Changes

I have been helping my mum out at her place lately, with the daily washing, cooking and cleaning, and even uncovering ant nests! Sometimes I also notice there are better ways of storing things or keeping things neater. But when I suggest the changes to my mum, she would brush them all aside, saying that there is no problem with the current arrangements.

Haiz. She is resistant to changes.

生日快乐，爸爸！

今天跟一家人一起庆祝爸爸60岁的生日。:D

虽然只是在餐馆吃了简单的一餐，然后回家切生日蛋糕，可是大家都很开心！（尤其是妈妈！）

祝爸爸生日快乐，身体健康，笑口常开，心想事成，愿望一一实现！:D

午后闲情

昨天心血来潮，烘了一打mini muffins :) 有3种不同的口味，有oreo cookies, blueberry 还有chocolate chips!

再配上一杯blueberry smoothie... Mmmmm..... 感觉真不错！:)

好久好久没那么悠闲了，真是难得！:)

Tetra bag

My second sewing project - tetra bag - completed!

It turned out to be simpler than I thought, because the denim fabric was of a nice thickness and made the sewing by machine easier. I didnt have to unpick any problem stitches and that really saved a lot of time. :)

Yeah, I have a new bag to carry around whenever I go somewhere nearby! :)

P.S: The name "tetra bag" comes from my sewing book, but I guess the authors mean "a bag in the shape of a tetragon".

My first sewing project

Do you own a tissue pouch? Do you use it?

Ha, I always wanted to have one, but somehow I didnt buy any. Never had I dreamt that my first tissue pouch would be machine-sewn by myself! :D

Well, it took me almost 2 hours to complete the first one, from measuring and cutting the fabric, ironing the fabric at various stages to create the necessary creases for easy sewing, to unpicking ugly stitches and re-sewing.... hmm... it was not as simple as I thought!

Then I decided it would be more efficient to work on more fabrics at the same time, and along the way, time-saving ideas struck me as well. The subsequent tissue pouches really took much lesser time to complete, about half an hour each on average? I must admit that my machine stitches were not fantastic, but I believe my skills will get better as I have more practice.

What a good buy of my Brother sewing machine at $125! :D

My next project? Hmm... can't decide! Too many ideas!