After a long break

Hi, a lot of good things took place last year. That's one of the reason why I was away for soooo long. In November I did my mammogram and found that I had some lumps, in December someone banged my parked car! January School started and as usual no time for me. But last year I ran 2 bazzar for the first time. And it was great.

That's my daughter, just back from her church camp. So angelic!

First lesson 

They were captivated by the Horizon sewing machine

met some famous people

Sewing Expo and workshop at One Utama

I had a wonderful time at the Expo. Since I went the children, I only had time to look around, didn't participate in the workshops. Really got inspired looking at the wall hangings. It was very artistic, some even looked like painting until I felt it.

                                            Now this one is a sure winner. Subliminally coaxing kids
                                                          to eat their vegies!

                                                         Quilt and pathwork. very peaceful

                                                               3D patchwork and quilting
                                                           

How to attach a pocket on a shirt

Today I am going to show you how to attach a pocket to a shirt.

Made someone very happy today!

How to sew patchwork and applique

I had to create a patchwork block for a charity event .Only had 2 days to finish it. So after going through my pile of fabrics , came up with an idea to use men silk handkerchief, the remnants of my daughters white blouse and for the applique I cut out this gorgeous bright  flowers .  With that I was ready to start my block.

I wanted to do a simple patchwork. An overly complicated design would drown the apllique. First step is decide on the size; mine is 12"x 12". Cut 2 squares of white fabric 8"x 8" to make 4 triagles.

I always give more allowance because I can cut off the rest once I have finish attaching all the blocks.

This is  how I attach the triangles to the square. Attach them on opposite side of the square.

Now I am attaching the flower applique to the silk hanky by hand stiching them in place. I could have used the fabric spray but since I am working with 2 different type of fabric textures I didn't want to waste time experimenting.

 I am going to apply satin stich all around the edge of the flower. To match the color of the flower, I have selected  corn yellow . The wide  open foot  made it easy for me to know where I am going with the stich.

This is the Janome Horizon . I am selecting the zigzag stich no 10. I brought down the width and the height to 3.0 and 0.35 respectively. Other sewing machine will have their own witdth and height settings. 

This is the finish product.One more to go.

It was 2 in the morning , I did not take any shots on  how to attach the border. Anyway the last part is to sew hidden stich by hand.

                        This is the final step.The  hidden stich have to be sewn  by hand.

Fruit of my labour.

Happy Labour day folks!

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