September Fans of The Month

(I should have posted about this earlier on September. Better late than never ?)

Since September, I will feature my Blog's Fan of the Month, Twiiter's Follower of The Month and Facebook's Fan of The Month, who will be featured on the blog at the end of each month

Facebook Fan of The Month :


Lindsay Korth
Our amazing friend, Lindsay Korth, from Brazil
The genius behind Lindy Craft and a duo, Lindsay & Issac

Lindsay's blogs :
www.lindsaykorth.blogspot.com
www.lindsayeisaac.blogspot.com
www.lindycrafts.blogspot.com


Twitter Follower of The Month



@IndahApsari
fulltime crafter, love sewing, felt n yellow... :)
http://mochie2felt.blogspot.com


Innocentia Blog's Fan of The Month



Rika Daniel
I am Rika Daniel, live in Riau, Indonesia, this blog is about the things I love so much,children literature,writing,sewing,crafting,traveling,cooking, mammals,and anything fun. I dreamed to be full time crafter (and if I can ask for more, "God, I want to be a children book author :)


How to be the fan of the month ?
Participate in our conversations by putting comments in blog posts, following, replying and retweeting my tweets @lilunsi, being a innocentia facebook's fan and actively joining and sharing the conversations

What will you get ?
- A blog post dedicated to followers of the month (such as this post) which will give you more exposure and links back to your blog, twitter account or facebook account

Calling for Giveaway Sponsors

In a few days, October will arrive, and it just means another, or lots of opportunity to be featured in this blog, as "Monthly Spotlight" for the next October, and following months

Back in July 2010 I held my first giveaway to gather a sweet prize when I had less than 60 subscribers, so I wonder what can be done with 650+ subscribers?

I am not going to tell you much more for now but if you want to sponsor you will get many links back to your website from this website and from other blogs posting about the monthly contest – plus a warm giddy feeling that you are donating.

To Sponsor :

To sponsor a prize please email me (mama.rafif [AT] gmail [DOT] com) with the prize you are kindly willing to donate along with a link to your website so I can link back to your site and a brief statement about you, your blog or website. For prize ideas see what were donated last time.

Excited? I am

UPDATE :
October - February slots have been booked

I got them in my hands !!

Have you take a peak at "Children at Play" by Sarah Jane for Michael Miller fabrics ?
Finally, I got them in my hands !!! Kindly histerical *_* yes, surely I am. 'Cause they have been running in my mind for about three months. I'm quite obsessed with this fabric line



I got some prints from "Meadow" and a print from "Playhouse"



And four boyish prints from "Over The fence".



What could I say ? They are all my precious collections now. When I ordered them, there are many projects that popped in my head. But seeing them in reality, they are too pretty to be sewn



I'm planning to make a boy pajama using this aqua "making paper hats" print :



I know I'm repeating this. I really want to sew them into few things, but it's hard to decide which one that will be sacrificed first, gee... There are many inspirations up there at Children at Play's Flickr Pool to look at


Oh, did I forget to mention that Elsie Marley has decided to do another session of Kids Clothes Week Challenge (KCWC) this fall ? Maybe I will use the fabrics to sew some cute children clothes like what I did in KCWC last spring -Day 1, Day 3&4, Day 5-7



There have been more than a hundred of people who signed up for KCWC Fall 2011. If you want to join the fun, go there and leave a comment, don't forget to browse and join Elsie Marley's flickr pool to post your finished projects

Napkitten Pattern's Giveaway Winners

Sorry for this postponed announcement. So here we go !
the winners are :

Huisei, with her first sewing memories :

I started to sew lat year,around March. I was looking for a new job that time and I found a sewing blog that shared a tutorial on how to sew a tote. I was so 'moved' with the step to step instruction and I make one reversible tote for the first time. From that time onwards, I grew my interest on sewing and continue until now...

Edhini Senastri

Pengalaman jahit craft yang berkesan..yaitu july 2010 lalu. Waktu itu pingin banget kasih hadiah yg personal buat ultah mama tercinta. Akhirnya aq buat tempat kaca mata dari flanel. Berhubung belum bisa jahit dengan mesin, akhirnya aq jahit semua manual dengan tangan dan belajar tusuk feston lagi dari internet :D. Pola juga nyari di google dan aq kembangin sendiri dengan kasih tulisan mumi for 'mommy' :P. Setelah jadi beliau senang sekali, dan akupun jadi jatuh cintahttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif dan ketagihan untuk menjahit handmade sampai sekarang :)

Patty C

My first sewing experinece was making a bunny out of muslin - It turned out pretty cute - I put a burgundy dress on her with some ribbons - I hadn't thought about that in years - ;)

Congratulations, girls. I will send my confirmation emails tonight

Cape Ann, from Oliver+S

Cape Ann, the most anticipated new fabric line from Oliver+S, which will be launched at October 2011 (few weeks left), takes its inspiration from the work of Virginia Lee Burton, founder of the Folly Cove Design Collective and illustrator of such classic children's books as Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel and This Little House.

Cape Ann features hand-drawn illustrations which are simultaneously nostalgic and contemporary and supporting geometric prints inspired by nature. The line includes 24 patterns in quilting cotton and another 24 in a wonderful brushed cotton which has the loft, warmth, and softness of flannel.

The toile print (“Indian Summer”) features Liesl's illustrations of children at play in nature. “Virginia’s Closet” takes ideas for children’s clothing directly from her sketchbooks. The supporting prints include elements from nature (“Ginko Toss,” “Chrysanthemum Swirl,” and “Starburst Mums”) as well as vintage-inspired prints and patterns (“Folly Cove Dots” and “Ticking stripe”). The collection is simultaneously nostalgic and contemporary

The Virginia's Closet's paperdoll print was super darling. Well, at least we know where she got her inspirations from. Her own Oliver+S sewing patterns !










Liesl had some adorable sample garments made up in her booth


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And the finished garments made by Oliver+S' s fall/winter new sewing patterns, oh, I can't resist them


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You can see the whole collection right here (pdf link)

I will surely buy some of this collections. Just fulfilling my greed of fabrics, maybe ? But, don't you think that it will be better if it includes more boyish prints ? My boy certainly will be jealous if he saw her sister wore cute prints like that :D

Napkitten Patterns Giveaway (CLOSED)

27 Pockets Wallets Sewing Pattern // Accordion Wallet

Another giveaway for you today !
This time is from Napkitten Pattern. I bought the 27 pockets wallet PDF pattern from Napkitten last year and was very surprised by athe pages of the pattern's instructions. It helped me a lot as a novice wallet maker. The wallet was given to someone as a gift, and sadly I had no photo of it, so I can't show you how cute the result was.


Swift Summer Bag // Three Pocketed Quilted Handbag


If you want to know more about Napkitten Pattern, here is what Shannon, the brain behind Napkitten, writes about herself :

When I was 5 years old, I started to make crafts and loved it so much. In my whole family, I had only one fan, my grandma. At that time, I could only make some simple origami, such as bird, boat, pants… Every time when I finished, I would show them to my granny. No matter how ugly they were, my granny always said: ”Wow, how beautiful!!! My granddaughter is the smartest girl.” There was no internet, no blog, no crafts forum then, so my granny was my only audience. Her smile was my only encouragement.

Little by little, I started to learn sewing, crocheting and knitting. I was so glad I could spend boring and hot summer holiday in crafting. At my 12, I became able to crochet hat and sock. At my 14, I became able to sew pants.

Afterwards, I had less and less spare time to make crafts. I had to spend all my time and energy in school and universities to get degrees. Moreover, life is not always happy and beautiful, sometimes full of stress, sometimes full of tears, sometimes full of pains.

Ten years ago, my dear granny left me forever. I cannot stop missing her even now. How sad…

Now everything has been settled down. The happiest thing in my life is that I have such a nice husband to support, understand, and love me. So I regain my peaceful life to wakeup my faraway and happiest memory from my deepest heart. I start to make crafts again. Everyday, I enjoy the designing and creating. It seems I returned to my sunny childhood and I saw my granny’s encouraging smile again.

Pleated Clutch PDF Pattern // All-in-one Clutch


Pretty Felt Wallet // Shoes with adjustable straps

Shannon also opens another another shopshop, Napkitten, where she sells the cutest coin purse ever. And she also write a Blog, where she showcases her customer's creations. And don't forget to visit Napkitten Pattern Flickr pool to see more customer's creations

The prize :
Each one of three lucky readers will win a Napkitten PDF pattern

How to win it?
Mandatory entry :
Just put a comment stating your Napkitten's favorite pattern, and tell me a story of your first sewing memories and what you made that time. I really want to read your story
Don't forget to include your email address

Additional entries (optional) :
- Follow this blog via Google Friend Connect ==> +1 point
- Follow Napkkitten's Blog ==> +1 point
- Blog, share it on facebook or tweet about this giveaway ==> each +1 point
{please state what you do in your comment}

This giveaway is open internationally, until September 20, 2011 12 p.m. (Jakarta time). I will announce the winners at September 21, 2011 ==> this giveaway is officially CLOSED, thank you for all the participants !

Mini Me Pattern & Tutorial is ready !

Yup ! The pattern of this shirt is ready ! I call it "Mini Me" because it just looks like a miniature of my shirt. You can download the pattern right here and the Mini Me tutorial here. To download the pattern, right click your mouse button and choose "Save link as"

Please note that it is for 2 years old girl only. And the most important is you must add 1 cm seam allowance yourself

I'm sewing another Mini Me in solid. Hey, it is not just for plaid !

Any suggestion ? Do I need to make it in bigger sizes ?

p.s : This post has been linked up to some of these fabulous link parties

Your Story, Your Legend

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Just found this powerful manifesto through Guillaume "Prof. G"'s blog and I immediately want to share it with you. I've printed it and put it on my desk so I can read it every morning.

Visit Prof. G's blog with its incredible tagline "Your Story, Your Legend". He is the author of reDESIGN: reCREATE: Reinvent Yourself and Thrive in the New Economy. (If you haven't read it, read it. I've owned it and I still read it over and over)

Happy Eid Mubarok

Happy Eid Mubarok for all my moslem friends !

I will not post anything till the end of Eid holiday break,I hope you understand. We have a big family reunion, through a long journey home (we called it "mudik"). I met my parents, sisters and my cute nephew. How about you? I hope you have a great week too

Have a nice weekend!

p.s. the photo was taken at the train that brought us home. The kids were too excited :)