Half Moon shape BAG

One hot sunny day came after a big rain the day before. I went to centro and had a look around with my NEW modified Charlie bag. Pretty huge isn't it.. Like it!!

Super star wannabe..Aha!

The whole look of d bag... Half moon shape.

Scottish mini skirt

This skirt I made from a leftover my mom in law one. Originally was a real scottish kilt with a real English wool. Too bad I don't have a picture of it before I refashioned it ;(

But It was only sufficient for the front panel, so the back part I cut from another fabric. Black, half velvet. The pattern from BWOF march 09. I modified though!

has two pockets on the side like the original pattern, skip the waistband so that the skirt fit on my hip. And make it short...short...short..

sorry for the image poor quality

Uova di pasqua

I thought the easter egg is only for under age, but hey I got one too so I wont envy those spoiled kids ...hahah... my father in law bought it for me. Cioccolato fondente (dark cocholate). I'll open it on sunday (easter) and get surprise by the "crapt" inside, which called "plastic-pathetic-gift". buona pasqua

yeaaaa.. its me just got up from my "beauty sleep" during d day ;)

One sunny day

first lizzard I saw on a spring day... cute isn't it

It was a lovely day, sunny, warm.. real spring after many windy days. We went to the park and stop by in Mc D for frappe. It was one horrible taste though. Guess what in d night I got diarea ;( But I was happy.

Cover me up "Faces" dress

Oh boy.. I'm happy now. I just finished my summery dress. How it is actually easy to make mommy bun happy ;). Total work around 2 days .... 5hours a day so 10 hours...ffiiuhhhh..

I use pattern bwof 09 for the top part and for the skirt (I like this one...flowing) part I trace from my "seducing skirt".. the one I used to use to seduced my husband with...ahahhahahha

The fabric is.... the "faces" motive... I'm so fallin with this one. Has so many faces from many cultures. Even Balinesse girl face!

Timeless

I wonder where is the time flying? Today I feel down so I thought I might have feel better if I sew. So I start to cut and sew and when I looked up at a time is 7 o'clock at night. Are u kidding me? Yesterday supposed to be 1st day of spring but It was super windy... collllldddd... Silly me I wore a thin coat coz I wanted to look good..yesterday was saturday night but then I get dusty when I visited my hubby in d flat so It was a total mistake. Catch cold n dusty on sat night. Great! Today fortunatelly is a sunny day. But what's the point sunny day outside but moody inside?

This dress is a result of a timeless... even poor me I don't have anyone to help me to take a picture

from BWOF!

Borneo printed bag

Hopi play inside mommybun's bag... can u see there is a printed Kalimantan map on it??!!

Weekend start today so I thought let me put my hand on sewing machine... and 40 minutes later i finished the unfinish-bag. The shoulder strap I bought in Leroy Marlin (1.60 euro/mtr). I struggle a bit on a circle side part... basically its a rectangle.. fold it make a tube..close the side part with round cut fabric. Insert zipper for opening.No pattern used.

Dreams

Dream..dream...dreammmmmsss... For the last few days I'm dreaming of baking cakes ... I know why coz after that cheese pound cake tragedy I still curious with the recipe and want to taim it. The other dream was making clothes. This one I think its just very natural to me for having such dream... I will make them real...soonerrrrr....

Lace Top

The skirt coming from my unwearable malissa which I took out the top part ..insert elastic and ta da ..turn out to be swingy adoreable skirt. Love it though! The fabric has so many tiny holes..cute... see through

you see... many holes

The black top I made from elastic lace.... transparant...also cute. I follow basic pattern Lidya after i altered. It is just like a shirt. Without zipper nor buttons... I'm so happy. I wore this combination on Indonesian meeting... which lately I find it a bit boring. I just cant go along with them...hehehehe.. This meeting every once a month is basically stuff urself with food... and "please enjoy yourself" or join the "boring" club!

oh whatever.. I think everybody has a right to entertaint themself anyhow. Right?!

Cheese Pound Cake tragedy!

I made this cake the other day for Indonesian meeting (arisan euy!).It was a disaster! the outside was hard and the inside (supposed to be soft n spongy) was uncooked properly. I wanted to cry... Huaaa..why!!??? I follow the instruction alright. And the worse was: i found out that the cake unproperly cook in the morning.

But then I remember I have this instant puff pastry and panna in the fridge. So I bake the plain pastry- filled it with panna mounted mix with cream cheese and garnished with jam. I saved!

puff pastry

NOTE: just have a thought, I tried to whisk the white eggs but i couldnt make it foamy. Might be the cause....

I use this recipe I found on the web (after alteration) : Ingredients : butter (250gr) /package cream cheese, softened (200gr) /sugar (500gr) /6 eggs (separated) /flour (750gr) /baking soda Directions : Preheat oven to 300°F/160 C /Cream butter, cream cheese and sugar together /Add eggs one at a time. /Add vanilla and then flour slowly. /Pour into a bundt pan or Tube pan. /Bake for 1 1/2 hours. /IMPORTANT: Do not try and rush by cooking faster in a hotter oven.

PS: If some cake tragedy like this happen to you.. dont throw away the cake! (I know.. I also get pissed off and intent to chuck 'em away). Instead..slices it thin and bake them again (in d oven or grill.. I grilled them though). They will turn into something like a biscotti /cookies. Taste lovely ;)

Treasure of mine

A pile of new fabric from London.. They came together with my husband hidden in the boot of the car. I treat them like my treasure...hhmmm we'll figure out what to make out of 'em. In d pic they dont look that adoreable... trust me they are lovely..huhuhuhu.. From lace to drappery.. from elastic to sturdy.... from jersey to velvet. My favorite at d moment is d one with so many faces printed.. a bit elastic aswell... good combination so I dont need to install zipper. And the red one on top is good for a "red carpet look"...huaaaaa

chocolate or flower?

Which one u would like to choose as a gift? chocolate or a flower? I would prefere a box of chocolate..the dark one! even that I dont eat sweet stuff that much anymore.. Many occassions here where u able to find every corner of the town full of chocolate (not for free though!).. with various kind of chocolate. dark.. milk... u named it!

Refashioned or recycle..whatever!

What would u do if u have a pile of unwearable stuff like me? cut ..re-sew and wear them I supposed..

the finished 3hours project (well..I need to have a pause for a cup of hot tea n muffin)... ready to wear

Vintage Flowery gown refashioned

the originall dress after I took out the sleeves.. u dont even want to bother urself to noticing I am so annoyed..annoyed... these days....HUAAAAA!!!!!I want to go on holiday!!! Then the only thing able to distract my mind is making things/sewing. So here I go again find some old stuff and this time will be my "winter night dress"....oww.. I used the basic pattern Lydia which you can find on Burdastyle.com (lazy to set the link).

do you happen to notice my bootie? and here it is my nightdress... I cut the pic coz..hmmm.. I guess I'm being funny these days ;(but I dont know weather I will really wearing it or not coz somehow it looks odd and old... tell me what do u think..?

Another clothes recycling

Too bad I dont have a picture of the original dress before I cut it to pieces...

I have a pile of unwearable clothes in my bedroom. Again..we need to do some action so that this useless pile turn to be usefull...eh.. at least for myself..Yay! I try to use other simple dress pattern but I thought... its not worth to trouble myself with that. So we decided to use my "favorite recycle pattern".

I look chubby here don't I?

Inspiring people's blog

I check people blog through burdastyle and most of them are inspiring. On the other hand I dont know how to spice up mine. I keep wondering how these people able to find their spare time during their real life. Lets say I am a full time wife.. sometimes I sew for someone and earn some euros sometimes I sew just to cheer myself up. Most of the time I cook... tide up when I feel like it.... sewing and browsing on the internet and when I realize its already time to sleep. So when is the time to take a picture and upload it to ur blog PLUS write some notes?! My husband say that the more u are busy the more you have time free on ur hand. HA!! show me how maybe..

MommyBun sewing corner

In this corner (indeed a restricted corner) I spend my everyday from browsing sewing and serging. The good thing is that nobody bother me nor the Tv sound. Lets hope I will create something that can be a HIP!

Faux fur fabric

these two are my favorite fabrics among the rest. I havent find any proper idea what to make out of them. Suggestions..anyone??

when its time to clean up!

I actually I dont mind much to clean up the house.Vaccum n Mop the floor since I dont feel like dealing with dust if I need to sweep 'em. but when it come to the bathroom..o boy.. if I can skip it I would. Usually I take a strong expresso first before put my hand on the them so that the coffe effect would help me to finish the job. Most of the time it work though. I dont suggest this to anyone (to much caffein can kill ur heart). But if its help..hmmm..why not ;)

comfy boots is hard to find

I've been wanting to buy a new comfortable boots for sometime so that I can walk and walk painlesslly and complainlessly. I found this pair in a shop before sale time and now they reduce the price like ten euro cheaper. Havent decide yet though! The other day in my Italian class I saw a girl with the same boots but in black. Looks comfy allright. What do u think?

Faux Fur coat

I think two days ago I finished this coat. Didnt really take much time this one. I struggle a bit with the Italian INstruction but in the end I thought...hah..just follow my intuition. In the meantime I also learned how to deal with furry stuff like this. The thing that bother me a lot was because the fur all over the place and there is no way but vaccum them rightaway. I Couldnt find the spare time to upload it till today. Too busy with facebook....hahahhahahahahhah.. what an excuse! So here we are... as you can see the lining (I must admit) well constucted ;). Complimenti Ritney!! sei brava....hahahhahahah like always. hey sayam... thanks for the fur!

TIRA-MI-SU (pull me up!!)

oh yes... I made Tiramisu today which consist of : 250gr mascarpone-3eggs yolk mix with 3 spoons sugar-3 white eggs beat them till rigid-a bit of liquoer n savoiardi (Italian biscuit)and last but not least black caffe. Just mix them all and refregerate.

Faux fur coat project thought!

It's been a few days I'm FREE from an annoying headache. I supposed to start my new project "a new winter coat". But what happen to me.. I just stare at them (fabric..pattern..scissor..MY SEWING MACHINE) without really doing it. This weekend I went back n forward to centro. To look for some inspiration...hahahahahaha... a bit shopping.. (how natural)...visit some friends... so In the end I feel so...ffiiuhh..

HeadAche is my middle name

Today.. I supposed to go to scuola Italiano but then I didnt feeling well..I didnt feel like going..oh boy! I noticed its been a few days I have this annoying headache. One moment on my left head..another moment..hhmmm.. whatever! I cant manage to wake up in the morning these days.. I wonder ..Am I so lazy??? I meant I start my day on mid day so I feel like I'm losing half of my day and without I realize I need to go to bed AGAIN and its past midnight. I bet its correct that I dont have a strong motivation to start my everyday. So what should I do? Might be good if I can wake up in Bali tomorrow morning...hahahahahahhahahah I wished!

SALE!

Oh yess.. they start the sale all over Italy. I went to centro today n bought 3 pairs of pants. I actually dont need them ..I meant I need them NOT..????!!! I supposed to look for some boots... the nice good looking n comfortable one...hahahahahah to much to ask! But I couldnt find one. So I wont return home without something..correct?! ow guess what.. they charge 8euro/pair if you want to shortening your pants. Well at least with me I charge 5euro and I give discount aswell...heheheheheheh.. and I'm friendly ^^

Mail from Burda

Burdastyle they often surprise me! Today they drop me mail offered if I'd like my creation picture to be on their pamphlet... I dont know what to say.. I'm flattered ..maybe??but anyway.. I sent them the pictures. It is up to their concern. Thanks burdastyle

Desperate Housewives season 5

I check the sneak peek on u tube. Gabrielle happened to have 2 chubby daughters... Bree become a career woman instead of perfect housewife like she used to be... hmmm.. who knows whats gonna happen to me five years later...

Clothes Recycle

I prefer to do some sewing with this antique singer I have. This one came along the way from London. To meet the new sewer which is ...ME..

Today I am going to do some recycling. I got this old clothes from somewhere. So I cut them out and trace them with a pattern. This way the old clothes can still has a life.. But not long after that... I decide to vacum the house instead. Guess what ..after I watched "desperate housewives" on you tube.. I feel like clean up..hahahahhahahahahah.. Now I really need to get some shower.. but I wonder weather I should watch something first to get the inspiration ...???? maybe..

And this is the result ^^ Not bad really regarding its a left over..

Dog and Coat and Paris

I took this picture from someone's shop somewhere in Paris. I think it is pretty cool..

It's a picture of the dining room from the house in Paris where I stayed for a week. It was tidy until we arrived and messed things up.

I went to Paris the other time was totally by chance! Silvia (my sister in law) she sent me the night train ticket from Bologna central and arrived straight to Paris. I thought It was quite easy.. Eventhough I held my pee al night coz I didnt want to leave my luggage un-guard in d compartment. I got so paranoia after heard many bad experience on d night train.

When I arrived ..Silvia already there. Things always been easy for me..mmmhh

She's been very nice to me.. She cooked fish in d oven for us.. she took me around.. she lent us d house... she was nice!

The thing that impressed me alot was Eiffel tower. It was just simply a masterpiece. I also went to Montmarte for fabric shopping but I didnt buy many.

It was cold in Paris on November. On our back home to Bologna... the toll road side was cover by snow.. all white... Car windscreen was frozen.. We didnt stop. INdeed we knock out n had a nap inside d frozen car... It was alright.

I was happy.

Shapeless PIZZA

When I dont know what to do for meal... Most of the time I end up in making Pizza. Just mix 500gr flavour-125ml warm Milk-1/2 cube of Lievito di birra-olive oil and start to work with your hand and strength... And put anything you prefer for the topping...ta da..

NEW YEARS EVE 2009

In Italy they call it "cappodano" I am not sure how it supposed to write. With double P or double N...????? Anyway.. I spent my new years eve Together with my GF from Indonesia and her family at their home in Milan (Apparantely she is going to move to Indonesia so its a bit like a farewell party aswell ). Some adults and kids... kids.. they are like a little monster that only able to SCREAMMMM and CRRRRYYYYYYY so LOOUUUDDDDDD!!! Now I am back in Bologna. Happy new year 2009 and I just dont know where to start but hey... what do I care. I am going to think and live right now without need to concern so much for the future... (promise!) I made torta di riso. Become my speciality so far :). My GF she cook a lot like usuall... everybody bring their own food.... faces I've never seen before. oh..this is how to make torta di riso.. and you dont need to be a real Bolognese to know how to make' em : 100gr rice- 1 liter of milk- bring' em to boil for 10minutes. Wait till cool or just leave the pot outside the window in case of winter. Mix with 3 eggs-canditi-mandorle/almond-amaretti or whatever you prefer. Bake for an hour till looks dark. Easy peasy! Note: pic coming

Christmas Cookies

always the same problem everytime christmas is coming. I dont know what I can give to family..neighbour..friends... nightmare! In the end I decided to bake some cookies I used to bake in Indonesia when some occassion like this arise. I set them inside plastic container and put a ribbon. Un pensiero like they call it! My cookies came out from the oven without burn and everybody's happy...(I hope though)

RITNEY made in Italy

I made these hairband and put my own label. No ones birthday... christmas passed... just out of the blue. I think its lovely... my label I meant! I print it out myself yesterday... maybe I supposed to sell it and make some euros?????!!!!

Wrist Pin cushion

Lately I feel like doing hand crafting. I check on someone's blog about making a wrist pin cushion. Which is so usefull and cute. Everytime I need pins it is just on my wrist. because of the flower shape and pins attach to it- My husband call it "voodoo flower" hahahhahahahahha.. well named.

Burda dress for Natale

It wasnt need to be so difficult to assemble this dress. The instruction is there and I just need to follow... if its only written in English. Oh yes this one comes from burda Italia. But its done anyway. I went to a family christmas party with that. Likely its synthetic so keeps me warm allright.

Winter Coat

I am doing this first time winter coat. this is great. The fabric was about to end up for cushions. but I manage to save it....^^ I might have been possesed by seamstress ghost coz during the construction was a pleasure... For the first time I wore this coat on a trip to Louvre Paris. That time I havent put proper lining inside. I Only put knit fabric underneath d coat for the warmth purpose. It was unapropriate fabric for lining which supposed to be slippery material so u can easily put it in and out.