Drawing and color pencil holder

I am beaming with glee today! why because i managed to find some serious sewing time yesterday. 6 hours to be exact! YES 6 hours, someone please pinch me. My day starts at 5:05 am daily and ends at around 11:00 pm at night ever since we moved to KL. I do not believe in the concept that maid can do the household chores better than the home maker. May be i have Obsessive Cleaning Disoreder and dont trust an outsider to be able to keep my home clean enough,... hmmm i never had a maid in my life , till my in laws moved in with us after marriage! the maid story continued till Adithi turned 2 and from then on i took over the mantle again ! I do complain at times when the frustration peaks, but when i get some sewing time, i don't complain and yesterday was one such day!

Thanks to Chota Bheem DVD which kept Adithi busy for an hour in the evening after returning from school which helped me continue and finish the project

Coming to the project it is a Drawing and Coloring pencils holder with 2 racks of pencil holder slots and a zipper pouch which also acts as a cover for the drawbook enclosure. The zipper pouch can be used to store watercolor boxes, drawing papers if any or any other item which might fall of without closure.

I know this kid  'S'  and like her a lot. She is calm and composed; still has innocence left in her for a kid of her age, in today's world and is also mature enough, rare combination. Her b'day was in November and i had wanted to give a handmade gift (which i do with all kids who are special to me) but couldn't manage time as i had recently moved to our new home , stress regarding Adithi's schooling etc. I was thinking about kids accessories that can be part of the Kids Line i will be launching this month end and the drawing and color pencil folder , pencil  holder , coin pouches are few things that came to my mind. When i think of Drawing and kids, S's name popped up immediately as she is very good at it and attends drawing classes and will be very useful for her so decided to play with my latest obsession Brother Innovis 950 embroidery machine and made a monogram with her initial.

Inside - the book holder and zipper pouch on one side and crayon and color pencil racks on other

Used Adithi's drawing book for measure and template. Blue is S's fav color and hence scouted for the only one in that color i had in stock with my fabric stash! This project took longer than expected. I had initially thought i would be finishing it by noon, but no it continued on and on and i had limited piping fabric in satin added to my woes and hence took more time, but i am happy with the end result though, one minor flaw i noticed was that the lower crayon rack kind of shrinks when filled and disrupts the shape of the bag. may be i need to give more ease to crayon rack in the next folder i will make. I will have to make one for Adithi at the earliest possible, as she had tough time letting this go to someone else other than her, she is so used to her mom sewing for her and only HER and it was hard for her to accept that i made something for someone else, and that too one which she does not have!

Drawing pouch holder on one side and there is also an additional zippered pouch.

Have asked 'S' for feedback on using the folder and plan to incorporate any improvements if needed in my future folder projects.

I found this link to be very useful as i was searching for inspiration for this project; though i created my own template and went about designing and sewing it , as it progressed; however to get the bird's eye view of how to go about the project, the link was indeed very helpful.

Plan to make a few of these to keep the accessories section filled up to start with and i am yet to make the Pattu Paavadai which will make the clothing section..god i wish i had more than 24 hours a day. Can't wait to see the light of the day, when my Clothing and Accessories line  for Kids will be a reality... God Bless !


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Unforgettable day of my life ...

Yesterday was an overwhelming day! why because i lost Adithi and then found her back. Thank god for being with us.

Now to the craft that we did to overcome the fear and anxiety, was the one I found on the youtube link to Clover flower petal templates. On seeing that in the morning, i had thought, this is so simple, why would I buy it,  let me do it, after 2 not so impressive petal shapes, got the right shape and made the template in thick advertisement brochures that were lying in the coffee table !

Made a matching fabric flower bracelet/cuff to go with the Cucito Top for Adithi !

Highlight of this fabric flower was that, Adithi helped me in making it, yes both of us were little apprehensive that she had to use the fabric sciccors for the first time, but she managed it well in the end.

Yesterday was  a day, that we would never forget, as we were returning from our trip from Kidzania, Activity Theme Park , we reached Kelana Jaya LRT using the free shuttle from IPC Shopping centre. Let me go into the experience at Kidzania a little later, as of now the moment of the year, rather my life, which scared me the most ,  since Kelana Jaya was the terminus end of the LRT link, a train was already waiting, asked Adithi to hurry up, the next second, she ran and got into the train, before i could realize what was happening, the door closed and the train left , my Adithi was inside the train and i was terror stuck in the station. Contacted the station master, who contacted his peer in the next station immediately and asked him to stop the train and take care of Adithi, by giving him the details of the dress she was wearing...

I took the next train which came in what seemed like years to me, it was actually hardly a minute or two, ran to the station masters cabin downstairs on reaching the next station, Taman Bahagaya. He asked me if it was my daughter and after i said yes, he brought Adithi to me, hugged her and i lost my cool and cried, though i was calm till then, could'nt control myself on seeing her, thank god she was safe and back with me, i thanked the station master profusely.

Asked her how she managed these few minutes, she said, she cried initially after the train left and there were 3 uncles in the train, who told her not to worry and your mom will be back to take you with her, we will take you to the station master who will inform your mother, somehow she felt like trusting them and got down from the train and went with them to station master , who was already waiting in the platform by then... i thank those nice souls profusely, though i couldn't do so in person, may god bless them. Adithi was calm and composed when i saw her in the next station and it was quite surprising... given the fact that she is going through separation anxiety these days when i leave her at school and even in kidzania she was crying and was hesitant to start on any activity on her own, i had to nudge her into doing it

She started off whining, can you notice her whining (sorry for poor quality snaps, dim lighting and iphone photos!) the snaps that they took at kidzania for which they gave us link is not working, don't know why?!

then slowly, read very very very slowly she started settling down, well not quite, but almost ...

This phase of our live is quite challenging, but is making me a better and stronger mom, atleast i hope so and will help me nuturing my daughter better than before. Thank you god for everything, please do keep us blessed.


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Headband / Hairband with Fabric Flower!

Have made a tutorial for Back to School / Adjustable Summer Dress and will soon be Guest Posting the same at Jill's Creating My Way to Success, on 26th August 2011!

Wanted to share the headband made along with the dress (Can't share the look of the dress, you will have to wait till 26th August and head over to Jill's Creating My Way to Success, and check the tutorial to find out!)

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Attachable Sewing Machine Pin Cushion

After seeing this post on grossgrain, i wanted to make an attachable pin cushion to help me keep the pins easily accessible!

I measured the area beneath my stitch length dial and up to the base and drafted a mini pattern which has 2 retangles and 2 semi-ovals (In case anyone interested, shall do a mini-tute on how to make it)

Here is my  favourite 'new sewing accessory' !

after decking up my machine with new pin cushion and machine cover, i thought it surely needs a clean up and cleaned up the sewing machine table as well. So my darling sewing machine is clean and ready to work hard for me as ever!