Wadi Sling Bag With Cover Flap

As promised, more add on features to my bags. Simple as it may be, each successful add on is very gratifying.

Complementing my earlier OMG Cool Shoulder Bag, this Wadi Bag is of the same fabric. This vibrant green brown and white fabric is matched with a more soothing brown for the inside lining. Notice the handle is one side of the designed fabric while the other is of plain fabric. This is so when using the bag reversed, each way the handle is matched to the body.

Surprisingly, even with the flap cover, the new add on to this Wadi Sling Bag, the bag is still reversible!!

Furthermore, I've concocted a matching makeup purse with satin ribbons to enclose! Wonderful!! The makeup purse is also lined on the inside with the soft brown fabric. I'll detail this makeup purse when in my next project update .. hold on to your seats.

There you have it then, four different bags and purses to mix and match to suite the occasion. I just can't decide which bag I want for myself! They are SO cool, I want them ALL!! Don't you?

OMG Cool Shoulder Bag

OMG. I'm speechless when naming this bag or rather the fabric.

I was kinda skeptical of the result as I've matched this striking fluorescent green design with a lighter than the fabric background brown. Thought it would look electrifying with plain fluorescent green for the inside lining but alas don't have it. Don't even have fluorescent green thread to do the sewing with so I've settled with dark brown. And when finished, I just had to say "Oh My God!"

It has a matching tissue pocket with emerald green piping at edges. Cool!

Take note, I have a lot of more cool ideas to add to this cool shoulder bag. One, the inside pocket which sometimes I do and sometimes I don't. Two, inner top zipper which I have done once for Rozie's brown batik shoulder bag. Three, there are matching accessories to the bag or it's accompanying Wadi Sling Bag that are tissue pocket, fun purse etc. Four, I will do a tiny loop at the side of the tissue pocket and hang it onto a button sewn on the inside at one of the handles arm. That way, the tissue packet in its tissue pocket will be safe from being crumpled inside the bag when it is hangs safely away from the other peripherals women always carry in their bag. The phone? Oo, the phone sits in the inside side pocket which I've already explained earlier.

Dark Forest Bag Set

Back to making my favourite Cool Shoulder Bag and Wadi Sling Bag.

For time saving, I've made the bags from the same material I named Dark Forest. The bags are awesome yet mysterious.

To complement I've made matching tissue pockets for each one. So whoever wants the bag, the tissue pocket comes FREE!

As a bonus, I'm offering the whole thing which I'm calling a Mother & Daughter set with another surprise gift!.

So moms with teenage daughters, what are you waiting for?

Get in the fun with these cool matching bags for your Ladies ONLY outing!




P.S. As usual, the bags are 100% reversible. Outside fabric is Dark Forest cotton polyester and inside fabric is plain dark green cotton polyester. Tissue Pockets are edged with dark emerald green satin piping. The whole package deal is only for RM50. Hurry while stock last!

Tissue Pockets

I don't think ladies carry little pocket tissues anymore. Life has improved. We are encircled with fans and air-conditioning and there's free serviettes at local food outlets and restaurants. However, these are handy to have around just in case.

These tissue pockets secure those little pocket tissue avoiding early tear ups and crumple. Bright colors of our batik Terengganu with satin edges to compliment and for a serene look.

TUTORIAL:

Start with a 7" by 5 1/2" rectangular. Sew piping on both short edges. Right side up, fold to center short sides. Sew the raw edges, edges aligned, with 1/2" seam allowance. You basically have the tissue pocket done with the right side in. Turn the the tissue pocket bringing the right side out. Push corners with blunt pencil and form the rectangular tissue pocket. Voilla.

Good Luck!

P.S. Let me know how you like this tutorial. Maybe, just maybe, I will share with you more in future!

Batik Tissue Box Cover

A picture tells a lot of story. A box of tissue sits on a coffee table. How many people have seen this sight. Well mine's a bit different. There's a guitar, some take-a-way food containers, there's a red batik table cloth, remember that one, and there's the green batik tissue box cover. Cool. Even though it's kinda shabby but it's a treat for the eye. The cool green on black is really eye soothing. I used matching green satin piping for all the seam edges. Lovely.

Roomy Large Funky Bag

Roomy! Large! Funky!

Sized at 14"H x 12"W x 6"D this bag is suitable for beachwear to classroom to the mosque! Your choice on where you want to take it to. It's wide sized handle makes wear comfortable. Side pockets with elastic top are suitable for hand-phone and keys; it even fit a bottle of mineral water! Or just slip those sunglasses when not in use in it.

The bag is constructed inside out with Batik Terengganu. The side from the iconic sarung motif has two side pockets. Where the side from the floral motif is pieced with the sarung border vertically placed on the left edge of the bag. Did I mention that it's totally reversible! The bag is actually off-triangular shape. It is fully interfaced for its form. Funky.

Alphabets - Ondori Floral Embroidery

I'm feeling a bit down lately and haven't done any sewing yet. Watched Pride and Prejudice two days in a row so that's how down I am. So for the lack of sewing projects I browsed through my old posts and thought of sharing this one with everyone.

These pictures first appeared in my Sulam Sayang DIY blog so here goes...
























The above design templates are the ones I used for my SULAM project which I completed last year.



The finishing on the template is good as the material is like thick cotton or like canvas. Remember, for my project I used thin fabric, burgundy japanese voille. You can do the same by just duplicating what I have done. Choose your favourite word then follow the needlework template above. For letters not available just make it up. Making up the alphabet is easy I think like the way I did M on my own. However adding suitable floral motif is another challenge.

Good luck. Happy Sewing and Happy Blogging!

Twin Program

Specially selected sarung batik terengganu by Rozi for a cool shoulder bag with a twist. Rozi choose this brown on black batik sarung terengganu and choose the floral side for her bag. A twist to my normal cool shoulder bag is that Rozi wants a zipper for the bag. Plus she wants the handle to be the from the sarung borders for some white on the dark bag. As a result as the first of the two bags shown.

The other bag I pieced from the kepala kain. Somehow or rather I preferred this design than the body motif for bags. On top of the contrasting white on normally dark colors of batik sarung at the kepala kain, the pattern called CORAK REBUNG is iconic to Malay kain sarung batik. Thus poking the deep sentiment for traditional Malay batik.

The bags are sized about 18"x18" with about 20" handle. They are lined with plain black cotton fabric with inside pockets from the same fabric. And of course Rozi's bag is attached with 18" zippers across the top of the bag just below the curvatures for the handle. Hope she likes it.

Fiery Hot Shoulder Bag

This is one hot cool shoulder bag. Similar to the first few that I've made. Only this time, the shoulder attachment is not just by overlap method, but by the inside seamed method - advance technique that is. Hooray! Zihan!

To make it more exciting, I'm going to make a matching fun purse and tissue pocket to go along with this bag. Exciting eh!

This red and white fern design fabric is matched with fiery red plain fabric for the inside. It is totally reversible with a pocket on the plain red side.
I'd love this one for myself.
But of course if anybody is interested to get one I can always get the fabric replenished..
that is if it is available from my favourite fabric outlet.

Ta ta! I'm heading to the Mall!!

Beaded Chiffon Slip-On Tudung

Slip-on tudung is worn with a smaller insider (with awning) and very convenient as you don't need to apply any brooch or clasp under your chin for your normal square scarf. Still, I think not everybody can pull off this sort of tudung.

This one of Kak Su's is of brown chiffon material. When I received it the tudung is already embellished with iron on gold studs and diamond. My task is to add a few lines of Japanese Glass Bead around the face edge and lower edge. Working with chiffon is always difficult however I just stick to the seam lap. Add some white topaz with round white beads as tiny flowers at face edge.

Hope you like it Kak Su and look elegant for the dinner party.

Sulam Sayang at Swiss Garden

For all that weren't informed of the event here's some snapshots to tell the story. Fans at Facebook would have known of this event and the outcome. Nevertheless, I'm so happy to have been invited by Swiss Garden Resort to participate in their mini fair to cater for a specific group of visitors. So with the help of Sharifah, I managed to pull together some batik bags and sarung to the fair. I'm also happy that Royal Tenun of Pahang agreed to join my booth to make my booth merrier. The feeling is great to have launch Sulam Sayang first outing at a 5-star international hotel Swiss Garden Beach Resort Kuantan. Hopefully to see you all again there sometime. Tada!