Long Long Time No See...

Hi to all again!

I'm really very embarrassed for not updating this blog for so many days. One of my friends has been asking about this for last two months. I apologize to her.
First, during last Christmas and New Year, I was so busy making things and everything, I didn't have any time even when I thought of my precious blog. Then, (even to my surprise), I completely, totally forgot about the very existence of this blog!! I know, it's totally IMPOSSIBLE....but what should I say...
and then I met my friend who is one of the very rare readers of my blog. And from then she's been asking me to update it for last 2 months, on every Thursday when I meet her.

And now, she is going away from here to Saudi Arabia for 3 years. I am s-o-o-o-o-o sad!! So to keep in touch with her through this blog, I'm updating again...

This is my newest project. It would be a Victorian style wall-hanging. Though I love doing embroideries, I'm very bad at Feather stitch. In picture no. 1, you can see how horrible the stitches are!!...

But I hope when it's finished, the stitches won't look that much horrible...

YouTube - Phil Collins - Against All Odds

I just discovered how to post from other sites to my blog. So trying very first with my all time favorite singer's one of the most fav song...hope it gets posted...

YouTube - Phil Collins - Against All Odds

Some More Finish

One more month to Christmas!!
And I have not yet finished any of my cross-stitch projects yet...
So putting this picture instead which I made on glass.
Hmmm.....to think of it now, the picture didn't come up very well...
Tomorrow, will try to post a better glass-art project's picture which I'm working on now...

クリスマスまであと一ヶ月ですね!
でも、今年一つのクロスステッチ作品も完成できてない。。。
その代わり、このグラス作品の写真を載せます。
まぁ、写真はあまりきれいに撮れてませんね！！
明日はもっといい写真載せるように頑張ります。。。

Today ordered for some new Christmas cross-stitch kits、YES!! AGAIN...
But seems they are waiting for delivery themselves, so it will take another 2-3 weeks to reach my place...
Oh!! That means I can't finish even one of them before this year Christmas :(

OK, by that time, I should try to complete some of my unfinished projects.
Today realized I have too many pending...
I'll upload those pictures. I know it's not a good thing to do, but please bear with me. I want to keep a track of them. I feel if I put those pictures here, I can bring myself to finish them...

But before I put those unfinished pictures, here's another pouch that I finished recently. I think I'll use this one to keep my electronic dictionaries together.

The material is Japanese yarn-dyed cotton fabric. I must say its color-tone is plain and simple, but I think this is quite typical. Wanted to use this kind of fabric for long time.

And now, I have to go...
Hope to see you tomorrow with the finish picture of that pink and yellow tapestry!!

今日は4つの新しいクリスマスキットを注文しちゃいました。
はい!!また、また。。。
でも、入荷待ちみたいで、私のところまで届くのにあと２－３週間かかるみたいです。
ということは、今年のクリスマスまでに一つも間に合わないなぁ。。。:(

まぁ、その時まで今とりかかってるものを完成させるように頑張ればいいってことですね。
今日気づいた。途中までしかできてないのはいくつもあります。
今度それらの写真をここに載せます。ここに載せたら、やる気が出るかもしれません。

でも、その前に別のポーチの写真を載せます。この前完成しました。
日本の先染め生地です。

明日またこの前のタペストリーの完成写真を見せたいですね。

Pouch Finished (ポーチの完成)!!

Hi everyone!!

First of all, I should thank all who have visited my blog. And I want to apologize at the same time for not updating anything for few days.

I'm a little under the weather for last 2-3 days. Yesterday whole day, I was at home. I just hate this time of the year when weather changes. It's not even winter time here, and don't know why it's around 6-8 degrees now...

But I did one fruitful thing yesterday. Finished my pouch!!

こんばんは皆さん!!

初めに、ブログを見てくれた方に感謝したいです。それと、なん日間ブログをサボったことを謝ります。

この２－３日調子があまりよくなくて。。。昨日、一日中は家にいました。まだ冬じゃないのに、何で温度はこんなに低いでしょうね！！

でも、昨日は一ついいことしました。この前のポーチを完成させました！！

I learnt some new techniques here. For example, there is no piping, but the upper part is stitched in a way so that it looks as a piping. This was the first time for me to make frills too. I must say, it was a bit difficult, didn't come up nice as I wanted them to be :(

Even the red and green button which is stuck to the zipper was new for me.

I'm really happy that it's finished it at last　(^o^)

このポーチでは、いくつかの新しい技法の勉強をしました。例えば、パイピングを作らずに、ポーチの上部分をパイピングに見せかけたり、フリルを作ったり～

フリルが思い通りうまくいきませんね！

ファスナー部分のクルミボタンも初めてでけっこう難しかった。。。

やっとお終わったから、本当に安心しました(^o^)

Started another new tapestry for the New Year.

I'm making it from Japanese Kimono material. Though silk is a bit difficult to stitch, still I like the soft pastel color combination of different shades of pink with light lemon yellow.

My teacher said this color combination is quite common for Japanese style new year goods.

I hope to finish it by this Friday.

So will post again soon.

But before I go, here are some more finishes.

今日から、お正月に向けて、新しいタペストリーを始めた。

着物の材料ですので、縫いにくいけど、色がとても気に入ってます。いろんなピンクと薄い黄色のコンビネーションがいいですね。先生にも日本のお正月っぽい色って言われました。嬉しい～

今週の金曜日までにできるかなぁ？？！！

できたら、また見せますね。

最後、最近ハマってるこの写真～

Recently, I'm into these small cute felt balls. Aren't they cute?!

I made two brooches out of them. These are my original designs. But the problem is, I don't have any places to go wearing them. Think I would put them on my purses ^-^

So long then. Hope to see you again soon!!

このフェルトのちっちゃいボールたちが可愛いですね！！

私は２つのブローチを作りました。

デザインは自分のもので、あまりきれいじゃないけど、嬉しい。ビーズとか、刺繍が思うようにできたから～

でも、使う場所がないなぁ。。。

バッグにでも付けようか？！^-^

それでは、また会いましょうね。

Namste to all!!

Just today, when I was wondering what should be the topic of my blog today, I got a nice surprise.

Today when I went to my workplace (I am a teacher), one of my students gave a very nice gift.

She told me it's actually for new year...lol.

And as you can well imagine, of course I couldn't wait that long...

So I opened it as soon as I got back home.

Look, what I got...

It's a "Chigiri-E", the Japanese paper art, made by tearing beautiful, colorful shreds of Japanese paper "Washi" by hand and pasting. "E" means picture in Japanese and "Chigiri" means "by tearing".

I like the color combination. I'm sorry it's not coming well in the picture. The color, the theme is just perfect for the new year. By Chinese Calendar, next year is the year of hare or rabbits., and in the picture, you can see them making Japanese rice cakes which in Japan, they usually make during that season.

I am really glad to get this. Thnx to my student, Mrs. Miyoshi.

After getting this, I thought why don't I put some more pictures of this "Chigiri-E" that I made long time ago at a 1-day salon.

I still remember how much I enjoyed that day. There were so many colorful paper. I was a little bit embarrassed as well as everybody around me was quite veteran in making these pictures. Still I managed to make these collage pictures within that day.

I must admit that these didn't come out that great, still as a first try, I like them. And the last one is my original design...^-^

Anyway, enough time spent here. I should now get back to some actual stitching...have to finish that pouch and corsage...

Talk to you again^-^

こんばんは！

ちょうど今日はブログに何を書こうと思ってたとき、うれしいサプライズがありました。

学校に行ったら、生徒さんがギフトをくれました。

とっても嬉しかった～

彼女はこれはお正月に飾るようにくれましたが、もちろん私はそんなに待てません。。。

早速開けてみたら、なんときれいなちぎり絵のウサギちゃんではありませんか？！

色もとても鮮やかで、扇方のバックグラウンドもお正月らしい。

三好さん、ありがとうございます。

やった、やった～

すいでに、ずっと前、私は一日サロンで作ったちぎり絵の写真も載せます。

初めて作ったから、ぜんぜん上手じゃないです。

それでも、一日で3作を作ったから、自己満足～

4番目の写真は私のオリジナルデザイン　^-^

それでは今日はこの辺で。。。

読んでくれて、ありがとうございます。

またここで会いましょうね　(^o^)

Some of My On-going Projects (今やってる手芸のあれこれ)

Hello again!

Feeling so ashamed of myself. As soon as I started this blog, I'm showing my laziness at full...

I wanted to write this from last night, and at last could make myself sit in front of the computer and write tonight...

Anyhow, before I could say anything more useless, I'm posting some pictures of my on-going projects.
The first one, I am making at my patchwork lesson.

Circle-Patterned Pouch Bag

I go to a patchwork lesson once or twice a month. It's near my home, and my teacher is such a nice lady. I really like her. To tell the truth, though I like stitching or embroidery very much, I didn't like patchwork that much earlier. That's why I started to go to this lesson just to give it a try; hoping this way, I might start liking patchwork. And this perfectly worked out. Recently, I kind of started liking patchwork... ^-^

Here is another thing I'm working on. Its material is a little unusual. It's made of Tatami-mat fringe. Usually in Japanese rooms, the floors are tatami mat covered. So you can well imagine that the material is quite hard and thick.
At first, I was quite surprised at the idea that a mat material can be turned into a beautiful corsage!!
I'm having quite a hard time putting beads or ribbon on this.... :)

Hope I can turn it into a beautiful corsage.
So, please come back again to see when I am finished :)

Let's see...

Tatami-mat Fringe Corsage

I hope to write again tomorrow or day after tomorrow. I'll keep you informed about my progress.

Talk to you again soon...

Love.

Baishakhi

こんばんは！

ブログを始めて早速怠けちゃいました。
昨日の夜から書こう、書こうと思ってて、結局、今やっと帰るようになりました。
恥ずかしいですね。。。

で、今日は私は今やってるいろいろな物の中で二つの写真をのせてます。

一つ目は、パッチワークレッスンで習ってるレトロ風な布のポーチです。
私はいろいろ手芸が好きで、刺繍などは大好きだけど、パッチワークはもともと、あまり好きじゃなかった。
けど、知り合いの紹介で、家の近くに住んでる先生のお家に行って習いだしました。目的は、これでちょっとでもパッチのことを好きになればと思って。。。先生もとても優しくて。。。
嬉しいことに、最近けっこう好きになってきました。^-^

二つ目は、畳のヘリで作るコサージュ。
畳のヘリでこんなものできるかってすごく驚いたけど。
でもやってみてわかったのは、畳のヘリはとても丈夫なものですね!硬くてとても苦労をしてます:((

でも頑張るから、また完成品を見にきてください。

My First Blog!!

Someone said "Today is the first day of the rest of my life". I decided to start it with my very own blog and share my life with you.  I am new at 'blogging', despite my numerous visits to various blogs in the past. So, if this blog seems very basic or boring, please bear with me and I will try and make it more interesting as I go along.

I like trying new things. I like various kinds of handicrafts. But these days, I specially like embroidery, patchwork and glass art.

I also like to experiment with foods. So here, I will post about what I am trying now. But being a very lazy person, may be I won't be able to post regularly...

Here I should say one more thing about myself. I am originally from India, but after marriage, I live in Japan. So, I will post my articles both in English and Japanese. For people without Japanese fonts in their computer, the Japanese part might appear as some blocks. I really am sorry for that.

Well, if you have survived my first attempt at blogging, then I hope maybe you will come back and visit me again, ok?!  Thanks to  you  all

And now I am off to stitch some more...

今日が残りの人生の最初の日だとよく言われます。だから、私もその残りの人生のはじめの一歩として新しいブログを始めようと思いました。今まではいろいろブログを読んでましたけど、自分のブログは初めてで、あまり上手に書けません。。。

そこで皆さんに我慢して読んでいただきたいです。私ももっと面白く書けるように頑張ります。

私は新しいことに挑戦するのは大好きです。いろんな手芸にも興味あります。

でも、最近ハマってるのは刺繍、パッチワークとガラスアートです。

もちろん食べ物も大好きです。

ここでは、私は今、挑戦してることとか、これからやりたいことについて語りたいです。

でも、私はとてもなまけもので、なかなかブログの更新できないかもしれません。。。　：(

さぁ、ここまで読んでくれた方に感謝、感謝。。。
またぜひ遊びに来てくださいね！
私もパッチワークもっと頑張らなきゃ。。。