I promised a finished craft project and craft tutorial every month and it will be slightly delayed this February. Not forgetting today is February 29th, a leap year!! It may not make any difference to our routines but I still feel that today is a special day, especially to those who are born on February 29th! I digress…

I sent my trusty Brother sewing machine to the Brother service center today. My bobbin stopped winding and I used my MagLite and saw that some rubber part had melted (after trying to dismantle and remove the cover, and being unsuccessful, and loosening two nuts that I couldn’t put back without removing the cover). Had to lug it all the way to Beach Road on my own on public transport, the 1-hour bus ride really made me sick. It will cost $30 for servicing + extra money for any parts replacement.

So anyhow, I only have part of a zipper pouch tutorial today.

Step 1: Cut your fabrics
I’m making a rounded pouch today and I’m using a 7″ zipper. You will need something that has a BIG circular base to trace the curved shape of the pouch. Prepare 2 pieces for your “outer fabric” and 2 pieces for your “inner”/lining fabric.

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I met up with dear SYT blackbiscuits yesterday at Plaza Singapura yesterday. We went shopping at Spotlight, the only one left in Singapore. It’s terribly messy and I don’t like to shop there but it’s fun when you’ve got good company. I learnt about the remnants bin from blackbiscuits and scored a very light blue gingham! I also learnt that the minimum I could buy was 1/4 meter instead of 1/2 meter and bought some light blue gingham for a long overdue craft project.

Home-baked cookies with lotsa love

blackbiscuits‘ going back to Melbourne for her studies in 2 weeks. I’m gonna miss her and the yummy stuff she bakes for me whenever we meet up. She even remembers I hate raisins and dislike nuts even though I only told her once a very long time ago; now she makes me my favorite no-nut chocolate chip cookies. This time the cookies are pink inside and there are even heart shaped “rainbow rice”!

On Valentine’s day, I visited Cynthia’s place and she taught me how to make felt beads and beaded hair slides! She so generously gave me a bag of hemp cords and wool for my own crafty projects. I’m going to post again once I’ve finished a felt bead project. Cynthia holds her own beading classes and you can find more details here!

I went home in the evening and prepared pasta salad with soup for a simple Valentine’s day dinner with hubby. It’s a quiet one this year with no lavish gifts because I’m in between jobs and we’re both pretty broke. It’s my first time whipping up pesto pasta salad and I am very happy with how it turned out. I even had a Jamie Oliver moment charring the capsicum over open fire on the stove! He bought me a single stalk of pink rose, it’s the first pink rose I got from him in all these years! It’s sweet, and pink is sweet. I used to looove half-bloomed blue roses, I don’t know why. Now I prefer them champagne, pink or red, and fully bloomed!

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This book comes with pattern sheets for you to zap and make your own bunnies, as well as variations to make your own cat, dog and bear softies. (I’m personally really only interested in the bunnies though.)

兔が大好き！
（うさぎがだいすき！）

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