Zigouigoui

Holla...

I have been keeping the intention to make a zigouigoui ever since I saw a blog owner ( Its a friend of Musliha but I cant remember who ) who take part in a zigouigoui exchange project. All the zigouigoui was gorgeous . Suddenly I was inspired..he he he. Musliha did gave me the tutorial link.


I manage to make a small one even though it took quite a long time to accomplish. The pattern was an idea of mine ( a 'campak-campak' one- one might say). But hey...with added embelishment like the beads and ribbon..the dull zigouigoui look attractive..yes? Ha ha ha




Yes...it will be added to my collection of smalls..

Practising my hand on embroidery

FYI, I have finished my hand embroidery on my hijab( tudung bawal)...without the diamond..hehehe. Before I start on another new hijab, Have to practice 'lembutkan tangan' first. Spend lots of time blog hopping and reading, now I think I'm ready to start. Lets look at what I have practiced.

Thank you to Sulam Sayang blog owner ( Norazihan) for letting me to learn, Gee and Salmi for the inspiration. Most credit should go to my friend Marzila who introduced me to bullion stitch on tudung (hands on) in the first place. As I'm writing, I have already started on the new tudung..

Excited.....first..I like my choice of colors . Second...can I finish it in style?...let it be known in the next entry...All the best heh!!

TaTa... TiTi.... TuTu

Our neighbour's cat Oyen and Etot has decided to move over to our place ..without prior notice..mind you! together with the babies....haiyaaa..


The Mommy was never friendly before - to us or to the cats. Since we start giving them with our cats food...their life was never the same again. Etot ( the mom with the short tail) usually beranak kat rumah sebelah...This time , decided to bring along the kitten and park at our porch.

DH and me sudah garu kepala..what are we going to do with them? Giving them food is no problem. But...permanent resident??? whoa....that is a big no-no...

So..there goes the story of Oyen, Etot, Tata, Titi and Tutu...Oh yes..there is another cat that we call Anjang with the babies(orange like the dad too)....meriah sudah !! Oyen is a casanova heh..babies everywhere....

Update on my cochet - table cloth

I started this last year... on Maal Hijrah I think. It stop at the 6th row. Exactly on Maal Hijrah this year I continue this again. Now..I can say it is 50 percent progressing. Have used 8 roll of crochet yarn ( Minlon Polly #273) - 187 pieces. Now it is a standstill project as I have run out of yarn. Cant find the yarn here..Who ever( in the family) is traveling out station..will have to run the errand of buying the yarn for me...latest "victim" was my dear SIL (CikYa) when she balik kampung during CNY..

I wish to finish this before Aidil Fitri this year and that means I need to be on turbo gear....May all the luck be with me..Amin!

A basket from old newspaper

Hello...

Exactly a month since I last updated my blog. Accidently picking the Valentine Day to update heh. I was totally in no mood to blog since my camera is 'away' and the laziness syndrome is still around. There were few so called WIP that kept me occupied but that was it. I guess 2009 is a year to enjoy the laziness syndrome....

Since I didnt know where to send my suratkhabar lama ( kat sini mcm tak de je org beli suratkhabar lama..hikhikhik)..I have to think of something useful to do with it. Hence ..come the idea of making a basket from the newspaper tube....My mom will be shock if she know about my latest interest..(psstt..I was never the crafty kid since day one ok!)

Dont laugh at the photo..please. I self taught myself on how to achieve this. Eveything came from the internet except the weaving process. I have a guru for it. Thank you Nurul...you are such a dear..



This is my first try and it remained like this as of now..hahaha.I planned to make a bigger basket as I have rolled quite a number of paper tube. It has cost me back ache and heart ache.Orang tua kan...letih menggulung ni..kena rehat lama sikit......I guess it has to wait as I was into hand embroidery lately. I'll update about my new craze in my next entry... soon.

2009

Salam to all my blogging friends. For the year 2009 I have decided not to do serious cross stitching. I have lost the mood, probably due to the fact that its not as easy to get my xs material here. At times when I urgently need the floss for stitching,the local shop here doesnt have it. I am at loose end as there arent any shop that I know off that supply the same brand . I have to get help from my ever williing stitching friends to post for me. Along the line, my mood has gone by the time the floss reached me.

But..on the brighter side, I'm learning other hobbies. For instance ,I'm fascinated with hand embroidery. and my first 'victim' is hand sewn my own tudung. Popularly known as Tudung bawal sulam tangan. Seeing Gee with her bullion all the time..has poke the bullion itchiness in me..ekekeke

Initially, I first learn to sulam tangan my tudung bawal in early 2008. But I didnt like it as it's quite tedius especially finishing the hem. Rasa macam nak terkeluar biji mata.

( As you can see at the photo below..there are many more to improve. lama juga masa nak buat sebab mood tu macam biskut. kalau rasa macam biji mata dah tak larat nak jegil, me stop..Tau sajalah bila dah stop..nak jumpstart tu macam berzaman...)



FYI, this tudung remain like this until now. Havent had the urge to sew any other embelishment on it. My friends and inlaws has been nagging at me to glue the 'diamond' on the tudung to make it more decent .but I am not taken with all their comment..hehehe. Seems like my vitamin M is taking control over everything.

Aha..to brighten up the dull story, I have another 2 pieces of tudung waiting to be hand embroidered. Infact..some people are anxiously waiting to know as of when I'm going to start the ball rolling ...wait for the story in the next entry..ok? I am still taking my sweet time to sit back and relax.....Vitamin M still aplenty!!

WIP...

How should I say this...Work In Progress or Work In Problemo..LOL. I thought when I choose to hibernate, I can make a lot of progress to my so called WIP. Instead, this poor piece has been at this stage for almost 2 month now. I guess its going to stay that way until next year..

Since I havent been updating this blog for quite a while, no harm right just to show it off to keep my spirit high..

I was attracted to this pattern when I first saw it in a book. It didnt take long to get everything ready for launching....I guess this is the progress I made in one week. Suddenly the mood stop. I'm not as eager anymore...I think I need to get a new glasses..wink*wink*

Well, I stop stitching the big pieces and move over to stitch smallies. Remember my basket of smallies? Yeah...to get this one small piece to finish took 1 week . Cant imagine if I were to have a basket as big as Sis Noreen's laundry basket(yeah..I know!!). Then it may take forever...

That's about all the ramblings I can make for this entry. Wishing all my muslim friends a joyfull Aidil Adha. Take care. I have to stay alert ...its rainy season and the water level is something I have to check for every now and then. My place is not a flood prone area but one never knows with weathers nowadays.

Psttt..dah 3 hari tak hujan..peluang cerah nak balik kampung ni..kalau hujan semula..alamat dup dap pulak le jantung...nak raya pun tak senang ni..