Swap item Sent Received...

My swap item has been received by my swap partner. I hope she likes it : )

Pictures of Fabrics/Swap

Address has been blurred...... of course must blur otherwise receipent address will be shown what!

The postage is $9.85........................................ The most expensive one i send out overseas. I didnt know overseas shipping cost is so high for medium weight stuffs. i thought its like 5-6. Next time choose lighter gift for swap hehehee

Items are not to be disclosed as my swap partner hasnt received them. Can only show them when she received it.



My fabrics........................ $380+++ ARGK!

One side of the fabrics packaging

THe top view of the packaged fabrics. The 2nd one (knits checks) very expensive! $20++ per yard.

A close pic of the fabrics.................... cant bear to use them. I plan to use them on bags and not for household items. because cannot bring out and 'flash' hehehhehee. But the goat fabrics i will use it for book cover.

Fabrics Order...........

WWW is really scary place to shop for things. To date, I have spend like $200+ on Amazon.com, ard $400 for threads and machine....... $100+ for shipping (all in SGD), then now $380+++ on FABRICS?!?!?! WHAT AM I THINKING MANZ...........

So total i spend like coming to $1000? if its not for this entry, i will not type these out and then i NEVER realised i spend like SGD$1000 (ard USD650) within a month for sewing related stuffs. Wakaoz..... Why do I buy embroidery machine in the very first place? If I didnt buy this, then I dont have to buy threads! I dont have to buy books to learn HOW TO SEW?!?

UOB has this promotion of 1.5k for overseas spending and then u get a sony player FOC (first come first served)..... i thought its hard to hit and thought i only spend like $500 in total. WRONG. so now, i have only 500more or less then i can hit the 1.5k overseas spending (note:you dont have to be overseas to charge yr card for overseas expenditure)

ZZzzzzzzzzzzzz

and I shall post my fabrics pic up soon..... waste of $. Worse of all, i still feel like BUYING MORE fabrics. and then i DONT know how to do bags yet.......... Hooohoooooooo what a "joke".

My 1st Fabric Swap Partner!

Originally uploaded by SinnaTagasi

Wowwwwwwww my swap partner, Lia is from Europe. I never imagine swapping or msg someone thats like at the other side of the globe. I've never been to Europe and looking through Lia's photo makes me want to go Europe! So pretty! And i realised the pics really 'suit' my new music. So relaxing.....

But if I want to go Europe, I need to take leave. .... Its hard to get > 2weeks leave to tour around Europe. If I were to go Europe, I need at least SGD5000 (or USD3500)+? including tour package + expenditures. Oh ya, I want to buy luxury items so i think at least total SGD10k? Hmmmmmn........

Enlarged pic

Originally uploaded by SinnaTagasi

(Flickr blog is no good. I have already enlarged "Originally uploaded by SinnaTagasi" with its original generated files but it still appears sooooo small on screen. The next post is posted directly under Flickr. Better dont amend it.

"Uniquely Mine - Hello Kitty"

Da da............ My Hello Kitty!!!

When my Janome is on.

Notice my Hello Kitty Machine is now very 'Hello Kitty'? So happy I choose this range of stickers. Really match my machine existing Hello Kitty (green ribbon).

More pictures!!!

Yoho these are add on of my pictures.




Hello Kitty Machine Test Drive

Hmmn....... I test drive the sewing machine. Bought a step up/step down transformer in order to use this. The last thing i want is smell burnt smell. Last time i 'burnt' my cousin color sega player....... COLOR one manz. very expensive in that 'era'. hehee

The straight stitches isnt straight. No time to test out the tension. Need to go Zzzzz.........

Anyway after the short test drive, I sticked on the Hello Kitty stickers i bought earlier onto the machine. So Hello Kitty now. Woohooo. Uniquely Hello Kitty.

I will be updating my "Unique" Hello Kitty Machine soon. With my other machine. Stay Tune..... ZZzZzzzzzz

My US Orders..........

Yoho. these are my products ordered via www shipped to Borderlinx. Shipping charges is abt 100+ SGD for approx 14kg which is pretty reasonable.
I ordered books, embroidery threads (very expensive but they are much moreeeeeee expensive here), scissors etc and also a Hello Kitty sewing machine!!! wohooo siao char bor so must go buy transformer else if i use HK directly, it will chao tar i supposed. (burnt like chemical smell)

My embroidery and sewing stuffs. costed over USD150+ so its abt SGD$230+++ if not wrong EXP right? but if i buy from Singapore, one of the thread bost is already $79 and OUT OF STOCK.

See the 2 gold stuffs? They are purse clips? and shit. They are MADE IN TAIWAN. Why am I ordering something from US, paying USD for something thats Made in Taiwan? Dont get me wrong, I didnt say that Taiwan stuffs are lousy etc. Just feel that I could have ask someone buy from Taiwan (same quality at lower price) than to pay shipping+USD + US Tax right? THe others like threads are made in Germany. The scissors are made in Italy, box in China.

Those threads not in boxes are metallic or rayon. I think only 1 is rayon, another invisible thread. THe rest all metallic. all of them are very expensive. The metallic is like SGD7-10? Cannot remember but the amt of $ just multiply because u cannot use 1 color n do embroidery designs. unless its those outlines we are talking abt

The books and exercise dvds. This amt of books are like what i can buy in 5-8yrs?

Da da................

Tissue Cover -Non Emb.

First attempt is done from left over embroidery fabrics.

This is the 2nd attempt. THis time round I used 2 layers instead of 1. Inner layer is different.

This is the 3rd attempt. Not bad but still has room for improvement. I also feel that if i mix and match the mushroom fabrics with plain fabrics, it might stand up more. Of course save $ too if i use a cheaper fabrics. This fabrics is from Japan.

'Leisure' Test out

hmnnn as I need to brush up my sewing skills + embroidery work, i decided to do a design of my latest purchase.

the color of the bird/leg is off because the machine told me 'olive green' and i didnt know its for the eyes. i mean ya, i know its for the eyes but i thought there's supposed to have another touch up for the pupil. Bad mistake.

Once I've done the design, I thought of doing a zip around the 3edges. However, since i havent done any zips since Secondary school, i decided to give up the idea. Plus, i do not have a zip thats so long.

Earlier on, I have problems finding the tension of my machine for embroidery so I've some failed designs. So i go through them and see how to cut the fabrics out and recycle them. In the end, I decided to do a pouch for my CF card and adapter. I decided to try interfacing too that I've bought. All of them are pretty new to me so its 1st time trying things out. However, i feel that i should have added Cotton-cushion in between the fabrics.

Anyway there's some mistakes here n there. I put on the lining pockets after i sew lining to the cover. hehehe so u can imagine the back of the item.

My finished project.......... score 3/10 for the effort

CF cards sit nicely inside the pockets.

Needle Cushion

Recently I tried to do embroidery on satin. I've taken some 'left over' fabrics from the bridal studio I've earlier signed on with. Hahaha. The designer very good leh. Give me quite a few and the colors are very vibrant too. I've bright RED too. Woohoo

Satin is not cheap. Duchess? Satin is most expensive i supposed among the normal satin we find here in Sg. Normally its used for Bridal Gowns due to its thicker texture.

Anyway, previously I've tried to do a pillow cushion too but thats a big failure. Because I dont know how to do the last edge (3 edges i sew on wrong side of fabrics then i turn out to right side of fabrics). I simply sew across the last edge. so u can imagine 3 sides same finishing, 1 weird edge is wrong kind of press. This time round, I understand that I am supposed to HAND SEW on the last finishing. chey! Too think that I thought sewing machine works wonder! Maybe next time, a 20k machine can insert a needle like human hands and start 'hand sewing' this type of last touch up.

i want to do one for the designer too! Give him one pin cushion because I think thats the most useful thing for him? Plus can show case also hehehe. and I saw this shawl at Liang Court. $100 or $200++. I think its hand embroidery on silk material. I'm going to try on organza? and then use machine embroidery instead. Stay tune!

Da da...... my *big* needle cushion.

Embroidered Towels (Gift)

Yoho. These are the towels I've bought. Egyptian cotton? Not sure. They are a gift to my friend's daughter. Earlier on she has a 1yr birthday party but I was unable to attend. As I've bought the embroidery machine, I decided to put it to good use.

The problem I'm facing now is lack of color threads. So i have to buy them. Really everything is about $$$


I've bought 2 hand towels and 2 dont know what towels. They are bigger but smaller than bath towels. As she's a kid, i think its enough for her. Plus too big might be difficult for me to do embroidery. hehehe.

These are the designs I've bought from www. First time using it. These are sewn onto hand towel.

This is another hand towel. The font isnt that nice because its too thin.

Name of the kid I've created using software. Then the 2 butterlies are added to make things look nicer. Notice that there's a plastic film around the butterflies/name? This is called a solvent. For this, I've a water soluable solvent. It can be dissolved easily by water. The bad thing is its expensive. Another option is to use plastic. However, as the threads will keep the plastic inside, that means it will be inside all the time. As this is towels and also used by kid, better use safer material. Even the threads used are safe for kids & they are rayon. Made of natural materials unlike Polyneon threads.

This is another big towel I've done. Nice? The fairy is also purchased from the www. Fairy so so. Noticed that its a bit far from the name. Yea. bad mistake. tsktsk

These are the 2 fonts on the individual bigger towels.

This is a closeup of the fairy. Cute for a girl? Check up the shirt. Haha i've used a 2 tone threads. I never expect it to be like this! End up like stripes shirt. I wanted it to be red/white as in multi tone. But so happened the thread counts tally the way the thread runs.

I've another friend and she told me her girls love Bunny. Initially I thought its the one eating carrots as hobby. However, not that bunny. She's talking about the PURPLE BIG Bunny. THen she told me Bunny is dinosaur? Har? Doesnt look like it. And that she has cousin etc....... or is it a He? Hmnnn lost contact with 'new characters'.

(OOOOOOOhhhhhhhhhhh its not Bunny!!! Its BARNEY. so there goes...... u know i'm lost with new cartoon or whatever characters)