Mom made this quilt. Simple but it is a big quilt. She machine pieced it and hand quilt it.
To be honest, the color choices isn't my cup of tea. But back then she lived in a small town where she couldn't find the fabric easily. so, she just used what she had, I guess.
But she made this big quilt... WOW that matters the most.
Her effort to do this by herself really kicked me to do something with my fabrics stashes. ( felt so embarassed that I got a better fabrics but no quilt is made for myself - yet )
Soon Mom.... soon... I'll show you something ..LOL
Proud to have a mom who likes to sew... no wander I had the same interest with her.
'Na
Since my mom and I are in the same boat in the Quilting world... then she is now, addicted with fabrics more than when she sew her own dresses. I bought her quilting tools and off she go creating quilts for herself and gave it to granddaughters. We do the fabrics hunting together.. we shared our knowledge about sewing straight and curved. we talked about binding and quilting and everything including those fabrics, needles and threads...
Fun... Fun.. Fun...
Since me and my sister are all growing up and having our own
family,
my Mom has lots of time to do what she loves. She has an open mind to learn new things...
Look at her hand quilting... she did it better than me...
it looks the same on the back... very neat... Lovely !
I'll put her other quilt in the next post. Wait and see...
Proud of you, Mom.
'Na
When I was living in the US , I came back home to visit my mom and didn't know what to get her as a gift...would it be a book ? a scarf ? a dress ? I wanted it to be last long and she would remember me when I was gone. The AHA moment came !!
It was simply an imagination that she would be comforted under a quilt.... as if I was near her. :)
Then I bought this Quilt . A two sided quilt. What a nice idea to have 2 patterns in one quilt. If you get bored then you just flipped it.
( ooo I need this too... )
This is the first pattern...
And this is the second pattern
And this is how it looks if I combine the pattern together... the quilt and the pillow cover. It is pretty, isn't it ?
My mom like this quilt. That matters the most... :)
'Na
2014.
New Year... New plan.. New ideas.. New journey.. Happy New Year !!!!
My resolutions for my creative spirit this Year :
- Get more delicious fabrics and yarns for new projects...
- Having clean studio to start working.
- Finished baby quilt for my toddler and T-shirt quilt for my teen
before start making Quilt for myself.
- Learn photoshop so I don't have to nag my husband to modify
my pics.
- Preparing online shop.
- Finished all the neglected projects from last year.
- Practice taking pics with my Nikon than just my phone.
- Get inspired with traveling... ooh I have a list to where I want
to go.. seeing a new things... trying a new food... sound
interesting.
- Make this blog more interesting.
Wow.. I need to print this list and pin it on my board... so I'll know how well did I do. I hope that I can make this happened. I'll have faith and walk with God for this journey...
I really want to live my life like I imagine it.. I want to make it happened. I want to use my talent that God gave me. I want to make sure that my life isn't wasted. I want to touch someone soul.. I want to inspire others to live life to the fullest.
Let's nourish our soul and get started to do the work...
'Na
I Love December. It just equals with cold weather and Christmas.
Which is come along those lovely hot cocoa... Biscuits...Christmas' tree..Christmas' songs, Christmas' present.. friends.. family... ooh what a wonderful time of the year.
As Celine Dion sings...So this is Christmas... what have we done ? Another year over and a new one just begun.....
At the end of the year I looked back to what life has given to me...
the list is too long.... I can't write this here... Uncounted blessings...
Thank you Lord....
Every year I make a Christmas ornaments.. so it will be a memorable pieces in next few years... when the children's grow up... they'll remember about all the ornaments we hung on the Christmas tree... Oooh Joy...
I made ornaments from felts, a snowflake paper quilling and a Quilted ball like this :
I'm satisfied... but unfortunatelly I didn't make them enough to share it with friends... I should start earlier making those ornaments next year...:)
This year my Christmas tree is Silver and Blue with all those handicraft ornaments that I made with love which is warmed my heart...
Merry Christmas 2013 and Happy New Year 2014
Hope you all have a wonderful holiday...
Stay warm....and enjoy your time together with your loved one.
Best wishes,
'Na
I think Shopping is a middle name of many women... including me. LOL...
This activities always excites me... especially if it is about fabrics. Oh... who can resist them ?
My mom and I had fun spending time together at Thamrin City - Jakarta.
They have mainly fabrics originally from all the parts of Indonesia, especially Batik and Tenun ( Weaving fabric ) . They sell the fabrics and the dress too... You'll just say ooooohhh and aaaaaahhh.... looking at those fabrics.
This time I talk about weaving fabrics. They produce handmade with traditional tools. I am still curious how this weaving fabrics was made... To make a cloth out of thread.. with those beautiful patterns?
Awesome.... someday I want to see how they make it.
There are so many places in Indonesia that produces weaving fabrics. One of them is Jepara in Central Java.
I went to this store which have Tenun from this area.
I just stop by at one shop. I don't have time to look around...too bad.
I asked if I can a pictures of her collections.. and she said yes.. so...I will say no more... you see the pictures below then you should be able to tell how my heart felt.
This is what I bought..several meters of this fabrics. :) I will make my family wear this for a special occasion.
They also showed us how to use those fabrics if we want to make a dress... just for inspirations....
oooowh so pretty...
Wow....
The choices of this fabrics seems overwhelm...
I need more time to really enjoy picking the right colors and patterns... they are all beautiful. Really !
Be good to yourselves. Treat yourselves...
You deserve it... so am I :) LOL
Happy shopping,
'Na
I was curious how to make a swirly crochet. I google it.. and tried to make it... and finally I did it. Yeay me... !
I made 2 of them, but as it happens so many times.. after I know how to make it... then I just left them alone untouched for months..
( I know this is a bad habit.. but sometimes I can't help myself... ) although I know that I should finished what I've started... but you know... my brains gives me other direction rather to just focus to one project.. oooh No ! )
First I don't know what should I do after making this swirly square crochet.. I thought it is great for pot holder... but hmmm... a quick small project ( smaller than a pot holder ) is a pincushion...
So there it is.. I get back to this abandon swirly square and make a pincushion. I'm so relieved to be able to finished what I start it. There are still many project were half done... I'll get back to them... one by one...
Only one pincushion done. But at least it is done. That's accomplishment for me. ( I tap myself on the back.. ) LOL
Feeling great,
Na
