Handmade Wallet again

My friend's daughter is cyclist and she's got few medals up her sleeves already

One day the mommy saw my wallet and asked if I have bicycle print

I said of course I do {see, this is why I need to buy certain fabrics}

After pulling out a bunch of fabrics to match, I came up with this one

I add a little hand embroidered monogram there

and since my previous wallet was taken by my dear sister 

I need to make one for my self

Finally I got to use my linen! 

I bought FQ bundles from Etsy few months ago

I'm quite happy with the result

I love to keep my debit and credit cards in the zipper pocket

I feel safer that way ^_*

I remember a friend recently complaining about her work 

she was not quite happy with her work

even though I told her, she's done very well

considering she just picked up sewing

Well, for me, HANDMADE should LOOK handmade

 all the imperfections will make it more special

Btw, did you notice the binding?

I just recently decided to learn to make a proper bias binding

I always thought it's tedious to cut diagonally and sewing all those strips together

I googled and found several tutorials 

but I love this tutorial on you tube

2 things you must REMEMBER while making bias binding 

1. spray starch your fabric before hand. This will help you while you run it through the bias maker. and since bias cut fabric tends to stretch, the starch will help you to control it.

2. Mark it properly 

And here's what I got 

So, when you're not in the mood to sew

why not trying this one

this surely save you a lot of time

Wallets available for custom order at CHEZVIES

Until then

Happy Sewing

Last bit of monsoon

or not really...

It's been raining continuously for the past few days

 It was hot and humid last week

 Well, I guess monsoon lingers a bit longer this time

Tomorrow the school will remain closed due to water logging in the city

Since half yearly exam is going on, I guess this is the best option

otherwise few students will have to miss the exam

So, what is your favorite during the monsoon?

Well, me...I love to sip homemade herbal tea. My current fave is rosemary and thyme.

and reading some good book

or browsing Pinterest for ideas

or watching funny K drama ^_^

yesterday I was looking for  Shabby Chic ideas

and found these

Love that simple floral quilt

I I watched  one like that in one of the K drama last week ❤

I love the green tone fabrics in this one and the pillow..oh so pretty!!

So, I pulled out few fabrics too yesterday

still thinking what should I make

I love some simple and more traditional quilt

I guess you must have noticed that too

it always takes me hours and maybe days to finally settle for one design or print

sometimes when I am in a hurry to finish

I always end up not very happy with the result :(

So this time, I'm taking my time 

Meanwhile, I just finished one wallet for a friend's daughter in Indonesia

I will post that tomorrow

Until then...

Happy Quilting