malaysia – Jenjarum

Batik shopping in Kelantan, Malaysia (Part 1)

Published on 30th Jan 20208th Feb 2020 by needleofsupai1 Comment

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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Fabric shopping in People Textile, Petaling Street, KL

Published on 22nd Jan 2020 by needleofsupaiLeave a comment

So from my previous post, I did mentioned about my trip to Fah Num. Right after Fah Num, I went to People Textile, which is just across the street. I have a feeling that this shop has been here for ages, considering how old the building is. The first interesting thing that I noticed: you cannot simply enter the shop… you need to press the bell first and wait for them to open the door for you.

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Fabric shopping in Fah Num, Petaling Street, Kuala Lumpur

Published on 17th Jan 2020 by needleofsupai1 Comment

Hi guys! Today I went to two fabric stores in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and I feel like writing about them here on the blog. Since last year actually I have this idea of blogging about where to buy fabrics and craft supplies during my travels: be them here in my beloved country Malaysia, or in any other countries for that matter. I am reminded by how thankful I am to a lot of bloggers and their posts which helped me to decide where to go in Japan back in August, and informed me a lot of important tips that I wouldn’t get elsewhere. So I figure out that I need to do the same!

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