkan.. tadaaa...
Flower Top

Tutorial top asal di Prudent Baby
Baju raya maxi 
Pattern tak ada sebab baju maxi ni betul betul agak agak saja janji siap. Oh! aku belajar guna hidden zipper untuk baju ni. So neat! opss perasan bukan jahitan aku yang neat, hidden zippen tu la. suka suka suka lain kali nak jahit lagi hehe.



ok la until next time. hari ni hubby's birthday. yang ke 25. aww

cabaran mesin jahit

Set sarung tilam dan sarung bantal anak buahku hampir siap.

masa saya tengah jahit tepi untuk kemaskan sarung tilam tu, jarum mesin jahit patah pulak.

dengan kepayahan hubby tolong settlekan masalah jarum patah dan install jarum baru.

so sekarang nak masukkan benang semula pun masalah jugak. maklumla gelendong benang jahit tepi tu besar.. lambat la nak habis dan loop thread. tak sangka jarum patah dan terpaksa thread loop semula, dan nampaknya saya dah lupa how to?

sedihnyaaa..... ( lengang seketika)


esok pulak la tengok mesin jahit.

Sarung Tilam oh Sarung Bantal

i never made one before.

battling with my own will power to start and finish it.


the moment i accidentally made a hole at one corner... it almost killed me as a rookie seamstress at all!

what a drama, i know.

until tomorrow...
where things usually start anew.


lubang oh butang


http://craftzine.com/images/craft/101/manual_BH_step6.jpg

 alangkah gembiranya hati ku jika mesinku boleh jahit lubang butang. mesin raleigh lamaku yg rosak tu ada function jahit lubang butang. tapi.. tu la.. mesin tu tak ok lar. nak cuba nasib la tapi. just in case elok pulak...

banyak dah projek in my mind yg perlu jahit lubang butang ni.

also, next plan is to try jahit hidden zipper. 

wish me luck!

pictures are not mine. credit to http://craftzine.com/101/sewing101_buttonholes/

Taming a wild bull... contoh la.

berserabut dan bersepah. benang putus-putus. tapi aku optimistic!
i got my serger. thx a lot my friend kak Julie.

but learning to use it is not easy peasy for me. it's.. 'wild'.

i'm taming my serger. and it's not an overnight task for me.

baju raya tahun lepas. tak siap siap lagi. jarang tuww. kena pakai lagi selapis inner walao dah lining.

 
in the mean time... i tamed my supposed-to-be-last-year's-baju-kurung while taming my serger.


last year's supposed to be baju kurung was sheer fabric and needed lining. i had never tried lining before, so it was my first time. 
susah gak la. for the baju , i borrowed a friend's old baju with lining for sample. kain tak pinjam lak. so.. aku main agak agak la.. amamposla sukati aku je. hehe.


aku blom terer guna serger so Dreams... hold on.

Early evening yesterday.
i'm a simple person.. many simple things can make me happy. i seem like a demanding person or so my boyfriend says whenever he feels uneasy that he cant go with plans he has planned with me. but actually i'm not. not really a demanding person. 

so pasaq malam can make me happy. so it did!

 i went to the night market near my house - the three of us earlier. i just needed ayam rangka. mertabak daging. barang basah sket. i was good to go..home. 


while our Nurul Sugar is even easier to please.
she just needed a pair of Yellow shoes. her old ones were red slippers, torn.
and new toys. Dad brought her balls this time. 3 balls. yellow, red and blue. amekaw Yang. peluk semua dalam stroller. ha barula tak nampak jalan. huehue.


bulky kan? most of her things, she picked on her own. Yellow, yellow, yellow.



making a dream come true

i always want to be a better seamstress. i ve started making some attempts to make clothes for my little Sugar.
#1
which was made without thinking much, the gathered bottom part was quite weird. wonky wonky. my first time trying it out, anyway. and Nurul Sugar had difficulty putting it on through her head. So tight, i didnt make it larger than her head, just enough, and needed a hard pulling through. lol. suffered. i actually took a sample from one of her dress which the material was knit-stretchable. duh. while that blue polka dot fabric was actually i found in my stash... from way back when.. bought to make some pillow cases (a project was never started) BUT i think she likes new dress ..she was grinning all along.. just NOT in the pic. haha


#2
this one was made out of my boyfriend's Winston T shirt. bought at bundles' . hehe it was never fit. and it was still alright. thick fabric. so i thought of making boatneck big t shirt for night sleep. but the boatneck was not a success and the neck cuff was thick too. i added a bow just for fun. hmm outcome was not fun looking.. too plain. i will definitely alter this when i get my serger.. SOON! ha!! 

 #3

 i made this dress in 2 nights. of course, Nurul Sugar usually sleeps soundly and i can sew :)


it was cut A-line. i originally wanted it as a shirred dress. BUT. my being a beginner - the elastic thread was not kind to me. :(  after i sewed 1 row with elastic thread at the top part, it broke after i stretch it out. or shouldnt i do that? hmm... anyway, if she would wear it, that elastic supposed to stretch out right. uh.
i tried a few times but to no avail. so my solution was, nevermind the elastic thing-no shirring shirring- just forget it lah! i inserted an elastic band through the seam at the top. and then i prepared 8 strips of fabric, sewn together to make the straps for the shoulders. and i made a matching simple diaper cover from the same fabric. oh. btw, the fabric was the viscose cotton yang bebulu bila basuh tu. not supposed to be that pricey but  i got it for RM40! i didnt know at first, and just a few weeks after i got the fabric from someone at my workplace, i stumbled across the same type of fabric at pasaq malam. patut kat pasaq malam , only RM25 for 4 meters. i felt like i was robbed !! T..T


at least Nurul Sugar is happy with her new dress. Sugar help ibu make better clothes for you okay. how? be healthy, nice and happy always.


i will get a serger as i have been wishing for for several months now. i will get this one, InsyaAllah. a friend at school has more than 1 sergers at home. i bargained and asked for installment too (^o^). since she was so kind, we came to an agreement. yippie! tunggu gaji la pulak ....


mesin jahit idamanku. ( yeke? :D)






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