All is well

because my baby is 1 today !! 
Dear Baby D
Happy Birthday sweetie
May Allah bless your life with eiman and may you grow up to be just like mummy :p (no, not really ) better than mummy
love you always and forever, yours Mamati xxx
So I have to make more organizers off i went fabric shopping [...]

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My challange

This year i have challanged my self.
The challange is when an occasion comes up and one has to give presents, instead of going to buy one i shall make one. What is the use of knowing how to sew and not using that skill to make something unique?
My friend just gave birth to a baby [...]

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Dress no 2 – Complete

 Yesterday was my sewing class i sewed on a different machine than usual, and wow what a difference a good machine makes. The one i used previously would always trip, was very slow and the stitiches were not neat.
Anyhow i completed my second dress and this time i used fabric from Alexander Henry  called Juicy stripes.
I made [...]

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Sleeves

I went to sewing class but i really thought that the class was going to be canceled due to the heavy rains last night. The girls are much better, slept through the rain.I started making the second dress its nearly finished only the sleeves left.
Sleeves are a bit tricky to sew so i I searched online and [...]

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My bad

My bad for not blogging for couple of days. My eldest daughter was not well, she had and still has a very bad cough, she is under medication and the thing is it doesnt seem to be getting any better.
This past week i didnt attend 2 sewing classes because i had to stay home and [...]

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Project Runway: are you IN or OUT?

When my sisters in law found out that i am into sewing, they introduced me to Project Runway.

Picture taken from Pop Curnch
Do any of you watch it?
I do and i love it, i am really not into fashion designing as such but i really love the thrill, passion and creativity this show brings. I am currently [...]

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My Girls

Not much happening with me at the moment, my husband is out of town and i miss him terribly. However i think our youngest baby D misses him the most. She is going to turn one at the end of the month.
 She simply adores her father, each time the phone rings, or someone opens the [...]

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Memories of craftiness

My mum was cleaning her cupboards at home when she came across some crafty things i did when i was younger.
I did these when i was on summer holiday in the south of France. I remember my mum would sew and for some  odd reason  i was not interested (maybe back then i thought it was [...]

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Sew many things

You wont believe this but i still have more organizers to sew. It seems that a  lot of women in Oman need thier bags organized lol. I actually enjoy it but i dont get to sew anything else. I did manage to hem some curtains but there isnt much sewing involved.
I have so many things [...]

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More purse organizers

It has been a busy sewing weekend. I sewed 3 purse organziers from my sisters in law.
I hope they like them…

Craft Room update
Yesterday the shelves got fixed to the wall (although i have nothing to put on them yet lol), the glass doors were fixed to the cupboard ( i put away all my fabrics) so [...]

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