I Want Some More Singaporean Flu?

First of all: I am NOT talking about SARS. (Ate Trixie is telling me people might think that and that, anyway, to call this a flu would be wrong because none of us got fever and it should be called respiratory track disease infection something.. So I made an Oopsie. So what. That just confirms the glaring fact that I am no doctor and anyway, the proper name’s too long a name and “flu” is a nice three-letter word so i’m sticking to flu. Haha.)
I’ve been ill for some time now with some sort of “flu” that I know came from Singapore. Kuya Manuel brought it here when he arrived and infected us all in the house. Haha. Well it started with him I think then he passed it to Ate Trixie and little Vito. Now I have it. I’ve been sniffling and coughing for almost a week now.

Curiously, my singing voice has never sounded as good as it is sounding right now! In my opinion of course- which only comprises around half of the total of all opinion in the world that matters. (Yes including Simon Cowell’s.) Hahaha.

But no, seriously my voice has this really nice raspy quality to it now and I can hit high notes spot on while actually sounding real good. I realized this last night when we were watching a dvd of “The Good Life” and Alizee’s song- Moi Lolita played and I sang along to it and I could actually sing the chorus and sound nice doing it! Yes it’s a French song and yes I know the lyrics to it since it was a really big hit in Europe back when we were still living there. Haha. So there- I guess I’m having mixed thoughts about this flu. Although this Amazing Voice works after I down a cup of sweet green tea…. Could there be a connection?
I, of course, have been milking this new-found singing voice for all it’s worth so I’m singing to all my favorite songs while I still can. Can you say nuts? Haha. But there you go. And as consolation to the people in this house, I only sing when I’m alone.

So whoever in my vicinity wants a shot at this voice-transforming “flu,” feel free to spend some time with me in a relatively small room with airconditioning and see if it works for you, too.

Anyway, enough of that and on to my interesting project. What I have so far are a few little clothes and hangers. They’re so nice and tiny.. and very difficult to sew because of just that: they are sooo tiny and the stitches have to be tiny too.. XD

Got to go.. The moussaka is calling my nose..

Handmade Flower Pillow

Ooh. I was feeling artsy craftsy and so for the Christmas Charity drive our school had, I decided to make a pillow in the shape of a flower.

I bought this nice cotton fabric with a vine-y flower-y print on it. The shop already had some fibre stuffings and I just got some from there.

I first made a sketch of the “petal” on a sheet of board paper and cut that out. I folded the fabric in half, and traced the petal-cutout on the fabric with a drawing pen. I wrote on the under-side so it won’t show. When I cut out the pieces of fabric, they come in pairs so I can sandwich the stuffing inside. I made 6 petals. Used a sewing machine to stitch along the lines I drew but didn’t sew all the way around. left a gap.

Turned the petals inside-out so the stiches are hidden. I stuffed them with the cotton fibre until fluffy. Handstitched to close. Then I made the circle in the middle and the hardest it: to stitch all parts together.

I then sewed the petals one by one and not along the stiching seams. I left half a cm coming from the seam where I closed off the petal and middle circle and stitched along there. So I had to sew on both sides of the circle. If you don’t get it, don’t ask. That’s as clear as I can put it. Lol. Anyway that was the difficult part. Took me two days.

Finally, I needed a container. I got some pink illusion tulle and sewed it into a tube. Put the pillow inside and tied off both ends with pink ribbon.

And there you have it. A soft, fluffy pink flower pillow. I made the stitches really strong so just in case the kids try playing tug-o-war with it, it wouldn’t burst open.

I hope whoever receives that will like it. I spent a lot of time and care with that flower.. It is something really made with love.
More pictures of the pillow at my multiply: cawamelcwizzle. I also uploaded new pictures that has to do with the making of the Cathedral Museum of Cebu there. You can’t comment if you’re not logged in but you can view the contents. Multiply is great, you can dump loads of pictures there so sign up for one now =)

Oh yeah, I am leaving in two days! Whoopie =) Nikki was telling me to sit-in in one of their classes on Tuesday and we can go do something with Ira and Dana afterwards since they only have half day. I think not. Lol. I really do not feel like talking about my school life with professors who I know will ask. It’s always the first question they ask you.

I might do something really creative today. It can be a new theme, a new illustration or fashion sketch. I don’t know yet but… something. =)