Recycle Tutorial: Braided Rag Rug

[imagebrowser id= 43] My mum threw me 2 bundles of old bed sheets she found during spring cleaning. She knows that I love to recycle and able to make something good out from them. In support of the Earth Hour campaign, I am going to spend the whole March making recycle handmade and will switch off my lights for 1 hour on March 27, 8:30pm. Hope you will do so too :) The first idea that came across my mind was rag rug, yes, with all this rotten bed sheets I can make lots of rag rugs. I stumbled upon some rag ...

Giveaway (Mar): Tiger Plush Toys

[imagebrowser id=42] It's March, it's giveaway month..... yippeeee!!!! This time, the prizes are the tiger plushies that I replicated / cloned from an original piece. Yes, you see it right, I wrote prizes... I have 3 to giveaway!!!! Turquoise, Red and Black. I made a few for my nieces and nephews, and.... of course, I didn't forget about you, my dearest readers, I made extra 3 for you!!!! 3 winners will be picked and you have higher chances of winning it. How to win it? Please read the following terms and conditions carefully to enter this draw.

Purse Pattern: Tiger Coin Purse

[imagebrowser id = 41] This is the original idea of what I want to design and make instead of the kitty coin purse!!!! The test purse turned out too gentle and cute, so I made it into kitty purse. This one, with the ferocious look , it resembles more like a tiger now :) This purse is 11cm W x 8cm H (11 cm from tip of ear) / 4 1/4" x 3 1/8". Nice enough to keep some loose coins, notes, credit cards, or you can use it to keep your keys, or cosmetic for touching-up while out. Just like the kitty ...

Locker Hook Pattern: Welcome Home Rug

[imagebrowser id = 40] Told you that I haven't got enough with locker hooking. This craft is really hooking me up. If you haven't known how to do this, I have the tutorials for it, from basic preparation, locker hooking and finishing touch. Hover over to the tutorials now and get started with this fantastic craft. This Welcome Home Rug / floor mat measures 78cm x 52cm (30 11/16" x 20 1/2"). As for the material, I used 4 solid colors of poly jersey interlock, dark brown (1 meter), turquoise (2 meters), olive green (1/2 meter), and baby pink (1/2 meter), cut them ...

Sewing Tutorial: Treats Holder

[imagebrowser id=39] Today is the 7th days of Chinese New Year!!!! It is everybody's birthday and we are officially 1 year older in our lunar age. Traditionally, we get together on this day to toss the colorful raw fish salad (yee sang, 鱼生) and make wishes for continued wealth and prosperity. The higher we toss, the better we will get :) I made this treats holder to serve little treats during Chinese New Year. Every kids visited my house during this festive season likes it.... I mean the treat!!! I made another bigger one to put some mandarin oranges as well. To ...

Sewing Tutorial: Simple Chinese Ornament

[imagebrowser id=38] Chinese celebrates Lunar New Year or Chinese New Year for 15 days. Today is the 4th day of Chinese New Year and traditionally we don't visit friends and relatives during the 3rd and 4th day since it is believed that we could get into argument or bad luck if do so. I was pretty much relax at home eating cookies, cakes, mandarin oranges and the left-over from the eve (chú xī) [opppsss... hope I won't gain too much weight during this festival :p] Well, I did another simple sewing of an ornament to decorate my pussy willows using silk ...

Locker Hook Tutorial: Chinese New Year Ornament

[imagebrowser id=37] 恭喜发财，迎春接福，新年快乐，万事如意! 恭贺全球华人庆丰年! These are the common words that we wish each other during Chinese New Year. Hopping the best wishes will bring good wealth, happiness, good luck, auspicious, prosperity, good health during the early spring of each year. 春 - spring, 福 - prosperity are the most conventional character found in Chinese New Year decoration， which means 迎春接福 - Auspicious. Let's get into the tutorial on how to make this auspicious decoration for the Chinese New Year.

Sewing Tutorial: Piggy Pillow

[imagebrowser id=36] As promised, I have completed the tutorial and the pattern for the "Be My Valentine - Piggy Pillow", which was published 3 weeks ago. This time I made a pair for my kids, they love it. You may not be able to do it in time for this valentine but as I said, if you have love in you, everyday is valentine. Hope you sew some for your loved ones no matter if it is Feb 14. Besides as a pillow, you can use this pattern to make into other things, for example, pin cushion, smaller softy as gift, or a ...

Tutorial: How To Replicate A Plush Toy

[imagebrowser id=35] Update: I made extra 3 as the giveaway prizes, click here to win it! I can't help it, I replicated this cute tiger - I am a copy cat, omg!!! The origin of this tiger is a "limited edition" stuffed-toy mascot of a 100% Malaysian made Chinese New Year movie, "大日子- Woohoo!" (Big Day - Woohoo!). Tiger is this year's animal in Chinese astrology, they came in a set of 5 with different colors represented: Opulence, Abundance, Harmony, Auspicious, Peaceful. I bought the last set from "Eu Yan Sang" (EYS), an Asia's leading healthcare company specializes in Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). The ...

Sewing Tutorial: “Wheel Of Fortune” Coaster

[imagebrowser id=34] Chinese New Year is approaching, 14 Feb 2010.... same day as Valentine's day, this year we have double celebrations!!! Woo Hoo!!! I am so excited as this is the most happening festival in a year. This year, I made most of my Chinese New Year decorations. To start it off, I sewed a few simple coasters by using Chinese Silk. Criss-cross 4 pieces of folded rectangle silks and sew them into circular shape with bias binder. Insert a fortune note in it to become a fortune coaster.... just like the fortune cookies :) Chinese Silk is colorful, soft and shiny like ...

Sewing Tutorial: Kitty Coin Purse

[imagebrowser id=33] I made this kitty purse for my absent minded daughter who always lost or misplace her belongings. The size is just nice to keep some coins and small notes that she can put it in her school uniform's pocket. The dimension is 8.5cm (W) x 8cm (H) [3 1/4" x 3"]. Like mother like daughter, I was an absent-minded kid myself too (looks like she inherited my bad gene, lol). Well, she lost the crochet purse I borrowed her. She knew that she is in big trouble since I love that purse a lot (she begged me a few times ...

Locker Hook Tutorial: Finishing Touch

[imagebrowser id=32] Now you have seen my Locker Hook tutorial on the Basic Preparation and Hook-Loop-Lock, and probably finishing a project up to this point (pattern here). I am going to show you how to tidy up the project by hiding away all the ends (fabric strips and locking yarn) and cover up the back of the work. I am so proud of myself to come out with these coasters which I am giving them away! I brought them to Starbucks one afternoon when I needed a coffee kick to get my brains going. Took some photos of them with the coffee ...

Sewing Tutorial: Christmas Stocking

[imagebrowser id=29] Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!! May 2010 bring luck, joy and health to you and your loved ones!!!! I am writing this on the day of Christmas Eve.... where has the days gone? It was like yesterday since I started making kanzashi Christmas Trees, then glittering some stars, wire wound some stars, followed by making holly berries, wreath, crochet Christmas Tree, plus some other crafts that I didn't published here!!! A month passed by in just a blink of an eye, now, I am making my last Christmas craft for the year. I made 2 Christmas Gift Stockings for ...

Crochet Pattern: Christmas Tree Ornaments

The closer it gets to Christmas the more tense I get... Just wish that I have 2 more hands and 1 more brain to help me out. I Still have a bundle of s that need to be done, including the Gift Socks for my daughter and son which I just put them into my to-do list. Anyway, I work well with tension, the more I get, the harder I work... but it is not good for my health, I have been weak recently, especially during weather change. For my 2010 new year's resolution, guess I have to lower down ...

Tutorial: Making A Christmas Wreath

[imagebrowser id=27]This year I am making my own wreath for Christmas. Not only 1 but I made 2 identical wreaths, one for myself and another one for my friend. I don't usually put up a wreath during Christmas but this year I have to, to substitute my 6' Christmas Tree which I put up every December. My son is at an age where he is curious about everything, so I suspect he will literally pull everything down, including the tree itself. No way to risk his life with broken baubles as I know he will definitely get to the tree even ...

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My mum threw me 2 bundles of old bed sheets she found during spring cleaning. She knows that I love to recycle and able to make something good out from them. In support of the Earth Hour campaign, I am going to spend the whole March making recycle handmade and will switch off my lights for 1 hour on March 27, 8:30pm. Hope you will do so too

The first idea that came across my mind was rag rug, yes, with all this rotten bed sheets I can make lots of rag rugs. I stumbled upon some rag rug tutorials before, and this one really caught my attention, Moda Bake Shop’s braided rag rug. I like their idea to braid the fabric strips and sew it into a rag rug. Since I did it a little different from them, here is my version, a versatile and strong rag rug that can be used for many years, just like my granny’s rag rug.

I love the touch of this braided rag rug….. it is rough!!! My mum loves to rub her feet against floor mat, so this should fits her right. I will send this back to my mum, she is going to love it!!!! I will make one for myself, I need one to comfort my feet too…. I inherited this habit from her…