new world with new kitchen gears ... :D

ta daaaaa... Long time no post :D
Here are my new kitchen gears.

  

After spending almost one year with my sewing machine and my sewing skill is still so so till now...hehehe..(trus salah gw ato salah temen guweh :D )..ngga ding...
well actually I still love my sewing world...But It is much better if I add another skill as emak-emak yg berkualitas...
so I choose to learn more about baking as my additional skill..jieeehhh...preettt...

Okeh here we gooo... My husband...Romeo Kondouw....really really loves cake and bread...unlike me who loves crunchy food...
So in my mind..it will be more fun if I can make cake and bread for the sake of my husband....ciieehhh...co cwitt :D :D :D
as we all know that "The way to a man's heart is through his stomach"....hahaha...sounds so old school yaaa...
Ngga ding...emang gw lg pen blajar baking aja sih sebenernya...

so I add electric oven, kitchen scale and mixer to my wishlist...wooww..woooww...what a huge budget for me to spend ... :(
But there is no other way...I need those gears to start with...
First thing that I have to do is...to ensure my husband the benefit of having electric oven...then I explain to him the "bla bla bla" and so with the "bleh" too.. yeeeeaahhh...I made it...I successfully convinced my husband to buy me the electric oven...yii haaaa...
though I'm so blank with many types of ovens....Oven tankring, electric oven or microwave oven yaaa....OOooo...God so many...Let Mbah google do this job...kay... :D

Then we go to second move...
O yaaa..I remember..My Mom has an old Philips mixer which I'm sure she is no longer use it...My mom has retired from the baking world I guess...
So I make a phone call... As a sweet daughter...I ask my Mom about my aim...borrowing her mixer...
and you know whaatt...she said..."Ambil aja..kopi...Ibu dah ga pake lagi..dah malas bikin2...dah ga da yg bantuin lagi skrg...nti ta' kirimin mixernya ke medan..." iiyeeesss...Yessssss....Makasiiii mamiwatwatkuuu tercinta sekali... Big hug and kiss for my Mom...hikss...hikss....see I start missing her if I talk about her...What a great Mom... :)

okay by the second week of january 2014, eventually I got all the things collected...electric oven, kitchen scale and mixer ...*my face made a big grin if you could see me at that time :D :D :D

Now all the stuffs are here, I could hardly wait for the first baking attempt...
Then I approached my husband... "Mr.Kon...accompany me yah pliizzz..kita ke kerpur...I mo beli bahan2 buat bikin-bikin kue and the gank...yah pandaiku tercinta sekali..yaaaa..." I said with my melas face.. :D
he agreed..yesss...we go then.. :D

pokoknya intinya..my first attempt using electric oven was by making "Kue Bolu Sederhana"...
hehehe..kenapa cuman bolu sederhana..ya eyaaalaaahh..gw pan lg belajar..kaga bisa samsek...alias blank at all... jadi gw cari resep yg modalnya murce dan dengan kemungkinan gagal juga yg sedikit ... :D
Itu juga dapet resep dr Mbah google..plus browsing sonoh sinih...to ensure that my bolu will not become "bantet and nyeretin klo dimakan"..hehehe...

Akhirnya... ta daaaa....

Here I show you my first "Bolu Sederhana Sekaleeehh"...this bolu is so plain and super simple. Yah namanya aja ngeri gagal... untungnya ga gagal...hehehe 

  

jieee...jieeeee...not bad lah...
the taste was great and the look was quite okay lah...hahaha..ya eyalah bikinan ndiri...

after my first attempt succeed, I was so excited to make another second attempt...ga sabaran ceritanya pen bikin-bikin lagi :D

I'm gonna execute Bika Ambon for my second attempt..ciieee...bisa apa yaaa... ceritanya my husband picked Tepung Instan Pondan Bika Ambon when we were at kerpur last week..
according to the procedures written on the box, it was so easy to follow...But no guarantee for the result yaa.. :D :D
I did googling here and there...try to find out the hidden tips on making this Bika Ambon..
secara pada umunya mereka bilang katanya susah untuk bikin rongga2 dalam kue bika ambon ini..intinya tekniknya adalah oven dibuka agar rongga2 dalam kue terbentuk...
Nah gue from the beginning of oven process till the end ..ntu oven gw bikin nyangap terus alias kebuka...secara gw pen sukses bikin rongganya...

ta daaaa...yang ada hasilnya..ya rongganya sukses tapi bika ambonnya bantet...hahahhaa...
ya eyalah yaa..once nih gw kan klo oven dibuka tutup aja cake bisa jadi bantet..apalagi gw yg 40menit bikin ..nyangap terus tuh oven..
ya sudahlah..my husband still eat it anyway....kesian dia ama gw keknya...
tp klo rasa nya sih ya 11-12 lah ama aselinya..hahaha..narsis pisan eeuuyy...
Ini penampakannya..

 

 

Dan terlihatlah kehancurannya...hahhaha..gaswad...
But That's okay lahh..I will never learn something new if I never try...
^^

P.s :  big thanks to my husband and my mom for providing me those kitchen gears...
         ^^
 

Keep sewing babe!!...Edisi njait baju lebaran buat Gendis (my niece)

the story began from short conversation between my sista (she has a baby girl already by the way) n me in social media ...cieeehhh...

My Sista : "Mba...bisa bikinin baju kek gini ga buat gendis", sambil di jembreng pula picture baju yg dia pengenin...
Me : "ooo...yg kek gitu ya!!....ya dah sini I bikinin...lebaran dipake ya :D "
My Sista : "Yakin kamu bisa Mba"...
Me : "tenang aja..pokoknya nti lebaran dah bisa dipake deh"..dengan pedehnya ..

dan ini adalah piku baju yg dia jembrengin...



sambil memandangin dan memvisualisasikannya dengan alam nyata...hadeehh apa sih...secara cuma dikasih gambar doangan...dan gw masih amad sangat amatir dalam bikin dress...dapet cobaan bikin baju yg kesusahanx tingkat dewa(ini gw yg ngomong ya..bukan sebagai kapasitas penjait yg sebenernya...ciee apa sih pake kapasitas segala ..:D )

akhirnya malamnya gw pun men-googling sono sini...muter2 di dunia maya..menghampiri tiap2 blog yg isinya tentang dunia perjahitan (dan 98% dipastikan blognya orang luar...btw...orang luar banyak loh yg emak2nya pada ngeblog dan isinya cara bikin baju buatan mereka sendiri)...
dan ga lupa buat mampir juga ke forum jahitnya Female Daily...cieee...klo dulu gw biasa nongkrong di kaskus...skrg secara udah bertambah dewasa...hahahaa..emak2 kali bukan dewasa..jd gw memboyong barang2 gw dan pindah nongkrong di forum Female Daily...jieee..jiieee..prett...

akhirnya gw dengan membabi-buta(jiaa brutal amad) mem-bookmark semua blog yg isinya related dengan baju yg mo gw jait...
setelah gw baca berkali2...mengcompare..memvisualisasikan..memperhatikan...dan terakhir jadi membingungkan buat gw sendiri...hahaha...tapi at least gw dapet lah sedikit ilham step by step cara bikin dress ini...

Baru deh keesokan malamnya..gw gelar perkara...cieee..maksutnya gelar kertas, gelar kalkulator, gelar meteran...jembreng bookmark-an...jembreng pict baju yg diinginkan juga...

inpo yg gw dapet dr sista gw sangad minim ...dia cuma nyebutin.."Gendis lingkar dadanya 50cm..trus panjang dress yg dia mau 45cm"...
(buset emaknya ngirit inpo amat ya...)...katanya sih gendis rewel klo lagi diukur2 badannya...makax dia juga udah alhamdulillah bisa ngukur dua variable itu...dan memusingkan buat gw tentunya...


akhirnya ya dah lah...sambil membayangkan postur tubuh gendis...maka gw merumuskan itung2an...untuk bikin pola dress atas dan rempelnya yg tiga tingkat itu...

itung2an selese...saatnya gambar pola....gambar pola dah selese...malampun dan larut...(pas malam itu bertepatan pula ama kebakaran di LP Tanjung Gusta Medan...lah gw pan jadi takut ada napi yg tiba2 minta ngumpet di rumah gw..mana suami lg dinas malam...hahahaa..ini cuma ke parno-an gw aja sodara2... :D )


okeee...back to njait lagi...
besok paginya gw pun gelar bahan...untungnya gw dah punya bahan pink polkadot dan puring pink yg taun lalu hasil gw ngiterin tanah abang...hiks jadi kangen beli bahan di tanah abang)...

buat baju gendis ini cuma butuh bahan 1 meter...bahan pink polkadot ini katun jepang..jd enak dipake...murce pula cuma 25rb semeter..trus puring katun pinknya cuma 10rb per meter...benang pink juga kebetulan dah punya..jd modal buat baju gendis ini ya cuma 35rb...hehehe...


setelah mentracing pola dari kertas ke bahan..saatnya menggunting2...abis itu di sambung2in deh sampe jadi dress ini...
the hardest part in making this beautiful dress is the ruffle part....3 layers booo...
ok now I invite you to imagine the ruffle:
ruffle layer 1 = panjangnya 115cm...
ruffle layer 2 = panjangnya 177cm..
ruffle layer 3 = panjangna 271cm...

wedew...sengaja gw bikin ruffle yg panjang biar kerutan dress nya mengembang dengan sempurna bak adonan roti yg sukses...hahaha..jd laperr..

dan yg aga tricky...tiap layer lebarnya harus beda ...soalnya layer atas harus menutup layer tengah dan layer tengah menutup layer paling bawah...
lom lagi bikin tier extender nya..alias sambungan buat ruffle itu agar bertingkat tiga...hadeeehhh...


tapi dengan segala kerendahan hati...akhirnya gw melalukan pekerjaan itu dengan giat...jiaaaa...apa sih kaga nyambung yaa...

dan akhirnya selese juga baju itu within 3 days...plus fine finishing nya 1 hari...jadi totalnya 4 hari dingg..lama bener yaaa...
dan ini dia penampakan hasil jahitannya :D

cieehh...ada yg bilang awesome lah...ada yg bilang beautiful lah...ada yg bilang so darling lahh..ada yg bilang so cute n sweet lah...banyak deh yg pada bilang gitu..hahaha..padahal itu semua gw sendiri yg bilang dalam hati ...hahaha...parahh ...

dan bagian dalamnya untuk mengesankan boutiqe made..jadi gw jait rapih dengan puring...ciee...

Klo diperhatikan secara detail...maka keliatanlah ada garis biru yaa..itu pensil kapur yg buat ngegaris-garis..biar jaitanx lurus jaya..hahaha...amatir banged seh ngejait aja pake digarisin dulu...
tapi tenang aja...pas di cuci maka garis2 biru dari pensil kapur itu akan menghilang dengan sendirinya...magic bukaaan!!!... (ya bukaaannlahh dodol :D )

dan bagian belakangnya baru deh keliatan ternyata dress ini di buat ama penjait amatiran...hahaha..soalnya gw lom bisa pasang retsleting di baju...secara masih amatir...jadi gw pakein aja kancing...itu juga kancingnya dapet dari nyopotin kemeja seragam ngajar di metro dulu...soalx kancingx pas sama warna pink :D bokis yaaa...

dan ini bagian pitanya...yg gedaa benaaaar...ga apalah biar agak catchy... :D

Mari kita lihat penampakan keseluruhanx sekali lagi... ^^

P.S : semoga Gendis suka yaaa baju buatan bude nya ini... ^^

Let me reveal my third handmade blouse ^^

ta daaaaa...for those who long for my story....here I come..ngek ngek preeettt...hehe...

I think you guys all know that I've been staying in Medan for almost 2 months...(btw...Did I tell you before that I moved to Medan...jiaaaa)
and Medan is so so so....ehmmmm...(dont have many words to describe)...but I miss Makassar to be honest and Jakarta for sure :( (yaeyalah jakarta is the place where my "ari-ari" was planted.....apa itu ari2?...tanya ama emaksnya masing2 yak...)

Haloooo...I cant see any relation between your story and the tittle you made above...(eiitsss...sabar cuuuuyyy...)

kayy...for the time being, I dont have any serious activity as I havent applied for any teaching job in Medan yet. I'm more focus on my pregnancy program anyway (wish it would be success...huuufttt...please pray for me prens :)

so..rather than just bengong2 or wandering, I try to keep myself busy by doing my recent hobby which is sewing..yeeeeyyyy...
Last week I had successfully finished my big project "making backpack for my dear husband"...(I uploaded the pictures in my facebook already....yah harap
maklum...hasil karya harus di pajang...hahaha...preeettt...)

and just now...I finished my another blouse. I bought the fabric with blue floral printing when I was still in makassar, precisely at "Toko Perlengkapan Jahit Harapan di pasar Central Makassar"...the fabric was so cheap...it was only Rp 17.000/meter.
and the pattern itself was actually taken from "Japanese Sewing Book"
Here is the book that I just mentioned ...

Perhaps some of you will question me...how can I make a blouse from a book that has kanji writing....hahaha...me myself dont have any idea....I just straight look at the step by step pictures only, without understanding the writing explanation at all....heellloooooo....ya eyalah...sejak kapan gw bisa baca tulisan jepang :D


oh ya I fell in love with this book at the first sight. It was when I did browsing online stores that sell pattern sewing book and I found that book in Toko Bagus...langsung hajar bleh beli cuuyyy...abisnya di medan lom ada kinokunya book store.


Then I told my husband that I just bought Japanese sewing book by online and its price is  Rp 150.000 and the delivery cost is Rp 23.000.
and you know what his reaction was...He was just frawning...
then I repeated my sentence...iya..so totally Rp 173.000
after some seconds then he spoke up..."what an expensive sewing book it is !.."
then I said lightly..."ya eyalah my dear...It is imported from Japan so It is super duper original book from Japan my dear..." :D
"How about the language?..", he added.
"ya ..of course in kanji", I answered..
"so..will you understand?..",he added another questions
hehehee...I just grinned..."Let's see when the book arrive, kay.." :D


and finally the book arrived...Oh Gosh...all the clothes in that book are so simply gorgeous and the book is also completed with patterns of some clothes...so I just need to trace from the pattern...yihaaaa...
I kept reading the book...upps not reading but staring at the pictures only and tried to understand the patterns and how to sew them into gorgeous clothes :)

at the end I decided to trace "the No.3 pattern". It looked so easy for me and I was so sure that I could follow the step by step pictures.

ta daaaa....within 2 days I successfully sewed this blouse...
But ... Oh God...why this blouse is super big for me..hiks...
I ensured my self that I was picking size M which is the right size for me...
(For Your Info...each pattern in that book is available in size S,M and L, we just need to fit our body according to its provided sizes)


I put on my handmade blouse...and It is really really loose for me...oh nooooo...I'm drowning in my own clothe...help help...cant take a breath...help help....halah halah lebay jeung yg ini...hehehe...

Then I asked for my husband's suggestion, "What if I cut these long sleeves into short?...will I look much better?...
and my husband was only nodding his head several times...
hadeh capek deh..not helping at all...

So...I cut the long sleeve into short and put elastic string around its sleeve...
ta daaaaa...It doesnt look that bad, does it!...hehehee
ya at least if it is too big for me, I still can wear it later on during my pregnancy... :D

the story behind the "Presser Foot"...

ta daaaa....
How Happy I am at this moment...coz I just bought something which I really really want to have...
jreng....jreng..jreng...aaaaaanndd...Here it is...

one set of presser foot

 

 

yup..ini adalah sepatu jahit ato presser foot...

sepatu2 jahit ini amad sangad membantu dlm dunia jahit menjahit...
tadinya cuma kepengen aja..soalx di makassar aga susah nyari barang2 kek gini..belum tau tempatx...jd akhirnya browsing sono sini...dan ketemu deh toko jahit online yg jual sepatu jahit ini...

ini nih link toko online nya ...sangat dapat dipercaya....pelayananx cepat...
novi pesen tgl 6 november ...ehhh tgl 8 november dah sampe barangx...
^^

oh iya sepatu jahit ini terdiri dari 15 jenis sepatu jahit ;

1. walking foot

2. quilting / straight stich

3. 1/4 " patchwork

4. darning foot

5. cording foot

6. overcast foot

7. roll hem foot

8. gathering foot

9. satin stitch foot

10. blind stitch foot

11. all purpose / zigzag foot

12. button hole foot

13. button sewing on foot

14. zipper foot

15. low shank adapter

amad sangad lumayan lengkap buat pemula seperti diri ini...
bukan cuma jahit baju aja..dgn sepatu2 jahit ini..pekerjaan quilting dan patchwork pun bisa dilakukeun...senangnyaaaaa ^^
mudah2an setelah punya sepatu2 jahit ini...jd tambah semangad belajar jahitnya...
^^

P.S :
thanks ya Mr.Kon ku buat sepatu2 jahit ini... ^^

First and second project accomplished ^^

cieeeehhh...ta daaaaaaa...I'm gonna show you my marvelous projects...(ngakaks ....kek gini aja dibilang marvelous...)

My first project...I name it "Tumbler strap"...it's super versatile...(haaaaa.... are u kidding me..."super versatile"?...)...hahaha..for me yup it is..since I am the inventor(..ciaaaaaahhh...preeeettt...)...*my husband gonna scream at the other corner since he was the one who did the "fine finishing"...(thanks though...thousands kisses for you dear...)

Look at the other picture below...ta daaaa...can you see how versatile it is !!!... :D ...
It can also be suitable for my other tumblers..

my passion to make this tumbler strap was begun with my hobby "carrying tumbler wherever n whenever I go"...more over Makassar as you know it's "super hot city"..you're gonna sweat and feel dehydration all the time..(jiaaa lebayyy...sumpeh tp beneran..)...
so what's the relationship between tumbler and sweating and dehydration...of course there is...I like to carry this tumbler so I  can drink whenever I want...
I can fill my tumbler with my fav. drink...it can be either simply "ice tea" or "hot coffee latte"...
But I found difficulty in grabbing my tumbler if I keep those tumbler in my bag...especially when I am on my bike...
(for your info...I like to drink on my motorcycle while waiting for traffic light")...It feels like in heaven you know when you find yourself trapped in traffic jam and get sweat because of the sun and then you grab your ice tea from your tumbler...ceeesssss....slurp....and every body will look at you in jealous...and quietly they say in their heart..."Oh damn how I want to drink ice tea also..."....hehehheee..you know what..you just make others jealous....sumpeh looo..ato cuma perassaan elu aja nov...deh deh deh..skip..skip...

Let's get back to my writing...
Now..I'm gonna show you my second project...
It's super stunning....(hahhahaaa..dimana letak stunningnya...sumpeh tapi keren menurut gw...)
I name it "Sewing machine cover"...cieeeeehhh...

you know what...the inspiration came when I looked at my sewing machine standing in the corner of my table...
I feel so much pity with my sewing machine...coz it stands alone there..naked...
oh GOAT...naked without even "one string attached"...
ooo how pity you are..you're gonna get dirt and dusty....no waaaaayy...I'm not gonna let you suffer my dear sewing machine..I'm gonna make a gorgeous cloth for you...
then I went to fabric shop..and buy these things...I picked this square red fabric...as I think it's gonna look super stunning on my sewing machine...
actually this kind of fabric comes in three different colours, red square, blue square and orange square..
but didn't know why... I just picked the red one..it reminds me with Scotland skirt...and I bet it will match with black fabric...I'm gonna combine those red and black...

Black fabric - kain keras - scotland pattern fabric

Oh iya I got the idea on how I should make the cover from "The crafty Gemini site"...this site really help me much in making my sewing machine cover...
so after some desperately sewing processes...finally...ta daaaaa....Here is my stunning sewing machine cover...

upper view

front view

now my sewing machine is no more naked :D
that's all...^^

My new Gadget ...

Cieeeee...
noraaakk..noraaaakkk....
hehehe...bentar..bentar...gw mo ngeliatin gadget baru gw dulu...
whattttt!!!!.... ELu dah pake iPhone 5...sumpah lu ..yg ini kamsudna?.... ***(orang yg disebelah gw nunjuk2 gambar di bw ini...sambil terbengong2...)

Gw bilang...."bukan cuuuyyy....yg ini nih gadget baru gw..." (geli ndiri gw norakinnnya...hahaha...iihhh apa sih mingkem mingkem....)

walopun barang ini termasuk kegedean klo mo di masupin ke kelas "gadget"...
tp menurut gw ini barang adalah gadget yg ciamiks bangets buats gw...
pas lah buat gw yg ingin menjadi wanita sejati...hahaha...(maksud lu wanita sejati hrs bisa jait gitu nov?...)...   :D :D :D
ngga sih...kamsudna gw cuma pen iseng2 aja bereksperimen dgn barang ini...
semoga gadget baru gw ini bisa membantu gw mewujudkan impian2 gw yg selama ini terpendam...(emangx apaan impian lu nov?...)
tenang2..ini baru mo gw ketik...jangan tarik2 baju gw gitu dunk...susah nih gw ngetiknya...*otis ga jelas

impian sederhana gw yg selama ini selalu terpendam dlm hati saja adalah...
1. bisa bikin seprai + sarung bantal sendiri...dengan pola minimalis...(catat tuh...minimalis...dan bukan gonjreng...)
2. bisa bikin hordeng sendiri
3. bisa bikin elap + celemek + elap2 yg lainnya buat keperluan dapur....klo bisa dibikin seseragam mungkin...
4. bisa bikin baju2 imut buat anak gw kelak...(dijamin baju mu ga akan noraks nak....tapi ancur malah iya...hehehe...)
5. bisa bikinin baju + celana buat suami gw...secara badannya dia ukuranx aga2 beda ama ukuran international...halaahhh...
6. bisa bikin baju sendiri buat gw...(impian gw adalah bisa bikin baju yg model bajunya kek si Samantha...yg srg muncul di channel Life Inspired...yg srg design2 ruangan itu loh..aduuuh gw lupa nama acaranya... :D
7. nti dulu deh gw msh mikir2 lagi

ya dah deh nti lagi dilanjutin..gw mo mencari impian gw yg ke tujuh dan selanjutnya...halaaaahh..preettt...
:D :D :D


P.S ;
Oh iya gw lupa yah mention my new gadget...
It is a simple portable sewing machine "Brother LS 2125"
Oh ada lagi....not forget to mention...thanks to my dear husband for allowing me to have this wonderful gadget ...
^^

How is Heaven My Dear Son Bara Go Ciek ? ...

"How is heaven my dear son?... isn't it wonderful?...
though I can't hear your answer I surely believe that you must be happy to be there...
How about the angels?...do they take care of you?...
I definitely sure that at this moment the angels are dancing and singing just to cheer you up my dear Bara Go Ciek...


It had been 4 months you stayed in my womb...yes we are a couple of mother and son...you always go with me everywhere I go...you eat when I eat...you sleep when I sleep...you even work when I work...how close we are !!! ...Dont you still remember we always spend our night listening to classic musics till we fall a sleep?...
How about "The Three Little Pigs"...I feel so sorry for that...I only have a chance to read that story three times before you leave us for good...

My Dear Son...to be honest ...I'm so deeply sad to lose you...but I have to take it for granted...as we know that "Man Propose God Dispose"...yah...I just can make a plan but still God who decides the outcome....fyuuuuhhh...

oh iya...your daddy...you dont need to worry...your daddy is okay so far...He keeps praying for your happiness ... He is a tough daddy...
I bet you will look like him when you grow up ... Believe me !!! ...you're even more than your daddy ^^
Your Daddy is the one who name you "Bara Go Ciek"...he always called you with that name since you're in the first week living in my womb...
"How are you Bara Go Ciek?...", that's the way he greets you...

when I asked your Daddy the meaning of that name...He just smiled...
what a weird name!!!...but since that...I also called you Baragoci...
when I pronounce that name...it sounds like tamagochi...hehehe..you make me laugh my son...you always !!...


Rest In Peace My Dear Bara Go Ciek   ( Wednesday, June 13, 2012    23:30 WITA)
Your Mom n Your Dad will never forget you...
we keep praying for your happiness...
send our best regard to the Angels and God !!!
Dont forget to pick us up when the time comes !!!


with love
-Mom n Dad-