This is kind of an intermission in my purple quilt project. I have outstation friends visiting and I needed to get some shabby chic rag bags done for their Christmas gifts.

 Shabby Chic Rag Jean II for a young miss from Sarawak :-)

 Shabby Chic Rag Autumn for a good friend in Kuching :-)

...and Shabby Chic Rag Blues for an old friend in KL :-)

Labels: 2010, Craft, Rag Bag

I managed to get off my butt and started the purple themed quilt a few days ago. I will probably keep this for my own as it will fit in nicely in the purple room of our house.





I chose the crazy patchwork cut and decided to do a king size since I had quite a bit of each fabric.





The outcome was beyond my expectation and I'm eager to finish it up.

I'm thinking of doing a 3 panel border for this massive quilt... starting with pale purple stripes (2" width), followed by purple polka dots (2" width) and finally a fat 5" border using the black rose print. Pretty excited at the prospect but first, to the shops to replenish on diminished stock :-)

Labels: 2010, Craft, Patchwork Blanket

Since moving to Alor Setar some 15 years ago, we have had 1 major flood... in 2005. At its worst, the water came into the compound... it stopped short some 3" below our front door. We actually had quite a bit of fun!!!

We have since moved house, but only one road behind. Anyhow, when the road in front of our present house started flooding on the afternoon of Nov 3rd, we were not too perturbed.



Towards evening, the water had crept inside our compound gates.











Although we heard that the neighbouring town of Jitra was flooding very badly, we were still not too worried. The weather had been fine for the past 2 days and there was no signs of impending rain. We were told the floods were a result of heavy rainfall in other areas and the water was now flowing through to the sea. We expected the water to subside the next day if not sooner. How wrong we were!



By night, the flood waters had completely consumed the compound. This was taken from our upstairs window.


...our sitting room had turned into a Turkish bath.

If not for the split level, we would have lost a lot. We were lucky our girls were home for the long weekend. Among the 4 of us, we had moved up most of our furniture. Whatever that was too heavy, we had raised them up with bricks. To be continued.....

Labels: 2010, Flood