Mobile Phone Pouch "Cakum pakum"

Two days ago I made a mobile (cell) phone pouch for my cousin. He has a Samsung SGH i789 model and couldn't find the pouch he was looking for so I promised to make him one.

I started making it without much thought or planning from the beginning, thinking really that it will be a peace of cake. But it turned out to be harder then I thought. 

He bought a peace of black eco leather and wanted a simple pouch which will enable him to answer his phone quickly, unlike he could with his mobile/cell phone bag he had.

I've used the bag he had to make lining so that his phone could go in and out smoothly. 

After sewing all together I had a problem with ending bit. The problem was that my cousin was insisting on simplicity, and me being the way I am I wanted it to be creative, with some possible contrast etc.

So after much thinking and trying out, I decided to finish his mobile phone pouch with adding a string (from his previous bag) on the top of it.

I am very pleased how it turned out to look. It is simple as he wanted, but it is "cakum pakum".

You probably might be wondering what "cakum pakum" means so let me give you a short explanation. I heard that saying yesterday, after who knows how much time. It basically means perfect. I heard it a lot through my growing up. My mom used it when she would tell me to clean my room. She would say: "I want this to be 'cakum pakum' when I come back!". I never saw that phrase to be written down, so I had to do use it in my blog... and plus to make you richer of one more phrase in your life (even though not in your speaking language, but I am not sure which language this really is).

Fell In Love With Ruffles

I fell in love with ruffles!!! I was searching for sewing projects and I found out that the most appealing are those ones with ruffles, whether its a ruffle on a bag or a skirt or something totally different.

I've found this gorgeous bag on Etsy at the MountainWomanFlavor's shop that I wish I had. 

But since I have to control myself and think wisely about spending my money I decided that it's going to stay only my "I wish" thing for now which might turn into "It's mine!" sometime in a future :)

I've also came across this blog (which I decided to follow of course) ~Ruffles And Stuff~ and saw the cutest skirt tutorials that I just have to make sometime, hopefully soon so that I can wear them this year :)

My First Bag In Making

Here it is!! I promised to post a picture of how far I've come in making the bag from my previous post. So the day has finally come. Even though the weather is not sunny at all, I hope I had enough light to make this photo as clear as possible. 

Fabrics I chose for this bags are blue denim and pink linen. As you can see what I did so far is cut the fabrics, bordered it with zigzag stitch so it wouldn't rip, made a flower and started hand embroidering my "name" on it (kinda going from the end). :) To be honest this embroidering is a slow process and I cannot wait to finish it. I hope the way it looks at the end will be worth it.

I could start sewing some parts already (zipper etc) but I am waiting to buy some interfacing. The problem with that is that it seams that its harder then it should be. The thing is that this week I was busy so were not able to go there in their working hours, and today when I am not as busy I came there 10 minutes after they closed. Blah. If I only knew their Sat working hours it would've been easier really. A bit annoying really, but on the bright side :) it definitely helps me to work on my patience ;) 

Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.

Colossians 3:12

 

The Bag

I love this bag! I bought it in the local store some years ago. As soon as I spotted it in the shop-window I knew I had to have it. It is small and cute and PINK! :) 

It's a spring/summery looking bag for carrying basic things such as wallet, cell phone...

For these reasons I decided to make the same one... well, similar. I choose denim 'cause I had it at home and I am adding some more things to personalize it.

In my next post I will post a picture of my progress so far :) It is exciting :) I love it so far :)