Winners!

Oh my goodness!!
I can't believe how many people participated
in the little giveaway event I threw! Thanks a lot
for total 115 people (wow!) who took their time to
look through all my Japanese fabric pictures
and gave a shot for it.

My school started this last Monday, and I went to
some crazy classes where literally 50 people
were standing in class trying to add the class.
I was one of those 50. A instructor did a lottery
and only 20% of those people actually got to
enroll in the class. Other 80%, sorry, take it
next semester. I was one of those 80%.

I felt really bad to have to say sorry for 98%
of you who are all excited for possible winning
of Japanese fabric which isn't attainable.

One day, if I ever become super rich, I'll spend
an entire month in Japan just for fabric shopping
and do a huge giveaway on this blog. One day...!!


Ok, so here are all the entrees in the bag.
I let Joe shake the bag and pick 3 winners.


The first winner is....




Dawn! Congratulations!




The second winner Joe picked is..

loves2experiment! Congratulations!





The third winner is......??




Joanna! Woo hoo! Congratulations to the 3 winners!
Please e-mail me your mailing address so that I can
mail the Japanese fabric package right away!

Thanks again for all of you who participated again!
And thanks a million for those of you who gave me
sweet comments on my jetlug and homesick issue.
Some of you really almost made me teary.
I sure love who come to visit my blog!!!!!!!
I'm feeling a lot better now that I'm over the jetlug!




Time to look at what others are making?

Fabric Baskets by Darlene

Fabric Basket by Jamie

Fabric Basket by Susan

Fabric Basket by Lorraine

Fabric Basket by "T"

Fabric Basket by Passionate Quilter

Fabric Basket by Sandra

Fabric Basket by Mar

Fabric Basket by Michelle

Fabric Basket by Deb

Fabric Basket by Maree

Fabric Basket by Kristi

Fabric Basket by Indigo Blue

Fabric Basket by Molly

Fabric Basket by Rachel

Fabric Basket by Erika


Thanks so much for creating beautiful baskets and
sharing them online. So much fun looking what you've made!

So, I created this flickr group:
Made it Based on Pink Penguin's Tutes!
Feel free to join this group, if you have a
flickr account and send your creation to the
pool. This way, it's easy for all of us to
find what others are making using my tutes!


Thanks for reading!

Reversible Patchwork Drawstring Bag

So glad I finally got to work with my sewing machine,
have this relaxing time to post, and say hi to you guys.
Sorry if I have disappointed any of you by not posting
in so long, but I was having a tough time trying to
get used to my new schedule here.

After going through all the crazy registering thing,
I made a decision to take 7 classes this semester.
The most classes I've taken in a semester in the past
is 4... Yes, I know it will be busy and crazy at times.
I don't know how much time I will be able to allocate
for my crafting and blogging (which I enjoy a ton), but
hopefully I'll get better at time management and
come here to say hi every once a while!
I just LOVE communicating with crafting people here!!!




Oh so this is what I finished this morning (and now in my shop.)
I kinda wanted to work on something I am used to
and can be done very quickly. I missed making the
patchwork bag that I gave for my sister, so I
decided to make a similar one.



Piecing square patchworks is a lot of fun!
I used the same 16 kinds of fabric for the back and front
surface, but it gives a little different impression
depending on how they are arranged. Don't you think?
Most of them come from my fabric shopping trip in Japan,
and some of the others are vintage fabric that I adore.



I realized while working in process...
"Hey, isn't it going to be a reversible bag..?"
and yes it did come out reversible! Woo hoo!
Maybe next tutorial?..hmm...



By the way, thanks so much for joining this flickr group!
I smile looking at cute fabric baskets being next to
each other. If you've made anything based on my three
sewing tutorials, please feel absolutely free to join
and share your creations there!!

I have a lot of links to beautiful fabric baskets again today.


Fabric Basket by Barbara

Fabric Basket by Wendy

Fabric Basket by the demanding doll

Fabric Basket by Knitter's Haven

Fabric Basket by Joanna

Fabric Basket by Happysquirrel

Fabric Basket by Sherri

Fabric Basket by Cybele's patch

Fabric Baskets by Nancy and her friends

Fabric Basket by Tozz

Fabric Basket By Amy

Fabric Basket by Julz

Fabric Basket by quilting canuck

Fabric Basket by Karen

Fabric Basket by Jo

Fabric Basket by Cinnamon Stitched Primitives

Thanks a lot for making fabulous fabrics and sharing!


Thanks for reading!

Tutorial: Fabric Basket

Thanks for those of you who asked for a tutorial on the fabric basket project I updated yesterday! This is gonna be my second tutorial on my this blog. If anything isn't clear, feel free to leave me a comment and ask me for help. Remember that all seam allowances are 1/4" throughout the process, and seam allowances are included in all the fabric pieces used in this tutorial. ::Materials needed:: Fabric: Natural Linen: 1/4 yard for Basket Exterior and Handles Pink Polka Dots Print: 1/8 yard for Basket Exterior Pink Geometric Print: 1/8 yard for Basket Exterior Flower Print: 1/8 yard for Basket Exterior Green Rabbit Print: 1/2 yard for Lining Other Materials: Fleece Batting: 1/2 yard First of all, cut out 2" squares from 3 different kinds of fabrics: 8 squares from each. (1/4" seam allowance is included, so your finished square will be a 1 1/2" square) Sew together two squares, making sure those two are different fabrics. I made equal amounts for each set like in the picture: 4 for each set. Press seams in one direction in the way that it isn't on top of each other. Now Sew together pieces to create 2 6x2 patchwork layer. When 2 layers are completed, press seam open like this. It should look like this when you flip them over.When the same fabrics are not next to each other like this, it might look a little interesting. Sew the patchwork layers to a 6"x9 1/2" piece of linen fabric. Place a fleece batting underneath it. Fleece batting is stable and great for this purpose. Make it a little bigger than the top layer. Pin the layers and sew along the line that separates the patchwork part and the linen part. Repeat this for the other side too. Machine baste the both edge. Cut off the excess batting. Fold it in half right sides together and sew the two edges like this. Box corners (this link is helpful). Sew the line: along the seam from the pointy end to the needle it is 1 3/4". Repeat this for the other corner too. Trim excess. Let us move on to making handles. Cut out 2 - 2"x10 1/2" pieces of fabrics. Sew them right sides together and press seam open. Fold each side to the middle just like when you make a bias tape. Fold in half and sew the edges like this. Cut in half. Now you have two handles. Sew the handles to the main basket. Now let's make a basket lining. Fold in half a 12"x9 1/4" piece of fabric right sides together and sew the two edges, leaving a lining opening(about 2"). Do the same as you did for the main basket. Sew outer basket and lining together. Turn the basket right side out through lining opening and pin like this. Sew the top part of the basket. Hand-stitch opening closed. Now your fabric basket is complete! Yeah!! I would love to hear what you think of this tutorial and if you make it, let me know! Thanks for your time to stop by this blog and reading my posting!;) Edited to add: - All my tutorials are for personal use only. Thanks for understanding! - Now this tutorial is available in a PDF format (so that you can finally print it out!) Edited to Add: This fabric basket measures approximately 5 1/4"(width) X 3 1/2"(height excluding handles) X 4"(depth). I have had many people who made it a little larger. To make a basket that is approcimately 7 7/8" wide, 5 1/2" high, and 6" deep, I would cut out pieces as follows: Each square patch: 3" x 3", linen (the bottom part) 9" x 15 1/2", box corner 2 5/8", handles 3" x 15 3/4", linear fabric 18" x 15 1/2." Share|