Just by chance!

Yea, this is a product of an accidental discovery when browsing through Youtube videos for sewing projects. Canadian smocking is what the technique is called. I am so much in love with it. For starters a pretty table piece. Am sure am going to be smocking up lots more.

Step 1: A square piece of cloth. needle, thread, sequins/beads. Mark the grid.  

 Step 2: Sewing the flowers.












Step 3: Decorating with flowers.

Step 4: Adorning the bar table.

DIY: Table Mats

A week ago I was grounded at home because of cold and body pain. While I 'rested', I dug into my craft basket and the crafty side of my brain, and crafted out some really nice projects. Here's one of them. A simple technique and some simple materials gave me simple, pretty, economical table mats.

Earlier that week I had bought 4 yellow, 1 red and 1 orange felt sheets from a Euro store. Make sure they are the thick variety. Then I got some yellow thread, scissors and a needle from my sewing kit.

Using the yellow felt sheets as the base, I cut simple shapes from the red and orange sheets and then sew them on the base as in the pictures below. 

Nature's colour treat

Autumn is my favourite season. It's that time of the year when nature exhibits the most beautiful colours. Shades of red, orange, brown, maroon, yellow and green. Truly a visual treat in all its glory! That time of the year is back again. I guess it is nature's way of compensating for the sun's guest-like appearance and the gloom created by the haze, dark clouds and dropping temperatures and eventually naked branches.

I had gone for a walk recently when I picked up some leaves of different colours to decorate MIRAKEL, our home. Since I chose yellow and orange as the colour theme for this years autumn home decor, this collage suits perfectly. I'm simply following nature's law of compensation inside our home.