Upcycling for Earth Day :D

Celebrating Earth Day?  It's late a little bit maybe but I will say, why not?  You can do it everyday too if you want too :)  Well, I really love to upcycling things, before my hubby laughed at me for doing that, some friends thought I am stingy to spend money to buy proper items for my house.  Since we're still living in a rent house, I don't see any points to spend too much for home accessories :D stingy? Maybe!  Give respect for mother earth? Maybe! Hehehhe....

If you see around my house, I cut a used mineral bottle to keep some pencils.  I cover a fan carton box with a table cloth and use it as a small table.  I broke the mug's handle and glued it again and now I reuse it to keep the toothbrushes.

And I don't stop there, since I have my sewing machine, I've started upcycling old clothes, t-shirt into a doll, jeans into some pouches :)  Today, I have a new peasant blouse out of my hubby's old shirt :)  I made a little bit mistake because I forgot that the shirt got a pocket.  When I realized I had cut it out :(   If I removed the pocket, it won't be good, the fabric behind the pocket will be darker than the other part of the cloth (a dear friend said).  So I chose to keep it and I stitch the pocket so if only if you really look at it closely, you will find out that there's a pocket there.

Joining a Sewing Class

It’s been more than a week since I’ve joined a sewing class with Wulan, a friend of mine. We’ve been searching for sewing class to join with but any classes we found were just too far from our home. Then one day, Wulan’s hubby saw the sign board about sewing class at the opposite of traditional market a mile from our house, he told us to go there and check. We’re so excited and went there to figure out that the class is conducted in Hindi language so the teacher was afraid we couldn’t catch up the class. Luckily there’s one girl who can speak English, who’s a student there, she became the translator during the admission. Then, Wulan assured the teacher that she can understand Hindi well enough to follow the class and I said I just need to know how to do it and maybe it gives me an exposure to learn Hindi language :)

The sewing class monthly fee is so cheap that when the teacher mentioned it made my jaw almost dropped :p I told my hubby about it and he said,”Mostly the class is funded by an NGO so just enjoy the benefit and learn something from there".

The course place is close, it’s cheap, I have a chance to learn Hindi, the teacher is so patient and sweet, and the girls there are so nice.  Well, lucky us :) 

Oh yeah, our first project is baby’s stuffs, and we’ve stitched a frock, a panty, and a bonnet in the first week. I will post the pictures soon and update my blog with other good news from our sewing class :)

I joined Modish Vintage Giveaway

I joined Modish Vintage Giveaway.  A vintage giveaway for the 2nd year having shop at etsy.com
She's going to giveaway six beautiful vintage fabrics, a cool round vintage tin, and a candlestick...ooohh and $20 gift certificate ... Check her blog and join me for a chance to win it ;)