Temporarily Closed From 14/12 - 20/12

Morning lovelies~~

We'll be taking a short break for a week, starting from 14th till 20th Dec 2012.

Do check us out on our facebook page as we plan to sell some of our ready-made crafts starting today ♥

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any inquiries. Just leave a message and we'll get back to you soon! ;)

Experiment #1: fleece fabric

I've been experimenting with different type of sewing project for the past few months, using various fabrics. One of them is fleece.

Fleece is a durable and soft fabric, usually used to make blankets, hats and so on. It is a man-made fabric, usually made from polyester. A bit expensive compared to flannel, but still... affordable. I think it's perfect for  plushies and pillow-making as it is veeeery soft and comfy, light-weight, fast-drying and sturdy compared to flannel.

Since fleece is part of the stretch knit family of fabrics, I'm not sure if it can be machine embroidered. And after a series of unauthorized tryouts on my customers' pillow orders (hehe), I can say it works okay. I just need to pay extra attention to it, especially when loading the fabric on embroidery hoop, and while embroidering. Yes, it's easier to apply embroidery on flannel (for now). But I believe that will change over time, once I get the hang of it :)

Here's a few things I made with fleece:
(click to see larger image)

Pillows: 1. cupcake pillow (will be added to the catalog later)
2. doodle pillow (illustration provided by the customer ♥)

Plushies: 1. Awan the sheep 2. Rabbit plushy for my niece

Pencil case

So, which one is your favorite? Do let us know :)


p/s: Close-up picture on each product will be added later, once I finish editing them.

New: customized pencil case

Morning dearies~

Introducing new product from stitchNknot... customized pencil case!

Customized pencil case

Code: PC-001

Size: 9x5inch 

Color: assorted

Materials: fleece fabric, cotton, batting and ykk zippers;

They're made from soft fleece fabric which is fused with batting for sturdiness, and lined with cotton. As usual, they are embellished with embroidery and felt. You can customized them yourself; using your own design or let us design it for you!~ Please visit our catalog for more info :)

Those five colorful pencil cases are actually 2nd order from Nurelly. I've made two of them before in September (not in picture), for her and her sister; and these are additional order made in November for her family and friends. More picture will be added later :)

Till then  lovelies.. it's time to sew!

Order: 'Together forever' pillow in baby pink

Morning lovelies!

Sorry for the lack of update during this past few weeks. I've been busy sewing; working on pending orders and new product samples.

We've seen enough of the red 'together forever' couple pillows, haven't we? So here's something new for a change; a couple of baby pink 'together forever' pillow, ordered by Nurul Azma last August. The adorable felt characters are made based on her wedding stickers :)

'Together forever' couple pillow

Theme: love

Color: baby pink

Character customization: bride and groom (customer's design)

Thanks Azma for your order. I'm really glad you are happy with it :) And congrats on your wedding! May all your days filled with love and happiness ♥

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Interested? To order, please fill in the order form. Do visit our catalog for more info on our products :)

New: Awan

Meet Awan, my new pet plushie, born on 6th October 2012. Awan is actually a hug-able, fluffy, white sheep! Adorable ain't he?

Hello! My  name is Awan  <3

He is pretty huge, measuring approximately 40x38cm. Unlike other pillow, Awan is made from fleece fabric (with a little bit of velboa, felt and cotton for his legs, face and ears respectively). And that makes him super soft and cuddly!

Fluffy Awan be added to our catalog this weekend, along with new items from the kawaii series collection~ Stay tuned :)

Edit: Awan is now added to the catalog~

Order: 'Together till Jannah' couple pillow

Two sets of couple pillows, ordered by Syairah in August for her sisters' wedding <3 As usual, they are made from flannel, with hand-sewn felt embellishment and machine embroidered wordings.

1st couple pillow:

'Together till jannah' couple pillow

Theme: love

Color: dusty red

Character customization: bride (with hijab) and groom

Other request: add date (at the back)

2nd couple pillow:

'Together till jannah' couple pillow

Theme: 3-leaf clover

Color: purple pink

Character customization: bride (with hijab) and groom

Other request: add date (at the back)

Thanks Syairah for your order. I'm really glad you like it!

* Please note that actual color may vary due to lighting condition and monitor calibration (especially for the 2nd pillow)

September pillow giveaway winner is...

Greetings all. It's time to announce our September pillow giveaway!!~ But first and foremost, we would like to thank each and everyone of you for taking part in our third giveaway ♥ 

Here's the participant list:

• Dewi Izzlin - 1,2
• Nurul Asyikin Mohd Taib - 3
• Fadzillah Kamarudin - 4
• Nurul Hazira Azrai - 5
• Roszaliza Abdul Nyzam - 6,7
• Hazreinz Binti Ahmad - 8
• Christina Por - 9,10,11
• Amni Najihah Binti Amaluddin - 12,13
• Nurain Ayna Noormustafa Kamal - 14,15,16
• Hunaidah Ramli - 17
• Apple Wai - 18
• Fatin Amira Mazlan - 19,20,21
• Besma - 22,23
• Ella Sahar - 24
• Nisa Greennnpanda - 25,26
• Noorshamti - 27
• Hana Mohamed - 28
• Sweettwinz - 29
• Siti Fatimah - 30,31
• Syarifah Liyana - 32
• Noris Eka Raudzah Binti Ishak - 33,34
• ~Azatie~ - 35
• Nabila Medan - 36,37
• Mr. Oziz - 38,39
• Kay SBK - 40
• Nurhadifah - 41
• Mary Magdalene - 42,43
• Ainazatulaisyah - 44
• Siti Khadijah Bt Kamarylzaman - 45,46
• Megawati Mukhtar - 47
• Meera Hussain - 48,49
• Isabel Diaz - 50,51
• Siti Hawa Binte Achen - 52
• Mohammad Izwan Bin Isa - 53
• Siti Aisyah - 54,55
• Nurul Aini Binti Mohammad Zakaria - 56
• Ekah Atiqkah - 57,58
• Venessa Jane - 59
• Zuraida Rahim - 60,61
• Salina - 62
• Syafiqa - 63
• Hazirah Binti Muhamad Muslim - 64
• Tee Atie - 65
• Nenot - 66
• Princess Syazliyana - 67
• Sahira - 68,69
• Abby - 70
• LyllΛzhar - 71,72
• Azwa - 73
• Wana - 74
• Dayangku Siti Norhana - 75
• Ina - 76
• Nurul Farain - 77,78
• Noor Aina - 79,80
• Farah - 81
• Fatihah - 82,83
• Izzaty Hedry - 84,85
• Ainie Yusof - 86,87
• Huda Ruzi - 88
• Farah - 89
• Aris - 90
• Izzati - 91

And the lucky winner is...

Congratulation Christina Por! We will contact you via email soon :)

And to all the participants, don't worry if you didn't win this time. We will host another giveaway before the end of 2012. Better luck next time~

Preview: Coming soon this October!

Here's a sneak peek of what I've been working on last weekend. Something new for our kawaii series collections! Cute right? Can anyone guess what this is?

Fluffy cat <3

Also, I would like to thank everyone for joining our September pillow giveaway. Wishing you all the best of luck! For those who missed it, no worries! There will be a next time. And as promised, I'll announce the lucky winner on 4th October. Stay tuned!

Order: Customized friendship pillow

Made this in late July; a customized 'Ukhuwah till jannah' pillow, ordered by Syuhada.

Customized pillow

Color: baby blue

Theme: love / friendship

Wordings: 'Ukhuwah till jannah'

Other customization: 2 girls with hijab and baju kurung (blue & pink), 

holding a heart-shaped balloon with 'syue & mai' names on it.

Graduation Specials: mini plushie!

Greetings all! 

With graduation day just around the corner, some of you might be searching for customized gift for your special someone. Search no more! We've decided to release a 'graduation specials' craft series, which hopefully will captivate you :)

Introducing our mini graduation plushie, which makes great keepsake or gift for you and your friends. It's fun to own them, as they can be customized to look just like you!

Mini graduation plushie

Size: 6x14cm (approx)

Description: made from felt; 100% hand-stitched, 

with graduation robe and 3D mortar board;
can be customized

Do visit our catalog for more info. 

On unrelated note, I would like to thank you for joining our September pillow giveaway :) Only 6-days left now. Do join now to stand a chance to win a super cute cupcake pillow! And please remember to verify your participation here. 

p/s: Please contact us if you have any problem regarding the verification process.

stitchNknot September pillow giveaway

We finally reached 300 likes on our facebook page this week! And we are eternally thankful for your continuous love and support. To show our gratitude, we've decided to host our third giveaway, "stitchNknot September pillow giveaway".

How to join?

It's easy. All you have to do is spread the love (err... word). You can join it via facebook or blog or both (your entry will be counted twice). And to our precious customers, you're entitled to an extra entry if you decided to join. More chances to win!

Step 1 (via facebook or blog or both)

• Via facebook: Share this picture on your timeline (make it public) + tag us "@stitchNknot"
• Via blog: Blog about this giveaway (must include giveaway banner and link)

Step 2

• Verify your participation here

Prize

There will only be one winner this time (No worries though. We will host another giveaway by the end of this year). As the title suggest, this time the winner will receive a customized cupcake pillow from us. Yayyy!!~

Closing date

The closing date is on 11.59pm, 30th September 2012. Winners will be randomly picked using random.org. We will announce the result on 4th October 2012 on our blog.


So, what are you waiting for? Hurry up and join now!

Note: This giveaway is open to those who live in Malaysia only :)

Cute cupcake pillow!

The perfect cupcake is here! It's yummy, with no calories and no trans fat! Super huuuuge and fluffy too!!

Hugable cupcake pillow~

Cute cupcake pillow

Size: 30 x 32cm

Color: assorted

Description: made from flannel with felt embellishment; 

can add special message/wordings at the back;

a perfect gift for any occasion

(or you can just keep it for yourself ~)

The pink cupcake is actually my first prototype. Since the topping lines didn't really show, I've decided to add zigzag as decoration stitch in the second cupcake (i.e. the yellow one). Now it looks better right? Still, there will be small changes on my next cupcake pillow as I'm not really fond of its boxy-shaped bottom.

But still, it's super cute that I have to hide them for safekeeping from my sister! She actually threaten to kidnap those cuties and snuggle them for herself :P

They will be added to our catalog soon. Stay tune~ 
Edit: Added here :)

Order: Personalized name pillow (sweets theme)

Ordered by kak Zu for her 10 years-old daughter's birthday, Aisyah Nabila :) Aisyah loves pink and really into cute stuff! Since kak Zu didn't set the theme and kindly letting me play with my imagination, here's what I've came up for her~

Personalized name pillow with cute gingerbread man, tiny cupcake and sweets!

Close-up: Each applique letter is carefully hand-cut and machine stitched. Also applied machine embroidery to the other half of her names. Neat huh?

Pictures from various angles~

Personalized name pillow

Name: Aisyah Nabila

Theme: Cute + sweet dessert

Color: baby-pink + P6 printed flannel for the back

Bubble dialog: 'happy birthday' + 'from ibu & ayah'

After her birthday,  I got an email from kak Zu, and it really made my day reading this:

The pillow is so adorable. The sewing is neat and my daughter really loves it….Thanks so much for your hard work. It just can’t translate to money

Thanks kak Zu for trusting me on this :)

Order: 'I love U' customized couple pillow

Here's a couple pillow order by Haikal, made in late July. He wants it similar to the together forever couple pillow,  but with the wordings changed to 'I Love U' :)

Couple pillow with machine embroidered wordings, embellished with cute couple made from felt

'I love U' pillow

Theme: Love

Color: Dusty red

Character: girl in hijab + baju kurung; boy in tees

Thanks Haikal for your order. Hope you like it :)

Order: Youtube and twitter bird pillow

This is actually one of my latest order :) Ordered by Aimi in late August. These pillows are made as per her requests: youtube logo and twitter bird applique in front, with full line of wordings at the back. 

The logos are all cut by hand and applied with machine stitching, while the wordings are machine embroidered. Since the words are too long, I've divided them into two parts so they can fit into the hoop. By far, this is the longest time I've ever spent in front of the embroidery machine :)

I love how they turn out. Simple and clean!

Thanks again Aimi for your order. Hope you like it :)

Order: Couple pillow + plushie

Ordered by Nur Syafiqah Maisara in July. This is actually the second set of 'Together Forever' couple pillow that I've made. It's really similar to the one I've made before (here), since she wants it exactly like that. Unfortunately, I've run out of dark-red colored fabric so she choose printed flannel instead for the back.

Together forever (machine embroidered) couple pillow

Color: dark red with P2 fabric at the back

Character customization: girl with hijab & baju kurung, boy in tee

Theme: love

Here's another order of hers; a kawaii turquoise neko plushie. Cute huh? :) Anyone remember it's twin, the grey neko?

Thanks dear for your order. I'm glad your cousin like the plushie :)

Order: Customized birthday pillow (with crown)

Made this in late June. A simple pillow order from Nurulhana for her friend's birthday. As usual, it's made from flannel with felt embellishment. Wordings for "happy birthday" and name are machine embroidered, while the number and the cute girl character is felt appliqued. A crown is added on top of the numbers as requested :)

Customized birthday pillow with felt embellishment

Customized birthday pillow (with name + age)

Theme: cute girl

Color: Dark red

Special request: number '30' with crown on top

Close-up on the stitching~

Back

Thanks Nurulhana for your order. I'm glad your friend likes it :)

What I've been up to...

Hello all,

It's been a while since my last post isn't it? I hope it's not too late to wish 'Selamat hari raya' to all my blog readers~

Anyway, here's a preview of what I've been up to for the past few months. You might have seen some of them in stitchNknot facebook page :)

Various crafts: (1) cupcake pillows,  (2) kitties keychain, (3) simple tote, (4) hijabi keychain,
(5) patchwork pillow, (6) strawberry tree pillow, (7) diana mini pouch

Truth be told, I still have tons of unpublished craft photos. And some of them are customized orders from 2011! So, to make it up you, I promise to post once every two days, at least until I'm catching up with my current finished orders.

Well... wish me luck! :)

Note to self: Write a post compiling all my unpublished 2011 orders!

Order: Personalized name pillow with bird theme

Made this in early June. Customized pillow order from Nadzirah for her friend's birthday :)

Personalized name pillow

Theme: Bird

Color: Pink

It's made from flannel with felt name and birds embellishment. Everything is hand-cut and sewn with love and care :) Both greetings/wishes on the speech bubbles are machine embroidered.

Alhamdullilah.. she loves it!!~ And nothing makes me happier than knowing I have a very happy customer :) Thank you for your support Nadzirah! I had fun working on it ^^,

Order: Mr.Pink hard disk pouch

Here's an order from Mashi, a customized Mr.Pink hard disk pouch. Made in May 2012 :)

Earlier, I've made my first silly mistake. A really silly one!~ Can't believe I actually misread the code! Instead of the pink clone, I made this original blue-colored Diana at first:

Thank god I realized it before posting. Explained it to her, and thankfully, she is very understanding. So, I made another one from scratch, and post it to her asap. Really sorry Mashi for the delay. I'm glad you like it :)

New version of 'Together forever' pillow!

We've decided to take a break from hand embroidery for a while. No worries though! We'll be back with lots of new design after improving our hand embroidery skills. But, it might take a while :(

Since the production of hand embroidered pillow is temporarily suspended, we've designed a new version of 'Together forever' pillow which will hopefully please you. 

'Together Forever 2' (machine embroidered pillow)

Size: 12x12 inches

Theme: flower / 3-leaf clover

More details...

It is made from flannel, with machine embroidered wordings and felt flower embellishment. Same as before, you can customized it by adding couple names beneath the 'Together Forever' embroidery. No name is embroidered for this particular pillow since it is merely a sample. There are two themes available: flower (this pillow) and 3-leaf clover (as in the old one).

More picture below:

We're using pastel color: sweet pink and purple embroidery
on baby-pink background

...embellished with light peach and cream colored flower,
topped with tiny pink buttons

Close-up photo of the flowers

Quality printed flannel at the back

So, what do you think of it? Do you prefer this or the old one? I personally love this color combination :)