Hi again. It's a rainy day here in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. How about your place? Rainy days make me feel sleepy ;-) but I got something to share with you today. Hair bows is really cute for a baby or girl headbands or even a hair-clip. So, how to make hair bows? Well, I'm not an expert in making hair bows, so I share some hair bows tutorial from the internet so we can learn it together. Just click the link or the picture below to learn the tutorial. Best of luck!
Hi everyone! How's your day? I'm just fine here. Still counting days, I have about 2 more weeks to go to work. Yeah. Time flies so fast. Today's post I want to share one more tutorial with you. A rose felt flower tutorial.
As you look in the picture above, we will learn how to make 3 types of rose felt flower by using just one A4 size of felt. You can use any type of felt, wool, acyclic or polyester. And the color, it's up to you. I use red felt, so I will have red felt rose at the end of this tutorial. The size of the flower is about 2.5-3 inch. You can make a rose bouquet, a brooch, a headband or hair-clip with this flower. So how to make rose felt flower? Just click here Rose Felt Tutorial.
Hi everyone.. How are you? I'm doing fine here. Hopefully you have a great day too. Today's post I want to make some review about the book I bought from Amazon. This book is write by Myra Callan with the title Adornments: Sew & Create Accessories with Fabric, Lace & Beads
Book Front Cover
Back Cover
Who Is Myra Callan?
Myra Callan is the creator of Twigs and Honey. She has created pieces for thousand of brides around the world. The beautiful and delicate projects in Adornments are the perfect
finishing touches for creating a purely romantic look. Make
floral-inspired necklaces, in-full-bloom fascinators, and earrings with
wispy feathers and sparkling beads. At parties, galas, special events,
or even on your wedding day, the accessories in Adornments are artful creations that are sure to turn heads and inspire romance.
What's In The Book?
This book almost get 5 stars rating from the readers in Amazon. There are 143 pages and when you flip through the pages, you'll find...
20 accessory projects, from floral fascinators, hair pieces to necklaces, earrings and belts
A
techniques section that shows you how to use a millinery iron, cut lace
appliques and work with wire and beads to create stunning pieces that
would rival the wares of any high-end boutique
Materials you'll love to work with: silk, linen and cotton fabrics, antique lace, delicate crystal beads and playful feathers
Using simple hand-sewing, jewelry and millinery techniques, these
accessories are easy to make and even easier to wear. In fact, you may
not be able to take them off!
1. Easy To Understand - The book is written in simple English word. . The steps for each project are easy to understand even for beginners and the picture inside the book is very clear so you can make your project fast.
2. No Sewing Machine Needed- The project in this book are small item like a hair-clip, a headbands, an earrings, necklaces and belts. So even though you don't have a sewing machine, you can sew with your hand and make the projects look awesome.
3. Great for Any Occasions - The projects inside the book looks beautiful. It's suitable for everyday wear and also for brides who want to make their own accessories for their wedding day.
1. Millinery iron - Yes, to make flowers that look like a real flowers we need a millinery iron. At my place it's not easy to find this tool. But you can have it from any online shop or you can have it from Amazon.
The price for this tool is quite expensive ( for me.;-) , So from YouTube I search for any substitute method to make the flowers. Instead of using millinery iron, you can use the kitchen tools! Yeah, sounds funny, but it works you know. You can have a look from the video below.
Source from Youtube
2. Patience - You need patience to complete each project especially to make the flowers. The millinery iron need lots of practices to make a perfect look flowers. You know like the English idioms said, Practises Make Perfect! If you want your project to look pretty and smooth finish, do not rush to prepare the project.
Millinery Iron
Conclusion
As a buyer, I give this book 4 stars. If you like flowers, soft colors and romantic style. This book is for you. But if you prefer bold colors and high fashion type, you need to find other type of accessories. If you interested to purchase this book, you can have this book from Amazon Adornments: Sew & Create Accessories with Fabric, Lace & Beads. xoxo
Hi again! It's school holiday time! So, what's your plan for the school holiday? Going somewhere or just stay at home. Me? it's quite difficult to go somewhere else with two children and furthermore my husband is working, so I went back to Kota Kinabalu and stay with my family. I'll be back to Labuan on January 2015.
Have you tried my flower tutorial? If yes thanks for trying, I will post more tutorials after this, so don't forget to bookmark this page so you did not miss any tutorial okay. All my headbands I left it in Labuan, so for those of you who want to buy my handmade headband. Sorry because I just can't deliver it out for the time being. But I made lots of headbands before I go back to Kota Kinabalu. If you want to make a booking, just email me and let me know which headband you want. Some of the headband are not available but I can make a new one for you if you like the same design. Just click my headband page to have a look at all the headbands.
It's 2nd December today. It's almost the end of 2014. For those of you who celebrating your birthday in December, happy birthday! And also I know a lot of couples want to get married since it's a school holiday.
Furthermore,
Christmas day is around the corner. I'm not celebrating Christmas, but I
have a lot of friends who celebrate Christmas. It's fun when I saw them
busy to find cards and gifts for their loved ones. I am also helping
them in finding the gifts and cards. I also find some pretty gifts and
cards from Zazzle.com. (I' am an affiliate of Zazzle, if you decide to buy using the link here, I get a little bit of the profits as a thank you for promoting it, If that's not cool with you, just search for it in Google, no hard feelings ;-) So if you want to take a look at it, just click
the picture below.
Hi everyone! How's your day? Today I want to share how to make felt chrysanthemum flower. I use blue color for the flower and green for the leaves. It’s up to you
if you want to change the color after this. This is one of the simplest easy to make flower. The size of the flower is 3 inch in diameter. You can make it as a headband, brooch or sew it to your bag. All right let’s get
started.
1) Firstly, you must have all the materials needed for the
flower. I use dark blue felt, light blue felt, and dark green felt for the
flower and scissors, glue, ruler and invisible pen.
2) Secondly, cut one rectangle with the size 1” X 9” from
the dark blue felt and two rectangles 2” X 9” from the light blue felt like the
picture below. (You can use only one rectangle for the light blue felt but add the length to 2" X 18").
* You can use different color for the third felt.
3) Cut the dark blue felt
vertically like the picture below.
4) For the light blue felt fold the felt into two and cut it
vertically similar to the dark blue felt above. The second light blue felt cut it a bit wider to make the edges of the flower looks big.
5) Take the dark blue felt and
roll the felt. Glue the bottom part of the felt.
6) Roll the first light blue felt to the dark blue felt and
repeat it with the second blue felt. Press the top of the flower.
7) Draw the line of the leaf to the felt and cut it. I use 3
leaves for the flower. The size of the leaf is about 2.5 inch wide and 3.5 inch height.
8) Glue the leaves at the back
of the flower as in the picture below.
