My recent handmade items

I have made a purse and a pouch so far, one is the black purse which I started sewing and added the designs along the way through. This black cotton fabric came from Thailand, my mum bought it for her dress and she gave me the leftover pieces.
I like the texture of the fabric, I sewn the tiny buttons to bright the colours up and used the linen bias to cover the zipper part.

I sewn the exterior purse first and then the same for the lining, I added a half inches width of the gusset to make the room for the purse.  At the top part, I finished off with the bias fabric tape and sewn the zipper on. I love to sew my purses this way,  I used a covered button to the end of zipper.

size is 5''  x  4 ''  x 0.50 ''

Wristlet pattern

I like elephant and always collect anything if there are images of this lovely animal on them. I saw this Fat Quarter size fabric from my favorite seller 6008rena (ebay) and bought it for a while.

I have got a purple zipper,a  leather wristlet, white and purple stripes fabric, after browsing on etsy and bought this pattern from link, I had a go.....

The flap is hiding credit card holders and a pouch on one side of the wristlet, it can carry mobile, car key, cosmetics, cash, receipts...... I like this kind of clutch/wristle that I just carry it to supermarket or post office.

I covered the button to brighten that flap up. The clutch is lined with iron on fusible fleece.

My elephant wristlet

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Shopping Light Wallet

Some day I just want to carry only credit cards, reward cards, credit card slips, lottery ticket !! to Super market. I found this easy, practical pattern from linkI like it after I have finished sewing the wallets.

I like this LONDON TOWN  fabric and I like linen so the combination is prefect for me today.
The heavy weight  exterior, interior fabrics and interfacing for medium weight fabric will give you the best wallet shape.

I bought this purse magnetic snap from Thailand, the snap is attached with the flower leather strip, on the flower there are tiny holes which I  hand sewn the sashiko thread on the wallet and it looks quite nice really.

I end up make 3 of them, one for myself and other two are listed on my Etsy shop and Folksy shop it did not take long but I am quite pleased with the result (^__^).

Mother's day gift

I designed this purse for Mother's day, my mum and my mother in law love linen and I am sure they will love it.?? I still have some more clip frames left, I have to sew the holes around the frame, my fingers are so tiring at the moment. I have never try to use the one that you can just put glue in, I am not good at messy stuff.

I used this good quality natural linen and lace which I always buy from 6008rena(ebay) I love her fabric and lace. I stitched these tiny ribbon roses (ready made) which I bought loads from craft market in Bangkok. They come in many colors, I visualised them on my handmade items and baby goods. The inner fabric is lightweight cotton with lovely flower pattern.

I made the purse a bit longer than coin purses so it can keep a cellphone, lipstick, credit card and bank notes.
I have listed it on my shop at folksy  www.folksy.com/shops/zunathi

These tiny ribbon roses can find at www.folksy.com/shops/crazycraft

I made my handmade recycle paper bags to use myself and deliver the orders to my customers.

I am back sewing again

Athi woke me up with his cough, and want to work with computer (that what he said) in my bed. Good morning to me so I got my kits out, I bought this small clip frame kit from my favorite craft shop " PINN" in Bangkok, inside the pack, I got a clip frame, exterior and interior fabrics,fleece, pattern and instructions.

I hand sewn this purse, I did not follow the instructions but the result is okay, I like it.

The time consuming bit was to sew the purse opening parts to the purse frame, I did not use glue before I sew it.

My passion for zakka and hand sewing

I like to share my passion for hand sewing on my blog, it is the best relaxation for me. My son, athi is into sharks, after reading him bed time stories about this creature nights after nights, I have this design in my head so I transferred  to the fabric. The outer is linen and the blue stripe is cotton, I put a blue zipper to make a purse and stitched and embroidered.  I hand sewn seam with backstitch to make it strong, 
Athi names him Gilbert and he asked me to make him a cushion for his playroom, that is my next task!!

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Gilbert is 10 cm x 10 cm, he is friendly and always smiles. With the help of Gilbert, my coins are safe.

Look inside his mouth !!!