No Sew Eye Patch

AZ woke up today with her left eye all red. She was all ok about it except the itchiness that was starting to annoy her a little bit. I had to tell her to wash her hands every few hours. Once a while, I need to gently clean the gooey green discharge from her eyes. But that still didn't stop her from rubbing the infected eye. I was scared that it might further inflamed the eye so I made her an eye patch. 

 
It is quite easy really. No sewing skill needed. You just need to have fabric glue or a stapler, really. The rest are scissors, elastic, a piece of fabric (I just use my extra charm square) and a felt (in my case, I used my baju kurung shoulder pad). Basically any fabric that is soft so it won't irritate the eye.

First, measure how big do you want the eye patch to be. Cut out two semi circular shape with rounded edges. For the front part, I used the charm square and the soft shoulder pad at the back.  Glued them together and you are halfway done. 

Then, attach the elastic to the patch. I used fabric glue but you can just go ahead and staple them together. 

I used pegs while waiting for the glue to dry.

And you are done! 

Kids Felt Sewing Kits

Lately, I have been doing some cross-stitching projects and AZ has been pestering me to have a project of her own too. So, I was at Mr Diy the other day, looking for AM's table fan and I saw this. Went straight ahead to purchase it.

The kit contains all the pre-cut pieces of felt, thread, plastic needle (so you don't need to worry about them little fingers) and decorations. It is also complete with simple step by step instructions to make this delightful fabric shoes. Basically, everything you need in bringing the design to life.

I gave AZ full confidence to do everything on her own. I gave assistance only when she needed it. And to see her so engrossed in her project was so amazing. I also love the fact that she chose to decorate the fabric shoes without being too dependent on the illustration.

The project seems simple, but it involves a lot of hand and eye coordination which can be a little bit tricky for kids. Maybe after this she can move on to a different project with much higher level of complexity.  In the meantime, she is enjoying her self-made fabric shoes.

This is a great project for one of those rainy day activities. It is cheap and you can easily find it in the 5 ringgit store like Daiso, Mr Diy and even bookstores like Popular and MPH. 

Sewing Mojo

So I was back in the store room again and probably this will continue on until I have all things that I need prepared for the new baby. One box caught my attention. Inside was my old sewing patterns. They are mostly McCall's', Kwik Sew, Lisette, Simplicity, Burda, Make It Perfect and some that I purchased from the craft market back when we were in Australia. Most patterns are of tunics, blouses, dresses, hats, bags, and kids' projects. I have done most projects but there are also some that I have yet to attempt and once my sewing mojo is back, there will be no looking back.

These are some of my sewing projects years ago.

Dress for AZ

Tunic for me

T-Shirt for AM

It is interesting to note that, it used to be difficult to find sewing patterns sold in the shops. Most of the time, we had to resort to the crafters community online. Now, with the existence of Spotlight, things are a lot easier.

I really need to embark on more projects. I think AM and AZ both need new hats. I could throw in new pencil rolls for them to keep their colour pencils. I might sew library bags too while I am at it. The new baby is going to need quilt blanket and pillow cases too. I still have the charm packs somewhere. Just need to keep on trashing the store room until I find them. In the mean time, let us all hope that this is not my pregnancy hormones kicking in (which often time proves to be quite temporary in nature).