My intention early of the year was to write about what I made every month regularly, but I totally forgot to find time to do that. Here’s an attempt to continue that intention.
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Tag: batik
What I made in January 2022
Hi everyone, just for fun I want to list the sewing projects I finished (yay!) in January. I wish I have taken better pictures of these, but I figured that if I wait until that happens, March might arrive before I finally manage to write about these. Between work, family, sewing, and updating this blog, beautiful photos are (sadly) not my priority, at least for the time being.
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Batik shopping in Kelantan, Malaysia (Part 3)
Hi all! So my batik fabric hunting in Kelantan did not stop with Kartika Kiara Batik. After that, we went to Wisma Songket Hjh Cik Bidah bt Cik Yin (Cik Bidah for short)…. which turned out to be my favourite of all!
They have a lot of block-printed batik fabrics. Well actually, when I think carefully about it, I would say all of the batik fabrics in the shop are block-printed. I found some hand-painted fabrics, but those are already made into finished products.
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Batik shopping in Kelantan, Malaysia (Part 2)
After our trip to Nordin Batik, we went to another batik shop, Kartika Kiara Batik. It’s along Jalan Pantai Cahaya Bulan so if you plan to go to Pantai Cahaya Bulan beach, you can drop by at this shop.
The shop has a lot of batik fabrics: hand-painted crepe silks, hand-painted cottons, hand-painted jacquards, and if I recall correctly, they also have block-printed batik fabrics. They also have a lot of ready-made garments: shirts, baju kurung, jubah.
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Batik shopping in Kelantan, Malaysia (Part 1)
For the Chinese New Year break, I came back to my family’s village in Kelantan with one important mission in mind: I wanted to explore batik shops there 😛 . I don’t know why, but I never knew about the existence of batik manufacturers in Kelantan before hahaha. Previously, I often thought of batik arts as being a specialty of Terengganu (another state in Malaysia). It was through one of my Instagram searches that I found out about batiks in Kelantan.
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Loose two-piece batik outfits
I finished making this beautiful two-piece outfits last Friday. This was made using one of the sewing patterns I bought during my honeymoon trip in Japan back in August. I bought the pattern from Nomura Tailor Shop in Kyoto. At that time, I didn’t know what kind of pattern it was as I bought it purely because I was attracted with the design at the cover. Now I regretted not buying more, after I realised how easy it is to use the pattern: they already cut each pattern piece for you! Further research led me to handmadecompany.jp, the company which sells these gorgeous ready-cut patterns. Sadly, I don’t think they do international shipping though.
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