The Sewing Machine

Finally, I received my sewing machine - in fact, my first!

Mula-mula ingatkan nak beli dari Lazada, harga boleh tahan, dan ingatkan nak guna untuk belajar menjahit aje dulu. Tapi bila dapat tahu ada kawan nak jual, terus je beli dari dia - lagipun tak sampai setahun pakai, barang datang dengan kotak, nampak macam baru.

Benda yang mula-mula aku jahit is actually a coffee cup cozy - because I love coffee, and because I think I should do my part in preserving the environment - everytime I bought some handcrafted coffee that is.

Minggu lepas, hari terakhir Jakel Sale, aku beli kain cotton untuk buat sarung mesin jahit, sebab jujurnya, I am not going to sew everyday, kan? Well, at least lepas habis belajar jahit baju tak lama lagi.

The first thing I did was of course, bukak youtube dan ulang video 2 - 3 kali - just to make sure.

Lepas tu mula draft atas kertas untuk cover mesin jahit sendiri. Ambil ukuran yang lain - sebab dalam video mesin jahit dia besar, aku punya kecik je.

Lepas tu mula potong kain, batting untuk quilt, dengan kain  lining (sebab dah tersalah beli batting... urgh). Dan... mula menjahit.

Jahit zig zag pada tepi kain, sebab malas nak hantar kain untuk jahit tepi

Ukur 1" dari bawah, lipat dan pin untuk hem

Dan jahit lagi

Voila!

I think this looks... OK. Sekurang-kurangnya mesin jahit ni tak berhabuk bila terpaksa tinggal lama-lama.

2014

Hello.

I mean, hello 2014.

Darn, I should have wrote something about the beginning of 2014 like... 5 days ago. But I really got so many things stuffed in my head; all the anger, frustration, a little bit of so-called happiness, and the feeling of 'emptiness' has all combined.

Mind you, that is NOT healthy.

Dalam pada semua orang sibuk post new year resolution kat facebook and other social media medium pada permulaan 2014, aku masih lagi berperang dengan perasaan sendiri. 'Should I love myself more?' or 'Should I put others first?'.

After bloody 5 days, I have decided... that I should do (almost) anything that I wanted to do. Live a good life. Become a better Muslim along the way. It sounds like a good plan, or resolution.

Let's face it. I am not growing backwards. Yeah, I DO have fun telling people every year, that I am 21 (Guilty menipu umur, as charged). Tapi ya lah, sampai bila aku nak tipu diri sendiri, kan? And the question of whether I should put myself or others first, I'll let time decide.






That's it.