Tip Bagaimana Menambah Koleksi Cloth Pad Anda

Assalamualaikum and hello to you guys!
Ramadhan Kareem to all muslim sister.

Okay, entry kali ni saya nak bagi tips Bagaimana nak tambah koleksi cloth pad anda.

Of course bagi peminat CP diluar sana, harga tidak menjadi masalah kerana minat dan nilai kesihatan pada diri sendiri.

Tak dinafikan harga cloth pad di Malaysia memang berada dalam range sederhana hingga mahal bergantung pada kualiti dan juga jenama.

Tetapi, bukan semua peminat cloth pad yang mampu berbelanja banyak untuk mempunyai satu koleksi CP yang besar.

Penting tau sebenarnya ada koleksi CP yang besar sebab kita boleh rotate cycle CP tu jauh sikit... Jadi CP akan tahan lama.

Sebelum tu meh tengok sikit koleksi saya sendiri  secara suruk-suruk...hehehe.. Saya ada lebih 25 pcs CP saiz medium ke heavy dan lebih kurang 20pcs CP saiz ligh dan pantiliner.

Koleksi saya tidak sebanyak collector yang lain tapi cukup untuk 2-3 bulan rotation. Rata-rata CP saya dikumpul dari tahun 2010 sehingga sekarang.

Alhamdulillah semuanya masih utuh dan gigih berkhidmat...dalam masa 4 tahun saya dah berjimat banyak. Memang berbaloi-baloi.

Okay, buat yang baru nak mulakan stash, ni tips untuk you all

1. Anda boleh try jahit CP sendiri melalui tutorial online. Kalau rasa susah nak jahit, boleh try stail dulu-dulu.. Kain lipat. Jenis macam ni takde PUL@ lapisan kalis air so you all kena pandai-pandai agak bila nk tukar.

2. Sertai contest online, giveaway atau event-event seperti Great Cloth Diaper Change atau Natural Birth dan lain-lain. Usually local CP maker akan bagi sebagai Lucky Draw atau freebies. Saya pon rajin jugak join and dapat free CP, syokkk!.. Psttt, saya pon jadi sponsor event gini. So kalau nak Yuhmico Cp Free kena rajin join.

3. Kalau you all berbakat menjahit dan buat CP untuk diri sendiri, sila contact CP maker lain untuk tukar suka sama suka dengan dorang. Saya member group CP di FB so ada la juga buat barter dengan fellow CP maker.. Its a very good bargain dan koleksi you all akan meriah dengan pelbagai brand.. I like!

4. Cari member-member yang nak letgo CP new n unused. Biasanya dorang beli tapi taknak pakai and dijual pada harga murah.. Time ni sila grab peluang

5. Tanya CP maker kalau-kalau ada nak jual rejected CP. Biasanya direject sebab tak menepati piawaian jahitan. Maybe senget sikit or jahitan tak kemas.. So yang ni pon jual murah-murah.

Ok takat ni dulu.. Nanti ada idea saya sambung lagi. Ciau sisters!

Quilt

Assalam guys,
It's been 2 months since my last post here. I skip december n january.. and this is my first post for 2013. I can honestly write 'i've been busy' or some sort.. well, yeah.. I am.. ish ish ish

ok, last year, my re'sew'lution is to make a quilt. A year has passed and of course i KIV them.. funny, ive been dreading to make one and can simply KIV them again.. some resewlution, pffft..

Well, a few weeks ago, a freind ask me to sew baby bedding set for her. I take the oppurtuniy to actually try to quilt. All the fabric was provided by the owner. She gave me a list of item to sew with a combination of baby blue, navy blue, red and printed cotton.

We'll to make the whole story short, I did manage to somehow sew a baby quilt cover which is I'm so proud of and it gives me a lot of respect to hardcore quilters out there.. compare to your complicated pattern of triangles and hexagones, my 4" boxes are  so 'cikai' .. I am so humble by quilters who actually posses patient of a saint whick I'm sorely lack of... urghhhh.

Ok, to appease everybody quriosity, here is the put together pic.. tq for reading.. heeeeeeee

Baby Carrier Project Week

Assalamualaikum readers!

Kenapa post pasal Baby Carrier Project week? Sebab last week dapat tempahan buat n mending baby carrier...ok buat 2 story ek?

Story 1

Kawan ofis lama call, nak buat baby carrier sebab dia ada trip jalan-jalan. So baby carrier is the best when u have to be on and off flight or other public transportation. Ada discuss sikit-sikit dengan dia and she wants to try out my SSC. ~ FYI, i have a store bought ring sling and my own handmade Meitai, SSC and X-sling carrier. Since baby, my boy loves to be carry around in baby carrier. Cuma tak larat lama-lama la sekarang because he's already to heavy for me

My friend ni bukan baby wearer so anak dia tak familiar dengan carrier ni. It takes some time to try to carry her in my SSC and obviously she is not comfortable being hug closely by her dad. Hampir berputus asa, i showed her the X-sling carrier. Its simple, easy to wear but not so comfy. I use the X-sling only on a short trip to the market. She tried it on and in came her daughter. Suprisingly, her daughter loves it too. So that's it, i'm making X-sling for her! .. and she asked another piece for her sister, how sweet!

sewing in progress

the 2 piece i just finished

I added buckle for strap adjustment to cater for both mama n papa

all packed for pick-up, enjoy!

Story 2

A few years ago, i did sew some Meitai and sell them. But then i found out that my current portable sewing machine cant really handle thick material well. Its really difficult sewing them on a portable machine, the fabric keep moving and i cant sew a straight line!(~ yeah,blame it on the machine, hehe).. and after a few machine repair that cost $$$, i decide to stop making them

Picture's below is the first Meitai i made and sold on 2010.

the original Meitai

Suprisingly, a month ago, a friend send it back to me to convert them into SSC. Even though it has change owner,but i feel good that someone still using it... it's like "bagai sireh pulang ke gagang", i felt emotional, ceehhhh.... until last week, I finally have time to mend it. Oh yeah, FYI, i'm sewing on an Industrial machine now,so this project is a breeze!

Mula-mula nak buat minor changes je,but i am not doing it halfway, so i take some time to 'tetas' all the body panel and strap. Its still in a good condition so i recycled all the fabric, padding and strap, adding black canvas fabric where needed.

The transforming job include:
- both piece for body panel is sewn together to make n new front panel
- body panel padding is sewn to a new black body panel.

- i sew a new casing for straps. Old padded belt and shoulder strap is recycle to be new filling for the new strap.

- adding nylon webbing and buckles

Half way done.  Tak ingat nak snap pic of the pieces.
See how i recycled the old padded belt.

New, quilted padded back panel. First time buat ni!
~ k Kamila must be proud of me..hehe

The transformed SSC! looking good bebeh!

It took me 3 days to finished this carrier from ripping, putting things together to sewing process, which the ripping part tu yang leceh sket but it pays off... patient,patient..

DIY - Sofa Slip Cover

Assalam..

I have a Karlanda sofa which my husband bought  years ago. Its still in a good condition but the slip cover has torn out after multiple abuse of sleeping,jumping and washing. We couldn't find new slipcover because IKEA has stopped producing the sofa.There is some overseas' online shop which sell a custom made slip cover for all discontinued sofas from IKEA. At www.comfort-works.com, they have selections of fabric to choose from and for my sofa, it will cost about AU$277.00 (exclude shipping)- that's about RM880 wooooo!!!! With that price, i might as well wait another year and buy a new sofa! so, with a little budget and determination, i am sewing a new slipcover!

This is the old sofa- dont freak out about the mattress underneath the sofa,
its kind of 'sofa-bed' for us,  just  'tarik' the mattress,
can lepak2 while watching movie.

From left
- my son artwork was all over the fabric
 - frayed fabrics, cannot be save
 - evidence of cat scratches, from my neighbor's cat

So, i manage to finish the project, even the workmanship is far from satisfaction,but yeah,the sofa looks like new! Notice that i lengthened the 'skirt' to reach the floor,that pretty much cover the mattress underneath. clever kan? :D .. cuma i t doesnt fit as i imagine it would be.. but ok la..

Total cost :
Fabric 9m RM60 on sale at KAMDAR
Zipper, Thread - RM48

new look!

DIY Cloth Pantiliner

Assalam,

Would like to make this entry short n informatif on how to sew your own cloth pantiliner.

Draft and cut out pattern on paper 20cm x 6cm.( used paper. DO NOT cut with your FABRIC Scissor! big no-no)
Trace and cut 2 pc flannel fabric for outer layer. You can see that i cut pre-hole seam, for the later step.
Cut 2 pc (or more) rectangle fabby 20cm x 6cm for the absorbent material/ inside soaker.

from left- paper pattern, 2 pc flanel fabby for outer layer, 2 pc white flannel for inside soaker 

Place the cut fabby on top of each other in this arrangement

Pin them up together..dont move!

Sew along your tracing line,or if you prefer, follow your seam allowance. Start from the pre-hole line.

Start from the pre-hole abd stich all the way... leave the pre-hole open

Trim excess fabby.

Behold, the pre-hole! Turn inside out.

Topstich perimeter

Add another stitches in the center to give finishing effect and hold all fabby securely.

Punch holes on both wings 

Snap on button on both side.

Walla!!!!.. done.

OK, Happy sewing !

Tip - Seam Guide

Assalam,

It's been a while since last i update this blog. A few weeks ago,i was asking around about the perfect seam on a group in FB and a friend said that they found about this method,cheap n it works. Ok,simple tips n trick to have an adjustable seam guide.

Get yourself a strip magnet used on white board or fridge. Just place the strip magnet on the bed of your machine, according to the size you desire. If you are using a portable,  usually the whole body is made out of plastic,so there is a small piece of steel area where you can place it. You can put it on left or right side, whichever suits your sewing style. Happy Sewing!

The green thingy is a strip magnet-use as seam guide

DIY - Skirt

PUL + very strechy COTTON KNIT = Nightmare!

Last few nights, i've been slaving myself to sew a few pads, tried a few method but none i satisfy with.. oh, feel like stangling myself.. feeling tired, mentally abused .. i just left them a sew a skirt for my sister in law.. she wants it before friday, might as well sew them to get my mind of the disastrous project, sigh!!!

ok these are the final look, the black shirt are not part of it. Look and embellishment are my sister's

i'm all forgot to take pictures in the making, again... sigh.. but below are the sketch i did for it.. for newbie, can use this as guidline ye..  ikut suke nk macam mana.. sky is the limit..

DIY - Fitted Cloth Diaper

Assalam..

Untuk Entry ni nak buat tutorial Fitted dlm bahasa Melayu, banyak sebenarnya tutorial dlm bahasa inggeris, google saje.. For mommies yang nak try DIY Fitted Diaper ni boleh cuba ya!


Dapatkan mana-mana pattern Diaper yg disukai. Untuk projek ni saya gunakan patter Cloth Revolution atau boleh pergi ke web Zany Zebra , ada banyak link free pattern.

 Bahan yang diperlukan

• Kain sebelah luar dan dalam - material cotton flannel, cotton knit
• Kain soaker/penyerap lembapan - material tuala/terry/microfibre, cotton knit/ t-shirt lama, kain lampin 4 segi pon boleh.
• getah kain saiz 1cm / 1/4"
• velcro / butang

1- Potong 2 helai kain ikut pattern yang dipilih. 1 lapisan luar dan satu lapisan dalam. Pastikan pattern yang dipilih ada basi (seam allowance atau tidak) takut nanti terkecil pulak. Kain yang saya gunakan cotton knit corak forest untuk luar dan plain flannel kuning untuk belah dalam

2- Potong soaker ikut saiz yang sesuai. Jumlah lapisan soaker bergantung pada penyerapan kain. Lagi tebal kain, lagi banyak serapan dan lebih bulky. Susun lapisan soaker dan jahit tepi.

3-  Letak soaker pada kain untuk lapisan dalam. Letak bahagian bawah kain. Soaker dijahit pada lapisan yang sebelah dalam.

4- Susun kain seperti dalam gambar dan jahit keliling perimeter. Tinggalkan sedikit bahagian terbuka untuk terbalikkan side betul nanti.

Susun seperti ini untuk jahit perimeter

Mula jahit untuk cantum kain.

Tinggalkan sedikit bahagia yang tidak berjahit

5- Potong getah ikut panjang yang sesuai. Tanda jarak untuk getah dan jahit pada tepi kain. Buat dikedua bukaan kaki dan pingang.

Ukur dan potong getah. Tanda tempat untuk jahit.

tandakan tempat jahit getah

jahit hujung getah pada tempat yang ditanda

Sembat sementara

Jahit sembat sementara untuk pegang getah

Ulang proses jahit getah sementara di ketiga tempat yang perlu

6- Terbalikkan Kain yg dijahit tadi dan buat kemasan topsticth keliling diaper. pastikan jahit tepi getah dan buat casing untuk getah.

lubang yang ditinggalkan untuk terbalikkan kain.

Terbalikkan..

Panduan mula jahit topstich, boleh mula dari sini.

jahit topstitch sampai atas laluan getah, stop dan pusing kain.

Jahit pintas atas getah. Gunakan saiz jarak saiz 1 untuk rapat dan lebih kukuh jahitan atas getah

Jahit laluan untuk casing getah di kaki. Jahit sampai  habis dan ulang di setiap tempat yang ada getah.

Ok, masa nak jahit tu, boleh ikut panduan arah macam ni. so sekali jalan je...

7- Pasangkan snap atau velcro. Siap!

Pasang Snap Button pakai KAM Plier

CD Side Snap dari tepi

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