A dress and a messenger bag

When you have a husband such as mine it is possible to devote an entire day to sewing. I sew until my head hurts and my neck aches, he even delivers food and coffee! Yes. I am totally spoiled :o)

This weekend I wanted to sew with Kokka Trefle, with the large carnival print. A very good friend (Hi Megan!) of mine came by the other day and when I showed her the Kokka fabric, she told me that she had gotten the impression on-line that this print would be too large for garment sewing.

Possibly this impression was not just hers alone. So here you go! The prove. The fabric looks fab sewn into a dress.

Also, the new Far Far Away II collection by Heather Ross... The gray colorway is just too awesome. I kept looking at it and looking at it and gosh, had to make something. A messenger bag, unique and one of a kind. For now. Until you decide to make one as well!

I have tons and tons of sewing to complete still. I simply keep running out of time even with the help of my wonder husband :) By the way, I am waiting on pins and needles for the new Hilco fabric! It should be here any time now... Oh boy!!!

P.s: The pictures were taken by my 10 year old son. Not too shabby huh?

Freddy's gone hog wild!

Freddy loves himself a nice ride!
Inspired by this weeks contest, theme tractors. This is going to be my last entry for a while since I am gearing up for more fabric to come flying in from Germany. Also I have a ton of sewing to do and fast for the beginning of the school year.

To vote you can go here under Tractor. Spoonflower explains how to vote:

Designs appear in a different order for each person who votes in the contest. The theme of this contest is fabric designs featuring tractors as design elements.

Vote for as many or as few designs as you like by clicking on the images you like best. A green box will appear around the design you select for voting.

Your votes are submitted only after you reach the end of the voting pages and click the button to submit your votes.

If you would like to see how those little designs that you are voting for actually look in a yard or two of fabric, you can click on the title of the design. That takes you to the page were you can click on 1 yard or 2 yards and see the design in all it's glory. hit the back button and it should take you right back to voting.

Cheerio : )

Hooked to the crochet needle

Over in Germany you can observe that many people have picked up a crochet needle and are busy learning or re-learning the art of crocheting. Combine your crochet details with handmade or store bought clothes/items and you will be absolutely in the hip and now!
I found some great blogs were you can see the result of were crochet meets sewing such as here.
Or on the Farbenmix blog I found other beautiful examples.Crocheing is great because you can take it along pretty much any were. I was crafty on the beach, at the playground, my backyard and whilst watching/listening to TV my hands were always busy.
The learning process was pretty quick with these great videos (even though they are in German, I believe following along you would still get the idea) but there is also a wealth of crochet teaching videos to be found if you type in "how to crochet" or "crochet flowers" on you tube.

For the wonderful flowers above I used an e-book from Farbenmix. This e-book is super easy to follow... If you speak German. For the English speaker it most likely would not work too well I am sorry to say



Another e-book I fell in love with is this one, for a round collar shirt. So awesome don't you think?
The collars can be attached to shirts as well that have a slightly larger neck opening such as the raglan shirt Zoe from Farbenmix.



And look next it is super easy to up cycle store bought clothing as well with a bit of cotton cross stitching thread and crochet flowers. In almost no time at all these formerly boring jeans are one of a kind.

OK, if this is all a bit much for a beginner I also found this really awesome tutorial on crochet edging! And it's in English ;o) So cute and this would also be such a great alternative to a otherwise boring skirt hem.

I really didn't need yet another hobby but I am hooked to my crochet needle and I am sure you will be too once you see the finished result in your lab. Give it a whirl and you will see : )

P.s: I JUST noticed another e-book that must have just come up on Farbenmix. Check it out! Goodness the possibilities with all these buttons are endless.

Bonjour and Good Bye

The deadline for Spoonflower's next contest is not until tomorrow. The challange: Windows and doors. I thought about how doors and windows play an active part in many "hello's and good bye's". I also wanted the drawings to look loose and fun.
The plan is to also make one with a boy character down the road : )
You can see the tiled design here . To vote please go here. You can vote for multiple entries by clicking on a design it will have a green border. Click though the pages and hit finished voting.

Thanks!!

Store-wide SALE

Woohoo right?!! Everything is 20% OFF starting Friday, August 13th through August 18th.

Have fun shopping and help me make room : )

Kokka Trefle Large Carneval Print

...That's what is new in the shop! I love the print. It is over sized (the Ferris wheel for example measures 8 by 9 inches) and the colors are so chic! Perfect for all your sewing ideas : ) Available in 4 colors.

Cheers,

Who won the gift certificate?

I am so sorry friends that I am late in announcing who got the $25 gift certificate to my shop!

We just got back from San Francisco an hour ago (after 16 hours of straight driving I find that driving a car is totally over rated) and I had to greet my husband, dog and cat as well as go through a couple of e-mails etc... before settling down. Random. org picked...

And number 5 would be Steffi from Germany! Steffi, ich komme auch aus Hessen! Genauer gesagt aus Butzbach :)

As always never fear I love giving things away and another chance will come.

Oh, I I got patterns that were out of stock while I was gone and I also got new Japanese fabric.

I will work on that tomorrow so check back in.

Toodles!!

Shipping department closed

The children and I will be driving to San Francisco tomorrow and won't be back until the 10th of August :) Order away!!

I will take care of your orders first thing when I am back!