Rahardjo-Knits

Flower band

Twill in 3 colors.

malabrigo nube in zazamora color

3 ply. 103g. 277yd. 10-13 wpi.

sewing needle holder pouch by birdcage and thread

Valentine gifts for daughter’s classmates and teachers

For the teachers, I made heart shape pot holders. Pattern is from http://aspoonfulofsugardesigns.com/2013/02/pot-holder-pattern/

For her classmates, I got each kid a small container of play-doh.

We have these laundry baskets that we use so much. They’re from SunBeam. I remember buying them from container store years ago.

The laundry baskets are foldable and because it has open wide mouth, it makes it easier to unload clean laundry from dryer. I can’t find these anywhere anymore. 

The lining was getting torn from years of wear and tear and my husband asked me if I can replace the lining. So I did. I used our old bed sheet that we don’t use and started thinking a way how to mimic the design. 

I must say I’m quite proud how they come out. 

Lately what happened to my fabric scraps is to make a cord holder. I figured this is quite handy for those phone chargers, computer cables, or any charging cables. And the printed cotton fabric is so pretty to look at. I only need snaps (Kam Snaps), left over fabric, and interfacing to make these cord holders.

As I’m journeying into sewing, I’ve been tackling at organizing this sewing hobby. I find that if I’m organized finding my tools, the less stress I am. That’s actually true for my house, my work notes, my bills, etc. 

This is one of those youtube tutorial that I thought it was brilliant. I tend to keep boxes from old phones, or boxes that I find it’s sturdy and can be re-purposed later. This youtube tutorial gave a way to make accordion slots to store needles. I thought this was genius. Because I can also store business cards, sample cards, etc for other hobbies.

Long time ago, I tried to document my projects from various hobbies including house projects onto a physical notebook. I was using washi tapes as tags (categories) and an index page. 

The system works if I actually sit down and update my physical notebook. But most of the time I don’t update my notebook after a project is finished thus over time I don’t remember what I did on a project.

Then I thought I already use One Note for work and personal notes, why don’t I create a One Note Notebook to document all my projects.

It is working beautifully. Because One Note is very flexible. I created an index page with links to what projects. And on each project page, I can add pdf file like a sewing pattern, I can add what website instruction did I use to create the project, I can add photos, etc.