Round Batik Table Cloth and Napkins

This project turns four batik sarung pieces into a round table cloth for six with matching square napkins. Since the requirement is for a 72" diameter round piece I had to piece the body of the sarungs together.

Here there is a total of eight pizza shape pieces, two from each sarung, sewn sharp ends together. Then from the sarung head, I got eight square napkins, two from each sarung head.

As I don't have a round dining table to test this table cloth on just use your imagination to see the piece. It's like a very large pizza sliced into eight - matching motifs at opposite sides.

"Would you like to have a cuppa honey!"

Nothing like a hot sweet tea with peppermint to have with freshly baked muffins! Hmmm.








P.S. Excuse the overall dark appearance of the photos. Placing the folded napkins on the table cloth for close up shoot was a mistake. Should have just used white background. Anyways .. enjoy. Especially you Norlin!! Muuah.

Cool Shoulder Bag - Small Flowers

Haven't done any sewing this May. This one was done earlier just haven't had the time to upload. Actually haven't had the mood. First my Nokia PC Suite, that's the software I use to multiple upload photos from my phone cannot connect to the phone; so I had to upload photos one by one! Then my laptop went kaput on me. Now everything technical is ok except that I'm still not in the mood for sewing.

Ocean Blue Half Moon Bag

This ocean blue bag is for Amar. Had to be redone as the earlier one she liked had to be given to the fabric's owner.

So I choose another ocean blue Batik Terengganu and matching blue voille for the handle for Amar's 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.




P.S. he he same wording used here as per earlier post. sorry, in a hurry. :)

Half Moon Bag - Hana

It has been a while since I made these Half Moon Bag.

This dark chocolate bag for Hana had to be redone as the earlier one she liked had to be given to the fabric's owner.

So I choose another dark chocolate Batik Terengganu and matching chocolate voille for the handle for Hana's 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.

Next one is Amar's.

Soothing Green Cool Shoulder Bag

Another Cool Shoulder Bag. This one in Soothing Green for the outside fabric and matching plain Soothing Cool Green fabric for the inside lining.

Cool Shoulder Bags are 100% reversible and 100% washable. Wear them plain or the printed fabric to match your outfit or mood.

Bold Red Cool Shoulder Bag

Cool Shoulder Bag from Bold Red for outside fabric and Red Hot plain fabric for inside lining.

100% reversible and washable.

Authentic Terengganu Colors

Many that comment on Batik Terengganu said the colors are nice, bright and modern. This yellow on brown isn't my favourite from the many colors available. For that reason I chose it to make this pair of Cool Shoulder Bag and many tissue pockets. It's kind of rustic and depicts the hard living of fishermen in Terengganu. Very authentic colors.

It reminds me of wooden fishing boats with colorful decorated front mast and simple fishing tools the men use for their daily fishing work.

They would push out their boats early in the morning and work hard all day under the hot sun on the bubbling ocean to earn their living.

All praises to Allah for our wonderful being. May He gives us guidance and perseverance to meet our daily challenges, amin.

Back to the bags, as seen in pictures, these Batik Sarung Cool Shoulder Bag are 100% reversible. You actually get two looks from one bag. One look is the iconic Batik Sarung triangular motif which is actually the back part of the sarung. The other look is the more modern look of the main body of the sarung. The fabric is cotton and cool and comfortable to wear.

Mouse Pouch

Have you seen my Fun Purse? They're really fun and funky to have. The colors are electrifying pink, blue, orange and yellow. Great to store those bits and pieces cards, bills, and notes. As much as I love my Fun Purses, when storing bulky items like a computer mouse or camera or hand phone, they are not quite there to accommodate. So in comes the Mouse Pouch!

This Mouse Pouch is the same size as my Fun Purse. Unlike the Fun Purse, the Mouse Pouch is not hard interfaced but fully lined. Here I used green Batik Terengganu for the outside fabric; and the inside fabric is just plain green. Matching green zippers, end tabs and wrist holder for easy handling.

As the pouch is not interfaced, it is soft and flexible; and very convenient to hold bulky or odd shaped items. It's great for my computer mouse and camera. I am HAPPY!

Next I'm gonna make a laptop cover or sleeve of similar concept to protect my laptop from scratches when slipped into laptop bags. It will also serve as dust cover when the laptop is not in use. I have uncovered too much already of my next project. See you there!!

Sour Plum Bag Set

So I'm on a streak here. Three days in a row, three bag sets back to back.

The story is like this, I was off to my favourite fabric outlet wanting to get dark warm plain chocolate fabric to match with a turquoise blue on dark brown fabric for Kak Long. Temptation turns to lust, "no lah", just can't resist some of the fabrics from the normal collection I usually pick from.

Well, this bag set is of Sour Plum fabric. It is matched with burnt brick brown plain fabric for inside lining. The set comprises of Cool Shoulder Bag, Wadi Sling Bag, Makeup Purse, and Tissue Pocket.

A twist to the Cool Shoulder Bag - it has a button to hang trinket and in my case a Tissue Pocket. A twist to the Tissue Pocket is that I've made a loop to hang it on the button on the bag. This way, the tissue packet would not get crumpled amongst other things in the bag - clever ehhh. A twist to the Makeup purse, this one has a rounded edge top flap and is bigger than the earlier one I did for the OMG Set.

Pink satin pipings are used for both tie ribbon for the Makeup Purse and the edge lining for the Tissue Pocket.

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.