Sunday happy Sunday ...

Sunday afternoon usually we drove around Vaud area, today we wanted to find that address for our next rendez-vous with a Kitchen (interior) company. After we knew where it situated, we usually visit our future apartment, but today we decided to get some ice creams in our fave ice cream parlor in Nyon, which is close to a boutique that I really wanted to visit.

The boutique owned (and/or taken care by) a woman, a bag designer-maker that I talked on the phone couple of months ago. I saw her creations at Globus department store here in Geneva, and I fell in love with her works. Her bags were carefully neatly made by hand, and she really have a wonderful handmade pieces. I promised to visit her one day, and that day is today!.

The shop was open on 1st Sunday of the month (not every Sunday shops are open here in Swiss), so I was very lucky that the shop was open and she was there in person! what a lovely coincidence as we wanted only to buy ice cream at first .. and turned out we bought ice creams and two of her handmade bags!! .. I don't go to Nyon everyday, I don't buy bags everyday either .. (that's my excuse) .. hehe .. and I'm not regretting following my instant temptation to buy them, as we talked about our activities, exhibitions and .. why not a collaborations! as she said "on peut faire quelque choses ensemble" .. oh, oui, madame, pourquoi pas .. in fact I'll be very happy to collaborate with such a talented, skillful, creative and kind woman like her ...

Once again, I feel God's hand guided me to meet her .. God's help that moved her heart to be so kind to me today. I'm looking forward for our next meeting .. and our future collaboration.

HERE'S MY SKIRTS AND HER BAGS TOGETHER

Warming Up!

The weather is getting warmer this week. Seems like summer is getting closer at last. After a "forgotten" spring :) I'm also warming up my works. I have to finish some orders, I know, but I just playing around to make some accessories like bags, sunglasses case, etc. I just not feel ready for a sewing marathon completing all orders in a month! .. why a month? because in summer holiday I already have plans, I'll take a summer course in Esmod Paris. August husband will go back to work and the kids are still on school holiday until end of August.

So I wanted to take some times to breath, to stretch my hand and legs, to enjoy the weather, to have a breakfast for two with my beloved husband each day in June!, enjoy driving around together with him, having lunch with him, discuss so many things ... bref, juste pour s'amuser quoi! ...

But I promise, I will go back to work in Monday, I will start to make pieces of clothes that people have ordered and have been waiting ;-)

Ciao!

Bon weekend :-)

"Stop using plastic bags, use - Petits Pas - bags!" :D

I'm still making stocks for the fair. Oh, .. the last picture of these bags (in fuchsia batik) is already SOLD to a friend who bought it for a gift for her "god daughter" in Switzerland. Since I live in Geneva, she thought she better order it from me .. yeah, lucky me .. :)

The story is like this, my friend (I've known her since junior high school) is currently on a business trip to the US, she's in San Jose at the moment, but when she saw the bag I posted in my Facebook timeline and she remembered that my husband's birthday is exactly the same day as her god daughter, she contacted me through fb inbox and ordered my bag as a gift, together with a matching shawl I've made using stretch velvet and the same fuchsia batik print as the bag.

Well, well, well .. it's a simple bag actually. The pattern I got from last year's edition of Coudre magazine, and people loved it. It's practical and could carry your shopping bits without using plastic bags. It's washable, re-usable and environmentally friendly .. PLUS it's unique and looks good on you :) .. you can have any color and pattern you like and match it with other accessories, or your outfit! :)

Musical bag

Last night, I was just listening to a music from a local radio and thinking to make use of these cute fabrics I have, I thought I'd like to make them into a bag or something useful for an active teen who like music .. (ahem, you know who she is?) .. well, here what she asked me:

--last night: 
"my bag must be ready in the morning, mom" ... 
[me] *sigh*, mom also need a sleep, ma belle ..
 
 --this morning: "have you finished my bag, mom?" .. 
[me] gosh, could mom at least eat breakfast first? ...
 

but anyway, the bag is ready now .. there you go my miss bossy & nagging sweetheart .. :p

Flowery bag

Yes more bags please ..

This one is using the same pattern as the blue bag I've made last time. The fabric is a "coupon" only some 70 cm long from a textile shop, and just nice to make a bag. I've finished it with brown lace trimming (the lace I got from a friend, most probably bought in Daiso, SG). So, beige n brown flower bag or blue n white bag? hhmm ... both?! :)

always pretty and practical :)

batik clutch with a glam!

I've finished making the matching clutch for the batik blouse I've made last time. I only wanted to make a full use of the batik fabric since I still have some leftover and thought that it would be nice to make a matching bag. Yes, I put the evening clutch on my online shop, it's a model, as a display item of how it turn out like .. I could make another clutch later .. maybe with a magnetic snap button or a zipper to securely, neatly close the clutch. I added a golden chain to make it more "glam" for evening/formal events.

evening clutch in batik

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match the blouse :)

a bag a la CK :)

I've found this lovely flowery fabric in a flea market, only enough to make one bag and (perhaps later, cosmetic pouch) .. the fabric is classic, reminds me of Cath Kidston's bags .. I negotiated the price with the seller and got it for 3 chf .. what a bliss!.

With a very restricted length of fabric, I imagined to make a simple rectangular bag with a strap and a couple of cosmetic pouches. The blue strap I've got long time ago in Daiso, SG for sgd 2 a packet. This is how the bag looks like, like it? ... :)

I also put a snap button inside the bag

to a library or simply go shopping with it ..

pretty and practical :)

Blue Bag with lace trimming

Pattern from magazine "Coudre est facile" hors série summer 2011.

The blue fabric I got from leftover fabric in Acacias Textile shop around 70-90 cm (I don't remember the exact length), the lining I made from Batik Bali with sea creatures motif and make the trimming with lace from Daiso, SG. Voilà le resultat! :

blue bag with lace trimming

more and more bags!

I've been sewing any kind of bags (yup, to fill in the store! ;-D) ... I practiced using different kind of fabrics, models and techniques .. I used cotton, coated cotton, cotton-polyester, linen and almost always .. batik prints to accentuate the bag and finished it with magnetic buttons (or zipper, later) .. and here's the bags that I've created so far: 

http://petits-pas.fait-maison.com/

Batik Bag

"Mettez en avant vos créations"! ... and I thought, yeah .. why not?! ...

I always put this in mind, nothing was ever achieved without enthusiasm!, enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines .. If you enjoy and have passion for your work, then you're doing the right thing, whether you're succeed or not, let the time reveals it .. start with any little works you're able to do now and just see how that may lead .. as hubby put it: "Life starts from dreaming", but don't sleep too long though .. and what was once only a dream someday may become real ...

Okay, now back to reality .. I put another item in my online shop http://petits-pas.fait-maison.com/ a Batik Bag. I tried to make more and put more stuffs in my shop, hopefully it's about the right time people start buying presents for Christmas and new year ... so yup, more sewing and creating these days ... stop dreaming and start creating ;-)

the finished result ..

a girl never has enough bags! ;-)

sewing and putting own label ..

Batik Bag in the making ..

Girl's red flowery bag

I was just using the leftover fabric from Girl's Jacket project (haven't finished yet) .. and feels like making another bag, this time for my big girl .. like they said, a girl never has enough bags! :)

un sac dans dix minute? .. c'est parti ! :-D

A quickie project ;-p

She wants a bag, not just any bag .. she wants my bag .. but it's definitely too big for her! so, I need to make another one, in small size. So I came up with this one, I made it more or less 10 minutes while she's having breakfast.

Still with the same fabric, but this one I make double with red linen lining and the model I just simply invented myself .. as long as she's happy, I'm happy :)

Spring slouch bag

I wanted to sew a bag. One lovely bag. A carry-all bag. Then I saw this picture in one of my sewing books and decided I wanted to make one. The pattern is easy but not so easy when I tried to attach the handle, I think I should insert the handle before sewing the top part of the bag .. so I made some "adjustment" by changing the handle with a white bag band I bought long time ago in Daiso, Singapore. The fabric I used was also my old stock I bought on Sale in Spotlight.

Once the bag's ready, I asked my daughter to take a picture of me with the bag then she asked me if she could have the bag .. well, of course you can have it, sweetheart .. :)