Monday, March 21, 2011

Hat and bootie for Baby Qaleysha


Pink and purple ...
These are for Baby Qaleysha... Dini's new born baby girl..


Semoga menjadi anak sholeha penyejuk hati dan mata keluarga, amin...

Pattern : myself with some inspiration from here and there...
Yarn : ICTS by Thalenta and Katun Bali by Tulip
Hook : Clover 3,5mm

Sunday, March 20, 2011

How do I baste my quilt...


Beberapa waktu lalu sempat buat status di FB kalo aku sedang berkutat dengan jarum panjang dan sendok… aku lagi ngebasting quilt…!!

Lho.. kok pake sendok ? untuk apa …

Nah… inilah caraku baste my quilt..

Pertama, hamparkan backing merata di lantai atau meja besar. Biar kainnya gak bergeser geser dan tetep flat aku tempelin pake isolasi.

Yang kedua letakkan batting di atasnya, untuk selimut biasanya aku pakai yang agak tebel, tapi kalau untuk wall hanging atau lap quilt aja aku suka pakai yang tipis, biar gampang ngequiltnya. Yang lebih enak lagi pakai batting yang katun, tipis tapi tetep anget, tapi… mahal banget…

Batting biasanya aku lebihkan besarnya daripada backing dan quilt topnya, karena biasanya agak ketarik saat di quilt.

Setelah itu baru quilt topnya di atas batting. Pelan pelan ratakan quilt top nya. Dan siap untuk di basting.

Gunakan jarum basting yang panjang dan benang warna kontras biar jelas. Mulai dari tengah jelujur ke samping dengan jarak yang sama, kira kira setelapak tangan.

Nah, gunanya sendok disini untuk mengambil jarum yang habis ditusuk ke lapisan kainnya. Biasanya kalau agak tebal dan dasar kainnya melekat di lantai kan susah narik jarumnya, kalau pakai sendok akan gampang dan cepat. Lihat gambar

Lakukan terus sampai selesai dan siap untuk di quilt pake tangan atau mesin.

Selain pakai jelujur, untuk basting bisa juga pake safety pin curved, atau kalau susah carinya bisa juga pake peniti biasa. Yang punyaku di atas aku combine pake pin dan jelujur, atau bisa juga pake basting spray, tapi belum pernah makenya jadi gak tahu kayak apa...

Sebenernya selain basting needle yang panjang ini bisa juga pake curved needle atau jarum bengkok yang besar, tapi aku gak suka makenya… enak pake sendok..

Happy basting…

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Apple Cozy


Few days ago I was asked by someone if I knit Apple cozy...
Well I do not knit it but I can do something like this, It's crochet Apple Cozy

She ask if I could make it as a wedding gift, and of course I can...! I was so excited since those apple cozy are really cute and I want to accept her order so much...

But then, she cancel it... *sob..sob...*
It's OK, hope she will contact me again next time and order something...

And...
I just want to share the pattern I made with you, maybe it's a bit different with another apple cozy like the one in Ravelry but I think it's work for me.

So.. just try it...
Sorry if my instruction confusing coz I rarely write pattern... Just contact me should you have something to ask

Apple cozy

For small size apple

Yarn : ICTS by Thata or Katun Bali by Tulip

Hook : 3,5mm


Make adjustable ring and 3 chain (count as 1 dc)

R1 : 9dc, joint in ring with sl st. (10dc)

R2 : 3ch, 2dc in each st joint with sl st (20dc)

R 3 : 3cd, 2dc in each st joint with sl st ( 40dc)

R4 : 3ch, 13 dc, 1 dc inc, 10 dc, 1 dc inc, 8dc, 1 dc inc, 5dc (43dc)

R5 : 1ch, sc in every st (43sc)

R6 : 1 ch, sc in every st, turn (do not joint with sl st, )

R7 : same as R6

R8 : 3ch, dc in every st, turn

R9 : same as R8

R10 & R 11 : same as R 6

R12 : same as R8

R 13, R14, R15 : same as R6. BO

For finishing : sc in every sc around, and make 15 chain for button, sl st and bind off

Sew the button and ready as a gift….

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Blanket for my newborn nephew



This blanket is for my nephew who was born 11-1-11 ... that's a unique day...
A baby boy... so I made this brown and green with felt applique of plane, car and boat...

Blue aeroplane and Grey propeller, colors chose by Ahmed... well done Ahmed... it's beautifull

I am not happy with those quilting, too tight I think. I like the quilt pattern below better than above

And here is the backing, green and blue stripe from IKEA...



Hope my brother and sister in law like it, dan semoga ananda menjadi anak sholeh penyejuk hati dan mata keluarga, amn....

Wednesday, March 02, 2011

Matrioska bookmark



Bersama temen temen di Dinamic Cronit bikin project cepat si Matrioska ini...

So cute, punyaku jadi gendut kurang fitness gini yaa..

Kalau pengen buat juga ini linknya, pattern dari sini , bahasanya sih gak ngerti blasss... tapi ada translatenya dan gambarnya jelas.


Nah... pengen juga dong bikin yang versi Indonesia... secara kita punya banyaaaakk baju daerah.
Iseng bikin yang none jakarte, ceritanya pake kerudung gitu dan tangan didada, hi..hi.. tapi jadinya aneh gini yaa..

Satu lagi pengen yang baju jawa pake sanggul gitu, berkebaya merah... tapi jadi kayak oshin ha..ha.. atau kayak mbok bariyah si unyil yaa...

nanti coba coba lagi..

Cereal Box Puppet


This is for Ahmed's assesment last week.
It's for English assessment, about drama. Students have to make puppet - any puppet - and create their own dialog and show it to class...
Parents need to assist in making the puppet.

I told Ahmed what if I make a rabbit or bear hand puppet from fabric or felt...?
He said no, he wanted puppet from cereal box, and it's about knight ... like his lego knight toys..

Alamaaak... ok my boy, ibu make these for you, promise me to speak loudly in class will you...?

So I made these puppet from cereal box, chop stick and for the hand I sew and make a knot so that he can move the hands .




So... please meet Sir Kentis and Lord Vladek...
*tapi kok jadinya kayak smack down gitu yaa...*

Dompet buat golfer terkasih...




Kali ini bikinin pesenan golfer terkasih alias suami...

Belio minta buatin dompet buat nyimpen pernak pernik golfnya, biar gak berceceran. OK deh ayah..


Bikin yang simple aja, warna merah matching sama tas golfnya, kombinasi warna biru biar cerah.
Pakai loop kecil biar bisa digantung gitu, tapi ternyata sama belio dimasukin di kantung tas aja gak digantung.


Penasaran ngintip isinya... ternyataaaaa... itu to...