*Warning: shots taken under poor lighting conditions… sorry for the rushed photo-shoot but the goodies moved very quickly from the front door, to my table, to the washer… I needed the fabrics washed pronto to work on the
I had a good time yesterday pulling out fabrics out of the tubs for a special project. I love looking at them, touching them and recalling where/when I bought them, etc. The stash has grown quite a bit in these 2 years. Thanks to international shipping and thanks to quilt/sewing books that inspire me to start on ‘future projects’ :p
A small stack that was pulled from tubs
Iron, cut, toss... repeat 100x
I absolutely HEART this print.
Sneak peak!
Half way done (cutting only). I’m loving this project – cutting into every piece of fabric I have for a scrappy look, no colours in mind, same dimension for every single piece (5″ charm), and taking my time with it 🙂 Seems like I’m getting out of my quilting funk! 😉
Looks pretty, doesn’t it? The new look, the move and the shop set-up all came together rather quickly – almost ‘inspired’, I’d say. It all started when my friend asked if I could whip up a baby quilt for her new baby. Of course I can! Being the generous soul that she is, she wouldn’t accept it for free, but I can’t (and won’t) charge for the quilt either! So, it is ‘butter-trading’ time!
I asked Mama G to help with the blog’s and my Etsy store’s banners design in return for the baby quilt then. She came back with the cutest ideas and there was no turning back. The whole episode turned into a full-blown identity/branding exercise, which took us less than a week to complete: The new domain name, store, avatars, banners, blog page, migration of the blog, etc. This is how far I’ve come since the day of my 1st entry on blogspot.com. And this big move would not have been possible without my tech-guru-hubby and the super-talented Mama G.
THANK YOU! 😀
Well, some renovation dust still lingers – I’m trying my best to clean up the alignment issues that cropped up during the move. But I’m not going to get caught up with the legacy issues… there’s so much more to do, and to talk about!
May has a nice sort of buzz. Busy sort of ‘buzz’… In the past weeks, we have been blessed with many happy occasions: birthdays, arrivals of babies, news of soon-to-arrive babies, new opportunities, etc. I don’t know, but I felt these personal feel-good events countered the negativities covered in the press: the economy, swine-flu, AWARE tussle, etc…
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Hubby and I also made some plans to move forward with our ‘hobby site’ which he set-up in the late ’90s, servicing the Beanie babies crazed online community. The idea of a ‘baby gift ideas site’ has been tossed around for the LONGEST time, given that we are such ‘big’ consumers of baby items/gifts and I felt that the parents in SG are quite shortchanged in terms of cost and variety.
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More updates about THE PLAN coming up soon, I hope ;>
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In the mean time, I’m caught in a bit of a ‘quilting funk’ which I can’t seem to shake off. So, I made
more of these:
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If you are interested in getting one of these fabric wallets for a special little chap, each costs SGD$18 (comes with 8 Crayola non-toxic crayons + 1x100sheet memo pad). Please add $2 if you prefer Crayola non-toxic WASHABLE crayons.
Difference is that I’m getting paid for them now! (cue The Count laugher)
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A friend custom-ordered 2 of these crayon wallets and I made one extra with left-over fabrics.
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If you are interested in getting your hands on a fabric wallet, it costs SGD$18.00 (comes with 8 crayons + 1×100-sheet memo pad). Please add $2 if you’d prefer washable crayons.
