Ivory by SP

The shop's finally up!! Yay!! If you're looking around for some Xmas stocking stuffing, look here! Custom orders are welcome too! (^^,)

[Edit] Wanted to migrate ALL craft posts from Ivory Tower to My Other Life... duplicated them instead... From now onwards, craft posts would be crafted at My Other Life... so do check it out! :p

Prototype

A new cardholder that i completed this morning. This is the first item that i had calculated and wrote all the instructions on paper before started. But alas, it didn't turn out the way i planned... Dimensions need some tweaking.. and the clasp abit awkward.. Think the old design was better...

But it's the thought that counts! :)

Ivory's Production Line

Had took leave to study for jap test on Thursday. But ended up helping out at Ivory's Line instead. Setting up shoppe is more tedious than i imagined!

Sneak peaks!!!

Ivory's Purses

Migrated from My Other Life

Another Zippered Purse

Look what i just made!

Quilting by machine

Went for a free lesson that came with my machine. Managed to sew the cushion cover in 3 hours. Patchwork and quilting is soooo much easier on machine! Imagine that i haven't complete those hand-sewn assignments for my 8-week course!

The free lesson is only 2hours but thanks to the very nice instructor Helen who stayed back to let us finish whatever we were doing. :)


[Edit on 16 Nov] Changed the photo from yday cos it was too dark but it's still crap! i've realised that it's very diff to take craft photos!

iPurse

One little elephant went out to play~ :)

Ivory's Back!

SP's finally back to work! Been away from my sewing machine for quite a while. So made the following to warm up! :p

One could never be short of a nice drawstring bag!

Gotta start running thru my zippers!

Procrastinator

OMG!! i realised that patchwork is really TOUGH! Argh! Been procrastinating my homework and now doing a last minute ditch to complete it for the class tomorrow. Haiz... Only managed to finish cutting all the cloth...

You see patchwork is done by HAND! Unlike my usual sewing where i just need to step on my machine... And alot of time spent coordinating the colours. First, you need to decide on the pattern. Then u decide on the fabric to coordinate to form the patchwork. Then u need to cut out the template on some cardboard. Then use the template to draw the pattern on the fabrics so that you could cut it. Then cut the fabric. Then sew the pieces of fabrics together. See! its so labourious! Oh my oh my! Think i better hide in some corner tomorrow. hehe. Or maybe i wont appear that bad. Some of the class people wanted to do a blanket! *jaw drop* i wonder is that possible to accomplish in 8 weeks!? lol.

Patchwork & Quilting

Did you know that patchwork and quilting are different?? i didn't know that until i went for my first patchwork & quilting class last night. :) Found out by chance very last minute that there was a class at the cc near my house. So i ran down, made my payment just in time for it! hehe... Anyway, patchwork is sewing pieces of fabrics together to make a bigger piece whereas quilting is sewing a few layers of material together to make a quilt. Typically, you sew the patchwork first. Then combine the patchwork layer with two other layers by quilting to form the finished product (i.e. quilt). Now the quilt can be bedding (typically) or be made into other items as you wished.

We were give a patchwork pattern to sew into something. No prizes for what i'm making it into.... hehe... why, a bag of course! :p

IVORY by SP

After weeks of cracking my brains, my label is born!! Yay!! \(^^,)/ i have to give some credit to SH and WL for giving me some inspiration for the name.

Showcasing my very first products under the brand new label using my brand new machine, of course. :)

Clockwise (from front): Card holder, drawstring hp pouch (hp not included), zippered hp pouch. i really like how the label turns out!

Photo credits to WL as i had forgotten to bring them to the studio in my haste..

SH: i will give you your royalties next month on your birthday. :p

Brother BM2600

I've Finally Done it! i've bought my first serious sewing machine! but it is still in the box right now. Exhausted from lugging it all the way from Spotlight! Welcome to the family. :p

Caramel Corn

Saw two new limited flavours so brought them back in the eco-bag that i made yesterday. The green one is cream soda which is so far, the yuckiest flavour i had tried! (T_T). Hope the coffee float is nicer...

[Update on 25 Aug] My colleague SL very happily gave me a green package when she got to the office. "Here. i saw this at the petrol kiosk and got it for you!" "Argh!! it is the cream soda caramel corn!!" In the end, the green pack was deposited in another colleague's (also a SL) mini pantry while she is away on holiday. Hehe.

Rocking Horses

Finally got something done for myself amidst all the badminton and table tennis matches these two days. But the machine is a little cranky at times.

See the skipped stitches?? Made me unpick numerous times again... Is it time to upgrade?

Finally added a fastener to the bag

Still short of a label though... any suggestions for brand names?? Been cracking my head over this.

Inspiration!

i'm so happy that i have "inspired" SL to sew her very first bag!! (in preparation for handmade gifts for end of the year!) Hope i get a Xmas present too. Hint hint! (^^,)

Mission Accomplished

When will i finally make one for me??

But also did this too. Yay! My dear cushion can have a change of clothes! :)

My Loot (again!)

Oh no! i went fabric shopping again!! i have to make another bag (lots of birthdays this month! :p). As i had used almost all of my fabrics before, i decided to go look for more fabrics. To show my sincerity, the least i could do is to give my friends a special limited edition bag! And so here are more fabrics, just in case! (^^,)

It's all in a hard day's work

Nice things come in small packages. But small packages are the hardest to make! Finally used my much-loved pokka dot fabric but mummy said the colours not nice. (*sob sob* break my glass heart!) Next time i shall bring her when i go shop for fabric! humph!

Oh. i recycled one of my card-holders \/. Can you spot which of the above is it now??

Crafty Business

This is so CUTE! i didn't plan this when i first started on it but see how the stripes extend nicely to the handles. (^^,)v

i'm having two minds over giving this away. Decisions decisions! lol. :p

Tampopo (Revisited III)

Went to Tampopo as YZ thought that we might not want to go back to Cathay restaurant so soon. Had the layer tonkatsu set. Tender on the inside, crispy on the outside. Yummy. :) i was wondering what was inside the layered tonkatsu when i decided to dissect my food. It was thin layers of meat that look like bacon with lots of fat rolled up into the cutlet form! No wonder it is so tender. lol.

YZ's cake. it was supposed to be some strawberry cheese tiramisu?? Erm.. the only resemblance was just the cookies inside the cake. -_-"

The present! :)