Magenta and Lilac

Ok. Lama tak create post. This time, again, bead work on baju Na. Again, vibrant floral motif - minat sungguh Na dengan motif ini. Yang lain nya this time is the same floral motif is repeated kat lower body line.

This time also I switched from using pearl beads to rice beads. The triangular shape centers the vibrant floral with darker glass beads as the insides. Triangular vibrant floral buds are then stitched in between the larger vibrant floral motif. Very satisfying. Love the lilac and magenta colour tones.


For your information, magenta is also referred to as fuchsia. Fuchsia is from the electrifying pink tone. Lilac is from the purple tones. On this work the spikes for the vibrant floral motif is in two colors, magenta and dark purple. While the inside triangle made with rice bead is in dark magenta with dark lilac glass bead as the center bead.

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Happy beading and happy blogging!!

Back to Tradition

When finishing this work, what comes to mind is our Malay tradition - the tradition of fabric design. The half flower design reflects the same motif on our long lasting Songket. The rich and deep color of green brings back to memory those old traditional velvet baju kurung cekak musang. Although baju kurung cekak musang is mainly worn by Minang ladies, as a young girl I used to admire the simplicity yet rich cultural heritage of the dress amongst us Malays in the nusantara. And so I lay down here three pantuns to remind us of our heritage, with a modern twist:

anak cina memancing ikan,

ikan dipancing di muara sungai,

kalau kite sukakan sulaman,

sulamlah bunga bunga teratai

buah pauh buahnya masam,

mari dikait si anak nelayan,

sulam bukan sebarang sulam,

sulam di buat dengan sayang

bercicit si nuri di atas titi,

memanggil teman sambil menari,

saya bersulam untuk dinikmati,

sesama kita di blog ini

For those who share the same interest with me do balas my pantun accordingly. Thank you.

Chocolatey Delicious

Phew siap pun! This is the second selendang for Puan Nurul.

The color selection is to match her baju kurung which is mainly in brown. Five colors were used here.

As per Puan Nurul's requests the stems are in brown. Although there's a lot of turquoise blue on her kurung she however wanted to play it down on the selendang .. so I used the blue for the rose bud ... out of the world!! That's alright coz overall it's gonna match the dress and the colors will blend.

To stick to conventional, I used light pink and dark pink for the bullion roses. Water color red is also on the kurung so that's ok.

She also likes fresh green.. hm... hope this will do.

SO! It looks delicious!! Chocolatey delicious!! MMuahh! Again this selendang project is 100% hand sewn and hand embroidered by Sulam Sayang!

P.S. tok leh bubuh gambar penuh. nanti ore tiru ... sorriii

Smooth and Silky, Orange Zest, Long Scarf

Special request, order actually, from Puan Nurul - selendang, long scarf, in natural color, earth tones, that would be simple and sweet looking.

Because of the special size request, my normal kain bawal is square, her order is made using 1.5 m length of my Japanese Voille, peach in color. She favours hand embroidered bullion roses and so the selendang is 100% hand sewn and embroidered. Lovely!!

I wanted a sublime look so I choose color combination in white, orange and yellow highlight. White for the vines, orange for the bullion roses and rose buds, and yellow for the bullion rose highlight. This time the lasy daisy leaves are white in color same with the single seed stitch vines for the suttle and soft look. Edge trimming is simply hand stitched hem. Beautiful.

Another one for Puan Nurul is coming up soon!! Happy Sewing and Happy Beading!!!

P.S. Visit Sulam Sayang E-Shop for exciting new colors from my Bawal No. 1 collection.

Umrah and Ziarah

I'll be out of the country for Umrah and Ziarah Mekah & Madinah the next two weeks. Till later.

Hijau Menawan

Baju ni potongan kurung moden. Describe sikit baju ni - leher teluk belanga, no tulang belut just piping, lengannya lurus separuh dan kembang berjerut separuh, tiada kekek yang berasingan tapi bercantum dengan pesak yang dipotong agak ramping di pinggang.



Beadingnya di sekeliling leher depan dan dilanjutkan ke paras bawah dada. Disamping itu, ade beading jugak di bahagian bawah depan. Beading ni agak sarat kerana motif zig-zag di jahit dua lapis, hijau dan biru. Di dalam jahitan lurus zig-zag saya tambah labuci biru di ikat manik coklat. bronze.

Bullion Rose on Buttons

When I put on this shirt this morning I didn't know it's going to end up with bullion roses on it's button. I just had the urge to try the bullion rose bud on a button. From Zue's book A-Z of Bullion which she ordered through Sulam Sayang Amazon Store, I found out how the stitch works with button. Definitely different when working with flat fabric. Even so, there are many ways I found how stitchers hold their fabric, thread and needle to work with bullions. However it is, the finishing gotta be good. Here I used ten rounds of turns for the bud and eight for the leaves. The bud can either be a double or triple bullions. I tested with both. Sweet.

Just Having Fun

To test my skills with various stitches I started to work with alphabets spelling my blog name Sulam Sayang. The fabric is left over from an unfinished kurung project of burgundy japanese voille.

I intended to do the full wording but it's taking too long to complete, so I'm posting it here today anyways.

The design is taken from Ondori Floral Embroidery, not fully. Check out the template at Sulam Sayang DIY. The book did not provide for the letter M so I've improvised N for an M, just add another arch.

Most of the alphabet's outlines are with stem stitches. Some as A uses chain stitch. Filling/shading is done with herringbone stitch - those X'es.

Various other more advance stitches, including satin stitch and bullion, were used for the flowers. Aren't they lovely.

The flowers at S are daffodils. While U are water lilies. The other I'm not sure but A looks very wild. Love 'em.

Projects like this is very good to use up those left over threads. I have many of them, greens and red/pink in various shades, so that really suits projects of floral or plant motifs such as this. Why don't you try it?

Happy Sewing and Happy Blogging -



P.S. learnt to place this signature followings tips from a friendly blogger, I think her name is Maya. Tks Maya.

"Fit for a Princess!"

These kurungs are Putri's two little daughters'. Had em done following the kids clothing. So my team worked from scratch - tayloring, tulang belut and beading. The dresses are our traditional kurung dresses, one with the normal pesak and the other as per Kurung Pahang with pesak gantung. The girls are gonna be so cute in these. Glamorous for sure!

The fabric is cotton with simple floral motifs in baby blue. We matched the neck stitching with tulang belut in baby blue. And completed the teluk belanga neckline with pearl buttons. Elaborate baby blue bunga tanjung adorns the girls' dresses. White Japanese glass beads vines roam the borders. Baby blue Japanese sequins and glass beads highlight the edging. Hm.. beautiful. A feast to the eye.

Sisterhood Award

Lovely young and enthusiastic Alviana at Sewn by Alviana has nominated my blog with this wonderful award. I feel very honoured, happy and loved it so much.

Alviana said "... I love all her creations and handmades..."

And I said "Alvianna! That's too much. But u've made my day. Thank u so much..."

The rules:
1. Place the award logo on your blog.
2. Nominate 10 other blogs which show "Attitude and/or Gratitude"
3. Link to the nominees on your blog post.
4. Comment on their blog that you have nominated them.
5. Share the love and link to the person who nominated you

Extending the award (still work-in-progress), here're some blogs worthy of acceptance with no particular order :

1. Yarin Collection, quilter from Indonesia. Showcases Yana's work. Fine and noble activity with creativity and simplicity. Lovely work and effort.
2. Famili Cooking, my family, aunts and nieces, sharing cooking experience. Love you all!
(to be continued)

Cool Tudung Bawal - 100% Hand Sewn and Hand Embroidered

This color, bead and design combination is for the chique and sophisticated. When Putri a Sulam Sayang visitor said I should do more of this hand embroidered tudung bawal, I decided to start on bawal again. She loves this fabric color from my selections at Sulam Sayang E-Shop, so I started to work on it. I don't know if she wants the tudung for herself, but I hope she does. So Putri I hope u like it enough to purchase :) Call me, I can have it send together with your daughters' kurung. Other wise, it'll be up for sale at Sulam Sayang E-Shop!

When I picked up the fabric from my selections available at Sulam Sayang E-Shop I find it hard to get the correct floss color to match it. Not until I found the beautiful green "stones" in odd shapes for the rose buds did I decided on the matching green floss for the leaves and vines and the duo-pink for the roses. Before that it was to be like brown vines and dark green leaves. It would have been just common. But this - I just love it. The floral motif is just enough to give the elegant yet sophisticated look. The flower arrangement is just nice and just enough not too crowded to give that 3-D effect. Love it! Hm.. just love it!

Sulam Tangan dan Sulam Manik Tudung Bawal

Terbaru! Tudung bawal bersulam tangan dan manik - pattern kuntuman rose, manjalara dan crystal bud. Gabungan ini saya lihat terkini di pasaran tudung bawal Kelantan. Harga mencecah RM160!

Untuk sulaman manik, di sini saya gunakan tiga jenis beads - mauve tubular bead, light purple seed bead dan slightly pink small crystal. Untuk sulaman tangan pula dua jenis jahitan saya gunakan - lazy daisy stitch untuk daun dan bullion stitch untuk rose dwi warna. "Hm geram! Macam nak picit-picit je bunge tu."

Saya sarankan kepada peminat-peminat tudung bawal bersulam, cubalah jahit sendiri. It's very rewarding bila hasil kerja tangan kita tu siap - seperti yang kita idam dan rancangkan.

"Hm. projek tudung dah siap boleh pakai raya ni. Nampaknye, color theme tahun ni purple lah. Boleh gabung dgn silver gray or soft pink."

Selamat Bersulam!!

Basic Chain with Sequin Padding

Looks like pattern basic chain with sequin padding ni telah menarik minat ramai peminat-peminat sulaman manik! Kali ini sequin yang saya gunakan adalah yang size kecil sekali. Jadi sequin padding di jahit pada setiap basic chain. Wah! Of course warnanye adalah warna yang sedondon dengan kain. Kali ini saya pilih warna highlight pada fabric. Bunga pada fabric adalah besar-besar and ada splash in red! So I choose red as my main color on the chains. Disamping itu warna oren dan coklat mendampinginya untuk ia kelihatan lebih interesting. Hasilnya? Tentulah cantik!!

Lihat pattern yang sama dengan tona warna yang berlainan di post-post yang sebelum ini - Baju Kak Long, I did it again, Baju kurung lovers - recommended edging.

Kelas Sulam

Hi All! Readers of Sulam Sayang,

I am happy to announce that Sulam Sayang is ready to provide teaching services to embroidery fans! The classes will be conducted at - Kolej Komuniti Kuantan!

Currently available - Kelas Asas Sulam Tangan, Kelas Asas Sulam Manik, Kelas Sulam Tangan Tudung Bawal dan Projek Sulam Manik. Hubungi saya, Norazihan, di 019-9846026 atau emel norazihan@yahoo.com pendaftaran dan maklumat lanjut. Ada sijil penyertaan!

Vibrant Red Florals

These vibrant red florals just burst out from the fabric. The concentric pattern contrasts well with the swirling lines batik design on the silk. The flowers actually have orange tips and medium size pearls. This is a funkier version of Soft White-n-Blue Floral.

Check out how I used my new small spring loop to work with this kurung sleeve edge bead embroidery at Sulam Sayang DIY.