Thursday, December 04, 2014

Toko Bahan Craft di Kuala Lumpur

Sahabat Craft,

Sebagai seorang crafter, kemanapun kita pergi rasa rasanya selalu ingin tahu dimanakah toko bahan bahan craft berada, apalagi kalau kita mendapat info sebelumnya bahwa bahan craft di daerah tersebut bagus dan murah.
Jalan jalan sambil belanja bahan craft memang mengasyikkan, sekalian sambil mencari ide dan inspirasi dari toko toko craft yang ditemui di perjalanan.

Kuala Lumpur, tetangga dekat kitapun banyak terdapat toko craft yang menarik untuk disinggahi. Beberapa toko craft berlokasi di mall mall besar, so siapa tahu pas kebetulan jalan bisa sekalian mampir belanja bahan craft.

Harga bahan craft di Malaysia kalau di banding di Indonesia memang agak lebih mahal, namun untuk jenis bahan craft tertentu seperti benang rajut impor atau kain impor atau alat alat merajut dan quilting kadang kadang yang tidak ada di Indonesia bisa di dapatkan di Malaysia dengan harga yang lebih murah.

Berikut ini beberapa toko bahan craft yang saya kumpulkan.

Yarn Store ( Toko Benang)
Jet Sun Handicraft
LG041 Sungei Wang Plaza
Phone : 03-21445567

Toko benang ini favourite saya, aunty pemiliknya baik banget, kalau beli benang suka di discount, dan toko ini harga benangnya lebih murah dibanding yang lain.

Lily Handicraft G095 Sungei Wang Plaza  http://www.lilyhandicraft.com.my

Berlokasi satu lantai di atas Jet Sun, Lily handicraft menjual benang benang rajut dan peralatan rajut impor. Harganya sedikit lebih mahal di banding Jet Sun, tapi penataan toko lebih rapi.

Haby and Wools
Lot 316, 2nd Floor
Ampang Park Shopping Complex
Jalan Ampang Kuala Lumpur
Telp :  03-21615346

Haby and wools tidak hanya menyediakan benang rajut, ada juga peralatan quilting, x-stitch, embroidery dan beading …

Mayfair Handicraft
Jl. USJ 10/1E no. 29 Taipan Triangle
Subang Jaya
Telp : 03-56334563 http://www.maycraft.com.my/

Mayfair pun menyediakan berbagai macam bahan craft.

Adeline Shop
Amcorp Mall Lot L3-11 3rd Floor
Amcorp Mall, No. 18 Persiaran Barat, Off Jalan Timur
Telp : 03-79543461



Patchwork and Quilting
Cottage Patch Sdn Bhd  No. 447 Jalan Ampang, KL  Telp : 603 4256 3106 http://www.cottagepatch.com

Cottage Patch adalah salah satu toko quilt yang paling asyik …
Bahan bahan lengkap dan pemilik yang ramah dan very helpful.

Quilt Gallery  LG, Bangsar Village Shopping Ctr,  Jln Telawi, Bangsar Baru, 59100 KL  Telp : 03-2282 5789 

Yee Button Sdn Bhd
169, Jalan SS 2/24
Petaling Jaya Selangor
Telp : 03-78770072

Yee Button menyediakan berbagai bahan craft juga, tetapi yang paling utama adalah quilting dan peralatannya.



Sakura Sewing Shop
Elitronic Sdn Bhd C-G-33, Ground Floor, 10 Boulevard Damansara, Jln Cempaka, Kg. Sg. Kayu Ara, Petaling Jaya. Telp : 012-684 3133

Epal
2-7A (2nd Floor), Kota Raya Complex, Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lok, 50000 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan. Tel: 03-2070 3788 / 2072 3788


Scrapbook, Clay dll

Scrapbook Memori
Tropicana City Mall, 2nd Floor




Craft Haven
Lot S211 & S211A (2nd Floor) Promenade, 1 Utama Shopping Centre, 1 Lebuh Bandar Utama, Telp :  03-7727 3541


Creative Cottage
Lot 352, Level 3, Amcorp Mall
No. 18 Jalan persiaran Barat

Yen Ji Clay Craft
Unit S10, 2nd Floor Ikano Power Central
Mutiara Damansara
Telp : 03-77242778

Dan semua cabang Daiso di Malaysia

Dan baru buka ada 
SPOTLIGHT
Di Ampang Point Mall lantai 3

Kalau yang ini surganya crafter .... ibaratnya you name it you got it lah.. hampir semua ada ..


Untuk buku buku craft surganya ada di Kinokuniya yang terletak di Lt 4 Suria KLCC.
Disini banyak sekali buku buku craft Jepang maupun China selain banyak juga buku buku dari Amerika.
Untuk buku craft dari China, ada di Chinese section, seringkali harganya lebih murah dibanding buku buku Jepang.


Selamat jalan jalan sambil belanja dan cuci mata …


Hernik Widowati
Crafter
Email : hernik.widowati@gmail.com

Monday, October 20, 2014

Around the World Blog Hop

Last week I was tagged by Elveera in this event .. Around The World Blog Hop ...
Sounds interesting, but I said that my blog is not active, I did not updated it for months ..
She said it's OK, this is your chance to reactivate the blog ... oh well .. she's right ..

Thanks to Elveera - Phiphi - for tagging me ..

So  The rule for this blog hop is simple, you just have to answer these 4 questions ... *it's not that simple for me ... huhuhu ...*

1. What am I working on ?

Oh well .. I am a person who want to do a lot of things ... 
I always have more than one project .. eerrr .. one crochet, one knitting, one quilting, one sewing ... hahaha  ...
These are my WIP for the moment :


1. Gryffindor shawl for my son

He will have hallowen party at school the end of this month, and the teacher said that this year the house will be like in Harry Potter's school. And he will be in Gryffindor's house, so he ask me to knit this shawl .... 


2. Ginko shawl

This shawl is actually the KAL project with Indonesian knitter for last month, since I was doing my Haruni shawl I didn't start casting on until my Haruni was finish, so while all my friends are finish their project, I just started it ... and now, doing my son's shawl make me pending  this ginko again ... 

3. Sewing Project collaborating with friend

My friend and I have a dream to compose a craft book, and we working hard on it. Sorry can not tell now, just hope that we can make our dream come true..

4. and some other projects that I almost forget hahaahha ....

2. How does my work differ from others of its genre ?

I think my works are not as different with others, I don't have a signature art work or any specialties.
I like simple design, bright colors ..

3. Why Do I Create What I do?

Why ? the answer is definitely because I like it ... I like what I am doing ..
I enjoy the process of choosing design, material and happy when it's done ... 
For these past 8 years I often give my handmade as a gift for friend, they know it's my handmade, they like it and I am even happier when they like what I made.

My friends knew me as a crafter, they always ask if I made the stuff myself, even if it's look impossible for me to make it they always ask ... do you make it yourself ? hahaha ...

4. How Does My Creative Process Work ?

Usually it starts with a specific purpose, for example I want to make a blanket as a gift for a friend's newborn baby or I want to make a bag for my son's art equipment.
So I have to decide what color to choose, what material to use, what type of design and sometimes just follow my mood.

It's not that easy though, choosing color and design may take days to decide as I have a medley of different types of fabric and yarn. 
I always want to do my best, and try to finish the project as soon as possible .. even though  some of it may be postponed due to another new project I have to finish first.

Sometimes I make my own design, for this process I make the design first, and look for the material, comparing here and there, adding this and adding that ... I really like this process .. although sometimes it's very frustrating also  ...

Well ... that's about me and my hobby.. 

It's my turn to tag my creative friends now ... 
who will it be ? I did not visit any blogs recently, ever since there is Facebook I am more active in facebook rather than in blog.

But I try to tag these very talented ladies to joint the fun..

1. Thata Pang of Dinamic Crochet. She is one of my teacher and my inspiration. She can do almost everything ... 

2. Kenti in Needlenoodle .. she is my best friend .. always work hard and very creative lady ..

3. and ... mbak Dini of Capung Mungil, she is a very talented lady .. I always enjoy her creative design and artwork.

Let's hear their story next Monday ...

Have a nice weekend ...


Sunday, October 19, 2014

Resume

Hellooo ...

it's been months since my last post on in blog ..
What am I doing all this time ? Well I did some handmade stuff but mostly just busy with daily activities.

Ramadhan, Raya,School holidays .. busy ..busy .. busy ..

But ... I manage to finish all these until last September ..




It's Haruni Shawl ... lace knitting 
Using Nako yarn and 4mm sircular needle



Casting on Gingko shawl .. not finish yet 



Blocking doily 


Haruni shawl again


My pattern for glass cozy .. interesting ?


I also volunteering in teaching craft for Indonesian worker in shelter KBRI, here is one of their work, a handphone case made from scrap. 


Bag ... !! Finally took a course for bag making at Subang ...



Baby Blanket for friend ... 




Table runner for friend who move to Jakarta
Jelly roll bali batik



this one is a caterpillar costume for my bestfriend's son for his performance at school


Have a nice weekend ...  

Thursday, April 24, 2014

Blanket



Quilt for baby girl ..


This one is for Ahmed ...
Finished this quilt top since 2006 (kalo gak salah) dan baru selesai di quilt sekarang hehehe ... sungguh pemalas ..

Welcoming Spring

Spring is coming ....


Welcome spring...


Dokodokkodok bag

Tote bag motif  kodok ini untuk Ahmed.
Setiap Kamis ada pelajaran Art yang mesti bawa art block dan crayon yang gak cukup masuk ke bag dia. So di buatin tote bag inilah biar gampang bawanya ..


Di buat dari bali batik warna hijau dan katun america motif kodok..
Ahmed sendiri yang pilih warna dan motifnya, ibu tinggal jahit.


Model simple tote bag biasa dengan variasi motif di depan dan kantong di dalam, pakai velcro sebagai penutupnya ...

Simple yet manis kan ... 

Camera Pouch

Lihat pattern pouch ini di salah satu web chinese ... lupa apa namanya yaa 
Nyoba dengan ukuran yang lebih kecil, disesuaikan dengan camera yang ada.
Hasilnya ngam ngam ... pas dengan camera Canon G16 ku 


Yang biru ini pesanan mbak Murni, biru warna favorite nya ...
Bahan bali batik dengan handle dari kulit sintetis ... semoga suka yaaa ..



Anda mau memesan juga ?


Monday, February 24, 2014

Twister Quilt Blok Tutorial


                      

Sudah lama penasaran pengen bikin Twister ini, tanya ke beberapa toko quilting pada gak punya templatenya. Mau beli online kok ya males banget.

Kayaknya sih gampang aja buat templatenya, so cari cari tutorialnya ketemu ini http://yarn-or-fabric.weebly.com/how-to-make-an-acrylic-quilt-template.html

Aku pake ready cut square template produkcottage patch, udah ada beberapa ukuran.
Nyoba bikin 2 ukuran, 3,5 inch dan 4,5 inch.


Untuk yang 3,5 inch : buat 1 inch dari ujung kiri dan 1 inch di ujung kanan bawah, hubungkan dengan garis seperti foto di atas.
Buat juga 1 inch kanan atas dan 1 inch kiri bawah, hubungkan dengan garis.
Tutup kedua garis dengan isolasi bening agar garis tidak hilang atau mengotori kain.

Untuk yang 4,5 inch buat jarak 1,5 inch dari pinggir.


Sekarang cara membuat quilt blok nya ...

Buat nine patch blok ukuran 4,5 x 4,5 inch, dengan border 3 inch saja ... *punyaku 4 inch - terlalu lebar, wasting kain*



Letakkan template seperti gambar diatas, dengan tanda silang tepat di garis jahitan, potong sekeliling dengan roller cutter.
Lakukan hal yang sama untuk setiap pertemuan jahitan .. *duh bahasanya ...*
Ambil potongan potongan nya dan susun kembali seperti gambar di bawah, jahit sampai selesai.


Gunakan ukuran template yang lebih kecil dari ukuran blok, seperti yang aku pakai untuk blog menggunakan ukuran 4,5 inch maka template twister yang dipakai ukuran 3,5 inch.

Hasil jadi twister blok akan lebih kecil di banding blok sebelumnya.

Selamat mencoba...
Berikut ini tutorial di youtube : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNxICsLAOrE




Friday, January 10, 2014

Bali Batik

Acara Golf tahunanbapak bapak IATMI KL 2013 ini di adakan di Bali lagi ...
Oh yesss ... I am in a mission ...
Harus berburu kain bali batik.. !!


Kain Bali batik always amaze me ... sukaaa banget ..
Warna warnanya menawan, design nya cantik
Siapa yang tahan kalo sudah di tokonya gini ..

Daaaan ... diriku kalap dengan sukses ..


Dideretan jalan Sulawesi di Denpasar ada banyak yang jual bali batik, tapi yang memang untuk quilting dan sering di datangi bule bule ada 2 toko.

Toko Maju di jalan sulawesi dan Toko Dewi Mas di jalan Gajah Mada, lokasinya berdekatan saja,antara Maju dan Dewi Mas bisa jalan kaki.

Thanks a million to Eny Kojiro my dear friend yang sudah ngantarin seharian ke toko kain ini ..
Denpasar sekarang macet berat, sudah kayak Jakarta aja, dari Hotel di daerah Jimbaran ke Denpasar bisa hampir 2 jam kalo pas jam sibuk. Makanya lebih baik datang pagi pagi ..
Toko buka jam 10 sampai jam 5 sore


Di Toko Maju dan Dewi Mas selain jual kain meteran juga jual fat quarter dan Jelly roll ...
Siap siap kalap yaa..


ini di toko Dewi Mas .. Heaven right ?


Semua mauuuuu ... semua pengeeeen ...


Aaaahhh ...

Desember 2013


Bulan Desember tidak banyak berkarya 

Desember awal harus ke Surabaya, ibukujatuh dan patah tulang bahunya ... hiks ..
Alhamdulillah sekarang sudah ok dan pulih kembali ..

Desember hanya sempat buat 2 dompet passport ini
satu pakai zip dengan kantong passport di dalam, lebih aman karena ada zip, jadi gak takut terjatuh tanpa sengaja.
satu lagi bentuk dompet 3 sisi dengan kanting kiri dan kanan, pakai velcro untuk kancingnya.

Cita citanya mulai Januari ini akan mulai berproduksi si dompet passport ini, mudah mudahan ada waktunya hehehe ...

so, yang mana yang anda suka ? dengan velcro atau dengan zip ?

Happy New Year 2014 and some project from 2013



Whoaaa ... it's 2014 already..
Dan terakhir posting di blog ini di bulan oktober ... 

ok deh, these are some of what I've done in November which I have not post in this blog ...


Order from hubby ... 
coin purse, small one and putter cozy
Pakai kain Bali Batik sisa sisa project sebelumnya



This one is dress for sweet little girl, 3 or 4 years old maybe ..
The pattern is from Japanese book, polanya simple dan nampak nyaman dipakai.
Selalu penasaran sama pola pola Jepang yang simple dan nyaman 



This cute baby girl is Kayla, Grace's daughter 
Wearing pink crochet bandana I made for her



And these are Indian fabrics from my dear friend Elvira in India, they are so gorgeous .. Love the color and the pattern.. 
Thanks so so much Phiphi ..
And some crochet tools and yarn I order from India.



Last are small things I made from the scraps ..
A macaroon pouch, a tissue cover for car and a table runner.
All are using the scraps from my last project.
yaaa ... aku gak pernah buang kain sisa sisa project, minimal 2 x 2 inch tetep disimpan ...

Happy New Year ....