Another Rag Rug...

 Another Rag Rug...

another rag rug

After making my first rag rug, I was so happy that I planned to make another one.  This one is inspired by cloth rose flower, i made for my last rug.

Material & Tutorial

1. old old old bedsheet
2. old old old towel
 & dats it.

old old old bedsheet

 I cut 2 inch wide stripes, and joined them to make 6 long strips.

stiched strips, to make 6 long strips.

turn your machine to zig zag

Start stitching, with upsidedown "U" shape

 Using 6 strips, twist and keep on stitching around the rug.

keep on stitching around the "U"

Make sure to stitch towards right side, otherwise, you will end up opening and stitching it again like me :(

twist before stitching and keep going

twist, before stitching

almost done

dont worry if this happens.

 As log as there are no big holes, dont worry and keep going.

old old old towel

cut bit smaller then the rug size

 Cut a piece of old towel, bit smaller then the rug size

hand stitch it under rug.

and done.

Its nice & soft.
easily washable.
I am using it in my wash room.

Have a great day.

My Poor - - - Nokia N8

My poor Nokia.... today we bought Nokia N8 and i really really loved it. I was really excited, but i didnt know my 5 year old was more excited then me.

After coming back home, I got busy with my little one Ali, and Mohammad opened the mobile box secretly and inserted memory card in sim slot. He tried to switch on the phone, it turned on but could not recognize sim. When we came to know the exact situation, it was already too late and the memory card was already deeply inside the sim slot, as memory card is bit smaller then the sim card.

My hubby tried to take it out with needle but no use, I tried to check on internet but there was no information. I could find only find one related topic on Nokia help forum and there it was mentioned that it sometimes damages the phone etc. which made me worried :(. it was under warranty, but warranty does not cover these kinda blunderz.

I am telling you all this story as Nokia N8 is the most selling Nokia phone in dubai market right now. and if something like that happens to you, just dont worry and DONT TRY TO TAKE IT OUT WITH NEEDLES etc.

Ok coming back to my story, next day my hubby got address of Nokia service station and went there, it took the technichan 1/2 an hour to get the memory card out. and charged us 200Dhs. He said, its a most common problem in N8, and people come often with same complaint, but sometimes before coming they already damage their sim slot.

Crux of the story - - - entering memory card in sim slot is common blunder, dont think you are the only fool :) and dont try to take it out by any way as only technichan can do this.

have a good day.

Kool Rag Rug

For me recycling is my favourate, I hate throwing stuff we dont use anymore... love to make something useable and funky out of it, my this project is also a recycled rag rug. The best part is it looks awesome and its really easy to make.

  

my little buddies...

he loved the flwers...

trying to take his favourate book

DIY- - - Following is the stepby step tutorial, for making rag rug.

What you need:

1. An old king size bedsheet.

2. Strong Thread/ same cloth can also be used.

3.Big needle.

4. spare cloth for flowers and glue. (Optional)

I used an old faded king size bed sheet

marked to get long straight cloth pieces

each piece was 2inch in width

Attached these to card board.

After getting all the straight pieces, from the sheet, I attached these to cardboard in 14 bunches, 9 pieces in each bunch with desired length (depends how long you prefer). Having them in bunches helped me in weaving.

First stitch from the bottom of the cardboard, for temprory grip.

Started from the backside, helped me with the grip initially.

Until this point I was not happy with the results.

it started looking better, from here onwards.

quite happy :)

My thread ended in the middle of the rug.

with a knot attached a new thread

Forgot to take picture of the ending. It is really important to pass the thread twice in the first and the last stitch. this will make the rug strong.

Made three flowers with cloth & glue gun

burnt myself :(

Attached on the rug

It was a simple and easy recycle project. Love the results.

Regards

Using back belt to adjust frock...

An adorable friend of mine, Neviene showed me this beautiful dress of her daugther few days back when I went to her place. She could only wear it few times and then it was too tight for her. I had nothing in my mind at that time, still I brought it home, I planned to remove the back belts and use them to adjust it.

Loved the color, and fitting

its a mark&spensor dress with awesome cuts

backside, I removed the belts

Added back tie cloth to sides, in V shape.

left part of belt, after adjusting the dress

Two flowers, I made from the remaining cloth, for sides, to hide any imperfection.

attached flowers to the sides.

And its done, with flowers & V shaped extensions on both sides

and its done.

A half an hours work on this dress, made it wearable again :)

I did this for my darling hannah. (would love to see you in this soon, hannah)

have a great day.

Back Back Back...... Back Again!

Back after a month's break... I never knew kids vacations means mom's FULL TIME JOB.... ooOOpppsss 

During normal school days, I get enough time for myself, crafts and blogging but in vacations + having 2 naughty kids around its soooooo very impossible to do both. I have been crafting lately but didnt get time to upload it. 

So here I go... I will be uploading few of my projects which i did recently in the next few days.

Have a great day