Sew in Love with Bags

Happy New Year to you! Wishing you health, wealth and happiness all year round.

Hmm .... what was the last thing you did in 2008? I was sewing this bag which I had unpicked 5 times! I saw a similar one from a magazine and found it looked rather sweet. I told myself I had to try to make it. I did some sketching and went ahead to do it. That explains the 5 amendments. ;P

I'm not sure if the draw-string part was attached to the bag. What I did was I sew a separate drawing string pouch. Handle is recycled (again) from some old bag I had. I had this funny habit of removing zippers, handles and those magnet buttons (or whatever you call them) from bags I intend to throw away. I guess they do come in handy. :)

I'm thinking of making a small bag next, for 妹妹 to go with her Chinese New Year outfit. Hopefully, I can make it in time.

It will be a busy year for me. School starts tomorrow for both of them, with 妹妹 in the morning session and 哥哥 in the afternoon. *pant* Hopefully, I will be able to manage my time well. And hopefully, they will be able to cope and adapt to the new school environment fast.

Thirty-Seven

Who is this? ;) No prize for the making the correct guess. :P

By the way, Happy Birthday to me! Yap! It's my 37th Birthday today! ^_^

I don't think I had a good year - Health-wise (My nose has been bleeding so often I'm seriously considering having the blood vessels cauterized and I've been coughing for more than a month liao. Haiz!) and especially with the kids.

I had a tough time with the kids. They were causing lots of troubles in school. Nothing much to said when they are at home too. Haiz! So the more problems I have, the more frequent my nose bleeds. Serious! 气到暴血管. in my case, the blood vessels in my nose. Haha ... Hopefully, when school starts and the 2 of them in different session, I will be able to concentrate of each of them more. And hopefully, things will change for the better.

So, my birthday wishes this year, as usual, are for everyone to be healthy (哥哥 has been falling sick every other month and me with the bloody nose), 爸爸's work to be smoother (he had a bad year too) and the kids to be more obedient and sensible.

365 days to make my wishes come true. ;)

Bag for school

I have just completed another hand-stitched bag. And the moment 妹妹 saw it, she asked if she can have it. :P

I had planned to make a bag for 妹妹 as she needs to bring extra set of clothes when she goes to school next year. So, it's hers even she didn't ask for it. After all it's made using her old dresses.

I think she won't mind having the bag as her Christmas present. It's like a messenger bag for her. (She is already carrying the bag everywhere she goes.) Killing 2 birds with 1 stone. :P

I was hoping she doesn't like it so I could use it. :P

Toy Machine

I found some spots on 哥哥's body on Friday night and thought he was allergic to something (cos it happened before) and fed him some medicine.

The next day, the spots became bigger and I thought I better bring him to the doctor before we go to 公公's house. The doctor confirmed it was chickenpox and even warn me that most likely 妹妹 might get it. ^_^" I have to keep a close watch for spots on 妹妹 2 weeks later.

And since we are going to be stuck at home for 2 weeks, 爸爸 bought us a toy to let us pass time. It's something all the 3 of us enjoy but of course this is much easier than the real thing. Thank you 爸爸, for being so thoughtful.

Lucky for me, 哥哥 enjoy playing with it and 妹妹 simply enjoys putting in the coin, cheering and collecting the prizes. ^_^" So no fighting. *phew*

If you like it too, you can get it from the (new) Jurong Point at About $40. Not sure of the exact location though but the shop is at the new extension. And it doesn't comes with the prizes and candies. We add those ourselves.


He bought me a nice bag too! Awww ... thank you 爸爸.

Sweet 爸爸 said he is going to take leave before the school starts and take over the kids so I can go shopping at the (new) Jurong Point. He said it's huge and my favourites Ding Tai Fung, Bakerzin and Haagen Dazs is there too. Wah, it's like my end-year bonus. I'll be waiting. ;)

Fishing time!

One of the kids' favourite past time during this school holidays is playing with water. I think both miss water-play which they had in school once a week.

I used filled up a big container with water and let they enjoy themselves. They love fishing for plastic fishes. Just like catching long kang fish at Qianhu. ;)

I didn't waste the water too. I got them to water the plants and wash the floor after playing. Killing 3 birds with 1 stones. :)

Recycled Bag

What can you do with 2 pieces of table mats that you no longer use? I turned them into a bag. ;) The handles were saved from an old bag (I think). I like how the folds of the table mats make 2 big pockets in front and the back. So basically, this a recycled bag. ;)

I just had to steal time in between 'breaks' to sew just to complete this. So it took a bit longer for me. It will be so much easier if it's done by machine, takes maybe only 5 minutes? *hint hint 爸爸, again*