Very cute gathered / pleated wallet sewing pattern available now.

A beautiful and feminine wallet. You’ll want to take this one everywhere you go! This is also going to be perfect for gift giving.

This wallet featured a gathered or pleated front cover with a contrasting band. The wallet provides 2 large and 1 medium size pocket inside an an exterior pocket.  A chained key ring is attached to the exterior pocket for easy carrying or for your keys. 

 The wallet provides 2 large and 1 medium size pocket inside to better organize your cash, credit cards and some change. 

 An exterior pocket chained with a key ring gives you extra room for other documents, eg. receipts, driving license etc.

Approximate Measurement :


● 7 (7/8) x 4 (1/2) " when opened
● 4 (1/8)" x 5 (1/2)" when closed

The very cute wallet pattern and finished goods are available in my Etsy shop now.  Just click on one of the photos above, it will lead you to my shop.

p/s :  If you don't have Etsy account but you have a PayPal account , and you would love to purchase any of my patterns, you can always email me at 

storyquilter@gmail.com 

to purchase ^v^ .  I will send the pattern in PDF format to your email once payment is received. 

Enjoy sewing and have fun !!

A winter story, Merry Christmas. A unique collectible handmade boston / shoulder bag

The bag has a little story to tell you. It's about winter, it is starting to snow. The surrounding is suddenly filled with wonderful and peaceful atmosphere. Yes, Christmas is around the corner. Merry Christmas to you, let's celebrate this wonderful season with joy !

I am using Japanese taupe / yawn dyed fabrics (shortly be available in my Etsy shop) to make this bag to create very natural look of houses and background for this project.  Japanese taupe are widely used in Japan by most patchwork guru like Yoko Saito, Minami Kumiko for their works.   Here is some examples of art works using taupe fabrics.

https://www.pinterest.com/sewingmom15/taupe-quilts/

The front side of the bag is partial hand and machine stitched little houses appliqué.  The snowy sparkling beads are carefully sew onto the bag, creating a sparkling effect for this bag.

The bag has 2 pockets, the one as the window at the back of this bag and an inner pocket to further help you organize your personal items.

At the back side of the bag is snowing view from my window.  Well, is it really a window at all ?  No, it is also a pocket for you to put your handy item such us travelling ticket or cards, maybe your phone too.  A "Let it snow" is embroidered near the little window, I think it add more meaning to this side.

While designing this bag, I decided to make this shape of this bag into something unique.  It is pretty wide to accommodate all the little applique houses. Also, its height is just ideal to put in quite a long of your daily goodies.  As this bag is padded with polyester batting and quilted, it is just so easy and light to carry around.  Besides that, if not in use, it can also be decorative art work on the wall or display closet.

I usually collected lots of decorative accessories and zipper pullers handy.  This tower clock zipper puller is also my collection.  It just add more character to this bag.  I love this idea ^v^

An over view of this beautiful bag.  

If you are interested to get this bag, you can visit my Etsy shop at the link below

https://www.etsy.com/shop/StoryQuilt

OR, if you don't have an Etsy account but you do have Paypal account, please feel free to email me at

contact me : Storyquilter@gmail.com

Grab this one of a kind handmade bag before it is gone. ^v^

p/s:  Pattern for this bag will surely be available in my shop too, if you are interested to get the update of this bag pattern, please feel free to drop me an email.

Remember to join me of more update of my future works. You will surely don't want to miss it.

Merry Christmas ^v^

Vintage book like travel organizer / travel purse sewing pattern

This available is available in my Etsy shop now.  The idea of this design actually comes from a an old book.  I love collecting old books, which present such nostalgic feeling.  I collected quite a number of beautiful printed linen fabrics that suits this project so well.   I am sure turning the beautiful linen fabrics into travel organizer / purse will surely be something so unique.

Voila,  here are the results of my works. 

Features of this travel organizer pattern

Features of this travel organizer (as shown in photo)

♥ 4 pocket compartments big enough for your passport, boarding passes, tickets, other documents or money and you can slot a pen in the pocket too.
♥ 5 credit card compartments (you can put 2 cards in each compartment too).
♥ A zipper pocket compartments for coins and other loose items
♥ a key holder ribbon to hook they keys to your room.

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APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS
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● Height 23 cm (9 inches)
● Width 15.5 cm (6 inches) when closed or 32.5 cm (12.2 inches) when open

A little idea came to my mind, I added 2 columns at the front panel of this travel purse.  The new owner can write their name and address onto the beautiful travel purse.  In case the purse goes missing, someone with good heart can trace this purse back to the owner (pray hard**)  ^v^

If you are interested to purchase this pattern, please feel free to email me at 

StoryQuilter@gmail.com

or visit my Etsy shop at the link below. 

https://www.etsy.com/shop/storyquilt

Belle Moi (Beautiful me) Appliqued piggy pouch.

Belle Moi in French simply means beautiful me. 

I have been looking for the simplest word to express one self.  We are all beautiful creature of God.  Agree ?

This pouch was started from an exciting heart of little piggy, dressing up nicely, waiting for good thing to come.  You know, if you feel happy every day, you will be surprised good things actually come towards you, and you can’t stop it.

After making this appliqué, I tried to look for the simplest way to express little piggy’s feeling.  Yes !  Beautiful me !  It’s so simple and yet so powerful.  It can simply motivate you to be more confident and happier.  That’s it !  Am sewing it up ! 

Voila!!  It’s magic, looking at how this wonderful embroidery feels my heart now.  I am so happy for the result. 

If you are interested to purchase this pattern, please feel free to email me at 
StoryQuilter@gmail.com

or visit my Etsy shop at the link below. 

https://www.etsy.com/shop/storyquilt

 Remember, good things will come your way.  Stay happy, stay beautiful, always …. Cheers !

A decorative accessories ? Not really ^v^

It’s another year, what have you plan to make to mark your new project ?

I have been working on something pretty easy and fun to make.  It’s a ball shape coin purse.  I have collected Alice in Wonderland fabrics from Kokka, Japan 2 years ago. I haven’t got any idea on how to turn this fabric into something unique until I saw a little boy playing this colorful ball.  I thought, maybe I should challenge this project. And voila! I finally made it !  Hahaha …. It is so unique especially when I added some beautiful details to the purse.   

This unique purse was immediately sold out when I uploaded the photos to my Facebook.  Thank you !  ^v^   .  I also receive a very good comment that this ball shape coin purse is just unique and beautiful as decorative accessories.  Yes, that’s my whole idea by Story Quilt.

A friend from internet suggested that one should make ornaments for Christmas trees which also act as a gifts, pretty good idea.  Thank you, P. L   (^v^) v

If you are interested with this pattern, please drop by a my little shop in Etsy at the link below :

https://www.etsy.com/shop/StoryQuilt?ref=hdr_shop_menu

You will be surprised that this project is pretty simple to make (because the hard work of experimenting was done by me ^v^). 

Just pick and match your favorite pieces of fabrics and start sewing.  Or maybe add some accessories from your “treasure box” (yes, I do have a treasure keeping all kind of accessories ^v^).     

Right now, I just want to go and have a big splash at the pool (I have missed it for so long due to on-going and going projects).  See you soon !

I hope you enjoy my works ! 

Tulips Pouch pattern in my Etsy now !

Following Japanese natural zakka style concept, my tulips pouch pattern is available in my Etsy now.  This pattern is very suitable for beginner and all levels.  Just follow the photos and instructions provided in my pattern, take it slowly to understand the concept of bag making, you will be surprised to see you can actually make this beautiful pouch, and it’s really unique gifts to your love ones (also for your kids).

I will also sell my handmade bags  and patterns, everything I made is one of a kind, made with passion and love  too ^v^.

 Please feel free to drop by and see other available patterns in my Etsy shop.

              My Etsy shop === >>>   https://www.etsy.com/shop/StoryQuilt

For me, I love nostalgic and natural style for my tulips pouch, you can choose your choice of fabrics to make this pouch, the characteristic will be very different.  So why don’t you take the challenge now ? 

Easy and light to carry along for leisure outings, this is why I love to use this my pouch so much.  

If you are interested to purchase this pattern, please feel free to email me at 

StoryQuilter@gmail.com

or visit my Etsy shop at the link below. 

https://www.etsy.com/shop/storyquilt

Almost done !

I have been finding solution for the handle of this project.  Am thinking a way to present it and can use in multiple way, besides that, the size and design of this handle have to be cute !

Searching through my fabric cabinets for the Japanese sakizome (taupe) right fabric pattern and color, finally this one helps !  phew !! 

Next is the shape of the handle.  To be frank, when designing a new bag pattern, one needs to put in lots of time from designing to completing a beautiful bag.  It is a big challenge, imagine you need to start from scratch, from a piece of paper, to making the pattern and to making the bag.  No wonder designers are paid pretty good price for their works.

 Of course for me over here, the most important thing is, you get something really unique and you don’t see a lot of people carrying almost the same bag as yours.  That makes you so proud, agree ?

I think I should be able to complete this project tomorrow.  Yahoo !!

   

Sunbonnet Sue Round basket bag pattern in my Etsy !

19/11/2014, started working from early in the morning 

Finally, I managed to pull myself back to the working mood again, my heart was still with Paris last week. 

Ok, I finally appliqué the other side of my new project.  It’s a cozy house with heartwarming trees.  I am not going to appliqué the front road or the field this time, I think I want to embroider a little details here.  Am still trying to think hard for the embroidery details I want to present the field.  Will see  !

20/11/2014, Shopping day !!!

I just want to stop from work, if not, i am afraid I may become anti-social lady soon, i am just too addicted to working.  My husband encouraged me to go shopping to relax myself, yeah, I guess he reminded me that I haven't been doing any shopping for so long. So am sneaking out for some shopping.

I love Kinokuniya bookstore, sometimes I can just stand there and reading the books for many hours.  There are just too many books to read !  Am adding up these 3 books for my library collection.  I think I have more books than clothes compared to other ladies.  Is it normal ?? 

21/11/2014, Done with my quilting !

Finally, all the quilting details are added to my project.  Hmmm... it's just so romantic !  Time to bind them together 

  < ---- excited, excited !!

Fairy Tale Carriage Pouch PDF pattern

I have finished this beautiful pouch for Emi chan. I took some photos and send to her via Facebook, I am really happy to find how excited she was with this fairy tale pouch.  Emi is such a wonderful friend for me. Throughout our 5 years friendship, she will always write and support me on my works, even during her busiest working days.

Here is my carriage pouch, I hope you will like it ^v^.

If you are interested in the pattern, please find it in my Etsy shop 

This pouch is absolutely suitable for children too. 

Rushing and rushing a beautiful princess to the ball.  

A special pouch for a special friend, Emi Miyase san ^v^

I am so thrilled when my Japanese friend, Emi, who sent so many lovely gifts for me to mark our friendship for so many years.  She even made me a very cute piggy pouch that warms my heart completely.  

I really can't thank her enough.  The only way I can show my utter appreciation is to make a very unique gift, just for her.  

Though i was inspired to make a pouch like this but what to make then ?  I did some sketching and I kept looking at the piggy pouch to see what come out from my mind.  Sometimes you can sit for whole day and never get any idea coming your way.  So, I did an hour of line dance (totally addicted  to it) .  Maybe the exhaustion help to 'spark some light' in my mind and there comes my idea , a carriage !!!  This idea is pretty fresh, not many people are making carriage pouch i think ^v^..  (giggle)

Starting my new projects

Recalling what projects I've made last year, I found that I have totally no time to do anything at all because throughout last year, I was like working full time as a mover.  Moving from Shanghai back to Malaysia in March, then moving from my old home to new condominium in Kuala Lumpur .. etc.  I am now expert in packing and unpacking things already.  

Finally I am now back to my new studio, working on my new projects, the feeling was just so great !!  Here are my elegant cosmetic / traveling pouches, aren't they lovely to carry along ?  Hope you will like all my works  ( ^v^ )

Feel free to visit my Etsy shop any time. ^v^

http://www.etsy.com/shop/StoryQuilt?ref=ss_profile

Next week will be Chinese New Year already, I would like to wish all of you Happy Chinese New Year too.   \ (^v^) /