Monday, May 11, 2020
Step by step: Bendera Garland dari Cheater Quilt
Thursday, September 5, 2019
Step 1: Tas Perca
Hello,
Please meet Tas Perca (or Scraps Bag in English). Tas Perca is our first step to reduce the plastic bag usage in our operational process.
Monday, April 9, 2018
Double Zipper Pouch Giveaway
To celebrate our first published pattern(you can check it out Here!), there is nothing better than a giveaway competition! Two winners will get a Double zipper pouch.
How
Cheers, Fili&Lino
Very easy. Just like this giveaway post on Instagram or Facebook. Your name/account will be automatically counted for the drawing, get an extra entry with share this post on Facebook or comment and tag one of your friend in the Instagram post. If you're still not sure whether you're name is on the drawing list or not, please feel free to e-mail us at filiandlino@gmail.com.
This competition will end on April 15, 2018, 23:59 PM GMT+7.
This competition is open for everyone.
Don't skip this chance and win this Double zipper pouches!
Double Zipper Pouch Pattern
Hello!
Finally, we released the pattern of Double zipper pouch. We make some adjustment at the size, it's larger than our previous version ( Previous size L 13.5 x W 6 x D 5 cm. The new size L 16 cm x H 8 cm x D 6 cm). Check out our shop Here to purchase the pattern.
Cheers!
Fili&Lino
Cheers!
Fili&Lino
Friday, February 19, 2016
Twin Tote Bag
Hello, Fili here!
This week I had a little adventure with a Twin Tote Bag. This bag is different from the previous totes that I made because it's two bags made into one.
The bag has two main bodies with one pocket on each sides and one hidden pocket in the middle. The sewing method is like sewing a twin pouch but with a few modification. The bag has a volume (previous twin pouch that I made is really simple and didn't have any volume). I had some difficulties with the top squares, the zipper made it difficult to sew on the wrong side. I decided to sew the top corner in the inside and covered it with bias binding (always trust bias binding to help your day!).
That's my little sewing adventure this week, see you next time!
Fili & Lino
This week I had a little adventure with a Twin Tote Bag. This bag is different from the previous totes that I made because it's two bags made into one.
The bag has two main bodies with one pocket on each sides and one hidden pocket in the middle. The sewing method is like sewing a twin pouch but with a few modification. The bag has a volume (previous twin pouch that I made is really simple and didn't have any volume). I had some difficulties with the top squares, the zipper made it difficult to sew on the wrong side. I decided to sew the top corner in the inside and covered it with bias binding (always trust bias binding to help your day!).
That's my little sewing adventure this week, see you next time!
Fili & Lino
Sunday, November 8, 2015
Lunch Box
Hello!
Fili here! I intended to write this post last week but I had to postpone it since we need to prepare our next event. I'm going to talk about our latest finished custom order, a lunch box with thermal lining.
Our customer requested to use a laminated Kokka fabric as the main fabric. It's quite a challenge to sew this one, the laminated fabric wouldn't move forward when I tried to sew it on the machine. I tried a few tricks until I found that the fabric must be sewn with the wrong side in the bottom or sew the fabrics together with other parts so the laminated side won't stick.
In addition to that, sewing the thermal lining was very challenging. I must resew it several times to make the lining fitted. The thermal lining also looks pretty easy to tear apart, it only consists of a thin aluminium like sheet and some sheer foam. It doesn't have any fibers or grain, so I have to be very careful when sewing it.
This is the photo of the inside:
The lunch box is smaller than the previous one that I made, so I used a single handle on top instead of two handles in the front and back side.
That's it, see you next time!
Fili&Lino
Fili here! I intended to write this post last week but I had to postpone it since we need to prepare our next event. I'm going to talk about our latest finished custom order, a lunch box with thermal lining.
Our customer requested to use a laminated Kokka fabric as the main fabric. It's quite a challenge to sew this one, the laminated fabric wouldn't move forward when I tried to sew it on the machine. I tried a few tricks until I found that the fabric must be sewn with the wrong side in the bottom or sew the fabrics together with other parts so the laminated side won't stick.
In addition to that, sewing the thermal lining was very challenging. I must resew it several times to make the lining fitted. The thermal lining also looks pretty easy to tear apart, it only consists of a thin aluminium like sheet and some sheer foam. It doesn't have any fibers or grain, so I have to be very careful when sewing it.
This is the photo of the inside:
The lunch box is smaller than the previous one that I made, so I used a single handle on top instead of two handles in the front and back side.
That's it, see you next time!
Fili&Lino
Monday, October 26, 2015
Hand Stitch Practice
Hello, Fili here :)
I had a little problem with my sewing machine a few days ago: the thread was a little loose every time I sewed thick fabrics. I checked the sewing machine parts, cleaned it, changed the needle but the problem was still there. Probably it's because my sewing machine is already very old. After several times failed to top stitch a bias binding, I thought it's time to give it a rest and do a hand stitch instead. I still haven't mastered the technique to create a neat and flawless hand stitch, not to mention it takes me hours (two to four hours!) to do a hand stitch.
And this is the result of my hand stitch:
It looks better than before, isn't it? The valley and hill weren't as rough as before (see my previous hand stitch) and I must practice sewing faster.
That's it, see you later!
Fili&Lino
I had a little problem with my sewing machine a few days ago: the thread was a little loose every time I sewed thick fabrics. I checked the sewing machine parts, cleaned it, changed the needle but the problem was still there. Probably it's because my sewing machine is already very old. After several times failed to top stitch a bias binding, I thought it's time to give it a rest and do a hand stitch instead. I still haven't mastered the technique to create a neat and flawless hand stitch, not to mention it takes me hours (two to four hours!) to do a hand stitch.
And this is the result of my hand stitch:
It looks better than before, isn't it? The valley and hill weren't as rough as before (see my previous hand stitch) and I must practice sewing faster.
That's it, see you later!
Fili&Lino
Sunday, October 4, 2015
More Q&A with Fili&Lino
We got some questions from our latest instagram giveaway, and now we're trying to answer all the questions!
1. Are you going to have a tutorial on how to make your plushies/dolls?
Not at the moment. We have a huge list of custom order and Fili isn't really keen on having another plushies in her room.
2. What about your eito song fabric, have you made something from it?
So far only a three panel wallet.
3. How long does it takes for the trial and error before you launched your new model/products?
Depends on the product. Usually within hours for small products (pouches etc), 1-3 days for totes, and more than that for rucksack/backpack. The learning process itself is not stopping there. Usually every time we make the same product, we keep on learning something new on how to make the product much better and efficient.
4. If you find a model that you like somewhere, how do you figure the pattern? Do you buy it and open it?
Please bear in mind that we will never buy someone's product and open it to learn how to make it. Nope. Never. What we do is we just try to figure it out without even touch the model. If we found some model that we like from books or pinterest, we just try figure it ourselves. If we stuck, we try to find the tutorial somewhere online (google is our best friend, and so does pinterest). If we couldn't then we just think, do trial error. Besides, if you've been making bags/wallet/pouches for years, you'll learn that the basic are pretty similar, it's just the small modification here and there that makes it different.
5. What's your flagship product?
Not sure. The recycle? Wallet? Lunch bag? Probably recycle.
6. What makes you different from other crafters out there?
Hmm, we think we're pretty similar with other crafters: we do this because we like it. But we have special interest on the pattern and colours of the fabric. The tone, mix and matching, we put a lot of effort on that area. We are also very strict on deciding what kind of fabric that we're going to buy. We aim to have a more unique pattern. That's why it's pretty hard to find shabby chic/flower fabrics in our products. Probably something fun, quirky sometimes, but not too flashy or too much? We already tried printing our own fabric and the response is pretty good. Hopefully we can have more original print fabric in the near future.
Hope this answers! Feel free to drop any questions on our instagram, facebook, e-mail, and twitter!
Fili&Lino
1. Are you going to have a tutorial on how to make your plushies/dolls?
Not at the moment. We have a huge list of custom order and Fili isn't really keen on having another plushies in her room.
2. What about your eito song fabric, have you made something from it?
So far only a three panel wallet.
3. How long does it takes for the trial and error before you launched your new model/products?
Depends on the product. Usually within hours for small products (pouches etc), 1-3 days for totes, and more than that for rucksack/backpack. The learning process itself is not stopping there. Usually every time we make the same product, we keep on learning something new on how to make the product much better and efficient.
4. If you find a model that you like somewhere, how do you figure the pattern? Do you buy it and open it?
Please bear in mind that we will never buy someone's product and open it to learn how to make it. Nope. Never. What we do is we just try to figure it out without even touch the model. If we found some model that we like from books or pinterest, we just try figure it ourselves. If we stuck, we try to find the tutorial somewhere online (google is our best friend, and so does pinterest). If we couldn't then we just think, do trial error. Besides, if you've been making bags/wallet/pouches for years, you'll learn that the basic are pretty similar, it's just the small modification here and there that makes it different.
5. What's your flagship product?
Not sure. The recycle? Wallet? Lunch bag? Probably recycle.
6. What makes you different from other crafters out there?
Hmm, we think we're pretty similar with other crafters: we do this because we like it. But we have special interest on the pattern and colours of the fabric. The tone, mix and matching, we put a lot of effort on that area. We are also very strict on deciding what kind of fabric that we're going to buy. We aim to have a more unique pattern. That's why it's pretty hard to find shabby chic/flower fabrics in our products. Probably something fun, quirky sometimes, but not too flashy or too much? We already tried printing our own fabric and the response is pretty good. Hopefully we can have more original print fabric in the near future.
Hope this answers! Feel free to drop any questions on our instagram, facebook, e-mail, and twitter!
Fili&Lino
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
Blue Sneakers
Hello!
We had a fun project to make a set of billfold wallet, a make-up pouch, a small pouch and a pencil case using plain navy blue fabric combined with Geekly Chic Sneakers Blue fabric.
We had a fun project to make a set of billfold wallet, a make-up pouch, a small pouch and a pencil case using plain navy blue fabric combined with Geekly Chic Sneakers Blue fabric.
Sunday, February 22, 2015
Marketday Display Agony
Hola everyone!
So Fili&Lino is going to have a pretty big even in the next three months. Our problem now is the booth display (beside our other main problem: production itself!). I've been lurking all over the web, and I'm in love with wire baskets or wire display. Something like this, this, or this. The problem is, I don't know where to find it in Jakarta! I've been to various shops and nope. The closest thing to these are at Scoop, but the wire basket there is so damn expensive!
And you may already know that IKEA is now open in Jakarta (well, Banten Province to be exact). So I thought, why not try find something there, especially when I pretty much fed up with Ace Hardware and Informa. And I found some stuff that I really like: a brand new RISATORP trolley (it's not even on their cataloge and website yet). Believe me, it's pretty big, not like in the photo. Pretty pricey, it's almost IDR 1 million (80USD) here, but I can imagine it will look pretty nice with our pouches etc. I'm also thinking of having one of their LACK long low table, for additional display if needed.
So, any idea where I can find an affordable wire basket here? And any thought about our product display? Where can I find good quality stuff for display that doesn't kill our bank account?
Lino
ps: HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR! XIN NIAN KUAI LE!
So Fili&Lino is going to have a pretty big even in the next three months. Our problem now is the booth display (beside our other main problem: production itself!). I've been lurking all over the web, and I'm in love with wire baskets or wire display. Something like this, this, or this. The problem is, I don't know where to find it in Jakarta! I've been to various shops and nope. The closest thing to these are at Scoop, but the wire basket there is so damn expensive!
And you may already know that IKEA is now open in Jakarta (well, Banten Province to be exact). So I thought, why not try find something there, especially when I pretty much fed up with Ace Hardware and Informa. And I found some stuff that I really like: a brand new RISATORP trolley (it's not even on their cataloge and website yet). Believe me, it's pretty big, not like in the photo. Pretty pricey, it's almost IDR 1 million (80USD) here, but I can imagine it will look pretty nice with our pouches etc. I'm also thinking of having one of their LACK long low table, for additional display if needed.
So, any idea where I can find an affordable wire basket here? And any thought about our product display? Where can I find good quality stuff for display that doesn't kill our bank account?
Lino
ps: HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR! XIN NIAN KUAI LE!
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Bazaar!
Hola!
Fili&Lino here, reporting the bazaar that we just had three weeks ago.
So for the first time, we were at an office bazaar, means a bazaar in a office (duh?) that went for three days. We would like to share some photos and little bit stories behind our first bazaar. Since we knew we're going to be at a bazaar, we already prepared some stocks and (finally!) bought a knock down shelf for product display. In the beginning, we only planned to be at one bazaar, but we ended up being at two different bazaars, with only three days preparation between bazaars!
Without too much talking, here are some photos!
Fili&Lino here, reporting the bazaar that we just had three weeks ago.
So for the first time, we were at an office bazaar, means a bazaar in a office (duh?) that went for three days. We would like to share some photos and little bit stories behind our first bazaar. Since we knew we're going to be at a bazaar, we already prepared some stocks and (finally!) bought a knock down shelf for product display. In the beginning, we only planned to be at one bazaar, but we ended up being at two different bazaars, with only three days preparation between bazaars!
Without too much talking, here are some photos!
That's us, people!!
Saturday, September 20, 2014
Tutorial: Folded Two Compartment Pouch/clutch
Yo!
What happened? Two posts in a week? Yup, and we even have a tutorial post! This time we would like to share a tutorial for a folded-two compartment pouch. If you have made pouches before, this one is a very simple one. Just a twist from the usual pouch. This pouch actually only has one compartment, but since the zipper is in the middle, we can fold it into two and voila, now you have two compartments!
What happened? Two posts in a week? Yup, and we even have a tutorial post! This time we would like to share a tutorial for a folded-two compartment pouch. If you have made pouches before, this one is a very simple one. Just a twist from the usual pouch. This pouch actually only has one compartment, but since the zipper is in the middle, we can fold it into two and voila, now you have two compartments!
Friday, September 19, 2014
That Blue Dress
Hola!
Again, sorry for not updating this blog pretty often. Fili is busy with all the custom order and bazaar preparation while I just came back from three weeks vacation to the eastern part of Indonesia. Amazing place, I recommend you all to visit Flores, East Nusatenggara.
But today I'm not going to talk about my trip. I'm going to talk about the dress that I made. In the beginning, I just wanted to sew something, anything, any project. But after I saw the result, I decided to use the dress to go to my cousin's wedding reception in Bali.
Those two good looking men are my little cousins. They grew up too fast, too fast! And yup, this is the view from the wedding venue, which was exactly on the Nusa Dua beach.
Thursday, August 14, 2014
Scrapbooking time!
Hola,
After a pretty dry month of blogging, we are finally back in business!
This time, I would like to share a scrapbook that I made for my boss who finished his working term here in Jakarta. At the office, we had a buunnccchh of unused invitation card in B6 size, so I thought, why not use those cards for scrapbook? My plan was to make an accordion book where I joined the pages only with washi tape. I never tried it before, so I was pretty excited!
Here are the photos!
After a pretty dry month of blogging, we are finally back in business!
This time, I would like to share a scrapbook that I made for my boss who finished his working term here in Jakarta. At the office, we had a buunnccchh of unused invitation card in B6 size, so I thought, why not use those cards for scrapbook? My plan was to make an accordion book where I joined the pages only with washi tape. I never tried it before, so I was pretty excited!
Here are the photos!
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Fili&Lino goes to Instagram!
Yes, we are aware that we are pretty bad at updating our blog. But believe us when we say we have some tutorials coming in the near future!
But first, we would like to make announcement. We finally surrender to the cuteness of instagram.
So if you have instagram, please feel free to follow us at @filiandlino (http://instagram.com/filiandlino).
Cheers!
But first, we would like to make announcement. We finally surrender to the cuteness of instagram.
So if you have instagram, please feel free to follow us at @filiandlino (http://instagram.com/filiandlino).
Cheers!
Wednesday, July 2, 2014
2nd Anniversary Giveaway Winner!
Hello, everyone!
First of all, we would like say Happy Ramadan to all friends who celebrate it. Second, we are very sorry for the delay of the winner announcement. Nevertheless, here we are, announcing the winner of our 2nd Anniversary giveaway competition.
The winner for our postman bag is....
DANTRI ANJANI
Congratulations, soon-mom-to-be Dantri! Your comments made us teary. Thank you very much for keep on supporting us during the past year.
As for the winner for the small pouch goes to....
KAT from http://katbursts.blogspot.com/
Congratulations! To Dantri and Kat, please send us your address so we can ship it as soon as possible <3
Thank you to everyone who participated on our giveaway contest. Please stay in tune because we will have more giveaways.
Warmest regards,
Fili&Lino
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
2nd Anniversary Giveaway!
Dear friends,
To celebrate Fili&Lino's second anniversary, there is nothing better than a giveaway competition! Two winners will get a postman bag or a pouch.
To celebrate Fili&Lino's second anniversary, there is nothing better than a giveaway competition! Two winners will get a postman bag or a pouch.
How? Very easy. Just tell us your comments/feedback/expectation/rambling/anything about Fili&Lino via e-mail filiandlino@gmail.com or just post comment on this post down below. One best comment will win the postman bag, while one lucky winner will get the pouch. The lucky winner will be randomly chose by a random name picker.
This giveaway is open for one week until Wednesday 25 June 2014, 23:59 GMT+7. This giveaway competition is open worldwide.
So, what are you waiting for? Go grab these bag and pouch!
With love,
Fili&Lino
Sunday, June 15, 2014
2nd Anniversary!!
Fili&Lino is 2 years old today! Still a baby, but we are happy that at least, after 2 years, fili&lino are still here, doing what we love most: crafting. It wouldn't be happen without you friends who keep on reading our blog (even though we rarely post anything here ><) or following our stories on facebook and twitter.
So, thank you, to every one of you. We won't be here without you all.
As a gratitude to all of you, we are going to have a giveaway contest, but not now, soon. So stay tuned!
With lots of love,
Fili&Lino
So, thank you, to every one of you. We won't be here without you all.
As a gratitude to all of you, we are going to have a giveaway contest, but not now, soon. So stay tuned!
With lots of love,
Fili&Lino
Sunday, May 18, 2014
Tutorial: Double Zippers Pouch
Hello, it's Fili here :)
Mobile phone and digital camera are must-brought-items wherever I go. It's easier to carry them when I use my double zippers pouch. The pouch has two part inside, side by side. Double zippers pouch is one of the most challenging items that I have made. Nonetheless, trying to make a double zippered pouch is fun! Especially when I managed to solve the mystery on how to make this pouch much easier and faster.
Without further ado, let's check the tutorial! And if you're interested, we have a pattern you can purchase in Here.
Materials
Mobile phone and digital camera are must-brought-items wherever I go. It's easier to carry them when I use my double zippers pouch. The pouch has two part inside, side by side. Double zippers pouch is one of the most challenging items that I have made. Nonetheless, trying to make a double zippered pouch is fun! Especially when I managed to solve the mystery on how to make this pouch much easier and faster.
Without further ado, let's check the tutorial! And if you're interested, we have a pattern you can purchase in Here.
Materials
Monday, April 7, 2014
Tutorial: Milk Box to Pencil Case
Hellooowww,
It's been ages since the last time we made any tutorial. This time, we made a pretty basic DIY project that has been done for million times, but this time, we use scrap fabrics instead of paper or fabrics.
It's been ages since the last time we made any tutorial. This time, we made a pretty basic DIY project that has been done for million times, but this time, we use scrap fabrics instead of paper or fabrics.
Before you ask, no, we are not paid by Greenfields. I'm just too lazy to censor the brand of the milk.
My desk in the office is pretty dull. Nothing colourful nor fancy on top of the desk. Then I thought, why not making something that's pretty useful yet looks... different? So I took this milk box from my office's trash bin, cleaned it, dried it, brought it back home. Combined with scrap fabrics that I had, voila! This is the result.
The "ingredients"
- used milk box
- scrap fabrics
- fusible interfacing
- glue
- scissor, ruler, cutter,the usual stuffs
How to make
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