I think I conquered the beast, or the evil coat part deux!

Instead of a zipper I am using buttons now. Works much better.

The story of the ill thought through winter coat came to a finish! What I did in the end is chuck the outer shell and sew a new one size bigger. I just couldn't give up the idea of my lovely, furry
fluff inside and I also need a warm coat. January is supposed to be bitter cold! Sure I still look like my coat is pimped.. But I can pull it off... I think... yeah! OK.

The ribbon in the back is Farbenmix Flora Fox

And HAHA I have to tell you, I should have sewed in an extra pocket for a lint brush! I take the coat off and I am covered in fuzz. Another interesting thing is, that I sewed the new outer shell out of material that I believe hair salons use to make the capes that they drape over you? It crackles funny and I thought I would be really loud walking down the street but maybe the fur muffles the sound? ... I am probably just cracking myself up here. That's OK, I know I am a dork!





Anyhow, I am actually really happy with the end result. It is so much easier to sew for children but sometimes we just need cool stuff ourselves right? The jacket is Jadela and the shirt that I am wearing is Bertina (awesome fit!) with some of this Campan .



Thanks for laughing with me!!!


XO,

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The story of the ill thought through coat or, when sewing goes horribly wrong

aahh lovely picture

Once upon a time I had found fantastic outdoor fabric and weeks later fell in love with this super soft, furry stuff. Together in my head I envisioned this unique (in a really good way!) looking and warm coat. Uhhhmmm yes. Sometimes fabrics just don't like each other or I have to admit that maybe I should have thought it through a bit longer. From sausage arms to a zipper that cannot be zipped (all that fur is in the way) and also I look fat! I take offense to that since I lost 24 lbs... DH thinks it looks like a coat for a pimp. Definitely not what I had in mind. I laughed so hard I almost cried when I put it on finally. Oh goodness!!

But can I fix it???? I am determined to end up with a nice coat. Hey that lining was pricey!!

Stay tuned when the story of the awful Winter coat continues! : 0 )

December sewing

It's amazing that I can find the time to sew at all. It's stolen minutes here and there, with the kids running wild most of the time. But sew I must because my "to sew list" is growing longer and longer .

These bubble skirts are the Odilia pattern by Farbenmix. They are really fun to sew with three degrees of difficulty although all of them are easy. The patchwork for Romy's skirt took just a bit more time.

Some of the fabrics I used are this one and some left over fabric from Ella's Nutcracker dress .

Another outfit that I finished this last week was for Romy's birthday. She turned 6 years already!

I used the Antonia pattern (I changed it up a lot though) and the Winona pants pattern. Both patterns I have used many times before.




The Antonia pattern runs short so I usually add quite a bit of length to the shirts. The Winona pants always fit the girls great and they both have completely different body shapes. It is important to take measurements before you decide on a size : )




When I was recovering from my surgery I got addicted to making these crochet flowers. I made about 2 dozen or so and now they are waiting to be used here and there.

Next up on my list are more Christmas presents. Time is running so short!! 10 more days...

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Finally some sewing

After a looong time away from my sewing machine I found myself busy again today. My middle child has a Winter music performance coming up. She will also attend the Nutcracker with her class and for both occasions she wanted to look especially pretty. I used the Farbenmix Nadya pattern and Halequin Floral Tan fabric from Stenzo to sew her special occasion dress.

For one version I made an underskirt out of tulle. Can I say here, that I absolutely *hate* working with tulle?!! Is there a secret to working with tulle that I don't know about? For now I am swearing off it! My daughter of course loves the feel of the dress with the puffy tulle underskirt. She said, she never had such a special dress.

For more of an every day wear, I made the knit pants, that come in the pattern as well and also the matching headband (extra e-book from Farbenmix). I think I could have cut a smaller size, but I always like to go a little too big than too small.

I have a lot of fabrics in the shop right now that would be wonderful for dresses for special occasions such as my daughters has coming up. Have a look around here and also here. And if you would also like super fancy dress pattern Willemientje is fantastic!