Rubber Stamping Fun

Recently, I was toying with the thought of getting some rubber stamps made for Cloth.withPegs. I even thought about carving it out of erasers or some cork-based material, like this guy from my recent Hanoi trip. (Maggie & Gette got some traditionally hand-carved stamps made for friends.)

The Sewing Republic

Another sewing community website that I found really useful and inspiring with all ranges of projects, from Fashion to Home Decor, is The Sewing Republic at http://sewingrepublic.com/

Here is a screen capture from their Sewing Help page, equipped with tips, FAQs and tutorials, so go on and check it out! Have fun!

Treasure Chest

YAY for more storage space for my sewing gadgets and fabric! Can also be use as props too!!So happy how it fits with my other antique metal storage trunk!

Anatomy of a Sewing Machine

Further reading here.
Trouble-shooting guides here.

Vintage Pin Cushion

I was bargain-hunting at a Chinese goods warehouse, when I found an old-fashioned oriental pin cushion. Reminded me so much of my childhood, when my mother sewed a lot, so I got it for nostalgic reasons.

Making of Dresshack : Wedding

Assorted mess in Mag's house, during the process.Our Resident-fabric-shredder, Hiro. I mean the cat. The one on the other end of the fabric strip is Gette.The back of one of the dress, as modelled by Hannah (Mag's body double, our professional duct-tape dummy)Checking out the proportion of things before calling it a night, so we can all go back and sleep knowing we have achieved something for the day, while dreaming up more gimmicks for the next session.More Work-in-progress here.

Technology.The Old. The New.

I looked at my sewing station and it just amuses me to see that my new sewing machine is on top of the stand from an old sewing machine (converted to the study room computer table stand), with the foot pedals both side by side.
Amused, I wiki-ed 'Sewing Machine' and further amused myself with the mechanism of this wonderful piece of Technology; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sewing_machine