Sewing

Extreme Sewing!!!

Extreme Sewing!!!

Do you know about the “Extreme Sewing Competition” over at U-handbag?
First prize is a Janome sewing machine!!

Here’s my entry ^0^

Mini Market Tote

Mini Market Tote

I’m a market person – I just love hanging around in various markets – exploring different cuisines and handmade goodies ^_^

And when I go to markets I don’t like taking leather handbags or anything bulky, so I came up with this mini market tote bag!!

Cookie Ken’s Birthday (Present)!!

Cookie Ken’s Birthday (Present)!!

Yesterday was my boyfriend’s birthday!!

Remember the secret project that I mentioned before, I was referring to his birthday present:D It wasn’t a big project because I’ve been too busy>< But I still wanted to make him something…

So this is what I’ve made – a passport case – which holds 3 passports!!!!

Patchwork Japanese craft book

Patchwork Japanese craft book

Today I wanna show you this second hand Japanese craft book that I got recently from Japan Yahoo! Auction through a friend living in Japan.

I never had the chance to look at the content of the book before I made the purchase because this book is actually out of print at the moment, but the title really caught my attention so I decided to buy it!

Passport cover tutorial

Passport cover tutorial

I worked until 3am last night making this passport cover to enter the Scrap Buster Contest over at Sew, Mama Sew! *v*/

This passport cover is not like the normal journal or paperback cover, it’s more like a passport carry case and you can fit two passports in it. It also has slots for things like driver licence, mileage cards… etc. I think it would be very useful for traveling :D

Pretty journal cover

Pretty journal cover

I’ve just completed another sewing project and I’m particularly proud of this one*v* I think it turned out really nice! I’ve made a journal cover to fit an A5 art diary – most art diaries are just plain ordinary.

The design is from one of the Japanese craft books that I bought last weekend. Instructions in the book are for paperback novels, so I had to alter the measurements to fit my A5 art diary.

Japanese craft books

Japanese craft books

Almost every weekend, I would pop into Kinokuniya (Sydney) and browse the books in the Japanese Crafts section, and almost everytime I would leave empty-handed. And the one and only reason is – they are too expensive!!!!><

But last weekend, I bought two!!!! Why? Because I didn’t get it from Kinokuniya, I found out about Hondarake (Full of Books).