Monday 25 August 2014

Cape Scandinavian Style 绚丽的披肩

This is the second piece of fleece cape that I made last week. This one is for a little girl. 

A plain shocking pink fleece was chosen by the mother of this little girl. Sometimes, I love to work on plain fabric without any prints, it allows me to employ my imagination and creativity with greater flexibility. 

There are several characters that this little girl adores. One of it is horse and I picked it as the image for this cape. Firstly, because this year is the year of the Horse and secondly horse image is easier to applique haha.

I cut out the heart shape and horses image from three different pieces of fleece and used zigzag stitch to applique it on the main fabric. Then, hand-sewn the edge of the fabric using blanket stitch. Lastly, a turquoise ribbon is added to fasten the cape.  

The combination of colour turned out to be quite Scandinavian. I love it!



A bright turquoise ribbon
Gorgeous cape for a little girl
Back view
Applique horse image


Saturday 23 August 2014

Butterfly Cape 蝴蝶披肩

Lots of my friends and my daughter's friends love the owl cape I made for my girl earlier this year. But too bad I didn't have enough fabric left to make another one. A friend of mine help to buy the owl fleece in the US. I have tried to look for the similar kind of fleece at the local store but couldn't find it. So I have to trouble my friend again to help me get more beautiful fleece from the US.

Finally, I've got the fleece :). I made two capes last week. This one is using butterfly prints fleece. This is for a young lady, a friend's daughter.

The reason I choose fleece as the fabric to make the cape is because it is very soft, comfy and warmth. It's a good alternative to wearing a jacket. So if you are bored with jacket, consider a fleece cape next time :).


Fastened with lovely lilac ribbon
Finished with blanket stitch
Butterfly cape for a young lady
Back view

Monday 18 August 2014

2-in-1 Baby Bag 二合一 妈妈包

A friend from my previous workplace has requested for a baby bag. She wanted a bag that is spacious to keep her baby stuff as well as is trendy which she can still used it later on when she no longer needs to carry those baby stuff.

So I came up with a 2-in-1 bag, a tote & a baby organizer bag. There are various compartments inside and at the outer layer of the baby organizer bag. These compartments can fit baby bottles, water tumbler, formula container, thermos flask, diapers, changing mat, wet tissues, a pair of baby clothes as well as a small blanket. Should be sufficient for her needs. The tote bag is large so that the baby organizer bag can fit into it. If without the baby organizer bag, the tote bag is ideal as a shopping bag. 

She likes red and blue. Hence, my fabric choice for these bags. I love the result of the fabric and colour combination, well suited a young mother :)

I hope my friend would find these bags handy. 

A tote & a baby organizer bag
Tote bag side view
PU leather decorative badge
Heart shape wooden button
Large pocket on both side of the tote bag
Metal zipper closure
Snap button added at both sides of the bag
Fastened the button for another style
My sewing story



Bag handle
Baby organizer bag
Various compartments available inside and at the outer layer of the organizer bag
Side pockets
The baby organizer bag fits inside the tote bag
PU leather is used for the base of the bag

Monday 4 August 2014

Dino Backpack 恐龙小背包

Two years ago, I made a small backpack for my wee boy. But it turned to be too small for him. Can't actually fit in a tumbler but can put in his toys cars and trains. So it wasn't that useful. That was my first attempt to make a backpack. So this time, I determined to make a more useful one, that's at least can fit in a tumbler, a pair of clothes and his toys. 

I have been looking for a backpack pattern but most of them are too complicated. Finally, I found it from a Taiwan craft book. The pattern is really easy. It's just a drawstring bag with a flap and a pair of backpack straps. 

My boy is a Dino-maniac, so I picked a dino print fabric to make the backpack. I especially love the part where you can design the flap with the character you like. The one I made here is a teddy bear face (as I don't know how to sew a dinosaur face haha..)

My boy likes the backpack a lot and tried to show it off to his cousin brothers who are also Dino-maniac like him :)


Dino backpack
Back view
Hand stitch teddy bear face
Drawstring opening
Ready for an adventure with my wee boy