This one might be my longest project so far! I think it's been 4-5 month. haha...I bought the keyboard 7 years ago, and have been using the packaging foam as a cover. I decided to make a nice cotton cover for my keyboard. So it started from the fabric shopping, to pattern making, and finally to the sewing part. I got the fabric from ikea, 100% cotton, bought 1.2 meters. Making the pattern on newspaper first, it's not too hard. But I easily get confused when I do sewing...haha...and I constantly need my mom's clarification. The finally, the ruffle at the bottom (this part is much harder than I thought). I am just glad it's done!
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Finally done - cotton keyboard cover
Friday, April 10, 2009
Knitpicks Shadow - Essential Tank Top
My latest finished project: The essential tank top by Laura Zukaite, using Knitpicks Shadow, Sunset colorway. I like the pattern. It's easy, and yet not too boring. I can easily tell if I made mistake. The top is a little bit tight fitting on me, but overall it's not bad at all...hehe...
Friday, March 20, 2009
Spring is here!
Spring is finally here! It officially arrived this morning at 7:44am. :) So it means some gardening. I hijacked this baby orchid from my mom last week. I want to try growing it, and hopefully one day it will bloom. Oh, btw, it's in the bowl that I made in my pottery class....hehe
Ok, speaking of the pottery class, I finally got the chance to take these pictures. Thanks to day light saving time change, now I can shoot picture in natural light after work. Here they are, first one is an incense holder with a pig. I painted using a glaze called "Shino". The vase is about 25cm high, it shrinked after burning. And I made it using a technique called "Coil", then glaze it with white color. (The color is a little boring, but I thought it will be easier to match any flowers I want.)
Sunday, February 22, 2009
New Craft - Pottery
I started a new type of craft last month: Pottery! I finally got back my first project. Here are the pictures. It's the first technique of pottery, called Pinch. It took just 1 hour to make it, then I got to choose the color of the glaze, and the teacher glazed for me. I love the green! The pottery studio I went is in Richmond Hill, called Shaked. The teacher's name is Shaked, and she's just a wonderful wonderful lady. I started my second project last week, using a new technique called Coil. This time, I am making a vase. hehe...and I'll glaze it myself next week!
Ok, more on knitting, the lush and lacy cardigan is still in progress. I almost finished the front, so 2 sleeves left...I am getting there! hehe
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Free Flickr Pro Account
Wow, I am so excited! I found out that if you have Rogers Hi-Speed internet service, you can get free Flickr Pro account! That's 24.95 US dolloar a year. So I went through all the steps and registered a new flickr account. Now, I really have to shoot more pictures, and try to improve my photography skills. No excuses anymore :P Here's a link to my flickr account.
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