Living with Sarah

It's going to be quiet weekend. Anak comel won't be coming back. Next week dia ada 3 mid-term papers. Kena stay dan study lah. But then she called this afternoon for a chit chat and said she'll be going to Jonker's Street with her friends. OK lah, not too far. Kalau dah stay Melaka tak pergi Jonker's Street kira macam tak duduk Melaka lah kan! I finished making 2 palazzo pants these few days. One I make for my CBF mate Rahani. The one she ordered katanya ketat sikit kat waist. Kena wiggle sikit nak pakai or take off. Alamak, that's the second feedback I got for that exact same pattern. Bila check measurement macam betul. Pelik lah pulak. Maybe I should draw another one for that particular pattern. Something must be wrong somewhere... I made a new pants for her saja-saja. Tapi belum dapat bagi lagi sebab tak jumpa. I also made one for my niece. Also using the same pattern. Sebab beza 1 inci saja. Hopefully she likes this. Now starting on a 2nd pair for anot...

My sewing machine has proven to be such an excellent investment. I started with Brothers machine which I later sold to my niece, Atie. (She has since started making custom make bed sheets.) I then upgraded a little bit to Singer Confidence which I bought used from my second sister. I keep track of every single item I bought which I use for my sewing projects. Even buttons and threads. Alhamdulillah, last April I broke even and since then have started to make profit. Not much yet, still... Anyway, I completed the two palazzos ordered by fellow CBF.  Completed this palazzo pants for Coach Aqish. Looks quite nice bila dah jadi.  Another one for Rahani. Lipat cantik-cantik, sekali dengan free gift - bookmarks. Now tengah tak ada kerja. Semoga adalah orders baru masuk. Meantime, Hubbs order one pants untuk dia pakai around the house. Alang-alang nak potong kain, maybe I can make myself one pair of palazzo. Kena gali my stash of materials dalam box! Dah lama Hu...

To date I've completed 133 CVL pouches. At first, I thought of stopping. Cukuplah kan. Then I remembered that I have to update my friend Yatt that the batik she wanted to make palazzo pants has been sold to someone else. Sebab dia lambat sangat confirm. She then chose 2 other available batiks dengan ucapan - "aku bayar terus nanti orang lain ambik!" 😂. I then asked whether she's interested to contribute to my project and she willingly sponsored 10. Alang-alang, I asked another friend and now I have about 50 to go! Alhamdulillah. Such generous friends. Semoga semua yang contribute to my project dipermudahkan segala urusan, diberi kesihatan yang baik, panjang umur, murah rezeki dan selamat dunia akhirat. Aminnn... So I bought another cute cotton material for the project. That brown polka dots tu ialah kain untuk buat sarung cushion. Very nice material. Entah bila agaknya boleh jahit! I actually planned to take anak comel for an adventure this week. But she was ...

Little dress, calendar and mangoes. No relation whatsoever. I made another little red dress. A bit like the one I made previously but using a different pattern. Verdict - this is slightly easier to make. But I have not "mastered" gathering the skirt. Mainly because I don't have a serger. Bila jahit guna french seam style, the joint is not so smooth sebab jahit 2 kali. Still cute nonetheless 😍! Now that I've made 2 dresses, I basically know how the pattern works. So I have amended the pattern a bit. Instead of separate skirt, I joined the bodice and the skirt. Just like an A-line dress. Let's see how this one turns out! Fabric tu? Itu extra fabric seluar yang I buat untuk Hubbs 😅! I spent last weekend looking for a desk calendar. Pergi kedai buku dan Borders, tak jumpa. I know it's a bit too late to look for one. It's already mid-January. Selalunya I dapat calendar daripada Pusat Zakat Wilayah. Tapi memandangkan tahun lepas I tak layak bayar...

Setelah 2 hari berhempas-pulas, beg untuk baby stroller tu pun siap... Sebenarnya boleh awal lagi tapi entah kenapa mengong sikit kepala salah calculation dan salah potong kain untuk bahagian atas drawstring tu. Dua kali pulak tu! Adeh... bukan apa, ini first time buat beg yang tepi macam box. Tu yang lupa kira sekali bahagian tepi tu 😅. Tak apa... kain lebih tu nanti boleh sambung buat tote bags.  Ini lining nya  Akhirnya siap! Tinggal nak masukkan string. End product. Size 50cm x 50cm x 25cm. Boleh kot masuk baby stroller. Itu size yang customer bagi. Lepas ni nak jahit seluar sendiri pulak. Pinggang dah ramping sikit ni 😉 seluar I banyak dah longgar. Maybe lepas tu boleh try buat blouse yang dah lama janji nak buat untuk anak comel. Steps wise... I managed to get the last star for this month's challenge. Lagi 4 hari ni kena try complete the challenge 💪.  One star tak dapat. Ini semalam. Hubbs dah complete challenge. I masih terhegeh-hegeh lag...

Cepatnya masa berlalu. Dah masuk November. Lately life sangat mundane dan boring. Cerita yang sama saja... Anyway, I've finished Nazri's orders. Took a very long time to finish! Alhamdulillah... seronok rasa orders dah selamat diserahkan. Now nak start buat pants untuk Hubbs pulak. The final piece. I told Nazri - Thanks for giving me a reason to try sewing tops! Lepas ni rasa macam boleh dah buat proper blouse. Pattern untuk Hubbs dah siap. Nak start potong kain. I sebenarnya tak sure the same method boleh guna untuk buat seluar lelaki atau tidak. Nak experiment. Happy birthday to beloved cucu sedara Muhammad Ilham. That little rascal turned 1 on 2nd November. Dapat invitation untuk join gateway ke Melaka celebrate birthday tapi timing tak berapa kena pulak. Adehh... skema nya rambut! Hahaha... he is so adorable. Tok Teh, Nek Teh dan Mak Long Aliyah bagi dia hadiah ni. Hehehe... biar dia bergusti dengan makhluk ni 😁! The three of us went to PICC lunch b...

I finished the Avocado challenge today. One day earlier. Itu pun take own sweet time di samping lama tak jog. Bukan apa, bulan ni ada 31 hari, boleh mengelat sikit 😅.  Yeayy... berjaya! Now swimming in the sea. Hari ni class CBF terakhir untuk bulan ni. Sebenarnya badan sakit sejak workout Khamis lepas. Specifically sakit belakang kat pinggang. Adooiii... nak tunduk punyalah sakit. Satu badan rasa kejang je. Terjumpa satu video kat IG pasal workout untuk orang yang sakit belakang. Apparently, ada certain workouts tu orang yang pernah sakit belakang macam I tak boleh buat. One of them is reverse crunch which was what I did last week. I pernah kena macam slip disc zaman uruskan my mother dulu. Punyalah lama nak hilang sakit tu. Berbulan-bulan. Bila sakit tu datang balik, rasa memang tak boleh nak continue class CBF kot. Sedih wooo... But then, badan I ni macam tau-tau je hari ni ada class. Boleh pulak pagi tadi rasa OK. Terus kurang sakit kat pinggang tu. Masa k...

My little family spent the weekend walking. Very long walks. At malls 😁. I consider the walks as exercise because they added up to more than 10,000 steps per day. Bukan apa, anak comel's birthday is coming up next Friday, but then she'll be attending this SPM camp from Friday till Sunday at school. So, there won't be a celebration for her. That's why we spent the weekend getting her birthday present and just chilling out. Yesterday we went to MyTown and spent almost the whole day there! I got her to pick her own stuff at Bath & Body Works. She then bought a pair of jeans using her own money. Punyalah persistent tak nak guna allocation Abah dia sebab dia nak something else which obviously costs more 😅. As usual naik MRT. Mata sedikit bengkak sebab awal lagi! Hari ni ke IOI City Mall pulak untuk survey the present she wanted her Abah to get her. Then a short stop at Alamanda sebab benda tu tak jumpa pulak di IOI City Mall. Bila dah decide on the item, we had...

I'm feeling much better today. Tetap berdoa semoga urusan dipermudahkan. Tapi hati manusia ni lain. Kita ni elakkan sangat buat benda yang Allah murka, tapi ada orang rasa benda tu biasa saja. Tak apalah. Redha. Serah pada Allah. Dengan semangat waja, hari ni awal pagi dah keluar jogging. Pusing retention pond saja. Agak ramai kat sana pagi tadi. Bagus sebenarnya jogging kat situ. Tak ada asap kenderaan. This is worthy to be noted. 46mins today! Waaahhh... akak suka, akak suka 😎. And I'm back on track! Ceeewahh! As usual, lepas bakar lemak kita ganti dengan lemak baru 👍. I'm half way through with the tote bag. Nampak macam OK.  Experiment menjadi 💪. Dan sambil-sambil buat tote bag, dapat pulak idea nak buat skirt for my workouts. Selalu pergi Sports Direct memang belek-belek tennis skirt tapi harga macam mahal lah pulak. Ingat nak pakai masa pergi kelas untuk tutup sikit my Reebok workout pants. Lagi dua yang I ada memang I beli yang skirt pan...

Tomorrow is Hari Malaysia. So, Monday is a holiday. Bulan ni memang bulan cuti. Hubbs switched his leave. He worked on Wednesday and took the rest of the week off. Itulah sebab steps challenge I dah jauh ketinggalan! I also missed the 100k badge. These few days hati tak berapa best sebab problem dengan office tenancy tu. Nak pergi jogging pun malas. After a few sleepless nights, today I finally made peace with myself. Lepas buat solat taubat, I'm leaving everything to Allah swt. Perancangan DIA tentunya lebih baik. Kalau I susah sekarang, Insyaallah kesenangan akan datang nanti. Susah disebabkan oleh orang lain itu namanya dianiaya. Dan doa orang yang dianiaya Insyaallah makbul. Anyway, jogging petang tadi berjaya buat hati rasa OK sikit 😎   Alhamdulillah these few days rezeki murah. Walaupun belum pick up barang dia, I got payment for the palazzo and pajamas from Nazri. Macam tau-tau je I tengah pokai 😁. I also finished making the lunch bag. Pun dah dapat payment t...