Hallo, Girls! And more

After CNY delays in postal service, everything seems to be coming altogether.  We've happily received the 4 new girls and the olympus trip!  Nicky Lad, Frosty Frock, Bohemian Peace and Aubrena.  I like Aubrena very much now, which is  a surprise as I thought Frosty might be my favourite.  May because she looks too precious to take out of the box and play.

And then there's more, I didn't even notice the little invaders/protectors until LB pointed them out.  Aubrena doesn't look too pleased though.

After a long break from sewing class

I took a long 2 months break from sewing class and just return for the 4th item of the syllabus.  We're supposed to do a blouse with collar and sleeves.  Both my sis and me chose the peter pan collar and gathered sleeves.  We're really running out of inspiration on the fabric to buy.  And I thought we were away from Chinatown long enough to have a fresh eye on the fabrics!  We decided to go for plain fabric this time as any prints can go dangerously wrong.  I picked up a nice pastel pink fabric which is written on the samples as silky cotton.  Feels very smooth and soft, reminds me of good high threadcount bedsheet :)  Somehow, I'm still not getting a vision of the blouse, except that there should be some details added, like maybe collar of a different colour, printed or adding lace somewhere?  After some googling, I think I may be getting somewhere with this combo:

Hey, do you think you can let me out?

1st to arrive from The BAY :)

Craft it Forward!

A good friend, SP, invited friends to join this movement.  I thought it'll be a good idea as I've been lagging off crafting in any form for a loooong time.  It didn't help that I haven't been to sewing class for just as long.  This should set me on the right track again!
So here's the deal:
Via Simplypeaceable's blog via Brigette’s blog via Ginger Urchin’s blog post:

I promise to send something handmade to the first 5 people who leave a comment here. They in turn must post this statement and send something they make to the first 5 people who comment on their blog post.The only other rules are that:
1) it must be handmade by you and,
2) it must be sent to your 5 people sometime within 2011.

 Join me and don't be shy, experience not needed ;)