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Emerald : Pantone's Colour of The Year 2013

January 10, 2013 4 Comments

***If you are here for In your words bloghop, scroll down to another post below***

Hi!

I am playing with mosaic again…

This time for Pantone’s colour of the year.

Its EMERALD. Don’t you just love this side of green.. so Elegant and Exclusive.

I added the Empire Yellow for extra elegance of the bundle:

I have carefully chose these fabrics for my bundle IF I win.. O would love to.

So lets go through it, Starting from the left to right. They link to Fat Quarter Shop Listing..

Row1:

Bella Solid in Green Yardage SKU# 9900-65

Pure Elements Empire Yellow Solid YardageSKU# PE-407

Kaffe Fassett Collective Green St. Clements Yardage SKU# PWBM032-GREEN

Row2:

Plume Jade Mini Circle Geo Yardage SKU# CM8670-JADE

Me and My Sister Favorites Green Dots Yardage SKU# 22005-28

Friendship Tea Green Dots Yardage SKU# 23068-GRE1

Row3:

Lark Jade Sunglow Yardage SKU# PWAB78-JADEX

Kona Cotton Jade Green Yardage SKU# K001-1183

Oval Elements Emerald Coast Yardage SKU# OE-914

I tell you, there’s too many to choose from. Fat Quarter Shop really have a real big selection..

Fat Quarter Shop is sponsoring half yards bundle a winner of the mosaic hosted by Rachel @ Sticthed in Colour.

You can even join in The Pantone Quilt Challenge here.

XOXO

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In My Words…

January 10, 2013 174 Comments

Hi!

Welcome to my blog. Today is my day for this hop “In Your Words”.

So, greatest thanks to Madame Samm and Linda for making it happening!!

At first when I join this hop, I have other words to make.. words that mostly describe me. However, I didn’t get to do what I planned in the first place as I have better plan ; a quick project to send out soon.

This past few week has been quite hard for my very bestfriend back in Malaysia, so we have been chatting a lot over the phone and I really wish I could just be there with her and lend a shoulder and just give a big hug..

I miss her so much, so I decided to make something for her.

A zippered pouch with this embroidery on:

The planning of this stitchery took a very short time, I drew once on paper and went straight to the fabric.. I am glad it turned out fine. I love handwriting ever since I am little.. and I even still do so ever so neatly in my recipe book. LOL. Just for the fun of cursive wrting.

And a quilted postcard inside it.

Hoping she’ll be strong and letting her know I really care.

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Other wordy things to share with you today:

I made two more drawstring bag last weekend, one with the words, RECYCLE and REUSE.

And..this is on my bed now; the pillows were my first attempt at raw edge applique which I made way back last year but I never showed them. They have really rough workmanship, so I am planning to make new ones with different words soon. Probably POSITIVE, HOPE and GRATEFUL

Thanks for stopping by. I love to hear from you, so please do comments away..

Then visit other lovely bloggers who are on their day of hop today!

Life in the Scrapatch

Just Sew Sue

Nati’s Little Things

Amy’s Crafty Shenanigans

For a giveaway, I am running one here till 15th Jan, Hop on and join in the giveaway.

XOXO

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A welcome to my New Sponsor + Giveaway : Fabric Fanatics

January 8, 2013 258 Comments

Hi!

A while back, I went back to Malaysia and found this little shop own by Kelly where I found lots of cute fabrics and scraps which I turned them into cute little pouches like these:

I even made my drawstring bag with them:

Drawstring Bag With Single Handle - scrappy

I am more than happy to have a sponsor for my little blog, and was super excited when Kelly offered so.

Kelly own a little shop, Fabric Fanatics where she sells adorable prints which are mostly imported from Japan. If you are in Malaysia, you can visit her shop at

Summit USJ.
We are at Level 1, F1.31, Summit USJ Shopping Mall

or go online on her website http://fabricfanatics.com.my.

For International buyers , you can visit her little shop on Etsy here.

She has linen scrap pack and cotton scrap packs and such pretty ribbons and tapes (these are my favourites)

…there are also more, like fat quarters, half yards and pretty little tools for making bags and pouches.
Lets go and have a visit! Fabric Fanatics (Kiiss)

And today, there’s a giveaway!!! GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED

This bundle include 5 Fat Quarters, 8 Pieces of Scraps measuring about 5.5″ x 9″. A plenty for improv piecing or quilt as you go pouches!

To win this, all you need to do is leave a comment on this post and get an extra chance by visiting Fabric Fanatics on etsy or facebook and click like! Come back and leave another comment saying you did so.

I am happy to post anywhere I can! So come on.. take a chance! and give some little support!

XOXO

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Goodbye 2012

December 31, 2012 4 Comments

Goodbye 2012..

I had a great year.

A great year for starting this blog. A great year to start my love on quilting…

And most of all, I love meeting all of you!

Some of my favourite projects this year :

Some projects above are to be done in 2013..but I am glad it was a part of 2012 as well..

Have a lovely new year!

XOXO

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HST In Color Order Quilt Top + QBSA Dec 2012

December 31, 2012 10 Comments

Hi!

My second last post before the final post of the year.

I love spending a Sunday afternoon getting something done. Because that feeling boost my Monday and the week onwards. I got the quilt top for the HST In Color Order BOM done.

By the window pane:

By the riverside on Sunday evening while letting my little one splashes himself in water.

HST Incolor Order Quilt top by the riverside

Too windy for a hang-over-the-tree photos though.

I also got my December quilting block swap Australia done. Yes I am late. Such a bad partner. I received two great blocks from Erin. A great addition to the blocks I have received. I hope by the end of 2013, I’ll be able to piece all of them up to a quilt top. Still working on my last year’s QBSA quilt top. LOL.

I made Erin a star block as requested. I chose the Fading Star here and use Jinny Beyer‘s line together with some purple stash to blend the fading star.

Before I got to the final block – as usual a little time spent with the seam ripper.I hate silly mistake but I make them every so often. HOHO.

I need to go through my 100 day hustle this final day of 2012 and will do a last post tonight summarizing a wonderful year! See you!

XOXO

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Planning templates – Free Downloads

December 30, 2012 6 Comments

Hi!

Today I want to share with you some of the great planning templates you could use to organize your life and sewing!

I used the free templates here for cleaning routine, this one for daily tasks and goals, and this one for weekly menu.

As for the sewing one above, I made that myself. And YES, I am sharing it too. Click here to download the PDF file. Should you have any trouble downloading this one, please report to me. Thanks.

For more, Shayla from DesignFinch has listed a lot more with links here.

I have always love planning – and swear by it that it saves time and made me more productive..However, I sometimes fail to do so every now and then, SO, this year I want to really try to stick to them all year round and thereafter!

It might be a good idea to get yourself one of this too! This is a home laminator. for those in Australia, you can buy this one here. It’s only $16! A bargain for stationery freak like me. LOL.

Once the planning templates are printed, you can laminate them and use dry wipe off white board markers or Frixion markers. That way you can re-use it over and over again.

I hope you have fun making plans for next year! I am looking forward to share my plans soon and would love to see what others are planning too!

Till then, Have a great time celebrating New Year!

XOXO,

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W.I.P : HST In Color Order BOM

December 28, 2012 20 Comments

Hi!

How are you enjoying your holiday?I hope all of you had some fun times with friends and family! I miss my big family back in Malaysia. 🙁

Anyway, remember this fabric I bought with the voucher I won over at Kristy’s..

Been Shopping with my win of Voucher- FQ shop

I bought Blush Anna Bella Bundle in the intention of making my mum a quilt.

And as she love sampler quilts, I am making the HST BOM by Jeni over at her blog.

Mine has a different twist, as I did not use any solid. I meant to use all the fat quarters in the bundle without adding any more fabrics. Beside, I think my mum’s house matches this kind of style rather than the modern one. Though it was tempting to make as Jeni’s as it was really nice and clean.

For now, all 12 blocks are done and squared up. I will be piecing the border soon and start on quilting. (I have 3 quilt tops to quilt up to date – hope I’ll get to them soon!!)

On Christmas eve, I received the above! It was so nice of Lisa to come over to my house to send this over before going to her family dinner. I won this bundle of Aurifil from here. Thanks Laura! OOO I love the colours! I am totally over the rainbow for sure to have a grab at this!

Well, till then,

Enjoy the end of the year! I am making big plans for next year and “planning” is a big part of next year, really!

(I will be sharing where you can get these free planning templates soon!)

XOXO,

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So Fine Threads by Superior Threads

December 26, 2012 9 Comments

Hi!

Today, I will be sharing a little experience using one of the Superior Threads. I bought mine here on Sale for a very great value.

Firstly, this threads is not cotton. It’s Polyester. I know some may have an issue about piecing and quilting cotton quilt with polyester, but I have very little experience and have never used a quilt longer than a year yet. LOL. So, I’ll give it a try anyway. Besides, this threads is meant for quilting. So I think it should be fine in the long run too.

The threads comes in two sizes : the 550 yds and 3280yds spools. I bought the latter one as I figure it is more cost effective and I hate it when threads finishes up so quickly. the only problem I had with this big one is that I don’t have the suitable thread holder. My machine is meant to be used with the smaller spool.

(You can buy the thread holder pictured on the right here though)

Since my budget is a bit off already due to some splurge of fabrics on sale (ehem), I did a little detour for the threads before it goes to its normal threading route.

And it works great! Except that I do have to make sure that it is in the right position every now and then. I do think it is still worth buying the thread holder, but for the time being. I am happy.

Now, everytime we use a new threads, we also have to make sure that it winds on the bobbin with the right tension. The tension on the bobbin is as important as the threading tension. I broke one of my bobbin while adjusting the tension! yikes. After several try and error, i got it fine.

I love how fine the threads is and was quite impressed with how much threads you can wind in the bobbin. I find that I need to change bobbin less often. The threads also doesn’t break as much as Gutterman Cotton that I previously used – I guess that’s due to the material itself. But overall, I like to piece and quilt with it. I am not sure about lint : but I do find lots of lint around the machine (inside bobbin case etc) lately, it could be due to the threads. I’ll try Aurifil soon and compare them!

Till then, I hope you had a great holiday and welcoming the new year with lots of fun things!

XOXO

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Jack Attack quilt done!

December 21, 2012 36 Comments

Hi!

Finally, I made it to the end.. Though Lynne has finished her QAL way back in September, I am glad I made it to the final. Trace back the W.I.P post of this quilt here.

I guess I should stock up more backing fabrics. That was the main reason for it taking a bit of a little more time. I finally decided that I would make the backing with whatever I have – patch it up.

Quilting Gallery Bloghop Giveaway Winner

December 17, 2012 3 Comments

Hi!

Just a short note, I picked the winner for the giveaway as a part of the bloghop by Quilting Gallery.

As usual, bloghop like these, never fails to introduce us to a lot of wonderful people out there, and a lot more blogs to follow..I had fun hopping around, though i must say I did not have much time as I was busy with conference in Melbourne and touring around this weekend.

We had an amazing time traveling from Canberra to Melbourne by car – 9 hours of travels a few stops and rest. One of the stop was Albury – I love their beautiful was train station / info centre.. We even had a long rest at their botanical garden which was gorgeous!

Anyway, the winner was picked by Random.Org :

Who is : Huesei – who left the 112th comment:

hueisei December 10, 2012 5:12 PM

I am a follower

Thank you to all the participants and all of the bright thoughts and comments. Thank you for all the new followers, and I hope that you have fun hopping over my blog from time to time.

Have a wonderful week!

XOXO