Sunbonnet Sue Baby Quilt

A couple of months back, a member of our local stitching group, Needles n’ Crafts, Radha, posted at the board asking if anyone is willing to make her a Sunbonnet Sue Baby Quilt which she hopes to gift it to her sister’s daughter is expecting a baby.

I jumped at the opportunity to play with Em, my embroidery machine which I have started to neglect due to my heavy travelling for work.

We discussed the details and finally agreed on only 8 blocks of the Sunbonnet Sues instead of the whole quilt being all Sues.

Radha also requested if I could add a cat in the center block as her sister loves cat.

I pondered for a while as to how to add a cat in the appliqué blocks I already have and did some sketching.

However, after a while, I felt that my cat did not turn out like it was going to look like a cat, and proposed back to Radha if I could instead embroider a Sunbonnet Sue which already has a cat in it which I already happen to have a pattern for it.

Luckily Radha agreed.

Next, I sat down to design a layout of the quilt to make sure that Radha would be happy with it. I gave her 3 options and when she finally settled for one of it, I immediately got started on it as that very weekend, I had some free  time.

I did not want to put off doing it to later, knowing how hectic my work schedule could sometimes be and sometimes even unpredictable where I would have to travel within only 2 days notice.

I am glad I started when I did and got as far as appliquéing and embroidering up to 6 blocks that weekend, because after that, I travelled non-stop for 2 weeks.

The next time I worked on it, I stayed up late to finish off the 2 remaining blocks and started to cut up my fabrics, bought earlier in the day at Kelvins’s one fine Saturday, to make up the rest of quilt.

Radha had specified that she wanted the quilt to be in pink.

That being my favourite colour, I would think that I would have no problem choosing just the right fabric for it.

Wrong!! LOL!

I brought along my sketch and the finished Sunbonnet Sue blocks to Kelvin’s shop so that I can match the pinks to my Sues, and my oh my, does Kelvin have many shades of pinks! LOL!

I was going cross-eyed trying to choose which pink suits the quilt best.

It was hard choosing the many flowery pinks, as in my head, I thought that maybe Kelvin would carry some pink baby motifs, and I would just choose that.

However, the choice of baby motifs in pink was limited at Kelvin’s shop. I did, however, managed to get some very lovely small flowery prints of pinks which I think is really sweet.

For the backing, I managed to get a lovely ABC fabric bought from Gill’s Quilt Gallery in Bangsar, which I felt just matched the pink and green motifs which I intended to do for the front.

It was fast putting the quilt together. It took me only a week, working on it every spare night I wasn’t travelling for work. But the next stage of the quilt, I felt like it was taking me ages to get it done.

For some of you advanced quilters out there might find doing the quilting part a breeze. But for me, it was the biggest challenge of doing a quilt.

I thought that I’d take a short cut and get Em to help me with the quilting part.

I had bought a few quilt patterns online and tried it on a small practice piece and it turned out almost perfect!

I was happy with the result and set about to quilt embroidery the whole quilt with Em’s help. Easy peasy, right?

Wrong again!

Em refused to quilt embroider the huge (huge by Em’s standard) quilt. The quilt kept coming off its hoop and I would end up with jumped stitches.

After several attempts to get Em to quilt embroider, I started to get all flustered and frustrated. I decided that this is not going to work. Em is kicking up a fuss and we don’t seem to see eye to eye on this project.

I decided to let Em off the hook and started to look for other ways to quilt the baby quilt.

I could have just done some simple stippling quilting effect all over the quilt, and I should be done in about 2 weeks, but I am not one to just do something straight forward and felt that, after doing quilting for a number of years, I should start progressing to the next level, and that is to try to do other quilting designs, other than just stippling.

I looked to the internet for ideas.

I spent every spare time I had, googling for quilting motifs, hoping to find just the right motifs suited for my level of expertise. Oopps! I cannot even be considered an expert!

In my search for just that right quilting motif, it brought me to Pinterest.

I could spend hours going through Pinterest!

I came up with loads of quilting designs which I really love. Alas, most of them are for more advanced quilters.

I was beginning to feel the pressure when my time was running out as Radha asked if I could get the quilt done by November, and I still could not settle on a quilt motif which I think I am confident enough to do. My travelling all the time did not help either.

Finally, after many hours of going through Pinterest, I decided on a few motifs which I think I can manage.

Once the motifs were decided, it was time to do some practice pieces.

However, since I was still busy travelling; there was no way I could do a practice piece. So, I did the next best thing.

In between boring meetings, and on my flights in the plane and at airport lounges, or anytime I find that I have extra time on my hands waiting to get on the plane, for a meeting to start, even while I was watching TV, I'd be doodling, trying to find what works best for my quilting level and what suits the baby quilt best.

I finally settled for 4 different quilting designs.

I can’t say I know the names of any of the quilting designs that I have chosen as they all came from different sources.

You can go to my Pinterest to see the pins and track the designs from there, if you like.   

Trying to quilt on a sewing machine with a small throat was another challenge I had to face.

For a while, I ended up having a sore shoulder from not sitting properly. I finally decided to move my sewing machine to another table where I would have more space to the front of the machine, and it worked.

I was able to quilt for many hours on the baby quilt, making frequent stops in between for some water to drink as adviced by many of my quilting friends and from reading and watching YouTubes.

I can’t actually recall how many hours it took me to finish the quilting, but, despite all the sore shoulders I had to endure, I enjoyed every stitch I put into the quilt.

I had so much fun trying out the new quilting motifs.

As if quilting 4 new designs wasn't challenging enough, I decided to also try out making a scalloped border instead of the normal straight edge border. 

This is the first time I am making a scalloped edge for a quilt.

It took me several sketching and markings on the quilt to finally get all the scallops at the 4 corners to match up.

After having to go through a tough time doing up the scallop edge, I decided to just settle for a simple straight line quilting for the border.

Despite it being simple, I think the simplicity of a straight line quilt gave the border the depth and dimension I wanted.

I like the way it turned out. 

Next came the binding.

It was also a first for me to try to bind a scalloped edge and I had to tune in to several Youtube videos before I was confident enough to give it a go.

I think I did OK. I like the way the binding turned out actually.

I decided that the binding should be yellow instead of pink or green to add interest to the quilt. I thought that it would make the quilt 'pop'!

Did it, when you first saw the quilt?

I think the yellow binding picked up the yellow ABCs on the backing very well, and on the front, it brought out the yellow dress on the middle row of Sues. 

This baby quilt had given me the opportunity to try out so many new things and something that I think I’d never try out if not for this quilt.

Thanks, Radha, for giving me this opportunity to make this quilt for you. Those sore shoulders were worth every pain I had to endure! LOL!

I hope you and your sister and niece will be able to enjoy the quilt.

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A baby bag and a fully Free Motion Quilted baby quilt – A first!

Yeap! I did a first in terms of doing up a baby bag and a baby quilt which is fully free motion quilted (FMQ)! Something I have been wanting to do (FMQ) for the longest time, but wasn’t confident enough to do it!

I have never done a baby bag before, although I have wanted to do one when my brother Ayis had his daughter, Fatin, more than 2 years ago. Instead, I gave his wife a tote bag as I felt that I wasn’t confident enough and was running out of time to make a bag for Sufia, my SIL, before she was due to deliver in March 2008.

But, this time around when my SIL, Eina, gave birth to Adam on 5th March 2010, I was quite firm that I needed to do this bag. I had wanted to initially make a tote bag for my SIL, Eina, even before she delivered, but as I was going through a lot of crisis on the office front, I could not get myself in the mood to sit down and make one. I wasn’t in a creative mood to design.

But when Adam was born with Crouzon Syndrome, an occurence of one in every 25,000 people, I knew I had to make something special for him. He came into the world being special, and so, it was the least I could to do as a show of moral support to my SIL, Eina and her hubby, Rushdan, as they will be going through a lot of trying times as Adam goes through many corrective surgeries to enable him to live a normal and healthy life.

He had just gone through his first surgery at only 47 days old. He will be going through another one in two months time, and many more after this until he is about 8 – 10 years old. May Allah give Eina and Rushdan lots of strength to go through it all, and may Adam be able to go through each surgery with success. Amin.

I started on the bag in early April 2010 but put it on hold many times as I find myself mentally and emotionally exhausted almost everyday that I come home from work with a crisis. I thought that I would not be able to complete it as the crisis at work escalated in early May 2010. But, when Adam went through his first surgery on 22 April, 2010, which coincidentally was also Aiman’s birthday, I pushed myself to complete it.

I completed the bag in the first week of May, and immediately started on the baby quilt.

Again, when the crisis in the office worsened in mid May, I pushed the quilt aside and did not touch it for another two weeks, spending a lot of the time in tears as my stress got simply too much to handle that I almost felt like throwing in the towel .

But, each time my hubby or I spoke to my SIL to inquire about Adam’s health, it was heart-wrenching just listening to her tell about what Adam had to go through that I forced myself to push my crisis aside and start concentrating on completing the quilt.

After I had done the top of the quilt, I contemplated whether I should just quilt the quilt in-the-ditch like I always would so that I can just get it done and over with. But, as I looked at the quilt, I thought that since this is a baby quilt, this is as good a time as any for me to give FMQ-ing a go, with the hope that my SIL Eina will not scrutinize the quilt too much! LOL! If ever the FMQ-ing turn out lousy, at least it is going to be a piece that my SIL will be able to just chuck it out of sight in a few years when Adam has outgrown it! LOL!

I spent many hours doing the free motion quilting, and enjoyed every minute of it as I see the FMQ coming to life, so to speak, as I quilted it. I took many breaks as advised by many of my quilting friends to avoid getting any shoulder aches and to ensure that my stitching stays consistent.

I must say that I am very pleased with the outcome. I just love the variegated thread that I had used and just love the effects it gave to the quilt.

Here is the other side of the quilt which matches the inside of the baby bag.

Of course you can't miss the AZNIQUE label! *wink*

I just can’t believe it that I had actually managed to fully free motion quilt it! It was something I have wanted to do it for ages, and I finally did it, through the crisis at all! LOL! I am so proud of myself. I should give myself a pat on the back, right? LOL! *wink*

I don’t know if I would have the guts to fully FMQ a queen size quilt though! *grin*

A great time at the Craft Retreat! – Part 3 (22nd November 2009)

We got up really early that Sunday morning as Corine said that she will start me off early on my bag so that I can get as much done as possible, this being the last day of the retreat.

I was down at the 1st floor foyer ready with my sewing machine and sewing things at 8.00am, all excited to get started on another exciting day at the retreat.

After helping out to get things organised a bit for the day, I immediately got started on the ABC bag which Sheet Lin had already kindly cut to size.

When I first saw the bag, I thought that it was going to be an easy bag to make, especially when Corine said that it only took her two hours to complete it. Errr…..thanks for the vote of confidence, Corine, but I think Corine forgot one very fundamental element - and that is the fact that I am only a novice at making this kind of bags, unlike her who is already an expert! LOL! *wink*

So, how long did I actually take to do the bag which is supposed to be as easy as A..B..C..? SIX HOURS! And even then the bag wasn’t fully completed as I still have the hand sewing part to do. LOL!

The handiwork in my rush to complete it? Errr….don’t even ask! LOL! It must have been my worst! *grin* But, I am glad that at least I managed to complete it at a level where I could understand the technique on how to do it.

I definitely will have to do another piece, this time, at a normal pace, so that I can make proper notes for future reference.

By the way, I finally know how to make the zippered pocket! I have been wanting to learn how to make the zippered pocket for the longest time, and finally Corine taught me how to do it! I am so excited! *grin*

While doing the bag at the retreat, I made notes by taking photographs for almost every step, but I would need to go through them again and redo my `notes’ so that I can understand it better when I need to do the bag again.

I also took photographic notes for the four Face Bag, but not as detailed as the ABC bag as it only occurred to me halfway through making the Four Face bag on how to go about taking notes without spending too much time writing as I rushed to complete the bag.

In the mean time while I was busy and having fun at the retreat, my hubby and Aiman was also having fun hiking Bukit Bendera. Aiman called me from time to time to report to me on his progress.

My hubby said that it took a lot to motivate a boy to take a four and a half hour hike. He said that he learnt a lot about himself as a father too. *smile*

I am so proud of my two boys! More so when my hubby said that Aiman was threathened and chased by an aggresive alpha male leader of the pack monkey. It was a new but frightening experience for him but he took it in his stride, although, according to my hubby, he cried a bit, but he would not let my hubby relate it to me out of embarassment. *grin*

After completing the ABC bag at about 3.30pm, and rushing through lunch of McD Prosperity Burger ordered by Niza (thanks, Niza, for the lunch!), I immediately got started on the Lacey Tote bag.

I wanted to get as much done as possible so that at the end of the retreat, I will feel satisfied and happy that I have accomplished so much even though over a short span of time. At least I have something to show for, despite the crisis that we have had to go through and make every sen and time spent worth it.

I did not manage to get the Lacey Tote done by the time it was time for the retreat to end, but Corine gave me enough tips for me to be able to go home and complete the bag. I also took lots of photographs of the sample bag so that I have something to refer to should I need to.

Here are some photos of some of the bags which Corine will be offering to teach next year! I just can't wait! I just hope that I can find the time to come to Penang to learn all these lovely bags from her!

By the way, there was also an Etui class being taught by Agnes.

I had wanted to learn how to make this too, but Agnes adviced me to concentrate on the bags as Corine is in Penang and I might not have another chance so soon to come to Penang again.

Whereas the Etui can be learnt later as Agnes is in Kuala Lumpur.

Soon it was time to pack up, and things were buzzing around with the organizers getting things together. Goodbyes were said to those who were not able to join us for the BBQ at Corine’s house that night.

I did not want to leave the foyer of the hotel where the retreat was taking place so soon despite having packed up all my things. I was starting to experience a withdrawal symptom.

What do you expect when, the last 3 days, you have been spending time together among friends who share the same passion as you, having so much fun together, doing things we simply love and don't mind spending all day doing it!

Note: above photos taken from Troy16 Flickr Album. You can see more here.

I was leaving behind friends I have not met for a very long time. Even though Azie, Leena and Roz live in the Klang Valley, it is not easy for us to get the opportunity to meet like what we did the last 3 days. It's not easy to meet up with Niza either as she lives in Nibong Tebal. I hope to meet Zarina again when I next fly in to Penang for work, even if it is just for a short while. Hopefully I will also have another chance to drop by Corine's Little Hut Shop!

Corine has taught me so much, but there is still plenty that I still need to learn!

Despite completing one bag and having two bags halfway done, I feel that I have not learnt enough or accomplished much. I have lots still to learn and I hope that Corine will still open her doors to me to learn a lot more.

I still have the Friendship Girl and the Hexagon bag to make, and Corine has promised me that she will teach me the next time that she is down here in Kuala Lumpur. I just can’t wait. I just hope that it doesn’t clash with my other commitments here in KL.

There is so much that I want to do and learn, but there is so little time to do it……… *sigh*

The retreat ended with a BBQ at Corine’s house which we almost didn’t make it when we simply could not find our way there. Niza and Corine had to come get us. *grin*

Thanks, Niza and Corine!

Seen here with me, are, from left, Niza, Leena and Roz. Azie had left by the 7.00pm flight earlier that day.

We had a great time at the BBQ, but had an even better time looking at all the lovely quilts which Corine showed us as she got Roz, Niza and Leena settled in for the night.

Wish I could have joined them for an all night girls’ night! LOL! *wink*

I bet all they could talk about all night long was the retreat! I am envious!

I was even more envious when Niza called me the next morning to tell me that they are doing another day of crafting at Corine’s little Hut Shop as Leena and Roz wanted to do more bags while they waited for their flight back to KL.

If I hadn’t felt guilty for `neglecting’ my son and hubby for the last 3 days, I would probably have wanted to join them. *wink* In fact, when Niza called me in the morning, my hubby had taken my son to the swimming pool, and I think I would have walked to Corine’s house had the house just been a walking distance to the hotel! LOL!

But, it would have been a rush as we had to check out of the hotel by 12.00noon. I also had the packing to do. So, to pacify myself, I set up my machine in the hotel room and worked on my Four Face Bag as I waited for Aiman and hubby to come back from swimming. *grin*

We left for Kuala Lumpur at 2.00pm after having lunch at the hotel restaurant, and arrived safely at 7.00pm.

It was a great Crafting Retreat weekend. I had so much fun, and I leant so much!

I really hope that there will be more of such retreat in the future. In fact, I asked Corine if we could have one here in KL, and she said sure, for as long as I am willing to be the organiser. Hmm…why not, huh? *wink* My hubby believes that there is a market yet to be tapped and is all for my wanting to organize one. Thanks, Dia, for your support! Hugs!

I must thank Niza, Ina and Corine so much for inviting me to this retreat. I can’t thank you all enough for the great time that I had, and for all the great knowledge that I gained during those 3 days.

BTW, thanks, Ina, for the yummy chocolate cake! Yum!

Thanks to Roslind too for her patience to teach students like me who can only crawl while others run! LOL!

It was so good to finally meet Leena in person ofter so many years of communicating online and only now having the chance to meet up. Good to meet up with Azie and Roz too. We should meet more often, but, yes, I know, everyone is busy with work and the other more important aspects of their lives. *wink* Maybe we should try to meet up at least once a month for a crafting day? *wink*

Thank you so much, Dia, for allowing me to join the retreat and joining me in Penang to give Aiman a holiday. Thank you for making it possible for me to stay on despite the crisis at home on the first day of your arrival in Penang, but I hope that you have had a great time too in Penang hiking up Bukit Bendara with Aiman.

Thanks, everyone! It’s been great!

Want to see how the other two bags look like? Check out my next posting! *wink*

A great time at the Craft Retreat! – Part 2 (21st November 2009)

I hardly slept the night before worrying about the house that was left in darkness and without electricity, but at the same time excited about today as today I will be starting on a bag or two, depending on how fast I can work on each bag.

The night before, after much discussion with my hubby, we finally decided that my hubby will take the first flight out of Penang the next morning so that he can get to an electrician as early as possible. We did think about driving back, all 3 of us, but, we figured, if we drive back, by the time we reach Kuala Lumpur, it might be too late to get an electrician to come over, it being a Saturday.

By going by this 4th option, I still get to go for the retreat *smile*, but my son might not yet be able to have his holiday (my hubby had planned on taking him hiking) but he gets to play his PSP and toys all day (I am sure he likes that! LOL!) while I sit in class.

Aiman is used to sitting and waiting, playing his PSP and toys, in between reading a book and doing his workbook, as we have trained him since he was 4 years old to sit and wait for us as we go for a reflexology, go online at Starbucks, or whenever I take him to my sewing classes as we have no maid, or, we don’t feel comfortable leaving him with the maid at home when we did have a maid some 3 years ago.

My hubby took the 7.15am flight back to Subang Jaya, and within a few hours, he managed to get the problem fixed.

It seems that the storm had hit our circuit breaker. My hubby said that it is the most expensive circuit breaker, when you add the flight tickets to and fro Penang and the 4 taxi rides to and fro Penang airport and the Subang Airport ! LOL!

Thanks, Dia, for making the flight back to Subang to resolve the problem so that I can stay for the retreat and Aiman can have his holiday! Muaaahhh!

My hubby took the 5.30pm flight back to Penang. More on that later.

Anyway, back to the retreat, after breakfast with just my son, we made our way to the 1st floor of the hotel for the 2nd day of the retreat. I had to explain to Corine and Niza that I have no choice but to have Aiman with me in class today as the other choice would be that I would have had to go back to Kuala Lumpur today.

Corine and Niza were very understanding, and were in fact, concerned that Aiman might not be comfortable and might get restless. But, Aiman came prepared with his workbook, a story book, his toys and PSP. I have mentally prepared him the night before and again over breakfast that he is not to complain of being bored while I work on my bags as the only other option is that he will have to go back to Kuala Lumpur with his Abah.

Aiman took a corner of the room where I set up my sewing machine and, I must say that I am very proud of him as he was really well behaved and he did not complain at all, but just played quietly with his toys and PSP. I was able to fully concentrate on my bag making class.

I think it was a dream come true for him to be able to play his PSP almost all day as at any other time, he is only allowed to play his PSP on weekends and for only 1 -2 hours a day. So, it was a day where we both got our wish – Aiman, to be able to play his PSP all day, and I was able to work on my bag.

I worked on the Four Face Bag guided by Sheet Lin, Corine’s right hand teaching assistant, if I may call her that.

As I had bought 4 bag kits to make, and Corine wanted to make sure that I am able to complete as many of the kits as possible during the reteat, she got her maid to come in and help to do the ironing for everyone. Now isn't that nice!

Sheet Lin also helped me to get started on the second bag while I worked on my first bag as she cut out all the fabrics to size for the second bag which is the ABC bag.

Seen here is Sheet Lin (by the window), Niza (in orange), Liyana (Zarina's daughter) and Chin Fong.

By the time it was lunch time, I was only half-way through my Four Face bag.

I won’t be able to continue working on it in the afternoon as I wanted to attend the trapunto class which starts at 1.30pm. I will have to continue after the trapunto class if I am done early.

We took a break at about 1.00pm to have lunch at the hotel restaurant (lunch was not part of the package retreat), but service at the hotel was really slow. We had ordered Kampung Fried Rice and Fried Kuay Teow, but, after half an hour, only then were we served but only the Fried Rice. The chef had burnt our order of Fried Kuay Teow!

The waiter apologized and asked us if he could order us another Fried Rice to replace the Fried Kuay Teow. But, as I was already late for my class, I told him that I will share the fried rice with my son.

We ate our lunch in a rush before I had to pack up my things at the bag making class to go to the next class across the foyer, which is the trapunto class.

As the class was tight with many participants, Aiman had to squeeze himself between the other participants’ craft bags and sewing baskets, but he quickly made himself comfortable. It was like he was playing house! LOL!

He in fact found a friend in one of the participant’s daughter and they hit it off almost immediately despite the girl being only 5 years old. So comfortable were they of each other that they started to run around the packed classroom that I had to `chase’ both of them out of the classroom to play at the foyer. LOL!

I am glad that the retreat was held at Vistana Hotel where the foyer was not that big, and since Corine had taken up the whole foyer to set up her quilt exhibition and also her shop and Kelvin’s, that even though Aiman and Jasy, Aiman’s new found friend, were going in and out of the classroom and playing in the foyer, there were familiar people around to keep an eye on them. But, even then, I kept calling out to Aiman to make sure that he doesn’t wander too far away from me.

I almost did not want to take up the trapunto class that day when the day before in the Basic Machine Quilting Class, my quilting was like so hopeless and going no where.

Trapunto is supposed to be the next step, or the intermediate level of free motion quilting. So, how can I, someone who have yet to master the basics go into the intermediate, right? *grin*

But, I am glad that I finally decided to take the class anyway. I think I did much better in this class than I did the in the basic class yesterday. Don’t believe me, see my completed trapunto.

Not bad, huh? LOL! *wink* But, I still have a long way to go before I will get this perfected, but, it’s a good start.

BTW, while I was in the trapunto class who should drop by but Janet, all the way from Ipoh! She had come to pick up her daughter at USM and decided to drop by Vistana Hotel since she knew that I was going to be around and also she wanted to check out the craft retreat.

Janet, you should have stayed and taken a class or two. It would have been fun, I am sure. Maybe next time when we have one in Kuala Lumpur, OK? *wink*

Since I managed to complete the trapunto class at 4.00pm, I went back to the bag making class to try to complete my Four Face bag. I realized that there wasn’t much more that I needed to do to get the bag completed, and Sheet Lin showed me the rest that I needed to do which I could do at my own time.

I then took the opportunity to get Corine to tell me what I need to do to prepare for the ABC bag which I hope to do for the next day. Corine also briefed me on what I should do for the Friendship Girl, a sun bonnet sue appliqué piece, and also on what I should prepare for the Lacey Tote, another bag I hope to have time to do tomorrow.

Seen here, new on the second day, placed in the foyer, is this Sun Bonnet Sue piece which I have been wanting to do for the longest time. I had bought a starter kit, which Corine calls The Friendship Girl kit, to learn how to make one from Corine, but time was simply not on my side. I didn't even managed to get started on it despite taking back the kit to work on it in the hotel room. It's a huge piece but I hope to someday make a similar one.

I also bought another kit, a hexagon bag, but, I have a feeling I won’t have time for it, going by the speed I was making the Four Face bag today. I think I was being very ambitious when I bought the 4 kits! LOL! There is so much that I want to do……….

We got back into the hotel room at 5.30 pm when Aiman started getting restless when he knew that his Abah had boarded the 5.30 pm flight back to Penang.

As a reward for being such a well behave boy all day, I allowed him to do what he wanted to do, but only after he had done his workbook.

He said that he wanted to play bubble bath in the bath tub, since I don’t fancy going down and waiting for him by the pool since it looked like it was going to rain.

My hubby arrived at 7.00pm with a box of very rich donuts from The Big Apple Donut shop which he had bought at Subang Airport.

We dived into that while we waited to go out for dinner.

That night, we decided to take it easy and went to Pesta Pulau Pinang which had just started that day at 6.00pm. When we got there at about 8.00pm, the place was still not yet very crowded. In fact, it didn’t look anything like there was a `pesta’ going on.

Anyway, since everyone was hungry, the first place we headed to was to look for something to eat.

We sat at the first eating place that we found and ordered our food. My hubby ordered Nasi Ayam Golek, while I ordered the plain Nasi Ayam.

Aiman, as usual, ordered his favourite dish of Fried Kuay Teow.

After dinner, we made our way to the entertainment part of the `pesta’ which was the rides.

The first ride which my son and hubby took was this roller coaster ride.

My hubby said that he is starting to feel old taking all these rides but did it anyway for our son. *grin*

Next, all 3 of us took the Euro Wheel Ride.

I managed to take some pictures of Penang at night from the very top of the wheel.

After that, Aiman decided that he wanted to go on the bumper car ride.

I think he needed some practice on how to press on the gas pedal and on how to maneuver the car. Notice how he is being bumped by others? LOL! But, I think he had a good time.

VIDEO OF AIMAN PLAYING THE BUMPER CAR IS STILL BEING LOADED

After that, we just walked around the carnival grounds.

I took a photo of this wax monk who looked so real, I almost thought that he was going to move at any time! LOL!

We left the carnival grounds at around 10.00pm after buying some tit bits to bring home to my MIL and neighbour who has been kind to look after our house while we were away.

End of Day Two.