crafty thursday

My friend and I decided to do a "Crafty Thursday" hahahahaha and we produced this Tree Bag for our daughters :)...Chia Ling made 2, though...being ambitious! :p

my failed attempt at smocking...

Though I must say I successfully pleated the fabric using my new Amanda Jane Pleater hahahahahahaha...

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little pouches

A friend of mine wanted a mobile phone case...so I made these two little pouches :)

emma's new bella

Mommy's gift for your 2nd birthday. Got the cute pattern from an Ozzie artist, Ric Rac.

the rest of my days in Melbourne

Well, between helping my sister move to her new apartment, I had the fortunate chance to venture a few more interesting shops of Melbourne :).

1. Bustle and Bows - I love this shop, it's small, intimate and has lots of embroidery stuff, including smocking equipments, patterns and A-Z book series. The shop keepers were all very nice and helpful. I wish they have more of this type of shop, here in Melbourne. I bought the pattern to a very cute smocking-embroidery dress for my Misfits :).










2. Amitie - I've died...and gone to fabric haven :) at least the one in Melbourne :). They stock a lot of fabric range! Including those exciting Japanese fabrics!! Even more than the one at Addicted to Fabric...mmm or maybe the same? hard to tell...I LOOOOOVVVVEEEE their quilt displays! They make me want to start (I mean..try) quilting again.









3. Ink and Spindle - Oooooo how wonderful it felt when I finally got to see my fabrics...my beautiful fabrics by Lara Cameron. A wonderful person, a talented designer and a groovy studio :). Would definitely be coming over again in the future to pick up more wonderful fabrics :p

day 2 in Melbourne

Day 2 in Melbourne...Last night as I was driving pass Malvern Rd, I saw an interesting shop...So I went there today and got some cute stuff. From there, I went to the Bernina dealer at Camberwell Junction to get my ruffler's adapter and got some embroidery threads from there. Next stop was Bustle and Bows which unfortunately does not open Sundays AND Mondays! I'll just have to go back tomorrow. We then stopped by Methodist Ladies College, an all girls' school for our little misfits and took their enrollment packages. From there, we went to Tessuti but as we stopped to park, I saw another interesting shop , called Craft Victoria and ended up looking around for interesting things there. Today....has been very good ;). I'm loving Melbourne...A LOT.

the reason i wanted to arrive before Sunday....

is because there was a fabric sale at Patchwork House that ended on Sunday! :) So there I was...scouring for all the goodies...ooo happiness :)

Road Trip Day 2, Sydney - Melbourne

Day 2 was more exciting, only because I get to go to Addicted to Fabric in Canberra :D (all grins). While Francis was having his power nap, I was scouring for their fabrics collections. Oh..I was on cloud 9...It was worth the extra 3 hours :). From there, we stopped by on a small winery, it wasn't the best but nevertheless, we bought a Sauvignon at Murrumbateman Winery. We arrived in Melbourne a little pass 11pm and went to Crown's food court and ate a good porridge at Shark Fin...yummm....

Road Trip Day 1, Brisbane-Sydney

We're moving base...from Brisbane to Melbourne, it was a bit sad but excited for the new place. All packed and ready to go...we began our journey from Brisbane at 7 am. First stop was Tweed Head, the border of QLD and NSW. From Tweed Head we continued our journey to Byron Bay, which is absolutely lovely :). We went to the most Easterly point in Mainland Australia and saw a rainbow over the lighthouse. Luckily we got in the car before it started to rain heavily.

Next stop was Coffs Harbour but it was raining heavily, I was only able to take a glimpse of the "Big Banana" and ate at this German restaurant, called Grandma House (I think).

On the way, Francis saw a quilt shop and so we stopped by there for a bit and got this cute Japanese fabric by Cosmo.

Our last stop for the first day was Wollongong and we were soo tired

crispy honey chasio

On my cousin's sangjitan (engagement party), my Aunt bought Honey Crispy Chasio (Red Pork) from Kaca Mata. We've been addicted to it...ever since....

baby's gift

My friend just had her second daughter (very very cute) and they're finally back from Singapore. I've been deciding on what to make for her daughter, and finally came up with these....an over-sized "house" shoes, a kimono pj and a diaper/clothing bag. All made with lots of love ;)

goodie bag hunt

Last Saturday, we decided to go hunting for misfit's Birthday goodie bag at Pasar Pagi, Mangga Dua. What an experience! They have just about everything you can imagine! Filled with fake Mickey, Dora, Pooh, Ben 10, you name it! They have it! I am sooo tempted to just buy the goodie bags along with the fillings from here! We'll see...I have a few more days before leaving to Melbourne and a few days to get these goodie bags before Misfit's Birthday Bash :).

a passport cover

I thought I whipped a real quick passport cover for a cute little girl...How disappointed I was when the flap was a little too big to go into the ribbon band :(.