My Weekend Project #7: Rainbow Cloud Baby Rattle

Hello mummies with new born babies!

Let's make a rattle for your precious with colorful rainbow loops for their curious little fingers. Just grab your felt scraps, some stuffing from an old cushion, a scissor, needle and thread. 4 easy steps to follow and it will finish in no time. Well, I finished my rattle in 1 hour ;-)

In fact, it won't necessarily be a cloud. You can free-hand cut whatever shapes you desired such as square, love, lion's face - with rainbow loops around it. On top of that, you can insert two or three jingle bells while you stuffs (step #4). Cool huh?

My daughter with her new rattle.

Make one for your baby. It will be great as a gift too!

Happy trying!

My Weekend Project #6: Shoe Box Lid Clock

I have one broken clock and it was well hidden inside a drawer for a while. It is time for makeover!

Take out the mechanism carefully from a broken clock.

Make a hole on the center (to place the clock afterwards), cut fabric and cover with glue/ mod podge/ staple or any adhesive tools. 

Done! hang it or put on the shelf.

Tick tock tick tock!

Happy trying!

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!

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!

Tutorial: Make your Own Shelf Back Cover

I just bought an Expedit bookcase from Ikea, it was a plain white shelves with no back cover. Looked empty, isn' it? It would be a blast if we add some color to it. You just need:

And so the project began without further delay.

1) Measure the area of one shelf. Cut box according to the measurement. Cut fabric a little bigger than the box.

2) Stick the fabric onto the box using cellotape. 

3) It will look like this (Ignore the wrinkles, you should iron them first!)

4) Use stapler gun to stick the box onto the back of the shelf. Alternatively, you can use double-sided tape if the gun is not in your toolbox.

5) Tadaa!! You are done!

I did 4 back covers (two stripes, two polka-dot), alternate shelf. I did step 2 while sitting and chatting with my husband. Quite a leisure thing to do, isn't it?


Now my Expedit bookcase has a brand new look:

Sorry for the picture quality. I didn't have the chance to decorate more for this purpose, Balqis the troublemaker always want to keep them disordered *sigh*. Notice that the lower shelves were her space. 


p/s: The flattened box used here was originally from the Expedit packaging itself. Recycle is the way of life!


Happy trying!!