Showcase of the Ribbon Ring Pillow

Photo credits to David Chua

This is a late follow-up on my previous post of the ribbon ring pillow. Elaine's wedding was held in December, however I am only now able to get hold of the official picture of the ring pillow.

The idea was taken from Martha Stewart's ribbon ring pillow, with the swerved ribbons as decoration. Sewing the pillow wasn't a tough job, but it took me some time to swerve the ribbons and make them curve yet keeping them in place together.

Materials needed :-

1) Fabric
2) Thick double-sided ribbon (for the decoration)
3) Thin double-sided ribbon (to tie the rings)
4) Sewing machine (of course!) - I used a mini one
5) Disappearing ink pen (for markings)
6) Poly foam (as stuffing)

Steps to follow :-

1) Cut fabric to 2 pieces of 10" x 12" size each.
2) Cut thick double-sided ribbon to 62", and thin double-sided ribbon to 5".
3) For fabric A, use the disappearing ink pen to draw a line down the middle of the cloth. This is where the thick ribbon will be swerving and curving at.
4) Draw a line across the thick ribbon every 3.5". Pin the ribbon in loops, matching marks on ribbon to line on the fabric. Sew along the line.
5) Turn the fabric to the wrong side, place it on top of fabric B. Leave a 1/4" allowance, sew the sides of the fabrics. Sew the fourth side halfway, turn the pillow right side out through the opening.
6) Stuff the pillow with poly foam, and close the opening using hand stitch.
7) Finally, sew the center of the thin ribbon onto the center of the pillow for tying on rings.

They look almost similar, no? I just love how the red ribbons shines out from the turqoise-based pillow. I wouldn't mind doing it all over again. :)

Personalized Photo Magnets

It was Elaine's wedding over the weekend. She was to join her husband abroad after the wedding, so I wanted to make something that she'd probably be able to bring along and to remember by.

Thanks to my hubby's suggestion and my ex-colleague's sharing, I gave her a collection of personalized photo magnets, of various stages in life from the good old school days till now. The entire process took me about 4-5 hours - compilation of photos, resizing them, a quick trip down to the digital photo studio to get them printed, then back at home to laminate them, stick onto the magnetic tapes, and trimming them.

Looking back, I am truly blessed to have crossed paths with Elaine. She has been an absolutely wonderful friend in many, many ways throughout the years. She has also been the pillar of strength behind Babypoppits. For all that, "Thank You very, very much, Laine!!"

May the both of them live a very blissful life together, growing old with each other. Am gonna miss my dear friend very much. *sobs*

Ribbon Ring Pillow

There will be a wedding in Babypoppits end of this year!!!

This is a Martha Stewart-inspired ribbon ring pillow, but in turqoise theme. We used silk to make the pillow, and stuffed it with polyfill. The thinner ribbons in the center of the pillow are to tie the wedding rings together.

Am so, so, so in love with how it turned out. :)

Christmas Treat Bags

Christmas is around the corner. We've been burning the midnight oil the past week to make treat bags for families, friends and colleagues. That's almost a whopping 70 bags done - all filled in with candies!

Thanks to the handy scallop scissors, we managed to make nice scalloped tags and each tag is the recipient's name, nicely attached to the bags with a thin ribbon.

We had so much of fun doing this, and so pleased to see the smile on the recipients' faces. :)