Category: Gifts by Donation

  • “A field of flowers”, blankie for Great Grandma

    Oreo wrote to me sometime last week: Dear Dr Chan, It’s me-ngiao. Could Little Nut and I trouble you for a nice patchwork blanket for Great Grandma? She’s recently moved into Grandma’s house after Grand aunt (Grandma’s little sister) went to the rainbow bridge-ngiao last week. Great Grandma’s favourite colour is purple but blue would do…

  • A new drawstring bag!

    We would like to thank Amy Lee for her kind donation of RM200 for 2 tshirts and a drawstring dashchund bag! This bag is sewn by my mum with the (thinner) canvas that she bought sometime last year. Amy’s request for a drawstring bag has given us a great idea on how to make use…

  • Peek-a-boo cat bags!

    Peek-a-boo! My mum sewed this bag as a gift to Janet, the lady who donated the mustard-coloured cloth for these bags. And these two are ordered by Mei Yee. We thank Mei Yee for her kind donation to our Fund. All sewn by my mum!

  • Two specially ordered doggie bags

    We wish to thank our long-time supporter, PC Leong, for ordering two doggie bags and his kind donation of RM176 for them! PC ordered two canvas bags – one with a maltese and one with a pekingese. I searched for photos from the internet, asked my mum if she could make them, and then I sent…

  • 9-patch blanket by donation

    Here’s another blanket, ordered by Ms Ong, who also ordered tshirts from us. We wish to thank Ms Ong very much for her kind support and her RM200 donation for “any blanket”. This is a classic 9-patch blanket, which I had a lot of fun sewing. This is a classic patchwork, as patchy as it…

  • Two boy-blankets (by donation)!

    We wish to thank Danny Aslan and Gimli very much for their very kind and generous donation of RM1500 for these two boy-blankets! We sent photos of all the cartoon cloth we had and Danny & Gimli chose these two – Happy Doraemon and the Minions. Happy Doraemon and the sashing cloth are all donated…

  • 5 bags for fundraising

    Many thanks to ISKL Grade Two Team (15/16) for ordering 5 of our bags as gifts for parents of their school! Thank you very much for the kind donation of RM50 per bag! The mustard-coloured upholstery cloth is donated by Janet. The price of canvas has gone up considerably since last year and it is also…

  • Homesewn bags (by donation)

    Here’s two bags, ordered by sisters, Yuen Cheng and Yuen Foon! Thank you very much, both, for your kind donation to our Fund. This is Yuen Cheng’s bag with a cute dashchund. Thank you very much for your RM50 donation! This is Yuen Foon’s bag. Thank you very much for your RM100 donation! It’s a…

  • Another Rainbow Blanket

    We’ve done a few rainbow-coloured blankets in the past, and Ho Yuen Cheng requested for one. It was really fortuitous that recently, my mum was able to purchase many pieces of colourful small pieces of cloth from an ex-student of hers.  So I was able to choose the rainbow-coloured pieces of cloth from there. This is the finished…

  • Red Hello Kitty Blankie

    We would like to thank Ho Yuen Cheng, who resides in Sarawak, for her kind support of our work. Yuen Cheng chose this Hello Kitty cloth (from Ms Ooi’s cloth donation) and ordered this blanket. Since the cloth is already so pretty as it is, there was no need to cut anything, and I only…

  • Neck Tie Auction 3, 4, 5, 6

    We are putting up four neck ties in this auction, so if you are interested in anyone of them, please leave a comment on this post but please indicate clearly which one you are interested in.  Thank you! These neck ties were donated to us by a very kind blog reader, for the purpose of raising funds.…

  • Orifera’s Chia Seeds (fundraising)

    We are pleased to present to you another excellent product from Orifera for our fundraising! It’s Chia Seeds, naturally grown in a chemically free environment in Australia. Chia, the Mayan word for strength. Chia is an ancient seed (as food as early as 3500 BC by the Aztec and Mayan civilizations) that has more Omega…

  • Another blanket adopted!

    Many thanks to Agnes’ forwarding through whatsapp, another blanket has been adopted for RM150! Thank you very much, Nancy! Strawberries!! This is a really big single blanket measuring 69 inches by 78 inches. This cloth is donated by Ms Ooi and it is a very big piece. I had to cut off one end of…

  • Neck Tie Auction 4: Hugo Boss Brown Grey Stripes

    Another donated pre-loved neck tie for fundraising!  For maintenance, please dry clean. Kindly help us forward this link to your tie-wearing and tie-buying friends. Thank you very much! Auction Rules: 1. Please check the latest comment for the latest bid before putting in yours. 2. All bids are placed as comments on this blogpost. All comments…

  • Neck Tie Auction 3: Hugo Boss Olive Green 4-Leaf Clover

    A kind reader donated 33 pre-loved neck ties to us for fundraising. For maintenance, the neck ties are to be dry cleaned. Please help us forward this link to your tie-wearing and tie-buying friends! Thank you very much. Auction Rules: 1. Please check the latest comment for the latest bid before putting in yours. 2. All…