a T-Shirt Dress

I bought a knit fabric some time ago (the stripey blue one) and don't know what to do with them. So it sits in my stash until one day, i finally got an idea - an easy one. Make them into a dress - well, sort of. I got this plain sleeveless tee and the stripey knits will be the dress.

Materials: plain tee & knit fabric

First, cut the fabric into 4 long strips (i roughly estimate the length of the dress i want and cut accordingly). Then, place 1 strip of the fabric at the bottom of the tee-shirt and fold pleats. Pin it and sew (as shown in the picture below).

 Do the same for the back side of the tee shirt. Then trim any extras at the side and sew them together.

Trim the sides and sew together

Now, for the upper pleats. I measure 2 inch from the bottom pleats and drew a line as my marking. Check to make sure that both the front and back line matches.

Draw a marking for the upper pleats

As with the bottom pleats, place the knit fabric on the line marking and fold the pleats. Pin and sew.

Pin and sew the upper pleats

This is how it should looks like after sewing the upper pleats. Trim the sides and sew them together. (I have not trim the sides for the picture below)

Using some leftovers, i cut a long strips and did some ruffles to make a little flower for the top. =)

And here's a picture of little Jay wearing  it on a trip to Sekinchan recently :)

Green Bear Is Here!

Here comes the Green Bear for Big Ray!

 

She loves green colour and picked this darker shade herself. She also choose the little green heart
buttons instead of the Mickey button (the one on Little Jay's Bear)  ^_^

And the happiest moment...watching your child beaming with laughter and enjoying your 'work of love'!

Ciao!

Pete Bear Free Sewing Pattern from Abby Glassenberg

Hi Hi... ^-^

Today i want to post about this little bear pattern i found from While She Naps (a blog on designing & sewing stuffed animals). His name is Pete. Here is the bear that i made using this pattern for my Little Jay.

                                                                    the Pattern Pieces

                                                       My sewn up version of Pete Bear

                                        and a Mickey button to make Little Jay happy  >.<

Isn't he adorable? Big Jay is requesting for a Green one... I'm gonna post that up when it's done.
If you wish to sew one for yourself or your kiddo, get the free pattern here.

An Ipad Cover Not...

I bought this cute little car fabric some time ago and it was on sale! Lovely! I didn't know what to do with it at first, but i shall keep it till the right time comes... and here it is - an Ipad Cover.
However, due to my silly mistake of miscalculation, it was a tad smaller than my Ipad !!! Oh gosh, how can i let it happen again? I guess my batting has taken way too much space than i thought.

 Here's the front look - i added a zipper pocket to keep some small stuffs (my first try at sewing Ipad cover with zipper pocket and i love it!)

And the back - cute cars!

The front cover flap was secured with a Velcro tape.

The lining - stripey brown and white lines.

This cover shall now sits in my little gallery (my cupboard) waiting - i believed someday his service will be needed. Perhaps hubby will need to get a new tablet in the future? =)

Now, what shall i make with the Red version of this cute car fabric? Oh yeah, i did mention it was on sale right? I can't stop myself from buying it... hehehe  =P

Green Tea Ice cream... Yummy!

Today i would like to share an ice cream recipe which i saw on Facebook. This simple recipe is from Aeri's Kitchen . She made this recipe for those who don't have an ice cream maker at home (haha.. i'm one of them). You only need to use milk, heavy cream, sugar, egg yolks & green tea powder ( i guess you can change to use other flavor - coffee or chocolate perhaps? ) Plus point, she boils the egg yolks under low heat so its safer for consumption.

The texture of the ice cream is harder than the store bought type but i really loves the taste of this ice cream - it has a mild milky taste and nice green tea flavor.

Do give this recipe a try if you like ice cream - it's a healthier choice and delicious too!


(Aeri shares lots of Korean recipes on her blog.)

Sweet Memories

I have been scrolling through some old photos while transferring some new ones into my desktop and found myself laughing and smiling looking at them. Photos sure does bring back those sweet moments. It also reminds me of how time flies and how fast my baby girls have grown to be toddlers now.

Baby Little Jay

Little Jay

Baby Big Ray with Cousin Ejae

Big Ray

And they are now toddlers...

Little Jay in a 'just woke up' look

Big Ray & Daddy

Happy Little Jay on a train ride

Big Ray with Cousin Eshuan at Grandma's Birthday

Little Jay, Big Ray & Cousin Ejae

I will cherished these moments with me forever. Love you all! Muacks!

Felt Photo Frame

Today, I'm going to post about my newly done project - magnet felt photo frame. I have always wanted to try this and am so happy with the outcome  (^_^) that i make another one right after i finished the first one. Here's how i make them...

 1. Cut 2 pieces of felt - according to the size of your photo. My photo was an A4 size so i added
     another 1 inch around the photo as the frame border.
 2. Then on 1 piece cut out the middle part slightly smaller than the photo so that the photo will
     stay put. This will be the front piece.
 3. Using craft glue, i glued a transparent cover (can be found at any bookstore ) onto the front
     piece. ( Notice that the hole is slightly smaller than the A4 transparent cover )

4. When the glue had dried, put the front and back piece together ( the side showing the glue face
    inside ) and sew the sides as shown by the yellow dotted lines. This is to ensure that the photo
    will stay in place. Sew up the other 2 sides but only on the front piece so you will have an
    opening to insert the photo later.

5. Next is the fun part - assemble the little designs that you want! I've cut out pieces of felt
    to make a bus, plane, hot air balloon, trees, heart shapes and little clouds. Sew them on the front
    piece. Lastly, sew up all sides except your opening to insert the photo of course and glue some
    magnets to the back.

This is how it look like when done.

I also did a flower one with a little bee and ladybug as shown below.

Loved them! ^.^