Is beginning to feel a lot like Christmas

Yo! Happy Thursday!

I have managed to finish the quilt top before having the neck spasm!

It happen so suddenly, when i was preparing for work one morning, i had to take urgent off that morning to visit the doctor and was issued two days medical leave.

What happen was, I couldn't turn my head left, right, up and down. when i lie down, i'm unable to get up on my own. Skylar had to roll me to my side then slowly pull me up. >_<"

Needless to say, totally not able to do sewing or play games on my mobile phone.

Can't sleep well at night too, had to lie really really straight and walk around like a robot.

Skylar had the nerve to kept calling me C-3PO (robot from starwars) the whole week!

Anyway, now i'm better, and just in time to get ready for Christmas too! ^^

This quilt is sooo fun to sew!

The only challenging part is, getting the seams to meet!

Because of my perfectionist nature (skylar claims, i'm only perfectionist at selected times because perfectionist will not have messy bedrooms! but, how can sewing be compared to housechores right?! hmmp!), i have done quite a bit of unpicking, but i'm glad, because the end result is lovely! Now, i can't wait to quilt and bind it! = )

Have any of you start your Christmas shopping yet?

Christmas season is the best time of the year and my favorite too!

How about you? which holiday or season is your favorite?

Have a nice week!

xox, Jean

i'm back

I'm back! I have taken a much longer break then intended.

September & October seems to have just pass with a blink.

I have celebrated my birthday on 20th October and before that i went on a one week holiday trip with my younger sister Nicole and my cute nephew (her son) Tristan to visit my older sister Sarah!

Is been almost two years since i last saw my older sis and my dear dear sweet little nephew Seth and nieces, Jaymee and Sheryl! Although i chat with my sisters on Whatsapp on a daily basis but is still somehow different.

Seeing them, makes me realise how much i miss them all! Sigh!

During my break, i did :

** a little sewing every now and then

** a little fabric & notion purchase every month

** a little exercise 

(climbing 2 flights of stairs daily to use the washroom at work count right?! hehe.)

** a lot of fabrics and notions browsing

** watched a lot of movies and television series 

(season break is over, all the dramas returned! Yayy!! maybe next post, i will give a list of drama i highly recommend. heheh)

** a lot of snacking and late nights

** a lot of overtime at work too

this pretty sums up what i did for the past two months.

I am still working on my Basket Case quilt slowly.

Oh! I also started a new Patchwork Quilt project using Heather Bailey's Lottie Da Collection! This collection is sooooo beautiful! Love it!

Thanks for stopping by! ^^

xox Jean

i've been featured in Ikea!

Finally its here!! Its here!!! ^^

About 3 weeks ago, i received an email from Ikea telling me that they will be publishing my project in their Ikea Family Newsletter - April 2013 Issue!

I had submitted my project to them last December. It was such a loooong wait for me (i'm really not so good at the waiting game!). I thought i have no chance at all.

So, when i received their email, i was overjoyed and couldn't believe is real, so i waited for the actual copy to be send to us, just to make sure.

There are 7 other talented crafters been featured too!

Not trying to pick favorite, but i really love the letter box project and the carousel project! They are so creative and cute!

By the way, can you guess which project is mine? ^^

Ta-Daaaa!!

They have featured my "Box of Donuts" baby quilt! hee! hee!

Ohh! and i was also send a $50 Ikea Gift Card! Wonderful isn't it!! ^^

Currently I'm also working on a pattern for my "Box of Donuts" baby quilt which i will share soon!

so sorry, there are too many exclamation marks in this post! but, that is because i'm just so excited and happy! please pardon me for just one post! ^^

And so sorry for the poor pictures, i am just so lazy forgetful recently, kept forgetting to bring my camera home from Skylar's house, thus all pictures taken from my Note 2.

oh! did i mention i will be going to Taiwan for a week holiday from 1st May?!

I'm so excited and looking forward to the long holiday break and yummy food! Slurp!

and best part is, i google and found that they have a fabric market in Taiwan! when i visited Taiwan back in year 2010, i do not even know how to use a sewing machine! how time really flies.. So for this trip I will be sure to bring an extra luggage! hee!

Have a great weekend ahead!

xoxo Jean

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone!

How was your holiday?

Time just got away fast when you are having a great time right?!

We spend the holidays gathering with family and friends and feasting and more gatherings and even more feasting.. now is time to start exercising (argghh.. >_<" ) to make up for it..

Thank you to all your wonderful recommendations earlier, 

i have started a new television series - Once Upon a Time! 

The story is so cleverly written in such a way that all the fairytales are all link to one another. 

Is a great show! you got to try it, if you are one who loves fairytales and mystery!

And... I have also finish my Poetica Quilt!

The finished quilt measures 32inch by 38inch, and i quilt it with simple lines.

It will be a gift for my niece Jaymee. I hope she likes them. : )

I will be flying off to Bangkok, Thailand tomorrow for a 4 days holiday with Skylar and our friends. My office work has been so hectic recently and i have been working a lot of late nights for the past two months due to year end closing.

I am so looking forward to this short trip for a nice break. : )

(although i will sure miss my weekend sewing time : ) ).

Happy Holidays!

xox Jean

work in progress

Last weekend i had a great time playing with Poetica!

I've decided on a simple pattern that will show off all the pretty prints!

Aren't they pretty?! sigh... (dreamily)

This weekend i will be having my flea market!

Hopefully i can squeeze in some sewing time and finish up all my outstanding quilts, so i can start on some new projects and tutorials next weekend. = )

Did you notice that my blog is snowing??!

It is the work of my darling skylar! hee!

Really cool and cute right?! Just like the boy. heheh..

Counting down towards the weekend!

Enjoy and have fun my friends! ^^

xox, Jean

Cherry Christmas

I have been busy cutting, sewing and ironing 144pcs of cute little Half Square Triangles from my Cherry Christmas charm pack over the weekend.

I must say, Charm packs are so easy to work with and save me a lot of time! 

I'm sooo in love with charm pack now! I'm addicted! ^^

So i've placed another order for a set of Rock and Romance fat quarter bundle to be used for my swoon quilt. heheh..

yep, i have changed my mind. I will use Poetica for another quilt instead. hee!

I can't help being indecisive, there are just too many delicious fabrics everywhere tempting me.. ;p

For the rest of this week, i will be busy finishing up the binding for a quilt and more sewing for the rest of my Cherry Christmas! ^^

Have a Cheery Weekend ahead everyone!

xox, Jean

The Ladies Quilt No. 1

Life's simple pleasures quotes :

Having a yummy breakfast made by Skylar with a nice cup of coffee to kickstart the day!

Just 10mins ago, i was wondering why do all the pictures in my post looks so blurry. It looks perfectly fine from my PC, but once uploaded, it looks all blurry.. and i did some test and AH HA! The larger size i select after uploaded, the clearer it will be.. This means i'm gonna spend sometime, going through previous posts and changing picture size.
OMG!!  >_<"

 Do you like this?

Over last weekend, i've managed to finish the top of one of the girl's quilt. This weekend i will start on the backing, quilting and binding then it will be completed! ^^

I'm so looking forward to the loooonng weekend! ^^

Hope all of you have a great weekend too!

wonderful week! ^^

Had a really wonderful week!!

I took half a day off from work on Tuesday to visit the Bridal Shop with Skylar to choose wedding gowns.. And yes!! I'm getting married!!! ^^

The wedding is in this year November. I'm gonna be happily busy, busy and really happily busy soon.. = )

So i gotta start the kids's blanket now and probably some advance

Xmas presents (if i hav the time ;p)..

Jaymee's blanket will be the first on the list.. All fabrics are now waiting to be piece together. i really enjoy the process of cutting the fabrics, sewing them and slowly seeing them form into the patterns i design, there is some kind of satisfaction in the process. 

Have a wonderful week my friends. :)

A Not Quite Expected Kind of Quilt

Finally, some little wee bit of extra free time for me to squeeze in a short post.. = )

It really has been a super hectic week since my return from Bangkok, with me being sick, tons of crazy pending work from office and pending baby blankets for “Quilts for Japan”.

Abt the trip, sadly I did not have the opportunity to visit any fabric store in bangkok nor do much shopping.. = (

Anyway, back to my baby blankets for “Quilts for Japan”.

After it was done (I’m only donating the top piece of the blanket), total 4pcs, I feel so shy about showing to anyone. These are the first baby blankets that I have made, and I feel that it is just not good enough.

It is just too plain and I feel that people can really tell that I’m just rushing through it to get it done and over with, and the truth, I’m really rushing through it as the cut-off date was too close.

So just a few pictures for your views and also to remind me to do things with more “heart” in future. = )