Cross stitch supplies in Malaysia

Where do I get my cross stitch supplies? I normally get them at Haby and Wool in Ampang Park which is situated on the 2nd floor of the complex, but I made a mistake by visiting it during the Chinese New Year holiday this year. They were already away for the long weekend celebration, so I made a detour and decided to check out the new Klim Craft in Ampang Point.

It's a crafters' haven! Once I got there, I asked the staff if they sold DMC thread and she showed me this embroidery thread tower. I nearly fainted! They even had the metallic floss and other special DMC thread.

Only downside to it is they have limited aida cloth selection but it only costs RM20 for half a meter of DMC 14ct off white aida cloth. Glad I got all the colors for my Once Upon a Time sampler.

Here's a little compilation of craft shops selling cross stitch supplies, in case I'd you need them:

Klim Craft
Ampang Point Shopping Mall
F11, 1st Floor, Jalan Mamanda 3,
Ampang 68000 Selangor
+603 4260 3386
klimcraft@gmail.com
www.klimcraft.com

Haby & Wools
Ampang Park Shopping Centre
3.16, 3.17 Jalan Ampang,
50450 Kuala Lumpur
+60 3-2161 5346
haby_wools@hotmail.com

Knit N Craft Centre
Giant Superstore Bandar Puteri,
1st Floor, Lot S-07,
No.7, Jalan Puteri 1/1,
Bandar Puteri, 47100 Puchong,
Selangor Darul Ehsan.

+603-80631253

Lily Handicraft
G095,1st Floor, Sg Wang Plaza
www.lilyhandicraft.com.my

FREEBIE: Printable Doughnut Floss Organizer

When you're making a yearly sampler, I found out that it's extremely necessary to be organised. I only needed 2 strands of floss for each colour. What do I do with the

DIY Needle Minder Tutorial

Being sick is definitely no fun. But I'm glad to be a part of the cross stitchers' community at #onceuponatimesampler and #thefrostedpumpkinstitchery while I lay in bed feeling sorry for myself. I've gotten much better but am still recuperating. You can see from the photo above I'm still stuck at making little dwarfs from Snow White. They're still eyeless!

While browsing through the hashtags, I've kind of fallen in love with needle minders I've been seeing on cross stitchers' work. They're oh-so pretty and they range from Victorian designs to cute kawaii designs. Would love getting one for myself, but that would mean having to order one all the way from the States or the UK. Postage prices are just getting more expensive nowadays.

So here's a little do-it-yourself Needle Minder tutorial:

You'll need 2 pieces of magnets, a flat bead, tape or double sided tape and scissors.

Simply, tape/double tape the bead to one piece of magnet. You could even hot glue it down!

Now take the other magnet and place it on the other side of your embroidery hoop. The magnets will stick together and mind your needle for you when you need to take a break from stitching to check your stove or even your little boy! How cute is that!

Will be making another needle minder soon. In the meantime, happy stitching!

Much love, 

Cross stitching with The Frosted Pumpkin

While cleaning the house today I found my old set of cross stitch thread and found the urge to start on a cross stitch project (again!). Haha..never managed to complete my last project cause I made my own pattern from a photo of my uni friends and I lost the pattern somewhere in my hard drive. Note to self, next time, please email yourself the pattern or print a hard copy of the custom made pattern.

And it's oh so pretty too. Shame that I can't finish it now :(

Wellll..moving on. I have an image of a cute design of Elsa of Disney's Frozen in my head but will need more time to think of the design and probably share a pattern on the blog. While browsing for more ideas, I stumbled upon this cute cross stitch pattern website/shop: The Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery

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Their patterns are oh too cute. Their whole concept is on creating kawaii cross stitch designs. Kawaii da ne!

I've downloaded one of their freebies on Kitschy Digital and now I just need new Aida cloth. Oh and maybe some new thread as well. Cause really, you rarely can find cute cross stitching patterns and granny designs are just too dull. I'd probably purchase their monthly sampler too. Not too late to join in on the 2014 fun on Instagram #onceuponatimesampler #thefrostedpupmkinstitchery. Been browsing the hashtags and am giddy with excitement.

Image from their Big Cartel and don't forget to read Amanda's (the co-owner's) blog too!

It's a one time purchase cross stitch pattern where they'll email a new pattern every month so you can add on the design to create a larger piece of tapestry. This'll also help motivate me to cross stitch more frequently  The theme just came at the right time too cause I've been feeling a little bit disney-ish lately, I blame watching Frozen for this (>.<)