My Creative Space :)

My creative space - with a finished pouch and cotton lace from Daiso.

I finished this last night, after guiltily remembering that I have not sewn a stitch throughout the week. If you remember, last week's "My Creative Space" post touched on the beginnings of the pouch. Lovely bloggers wished me luck with the zipper, and advised the use of a zipper foot. I became quite guilty, reading those nice comments. Because at that time, I knew that I will not be using the sewing machine. Instead, I used this wonderful tutorial to guide me in handsewing the zipper.

The truth is that I have been having difficulties with adjusting the tension of my 2 months old sewing machine. A quick Googling up the topic told me that I was not the only one. And after investing hours in correcting the tension in vain, I finally cracked and decided to sew by hand instead. This happened when the first Sumo Baby was born. I have been handsewing since then.

Anyhoo, that's my dumb self. And this is my handsewn product. Please don't look too closely. It is riddled with mistakes :D. But I am still nonetheless happy with it, mainly because the lovely lace diverts my attention away from the imperfections. *Focus on the lace!*

Daiso, I *heart* you. But could you please please just drop the prices slightly? I was disappointed when you increased the prices of goods this year!

Handsewing this pouch turned out to be quite bloody. Somehow, I pierced my finger with the blunt end of the needle. So my creative space is also littered with band-aids. The plaster with a tiger image can be a temporary tattoo if you wish it to be :).

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Good Day to all! :D :D