Manchester United Plush Jersey

I am not an MU fan, not even Harimau Malaya, but this plush jersey I made is for a little newborn baby boy whose his father is a fan of one. Made of felt and 100% hand-sewn, stuffed with poly fiber and love.

Front view

Back view 

I hand-embroidered the name Khalish.

The MU logo was carefully cut and sewn in place. I am human and it wasn't perfect but at least you can still recognize it from afar! 

MU logo

The size is comparable to 15" x 15" cushion 

I sewn a Nike Elastico futsal shoe as well:

Let's kick it!

My Weekend Project #5: Ribbon-tied Chair Pad

It was a cleaning session in the house last weekend and my mama found this old foam baby mattress. I stopped her when she decided to throw it away! I'd make something out of it and the chair pad idea popped first in my mind.

It took me an hour to finish a pad, plus some wasting minutes where my 2 years old daughter came and make a fuss around my working area *sigh*. I made two pieces since there were two naked chairs on the porch, and ended up 2 hours making those. Here is the how-do-I-do-it steps:

Don't get the wrong idea about the pictures, it was easier than it looked. Trust me.

Have a comfy seat!

Name Garland

Name garland I made for my nephew's 4th birthday!

Mix and match cotton fabric, felt and fleece. Wording and star shape from felt. 

Made with love.

Butterfly Wedding Corsage

Made based on customer's design.

It could be a bling if I added some sequins on their wings though, but I left my sequins box at home (I was at my hometown kampung when I made these) *duh*. Satisfaction is the key and somehow, the bride is happy with the bug. Yeay!

The purple butterflies flew to bride's BFF, the greens went to the cameramen and the orange butterflies perched on the bride's family.

Front & back view

16 butterflies ready to migrate

I like the beautiful butterflies, but I hate their offsprings, CATERPILLARS *runaway*.

On the D-Day (1st December 2012), they wore them:

Hoping for an endless happiness for the newly wed! Amin.

Soft Toy: Felt Caterpillar

I am a caterpillar phobia. I can hear the word 'caterpillar', but just don't let me see them either in pictures or reality! There was a time when I fainted after I wrongly touched a bright yellow-black-caterpillar while plucking grass in the backyard *terrified*. This might sound strange since I made two felt caterpillars. Well, it's for the sake of my ex-colleague who wants to give her newborn a soft toy, which I can't resist.

Each consists of eight segments with animal/ocean kingdom applique on top respectively. 

Animal themed

Ocean themed

The real size, the caterpillar is quite lengthy, more than 24".  

Owh, I almost forgot about the numbers at the back:

100% hand-sewn with love.

Disney's Stitch Themed Felt Pouch

A pouch for my cousin who is obsessed with Disney's character Stitch from the movie Lilo and Stitch. I found it quite a troublesome to go through some details such as Stitch's claws and eyes. They were so tiny and so the decision was determined. 

"Stitch, this is gonna hurt but you will have no claws and no eyeball!".

I decided to just leave them and sew what's obvious. Well, at least you can recognize Stitch by just one glance. 

This is a 9"x5" pouch and got her name appliqued on the other side. Made from felt and blue polkadot cotton as the inner. I used bright and colorful tone to cheer up the atmosphere.

I am not a fan of Disney's Stitch, but somehow I satisfied with 'my' Stitch. :-)

Denim Pouch

The entire idea was denim, with initial 'W' in the front and a small pocket at the back to hold USB thumbdrive, and a partition inside the pouch to hold separate stuffs which I totally forgotten to snap the picture! ~duh~

My Weekend Project #4: Fabric Covered Stool

Influenced by the Kopitiam style, I bought this dinner table set with stools 4 years ago. It seemed so bald over time and covering the stools surface with fabric is the least I can do. 

It was a surprise that it only took me under half an hour to finish covering the 4 stools with just 3 simple steps:

Step 1) You will ONLY need those! 

Step 2) Cut wadding to fit stool's surface (or it will be bulky once you attach at the side), and cut fabric a bit bigger. 

Step 3) Place stool upside down on the wadding and fabric (Reminder: the fabric must be wrong side up). Fold end of fabric to avoid fray and staple.

There's no doubt it is still a Kopitiam style, but with fabric covers they looked fresh (I think)!

Now who has stools? 

My Weekend Project #3: Onesie Applique Tutorial

I love onesies and it look adorable on babies that make me want to squeeze all that chubby flesh (keep your baby away from me, please!). I bought this plain singlet onesie but it is just too plain. An applique will make it lively. Follow these simple steps and you will have your own personalized baby onesie, ideal for baby gift or even for your baby:

You will need the above including a scissor

Many of the tutorials used Heat N' Bond paper to stick the applique onto onesie but unfortunately I can't find one alike. So I used gummed paper (kertas kanji) instead and the result is still the same. You can buy it at any sewing tool shop (Kedai Alat Jahit), they usually sell it as it is a hot item - useful to make cuffs, collars, Baju Kurung's neck etc.

I got too excited I even hand embroidered my daughter's name for the applique:

1. Cut felt into letter.
2. Secure the letter in place with a simple stitch.
3. Start wrapping the whole letter with thread as closely as possible with each other (Believe me, you're gonna need a super long thread and extra patient). The thread color is preferably matched the felt's.
4. Done!

Secure applique onto onesie and stitch along it using a sewing machine. Alternatively, handstitch will also do.

1) Cut gummed paper just a bit bigger than the applique. Warm an iron.
2) Turn onesie inside out. Iron gummed paper with the gum faced the onesie fabric.
This will make the applique's stitch secured during washing and make it harder so it can last longer.

You can choose your own desired applique but for me, I chose Nuha's hanging signage for this purpose.

Happy trying!