Yet another chocolate cake and tissue pouch

Last Saturday KS and I were invited over to S and M's place for a home-cooked Japanese dinner. Told by the wonderful hosts not to prepare anything, I decided to surprise them with a simple valrhona chocolate cake for dessert as well as a tube of Ben and Jerry's. I have baked this before but this time round, I added the strawberries. So much for the surprise that they have also bought some cakes so we didn't get to eat this. I hope it taste ok S?



Here's a tissue pouch that I sewed for M - a beautiful Japanese lady with excellent culinary skills that left KS and I completely satisfied after a 9-10 courses dinner!



Have a fantastic week ahead! I am counting down to Melbourne to see and carry my 'lil sweetie godson!

Polka Dots Galore!

Mom has requested for a mobilephone pouch after seeing my camera pouch. It took me a while before I managed to find some time to work on this. Feeling the need to do something to do with the new metal purse frames I bought at Daiso, I did this pouch below.



The tissue holder below is also a request from a good friend.

Camera Pouch

I have recently got a new camera - the Canon Ixus 100 - which is partially sponsored by my colleagues for my birthday (don't ask me why I need another camera). It comes with a free case that fits the camera perfectly but is too bulky to me so I have decided to make one myself. =)

I have absolutely no idea how to make this pouch, no patterns, no YouTube videos, just a iPod pouch and the camera itself. After trying in vain to figure out the iPod pouch, I measured the fabric and started cutting it up. Below you may find my version of a step-by-step guide on how to make this camera pouch. If you know of a better way to make this please let me know. =)







Through some trial and error, here's the finished product:

Another Tissue Holder

It's a long weekend here in Singapore because of the Easter holiday. It has been a good break so far catching with friends and doing some cooking. I have been looking forward to this holiday because I miss sewing (I was in Manila the weekend before)!

Well, I have done another tissue holder, this round time with the recipient in mind. I have used the same yellow polka dots fabric for this and added a white lace. The interior is a light blue felt that I bought from Daiso last year and have been waiting to use it (haa I bought things without thinking what I am going to make with it).

Polka Dots Boxy Pouch

I was telling KS that I am starting to appreciate every stitch on my clothes eversince I started sewing. I never knew it was that tough to sew a zipper. I found this tutorial some months ago and have been wanting to try.

After sewing the Snoopy Handphone Pouch, I quickly embarked on my 3rd project. The first step was to cut the fabric according to the dimensions in the tutorial. I realised that the easiest way to cut a straight piece of cloth is to fold them and then snip it. Learn from the experts - that's the way all the fabric shops cut the fabric.

The first sewing for this pouch was to do the zipper which requires a different sewing machine foot - one that's used for zipper. It took a few experimenting with pins and a YouTube video to finally pin the zipper correctly, ready for sewing.

I didn't know it was so challenging to sew a straight line following the "teeth" of the zipper. It took me at least 5 times of unpicking to get it somehow right but not perfect.

Here's the finished product:

Snoopy Handphone Pouch

A request from Judy who has recently "somehow" lost her handphone pouch for her new Samsung Omnia handphone...I have decided to make a simple drawstring pouch customised to the size of the Samsung Omnia which I hope it fits. I saw this piece of Snoopy fabric in Chinatown the other day and bought it immediately coz Judy and Kel (used to) like this and I prob will be able to use it somehow someday.


PS: The handphone in the pix is not the Samsung Omnia..it's the Samsung i780.

My First Project

Trying not to be too ambitious after having touched a sewing machine over a decade ago, I have decided to sew a tissue holder. I went shopping for fabric at Chinatown and bought a piece of denim fabric and found some checkered red cloth I bought sometime back and decided to embark on my first project! Here's the end product:

New Toy

I bought this baby at Courts last Sun at $199. I wasn't intending to get the sewing machine that day but I was browsing for one after seeing all the pretty cloth from Amy Butler and all the new stuff made from her delicious fabric. I was inspired!

A little background on me and sewing machine. The first time I landed my hands on a sewing machine was when I was 13 during a Home Economics class. I walked out of the first class with an extremely upset teacher who couldn't understand how I have spoiled the sewing machine. She spent lots of time trying to remove all the thread. Eversince, I have sewed a tissue holder, bib, pants and draw-string bag - all for homework. Well, the last time I touched a sewing machine was probably when I was 14 for my last Home Economics class.

I never thought I will pick up a sewing machine again but am glad that I did! Apart from the many steps involved in trying to setup the sewing machine, I can't explain the joy in sewing something from scratch and seeing the end product.