Hello 2014...

Wishing all of you...

a Happy New Year 2014!

This is another Button Love Collection;

 handmade with lots of love...

A hexagon patchwork piece

with my Button Love girl embroidered on it!

And of course...
the edges are finished off
with hand crocheted lace!
It makes a perfect mugrug placemat.

Have a great year ahead, my dear friends...

Christmas Coasters

My dear friends,
taking this opportunity 
to wish you all 
a Merry Christmas
&
Happy Holidays!!

These coasters are hand embroidered 
with my christmas tree designs,
and hand crocheted lace on the edges.

Hope you like them!
and thank you for dropping by...

New Fabrics...

Hello friends...

it is the month of December already!

I am in the holiday mood...

honestly, I have not been sewing much lately,

but shopping for christmas gifts...

and fabrics... yes fabrics!

These beautiful fabrics will get me started 

with new exciting projects...

Long Distance Class... Bojagi Coaster

This is my second project 
of my long distance class;
a pair of Bojagi coasters.
Beautiful colour combination;
using Korean silk fabric- sukgosa.
I love them!

The Bojagi Coaster right below;

is hand sewn by my teacher, Youngmin Lee.

I really admire her hand sewn stitches;

a beautiful piece of work!

Have a wonderful day...

Long Distance Class... Bojagi Pincushion

My love for bojagi sewing...
brought me to find a Bojagi teacher.
It's my pleasure
to introduce you all,
my teacher, Ms.Youngmin Lee,
a talented Korean lady living in California, USA.
Her beautiful Bojagi works
can be found in her website!

So, and yes this is my first project

of my long distance class...

a Bojagi pincushion.

She introduced me to Korean silk,

which is also known as sukgosa.

I found that this fabric is much easier to sew
as compared to the ramie fabric.

This beautiful Bojagi pincushion

is sewn by Youngmin Lee.

An example which she sent to me!
By the way, there are a total
of four projects for this long distance programme,
so far I have completed two...
look out for the second project in my next post!

Christmas Collection... in progress!

For the coming Christmas season,

these are my handmade coaster collection

in the making...

Simple hand embroidered design;

in various coloured threads on different fabrics.

A design which I designed specially

for this festive occasion.

I will need to finished them off
with hand crocheted lace

around the edges...

very soon these coasters will be ready

in my Etsy shop!

Patchwork Bojagi

Yes...more bojagi sewing practice!

I love the colours of these ramie fabrics.

 I am definitely enjoying this bojagi sewing...
the stitches are getting better, I think!

Happy sewing!

More... Bojagi Sewing!

Yes... More bojagi sewing for me!

Practice & more practice, 
I am loving it...

I am experimenting different colour combinations

with the ramie fabrics!

I applied the 'Ssamsol' technique and

and sew with 'Gamchimjil' stitch...

These are the basic seam allowances

and korean stitches which I had learnt 

in my bojagi sewing class in Seoul, Korea.

Happy Sewing! my dear friends...
and have a wonderful week!

Time for Bojagi Sewing...

It is time for Bojagi Sewing again...
During my trip to Seoul, Korea last year;
if you remember,
I attended a bojagi class during my trip there.

I bought loads of ramie fabrics 
while I was in Seoul...
I can't resist buying fabrics;
 for me to practice and experiment!

I love the texture and colours of the ramie fabric...
 I have chosen a white thread which 
later on found out that it is a wrong choice
as the stitches do not stand out!
In Bojagi sewing, the visibility of the thread stitches
plays an important part in the design..

I must admit that more practice is still needed;
there is still room for improvement. 

A Doily... Button Love Girl!

Yes... My Button Love Girl

is a design that I have developed 

sometime ago...
I hope to use my lovely girl character
in my future sewing projects;
to give my works a personalized style!

I hand stitched my Button Love Girl:

and added crocheted lace edges
with rainbow colours...

This is one of my favourite pieces!
Hope you like it too...

Button Love... My Girl Collection!

This is a compilation 

of my Button Love Girl series...

These were done over the past two years.

Some of you may have seen them in my earlier posts;

to those who are new to my blog,

this will give you a quick overview of my collection.

From my hand drawn pen sketches to embroidery sewing...

wall hanging, pouch, pincushion, mugrug.

 

I hope to design lots more handmade items;

incorporating 'my Button Love Girl'...

Hope you do like my handmade collection!

Have a great day everyone...