How to choose a suitable fabric...just a Q not a tutorial

I made a card wallet last night (before I console my self by sewing the cloth pad)

I made a mistake (AGAIN!) in choosing the right fabric for it

It turn out to be so ugly... sila focus pada bahagian tepi tuh mmg dah tak boleh jahit dah.. sebab terlalu tebal. I used heavy cotton... previously (didnot show in any posting) I used light/medium cotton, it turn out to be so 'lembik' (the card insert area)... should i attach interfacing ke pada card insert tuh?

At last i donate to this place...(GGRRRRRR)

Please help me :-(

Regards;
Mila@Rimbun with LOVE

Cloth Pad... My 2nd Version

Not finish with my Menstrual Pad yet.

Selepas mengemas "my little sewing corner" tu.. I dont know where I put my first CP that I made previously. Punyalah mengemas sampai hilang semua benda. Thats me, and dont be surprise... two or three days later.. I found it... so not to worry ok.

Now here is my 2nd version,

No snap button yet, still waiting for my own snap button tools from Zila Kassim.. suppose to receive by yesterday but... huhuhu harap janganlah posmen g buat pomen motor dia plak...

CP with love hahaha.. tak centre ler plak..

I made it adjustable.. means can add another layer if on heavy flow

I have used the pantyliner that I made in my first posting on CP, here are some point that need to be considered when making your own CP/buying a new one;

1. The wings... tanpa wing, boleh jatuh dalam toilet bila buka seluar (whoopsss). Alternatively you can use a small pin.

2. Too many layers will make the CP harder to dry. Especially when you handwash it, unless you dry it directly under the sunlight or else get the machine to wash it.. (I have done this withthe  pantyliner.. seems ok, kemudian hari tak tau lah kan).. so PUL Booster is the best that I can think of (refer to Anic posting in her blog)

Thats all for today...

Regards;

Mila@Rimbun with LOVE

Flowery pinky dress..

My first time trying to sew a peasant dress using a free pattern available in the net...(before this I do on my own hahaha)  I refer to this tutorial1 and tutorial2 ... and I used the 2T pattern but I think the size was not really suitable for our girl at the same age... I modified a bit and make it smaller about 1 inch... wahhh so happy sewing this BUT... who is going to wear this ha???? Izzah already in her 8th years... tak muat dah tuh.

Regards;
Mila@Rimbun with LOVE

Nostalgia..

Other than the Travel Organizer... my sewing activities this week agak terbatas.. gara2 tak jadi nak mengecat rumah, then divert our plan to my hometown. Durian and rambutan called me back to my hometown hahaha.

We only have ONE durian tree.. but the taste mmg sedap... tambah lagi kalau dapat yang baru gugur. So everything about durian ler.. santan durian, kuah durian, sambal durian.. sampai lupa nak masak ikan patin masak tempoyak... as usual bila balik kampung... but its ok, masih ada seekor ikan talapia tuh.. boleh bakar dengan tempyak yg masih baru tuh (I wake up this morning with the smell of the tempoyak.. fininggg)

Here are some of the tudung yang dah siap. Posing dengan our old sewing machine inherited from my grandmother (if not mistaken). Mesin ni lebih tua dari arwah abah.. so dah berusia lebih kurang 70 tahun agaknya. Masih lagi gagah berdiri.. tapi dah diberi wajah baru dengan motor electric. Tak perlu lagi nak kayuh macam dulu dulu.

Sungguh banyak jasa mesin ini kepada keluarga kami. I learned to sew a baju kurung using this machine 22 years back when I was 12th. too young to sew???.. hahaha.. nowadays if Izzah play around with my machine mesti marah2 kan.. takut mesin rosak. Dulu2 mak tak pernah marah, I started to help her to sew earlier than that actually. At that time we cant afford to get a tailor ro sew for us. Its either you sew it yourself or no new baju kurung for you.

Masih ingat lagi, kalau nak raya memang happy sangat sebab boleh dapat baju baru walaupon hanya sepasang.

Now a days.. my Izzah does not really care whether there is new dress for her or not for hari raya. Bila menjelang raya jer, mesti ada jer yang belikan baju or kasut untuk dia. Sampaikan baju raya pon dekat 10 pasang, kasut 2 3 pasang. Being the only daughter, the only anak saudara, and the only cucu.. memang macam tuh kut... setiap manusia di lahirkan dengan rezeki yang berbeza.

Regards;
Mila@Rimbun with LOVE