NNC Wish List Exchange

Yesterday, I mailed the reversible tote bag to Margaret. It's pink on one side and the reverse is blue! This is my second exchange on NNC, the first being the pincushion! I have finished my obligations, but have a number of WIP to complete - namely:

1. Fairies x-stitch from Marie Barber's book

2. Tulip quilt

3. Ripple crochet

Then it will be Bouquet for Cheryl a challenge thrown by BJ of NNC and distributed of Carrie's thread. It's her way to promote Carrie's thread in this region and we purchase 5 skeins of CT and stitch the Bouquet by 31st December 2007. If and when we finish the project by that date BJ will give us 5 skeins of CT free of charge. I have already placed my order - I'm going to stitch it using Joy Noel (a multi-colour variegated in shades of christmasy colours, namely green, red, gold, etc). Besides this, I have also ordered a skein each of Fall Splendour, Purple Pansy, Over the Rainbow, Lagoon Green and Lumiere de Cheryl. Each skein costs RM4.00. I hope I can complete this challenge on time!

Bookfest & Amigurumi

Went to KL with Michele last weekend particularly to attend the Popular's Bookfest. Didn't buy much at the fest as the books and things were not what we were looking for! However, we did go to Kinokuniya (Japanese section) and we found what we looking for! We spent RM360+ there and my CC bill will increase again *sob*.

I found the Amigurumi Collection book volume 5 and the turtle which I made from it. Isn't he cute? Anyway, he will be going to another home soon - to June who will be celebrating her birthday on 11th June! Turtle will be a companion to her hippo!

There was a heavy downpour in KL when we were about to go to Puduraya to catch our bus. Barely managed to reach it with one umbrella! There were many people at Puduraya as most buses were delayed due to the rain. Our bus (6.30pm) was delayed, but we managed to get on the 6pm one, but which left Puduraya at 7.00pm. As we reached the Jalan Duta toll, there was a long queue as the road after the toll was flooded - there was a huge jam. Fortunately, our bus was just at the entrance to the toll and managed to do a reverse and go by another way i.e. via Jalan Kuching which was almost slightly jammed. By the time we reached Rawang, it was 8.30pm and we arrived Ipoh at 10.15pm+!

Boxy Lady, done!

Phew! At last completed the Boxy Lady - 22 days late from dateline 31st March 2007! The heart-shaped box is part of a set which I bought about 2 weeks ago. The x-stitch design is from BHG: 2001 Cross-stitch Designs which I bought from MPH Midvalley last year. It is stitched on 14ct aida using a hand-dyed thread (cranberry red) given to me by June. The design has french knots, but I substituted it with tiny green beads!

I lined by box with furnishing fabric given by Emily. Since the fabric is pretty thick, didn't need to use interfacing. The cover is edged with a braid.

Am thinking of doing up the hexagan-shaped box (small) too when I've found a suitable design!

Ripple

Usha and I started to crochet the ripple pattern and encourage each other along the way. This my progress so far (pic shows ripple at 60th row). I'm now at the 80th row.

I found these

After having breakfast last Sat, I went to the shop across from the kopitiam to look-see what they are selling. On the outside it looked like a gift shop with a Japanese name 'Ichiban' which number one. When I stepped inside, lo and behold, I found these containers!

The red boxes have a lot of potential for Boxy Lady a project being organized at NNC. As tomorrow is a public holiday, I intend to complete this project using one of the heart-shaped boxes!

The blue hexagon container is good to keep my sewing notions while stitching! It's made of brocade like material with two different designs and I suspect it comes from China even though I paid RM12 for it, I consider it a worthwhile buy! *grin*