Introducing My New Niece - Asma Widad

I'm totally smitten! She's adorable and so full of life! This one will not stop wiggling and at just over 2 months old already showing signs of turning over.

Here she is in her auntie's creation, the Little Cupcake Dress. It fits her just nice, I hope its still wearable for the upcoming Eid. The booties I made for her before also fits her well. Too cute!!!

By the way my nephews & niece call me Mami Zura hahaha....yup, not auntie, not Mommy, but Mami Zura lol

Don't you just love babies? They make you smile and grin and laugh and forget about life's suffering. Such precious gift of God, to remind us adults how we're all born to bring happiness into this world. Baby Widad is so special because she was a much awaited baby for my beloved sister in law (hubby's younger sister) for so many years. I wish her all the happiness and joy and the blessing of a good life surrounded by much love from all of us.

I'm so happy to finally meet her. Yet another reason to sew tiny sized dresses for. We'll be back to Putrajaya on Sunday when I can resume sewing. Till then! :)

Hugs and Kisses,
Mami Zura

My Little Cupcake - Itty Bitty Dress for Baby Widad

Yeay I managed to finish one rushed project, an Itty Bitty Dress, in My Little Cupcake print. As you can see, it is meant to be saccharine sweet coz it's a gift for my little niece Widad! We're going back to Kota Bharu tomorrow for a much needed break with my in laws. I so looking forward to finally meeting my new niece and wanted to make a special dress for her, so I cut & sew this in just one night!

I used the popular Itty Bitty Dress pattern by Made by Rae. As mentioned in her blog the pattern is really small, more suitable for preemies. I added half inch to it, praying it would fit baby Widad. I changed a few things to suit what notions I have in stash.

I sewed in a Fuchsia Laced Bias Tape I purchased from Holland instead of the piping called for in the instruction. Mainly because I don't have cotton piping and making one at 12 midnite is just too daunting for me. I think it's cute, don't you think so too?

I also opted to add a bottom band for contrast instead of the bias tape because again too lazy to cut small bias strips to make one myself lol. I just cut 3 inches wide fabric the same length of the skirt, folded it to make a double fold bottom band and attached it to the skirt, easy peasy.

Can't wait to put this on baby Widad, will take pictures of her in it I promise. I'll be in Kelantan till Sunday so no sewing till next week. Which worries me coz my work-in-progress is building up on me. Here's a sneak peek of what I'm up too :

Phewwww! Till later friends, have a great day! :)

Umrah & Ziarah 2010 - The Journey

Hye! I'm back from my spiritual journey to Eqypt and Saudi Arabia. It was a wonderful, wonderful experience, my first Umrah. Despite the worry of leaving my girls for 2 weeks, I still love the enriching experience, the spiritual revival and the chance to get a closer look at historic places that growing up I could only listen to the stories. The most rewarding journey ever, no wonder our religion highly encourage us to travel, Subhanallah...

So I share here a few pics from my journey before we go back to my sewing posts. Honestly I'm still revving up my engine sewing wise lol...

We were in Cairo, Egypt for 4 days, with a day trip to coastal city Alexandria. The lifestyle in Egypt is somehow similar to Malaysia. I could totally live in Alexandria, what a beautiful city by the Mediterranean Sea! It was awesome of course visiting the Pyramids but the weather was scorching hot and we had to wear masks to block the dusty desert wind. Then we move to Saudi Arabia for the rest of the journey. I don't have many photos at Madinah and Makkah mainly because camera is prohibited in Masjidil Haram. I have some in my mobile phone though :) 

I leave you with the pics till next post. Enjoy! :)

Mom, dad and grandma.

On the River Nile

Where else can we see camel in town?

The street market by the Mediterranean Sea and a citadel.

Sayyidina Hussein Mosque

The camel I rode at Jabal Rahmah. Let's just say, camel riding is not my forte lol

The Prophet's Mosque, Masjidil Nabawi, I cried buckets here thinking of the struggle of our beloved Prophet peace be upon him.

My dad in profile, at the Red Sea. He looks so happy :)

I love my dad...Isn't he handsome? :D

And this is ME!  Hahaha...I caught you by surprise right?

I decided to post a picture of me here so that if by chance you meet me on the street you'd recognize me. Will that ever happen? Well who knows! Fyi, this is the only decent picture of me the whole trip, I am never photogenic LOL

Thanks for reading friends, have a wonderful, happy weekend!

Love,

Zura