Icy Blue

Siap pun baju Na yang nak kan pattern triple bracelet ni kat sleeve baju kurung nye.


"Selamat menjalankan ibadah puasa di bulan Ramadhan yang mulia!"


Follow this link to earlier triple bracelet chain with duo color.

Kursus Sulaman Kain Tudung

Hi everyone! I'm back from attending an embroidery course for head scarf in Kota Bharu, Kelantan.

The seven days workshop was sponsored by the Sultanah Kelantan, held at the Muzeum Kelantan. More than twenty participants from all districts of Kelantan were happy to attend and learn embroidery from a young embroider brought all the way from Southern Thailand Ms Habibah. I attended only three classes due to other commitment.

Thank you Ros of Pejabat Tanah Tumpat for including myself in the wonderful course.

Ramadhan Mubarak

"Selamat Berpuasa" to all Sulam Sayang blog visitors, friends and family. May we obtain Allah SWT's blessings in our ibadah to Him. Amin

Wedding Dress

(I took so many photos of the dress that I want to put all of them in this post. But I have to settle for a few. )

This project is bead embroidery onto thread embroidery pattern. The fabric is green satin.

This dress is to be worn for a wedding reception by a bride at the groom's residence.

So Kak Cik, my niece, wanted a heavily bead embroidered dress to really stand out for this special event. Naturally, I'm very honored to be given this job to enhance my beading skills and to beautify Kak Cik's wedding with this splendid looking modern kebaya.

This project is so fulfilling overcoming my mental block to work around "kerawang" (thread embroidered edging.)

Congratulations Kak Cik (Shikin) and Hafidz who are to be weded on the third day of Eidul Fitri at Wakaf Bharu, Kelantan.

Semoga Bahagia ke anak cucu!

I did it again.

Remember my favorite edging for baju kurung? Well it's the sequin padded basic chain. This time I've done it in Red, Lavender, Gold glass Japanese beads and pink plastics sequins. The result is just SShineyy!

This dress is a Raya dress for my next door neighbor Rozi. She wanted two lines edging with a little bit of pattern. I recommended this basic chain with sequin padding. It's just dazzling. The sequin I used here is slightly larger than the ones I used on Kak Yah's kurung .. so more sparkle.

I could just imagine on Hari Raya ... Rozi would wear this at her family's home in Teluk Intan, Perak. They would all gap and say "awesome". Then of course she would say "An beaded it for me :}}"

"Dah habis ganti puasa belum? Ni dah 12 Syaaban and the moon is 85% full."

Bunga Sekuin

This is for Kak Zah, my neighbour, yang nakkan a glamorous dress to wear on her daughter's wedding.

Dia kata, "Nak mengalahkan pengantin!"

"Color biar terang so orang nampak - merah ke."

So from some pictures yang I showed her, she wanted design manik tabur. I recommended further for bunga sequin untuk nampak lebih gah. (I tengok kebelakangan ni local beaders banyak yang guna bunga sequin dalam design yang padat, so saya pun nak try jugak, and here's my chance.)

"Bolehlah Zihan, asalkan cantik," katanya.

I think I could have done it better here but the dress looks glamorous as intended anyways.

Merah Menawan

Raya nak dekat, perancangan untuk baju raya dah dimulakan. Merah Menawan ni is on my baju tahun lepas. The fabric is silk tapi pattern dia bila dah siap baju macam orang tua sikit. So I've decided to upgrade it and here's the result.

The flower motif actually is similar to the fabric design. As the original design is in gold, the flower is not very visible. So I've repeated the flower design with this dual color bead embroidery (jahit manik). The result is just lovely.

Maybe I'll wear it to Kak Nor's wedding invitation and again on Raya.

Happy Beading!!

Warna Nusantara

Outlining design on batik sarong has been done before. Karyaneka Craft Center has displayed many similar works of intricate bead embroidery on exclusive batif sarong motifs.

Typically batik motifs are floral and fauna of the tropics. Sometimes the figure of cocks and dragon can be found but rare. Here the bead outline follows the color of the motif. Hence, red, green, gold, yellow, brown and purple are used.

Present for Teacher Zie

This was a last minute request from Kak Long as a farewell and thank you gift for her netball teacher Zie who is moving to another school.

This project may be a simple beginners project - a DIY. Again, here I use a songket coin purse and personalized it with the teacher's name.

Meme

Helene has tagged me to do a meme. I'm game, so here goes:

1. What was I doing 10 years ago?
I was a technical manager for a multinational firm here in Kuantan, Pahang. Enjoyed contributing to process and quality improvement at my workplace and working with my colleagues.

2. 5 things on today's to-do list?

*Review history and events in preparation for my case hearing.
*Start a bead project
*Shop for groceries
*Clean up the house
*Call up Ros for wish list

The above is apart to my regular to-do i.e. check email, log on to my Facebook, check favorite pages on internet.

3. Snacks I enjoy?

Salted nuts.. any kind of nuts.. coated or just plain roasted.

4. Things I'd do if I were a billionaire?

I would like to visit Mecca to do my Hajj (Pilgrimage) as I have not able to do it yet. Visit Mecca again and again. And sponsor people to do the Hajj insyaAllah (if God permits)

5. Places I have lived?

Born and grew up in Kuala Lumpur, capital of Malaysia.
Studied at Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon USA (B.Sc. Chem Eng).
Also attended Springs International School, Littleton, Colorado; Arapohoe Community College, Littleton, Colorado; University of Denver, Denver, Colorado while in the States.
Made Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia my home town after 20 years living here
Moved to Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia for 6 months last year.
Business trips to North Carolina USA, Jakarta Indonesia, Phuket Thailand, Tokyo Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore

6. Peeps I want to know more about?

Jann Block
Karen Cattoire
Karen L.Cohen
Lunnette Higdon-Hertel

So you see I'm quite a technical person, very left brained, non the less creative and very imaginative. Loves sports and the outdoors.

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