My “not so little” little handicraft - a patchwork blanket. Not very nicely done but I think not bad for a 100% hand sew lah ðĪŠ .. see from far can lah, but zoom in ð .. ð
Actually I bought these cloths during CB in 2020, wanting to make masks but by the time the materials arrived, it’s time to get back to work and these have been chuck into a corner till 2022.
Not knowing what to do with them cos by 2022, mask are no long mandatory except for healthcare and F&B… so I thought of cutting them up & make patchwork blanket
When I had the luxury of time to stay at home cos I’m on HPL in 2022, I finally cut the cloths into small pieces but, it took me 3 freaking hours to cut them into pieces! After cutting them, I lost the momentum again ð
In 2023, I started working on it again, sewing the patchworks up with length & width to match my existing fleece blanket. Worked on it for a few days, lost the momentum & stopped for a few months again ð
And finally the patchworks are ready to be sew onto my existing fleece blanket few weeks ago but I have no direction on how should I do it. And then I decided that I will just fold the blanket, sew along the existing thread ð … no brown color thread, just make do with black and now it’s finally done
Took me about 4 hours just to cut & sort the colors
Hand-sewing it cos no sewing machine & also returned the skill to teachers already.
Somehow along the way, the strips of patchworks gets shorter & shorter ð
Strips of patchwork are not even starting from the 5th row onwards ð
Put it on top of the existing blanket & decided to fold in the blanket cos the blanket is also not evenly sewed. Missing a piece of two along the way, else the design will look similar diagonally.
Not enough of the secure pins, end up using paper clips to secure both the patchwork strips & blanket together
Sewing it using blank thread ð
Tada~~ end product of my hand-sew patchwork blanket
Few weeks later, I decided to do a patchwork pillow case. Be'cos I have extra cloths leftover from my patchwork blanket; a bolster case that’s not in use & an extra pillow w/o a pillow case ð
I cut the bolster case & sew on some cloths to make a patchwork piece
Using the patchwork piece on one side & bolster case on the other side
Tada~~ my new patchwork pillow case for my additional pillow!
This is definitely the most tedious handicraft I ever did but I'm glad I eventually managed to finish it & on top of that, an additional item.
Maybe I can make these for sale next time when I'm older/ retired, but with bigger patches. *Wondering how much I can charge people on labor cost on top of materials? ð
I shall try to crochet a scrunchie with one of the yarn (bought in 2021!).
erm... ... the base rounding up the band is too curly cos I think I didn't hold the band properly, but I lazy to redo again ð
Ended up a bit too curly. It's also not covered fully & can still see the band.
But... ... I think not bad for my first attempt on crochet scrunchie ð
I was deciding between the Trio again but ended up full Lobster Roll ð
After lunch, we head over to 
I also ordered the tea tasting set
Before starting on crochet, I got cookies for Eveyln's family & Sanrio pouch for Carol, Carol also passed me few bottles of clothes fragrance
Wah, this Carol damn professional... got full set of needles leh!
I actually picked up crochet when I was about 10yrs old cos mum was learning back then. Crochet a pencil case back then & I stopped doing anything more till now. Since I've got nothing to do, I asked Carol to refresh me on my hidden skill. 
By the time I got home & got nothing to do, I continue with my practice. Wanted to do a pouch for the power bank but it looks like a huge project
So I ended up doing a pouch for the TraceTogetherToken (TTT)
As the initial start was meant for a pouch, I had difficulty in putting the piece together I ended up "stitching" it together using the existing thread & needle. But it came to a point when I'm stuck with no "ending" for the top 
One day later, I went Daiso to buy button & leather string, crochet on a flap to make it look like a backpack
Tada~~ not quite bad for my first un-supervised project!