English Lady in the Tropics

This has to be the best of the cool shoulder bags so far. I just love it. The color and the motif carry such story. I would imagine an English lady exploring our tropical jungle. Much like Jane in Tarzan but no. More like Julia Roberts, although she's American, but the like of her .. maybe Julie Andrews.

The print shows three species of Heliconia. I only recognize one, the false bird-of-paradise, at lower right. The center red piece I think is a small plant. The one of the left although it looks like orchid the leaves shows that it is not. I grow a few species of Heliconia. One is the lobster claw.

Cool Shades Pouch

What a cool project this turned out to be. Originally a request by a beautiful young lady, who had dropped by Choqlat at Plaza Gambut, Kuantan, with her cute friend, I've searched the internet for good design and tutorial for tie pouch for sunglassess. Found this one and before you know it I've made a couple of these.

The batik fabrics used are remnants from past projects; used for both the outer piece as well as the inner peace. So the pouch is well lined and snugly tied at the open end. Here for the ties I use round elastic ties. Sunglasses fits well inside one of these.

Choqlat 03 Half Moon Bag

This bag is well formed as hard interfacing is used between the two bag fabric pieces. It is 100% reversible and washable. One side highlights the iconic batik heading while the other the modern motif of the sarung main body.

Choqlat 02 Half Moon Bag

This bag is well formed as hard interfacing is used between the two bag fabric pieces. It is 100% reversible and washable. One side highlights the iconic batik heading while the other the modern motif of the sarung main body.

Choqlat 01 Half Moon Bag

This bag is well formed as hard interfacing is used between the two bag fabric pieces. It is 100% reversible and washable. One side highlights the iconic batik heading while the other the modern motif of the sarung main body.

Just Do It

We, my daughter and I, got some fabulous new fabrics today for cool shoulder bag. This one in particular when finished she said would pass for Nike Cool Shoulder Bag. Wouldn't that be cool if Nike endorsed this bag.

Fabulous green with soft fern prints would be gorgeous for sporty event. Matched with dark plain green I'd be happy to make a few more of this.

"Like a Cheetah" Print Batik Cool Shoulder Bag

Being a batik lover, I just had to work on a batik project now and then. So here's my cool shoulder bag in "like a cheetah" print. Here, it's matched with a black lining. As usual, this bag is reversible so wear in batik on one day and mysteriously black on another.

Winter In Russia Cool Shoulder Bag

Still have a few back orders to finish but just don't have the time to start on them yet. And just when I wanted to start sewing, the machine has to have some problems. So, it's just back from the shop.

After RM70, today I've completed a few cool shoulder bag and some half moon bag. The fabrics have been pre-cut at hanging on my working chair for quite some time, so here some the pics. And of course, these are available for grabs.

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