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Easy Mini Clutch Tutorial

Posted by Cecillia
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Hi, my lovely readers, today i want to share a tutorial for making mini clutch. It's easy, simple and a quick project. You can finish this project i think in 2 hours max. A good project for weekend.

At first i was not planning on making this mini clutch, but since i failed on making other projects and have some leftovers fabrics, so here she is ^_^


I am adding Batik flower brooch for embellishment.
My finish clutch measures: Approximately 22cm in width & 14cm in height.

Peek through the lining: super bright flower pattern.
When not folded, it measures: Approximately 22cm in width & 25cm in height.

What you will need:
  • 2 pcs 27cm X 24cm of fabrics for outer and lining. Mine will be the teal colour fabric for outer and bright flower pattern for lining. 
  • 2 pcs 15cm X 24cm of fabrics for outer and lining for front body of the clutch.
  • 1 pc 10cm X 34cm of lining fabric for inner pocket. You may use any choice of fabrics.
  • 2 pcs of interfacing 27cm X 24cm.
  • 2 pcs of interfacing 15cm X 24cm.
  • 1 set of magnetic clasp.
  • Matching/contrasting colour of thread.
  • Scissor, ruler, tailor's chalk.
  • And 2 hours of your afternoon time ^_^
For the outer fabric and lining fabric, i am using upholstery fabrics. Quite thick and durable. So i am not using fleece. You may use thin fleece for adding protection for your gadget. It fits kindle/kindle paperwhite.


Cut 2 pcs outer & lining fabrics  and 2 pcs interfacing each 27cm X 24cm.
2 pcs outer & lining fabrics plus 2 pcs interfacing each 15cm X 24cm.
1 pc lining fabric 10cm X 34cm for inner pocket.

Let's make the front body of the clutch: Take the 2 pcs outer & lining of the 15cm X 24cm wrong side together then sew using 1cm seam allowance.

Press to open the seams.

Then top stitch.

On the lining: Mark the fabric where you want to place the magnetic clasp. I usually find the center of the clutch then 4cm from the top. Mark and use pointy scissor to cut through the fabric. Turn around, place a scrap fleece/felt then put the washer. Lastly bend the 2 prongs into the middle. 

You will do same for the front body of the clutch.


Let's make the inner pocket: Take the 10cm X 34cm pc. Folded into 2. Stitch the left side, top and right side. Leaving about 5-8cm unstitch for turning.

Turn it slowly then pressed. After that top stitch to close the opening.

Place and sew the inner pocket to lining. 

Now, almost done. Sandwich together: Outer fabric right side (the teal colour), the front body with outer fabric below, then the lining right side face down. Sew all the way, but don't forget to leave 10cm an opening on top for turning. You may want to sew them slowly, since it contains many layers.

Before turn, better snip off all 4 corners to reduce the bulks. Then slowly turn all the layers through the 10cm opening. Pressed with iron.

 
Top stitch to close the opening. You can use machine or hand stitching.
Voila, your mini clutch now is ready for using.

I hope my tutorial not too confusing to follow. I am open to any suggestions, comments or questions. You can embellish the clutch with pretty ribbon, rolled fabric flowers, ruffles, and many more. Use your imagination.

I will see you on my next tutorial.

Let's Make Them.
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Batik Hunting In Central Java

Posted by Cecillia
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Hi hi lovelies. It's good to be back.

I want to share my Batik hunting trip to Jogjakarta & Solo, both are in Central Java. Let's get started and enjoy.

Last week I went back to Indonesia to find Batik for my supply. Destination this time is to the city of Jogyakarta in Central Java. there are 2 spots that we visited there was the Beringharjo market and the Mirota batik (just across the street of Beringharjo). Both are located at the famous Malioboro street. it was only a short stop since we are visiting the Batik village in the neighbouring city of Surakarta (Solo) which is the center of the Batik in Central Java.

From Jogjakarta, we drove to Solo. It takes around 2-3 hours driving. You can rent a car, take public buses or take train to Solo.


Our first stop is the shopping center & a local market (Pusat Grosir Solo, Benteng Trade Center & Klewer market) which all located within walking distance to each other and also near to Kraton Surakarta. All 3 market is filled with hundred of shops selling Batik shirts and some fabric. Most local people shop there. Remember to bargain hard. If you failed, just walked away and you will find other shops. Some of the shops sells in bulks/wholesale at affordable price. Here at Klewer market i managed to find toko kain kiloan, which they sell fabrics per kilogram. And they also sells Batik fabrics in kilogram (Remember to bargain).


Here most of the Batik is machine printed and they have all sort of colours and patterns. 

You can find materials: cotton, cotton primisima and semi silk.


When you are in Solo, you have to visit Museum Batik Danar Hadi to learn more about Batik history. A must visit!!!! I learnt a lot from there. Too bad we are not allowed to use camera, due to flash that came from camera can worsen the quality of the classic collection of the Batiks. Most of the Batiks displayed inside the museum were made around year of 1900. They were made using natural ingredients. After explore and learn at the museum, the guide bring us to see inside the factory, where they do "Batik Tulis" and "Batik Cap" methods (Camera is allowed. Yes!!!!).

1st Step: Tracing of the Batik pattern onto fabric.

 2nd Step: Traced the patterns using wax mix to cover the area that WILL NOT BE COLOURED.

The process shown on above and below are for "Batik Tulis" method, which means to write, where the artisan is tracing the patterns on the fabric and add layer of wax on it.
As you can imagine that this process took allot of concentration and patience. This steps usually done by female as female referred has more patience.

"Batik Tulis" can be done in any material of fabrics, such as: cottons, muslins, sateens, chiffons, silks, and many more. Below material is using sheer fabrics (wow!).

Another method that also done manually is called "Batik Cap" which means to stamp, where the wax pattern was applied using a copper stamp. Here as the process is more physical enduring, therefore done by males (the copper stamps is quite heavy and they all working while standing).



There are also combination of "Batik Tulis" & "Batik Cap" as shown on below pictures. The "Batik Tulis" area are covered using paper (The flower motif), then stamped.




Cooper stamps. You can purchase them as a souvenir at Windujenar market

Finish "Batik Cap". Waiting to be inspect.

Below photo shows the fabric with the wax pattern, ready for colouring.
As you can see the wax purpose is to block the colour during the next step.
 3rd Step: The colouring, where the fabric is soaked or "Celup" in colouring solutions. After soaking the fabric is rested and depends on the colour intensity needed, the soaking can be repeated. If the fabric contains multiple colour, the waxing process above is repeated.

When the colouring is done, the fabric is boiled to melt all the wax and hang dry, but not directly under the sun. Some factories are using fan.

Not yet done. After all fabrics are dried, they go through 2 times quality check.
(And yes, all done in manually)
1st Quality control check:


 2nd Quality control check:
When they found a mistake i.e. breaking patterns, even only tiny mistakes the fabric will be sent back for repair (basically repeating the steps above again for that specific area to be fixed). That is why Batik Danar Hadi is so famous, because of its quality.

We also manage to see "Colekan" method of fabric colouring. Compared to the soaking or "Celup" instead of soaking the entire fabric on each colour, the colour was applied manually by hand. The result will be different though, while "Celup" will give separation of colours. The "Colekan" method will make the colour gradated or mixed.



Traditionally the whole process for "Batik Tulis" may take up 3 months depends on the complexity of the patterns and the colour variations. Thus you can imagine due to the complexity, the price of "Batik Tulis" is usually very expensive.

If you are interested on the history of batik, kindly check out: http://www.expat.or.id/info/batik.html

Wow, this post by far is the longest post ever i have written so far ^_^ i do not want to miss out any important information from the trip. Therefore, while my memories are still fresh, i prefer to write them down.

I hope you will find it useful and i will see you again.

Bye.

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Vintage Butterfly Sewing Machine

Posted by Cecillia
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Hi, my lovely friends,

Happy Monday!!! I hope you have a great weekend (i did). 

I want to share with you my vintage sewing machine. Hmm, i can't claimed this machine as mine, cause it's not (too bad). My mom have the exact same type on this sewing machine. The different only my mom's has a motor attached below the turning wheel. But, unfortunately my mom's spoiled. Due to lack of care :'( 

My mom never use it and i don't think she can even sewed. She used to managed a garment production in our home back then. I remember saw quite a few of sewing machines and butterfly sewing machine was one of them.

The sewing machine below belonged to my hubby's aunt. It doesn't have a motor. It used manual foot pedal. What amazed me that this machine still can works!! Despite her 20 years of age. The machine comes with the stand and table. But, we can't bring the stand and table back to SG (too big and bulky) so we can only bring back the machine. My hubby's grandma really take a good care of this machines. Not only this machine, also her almost century old vintage singer sewing machine. She was a seamstress. A very good seamstress. Love her so much.


The bobbin tucked underneath the presser foot.

Actually is quite hard and a bit tiring if you use your other hand to manually turning the wheel while you're sew. Therefore i bought a set of new motor. Similar to my mom's, only hers was black colour. I bought the motor from Freddy Sewing Machine for S$68. The motor made from Taiwan. Uncle Freddy is a nice guy. He can teach you knowledge about sewing machine. He also provide sewing machine service. And don't forget he sells/buy old & new sewing machines. 


I ask my hubby a little help to install the motor and Ta-da my baby feel brand new again.



Thank you for visiting my blog ^_^ 

I will see you again next week.

Let's Make Them.

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10.1" Tablet Sleeve For Your Gadgets

Posted by Cecillia
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Hi, my lovely friends ^_^

So happy i can back to write my blog again after few months absence. Oh btw, this is my new blog, i used to blogged for my bobbinandpin.blogspot.com. The reason why i switch to this blog because i am starting my craft business on Etsy.com. Since my shop called onecraftypup and my previous blog called bobbinandpin, i don't want people to get confused by 2 different names. Therefore, i am creating new blog under the same name as my Etsy shop. I also updating my Instagram account, added Twitter account and created Facebook page, social media really important now :) (Hmm, Harley starting to stared at me. I think he wants another round of dinner).

Okay, back to my new projects. Actually on my Instagram (if you followed me) i keep posting my projects at there, but no time to put them on my blog :( busy, busy, busy!!! And finally, i have time (Yay!!).

Few weeks ago i made tablet sleeve for my 10.1" Samsung Galaxy Note (Hmm, actually belongs to my hubby. Hehe, but i claimed it mine sometimes) It had been around for 1 year now. We also bought the protection case.

I use duck canvas in magenta colour. For front pocket and flap, i use the super cute pink elephants printed canvas. As for lining red/white polkadot Japan Cotton. And sewed the brown velcro for closure.

Very cute pink elephants printed canvas. 

I quilted the outer fabric. 

Red/white polkadot for lining and brown velcro for closure.

I like how the sleeve turn out. Cute and bright colours. It fits perfectly for my Samsung ^_^

I put the sleeve on my Etsy store. Please take a look:

I can do custom orders for ipad, Ipad Mini, Ipad Air, Kindle, Kindle Fire, Nook. Just inform me the type of gadget, dimension with or without protection case.

Thank you for reading my blog ^_^

Let's Make Them.


PS: Oh, btw Harley wants me to show his photo together with the tablet sleeve. He is such a poser.


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