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Monday, 4 January 2010

Sew It - Drawstring Bag


This week we are sewing drawstring bag for Sew It. Great timing as I've wanted to sew a bag for Hanan since she's so jealous of her big sis's bag.

You know she's at this stage where she wants to imitate everything her big sis does and she also wants everything her big sis has. She emphasises all this in constant "Anan Punya!!!" ("This is MINE!!!") grabbing and pushing sessions whenever her big sis touches something. Sighh...recipe for headache for the mom...


So I figured a simple drawstring bag is perfect for her. Something small and cute that Hanan can call her own and show off to her big sis. I chose the first one recommended by Mayya for Sew It, but when I went to the tutorial page I found a few variations useful to customize the bag. So I turned it into a drawstring backpack with lining. This is to make it easier for little miss Hanan to carry it.


Love how neat the lining is. I patched the outer bag to turn it into a pink and blue colorway (I LOVE pink and blue together). I used the same pink dots fabric for the lining.


Little miss Hanan was estatic! She keeps saying "Beg Anan! Beg Anan!!".

Here, at 9pm, in her pjs, she stuffed the bag with some toys. Then, she made Aisha put on her school backpack, waved mommy goodbye, said "Anan skool mommy!!" and walk hand in hand to wherever "skool" is LOL. I love my little sassypants.


Come and join us sometime at Sew It, it really is fun!

18 comments:

  1. Very pretty!! Zura, Its perfect for Hanan.
    I have done mine also. Please do have a look at it.

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  2. OMG...that looks absolutely awesome...beautiful finishing..and perfect for little Hanan...

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  3. cute la fabric tu... as usual la kan kalau ada anak perempuan ni.. semua benda cute dia punya. :P

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  4. zura.. mcm tulah yasmin. semua barang dia punya. even beg abang yang besar pun dia nak pakai jugak. hari2 gaduh dgn abang2. anyway beg tu memang cantik.. cute sangat

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  5. Thats wonderful Zura thank you for joining Sew it this week :)

    The bag is adoreable and Hanan looks to be very please with it too! Double thumbs up!

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  6. Wehhh, what's this i hear ezza getting a wristlet? Where is my peejays??? This is no not fair!!

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  7. preeta - thank you! welcome on board on blogspot! ;)

    nima - thank you..I aimed exactly that, to please Hanan :)

    hani - tulah kan? actually mak dia tak dapat benda2 cute ni masa kecik so dapat girls bolehlah penuhi impian ekeke

    kak haida - samalah anak dara kita dua orang nie hehe...best gak kalo dapat temukan derang ni :)

    mayya - thanks to you for organising the sewalong, I love the motivation!

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  8. esmeralda - oh no i'm being ambushed!! wehh nyah, now I know you're Esmeralda in blogland wakaka!! peejays for you, too ambitious for me..if you like ezza's wristlet i'll make one for you too. the only reason ezza gets it is she ASKED for one lerrr....

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  9. Like i know la i can just ask for it kan! I didn't even know I'm Esmeralda dear me....Anyway, I want one. Better than ezza's.

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  10. esmeralda - sigh..just like ezza and her "Toungue Wagging" blog nick LOL...k, nanti lah aku buat ..perhaps for your birthday? lemme know what prints you like k..

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  11. zura.. lepas i komen kat entry ni terus i buat bag ni.. haha boleh la jadi goodies bags anak2 ku nanti.. tq dear bg idea...

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  12. Weih! how come Nyah's gonna be better than mine???!!!Ni tak adil!!!
    Buuuuu...is it too much for you to buat the drawstring bag for me *very wide smile*. I can put barang2 cuci muka & mekap for sembahyang. Pretty please Buuuuuuu... and Bu, make it quick! I dowan to wait till my bday. I love you! muahhh...muuuaaahhhh

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  13. ezza-you gals are crazy..read - pengsan! nanti ada masa i buat k.. :)

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  14. Forget the wristlet, I want the drawstrings too. Wide opening alsoh. But better than Ezza of course. Will tell u what prints I want soon. (Cari mana prints tuh?). But I trust your taste....ermm do u have mixture or prints brown and turqoise? =) Muahhhh!!

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  15. to my trigger happy, cheeky, over the top friends ezza & nyah - i'm writing your requests in my to-sew-for-friends-and-family long list...i'm honored that you girls like my work...patience is key k LOL :P

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  16. Patience? Alloooo... I am not getting any younger ok. Errrr.... can you make the stringy bag tu matching with my wrislet? Pastu, jgn la buat like beg Hanan. I don't need a backpack. Hehehe... Owh...and buat Nyah punya senget sebelah :-)

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