Category: sewing and crafting

  • DIY folding sewing/ craft table using rack system.

    DIY folding sewing/ craft table using rack system.

    My room is organized using a metal rack system from the Japanese company Iris Ohyama, though I use it in my own way to fit my specific needs. After a lot of soul-searching, I finally designed the craft and sewing table area. This table is crucial—it’s the most spacious piece of furniture you can have…

  • Random drawing on random day and its satisfying.

    Random drawing on random day and its satisfying.

    random drawing on my iPad mini, it is practice for my drawing. I dont know what I was thinking, I just pick the colors I liked and play around with it. I tend to like to draw the abstract object and connect with lines, and put all the dots around it. Not sure why. But…

  • Maybe the best bag in bag for iPad mini and my planner on the go.

    Maybe the best bag in bag for iPad mini and my planner on the go.

    I have been struggling this year to start new planner life 2024. Haven’t been able to decide what planner to go for, especially for the on the go planner. It gets super overwhelmed just by deciding what paper size will suit all my needs. but also carry everything in one place and plus it should…

  • Pajama and sleeping eyes for IKEA orangutan doll

    Pajama and sleeping eyes for IKEA orangutan doll

    I could finally worked on this project. Since my work for this year was done couple days ago. I could make some time to work on the pajama and sleeping hats for this IKEA orangutan stuffed animal doll for my niece as her birthday present. Which was supposed to be on October…. But you know….…

  • Easy peasy 1/2scale torso stand using the rack system

    Easy peasy 1/2scale torso stand using the rack system

    Next craft project was to make this half scale torso stand. and I got the materials and all that. Yet my brain was still thinking something different. then I come up with this. I use the pole rack system for my craft shelf and table. this has been my ride or die furniture for the…

  • Yay! Finished my 1/2 scale torso!

    Yay! Finished my 1/2 scale torso!

    From this previous post. I finished the project!! I focused working on this too much, forgot to take all the footage. There are more hand stitching needed in this project. But overall I loved the finish look. I still have to work on the stand, which will be my next craft project. thinking about making…

  • I am changing Half scale torso project again….

    I am changing Half scale torso project again….

    One thing I wasn’t sure abut writing blog is that I just change what I am working on so quickly I can’t stay till I finish the project. Especially the process is overwhelming…. If i see the better way I just keep on hopping to start all over again. This time, my half scale torso…

  • Having a second thought for DIY torso making…..

    Having a second thought for DIY torso making…..

    Yea…..so…. This is my pattern. Since making my own figure crotched body form by clay….just because other clay I bought didn’t work… i am having a second thought. I decided to try this cling wrap method to cover my neck to thigh area, and draw the lines to certain points and cut the wrap and…

  • working on half-scale crotched torso for pattern drafting

    working on half-scale crotched torso for pattern drafting

    after considering and trying with 1/3 scale doll torso to practice pattern drafting. I couldn’t help researching more about the half-scale torso to work on pattern making. When I read this post, I figured that 1/3 or 1/4 torso is too small. In order to cut the process of making clothes, (it is such a…

  • new collection on my craft board

    new collection on my craft board

    I know I like to collect tools.a but it just fit so perfectly on my craft wall! so I bought this 1/4scale pattern blocks from her. I am waiting my new doll torso so I can work around my pattern drafting technique, but to do that, I will need pattern blocks, so printed out and…