Recently I made this laptop bag for myself. I’m calling it a prototype since making it was a real learning experience and I made several mistakes. But I do like the results: it’s practical (I use it everyday) and I LOVE the fabric (Ikea). To make it I just cut […]
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I finished it! (click here to see the whole lengthy process) Actually, I finished it back in August, but Little Brother immediately carried it off to his bed so I didn’t get around to photographing it until now. He absolutely loves it! This has been the most rewarding thing I […]
I did not post regular updates as I had planned, but here finally is one on my second patchwork blanket (or should I call it a quilt?). I’m in the final stages of quilting: maybe about 30 minutes of sewing left. Then it just needs binding and a label like my […]
(EDIT: click here to see the final result!) It took me only 3 years to finish it, but I made Big Brother a quilted patchwork blanket. Obviously Little Brother had to have one too, so I have been hoarding collecting fabric for his for a while now. I decided on […]
So I had a birthday last month… I can’t even begin to tell you how much I don’t like my own birthday, and it gets worse every year. It’s not the age thing: I don’t really care about that part. It’s more a matter of expectations for me I guess. […]
For the Craft Fair I did in october (for which I still owe you a report – sorry!) I made a bunch of these bunting lines. I liked them a lot but didn’t sell any so now I am offering them for sale through either my etsy or dawanda shop, […]
Lately I have been making lots more of my little embroidered patchwork pincushion (pictured below) and had a lot of fun with them, in choosing the prints, embroidery and buttons for each one. So I thought maybe it would be nice to make a tutorial for them. They’re not hard […]
3 years ago *gulp* this project started. It was going to be my first ever patchwork quilt and ofcourse I didn’t start with something small, but went for a blanket instead. And ofcourse I didn’t follow any pattern but made up my own. (if you would like to see the […]
It’s been a year since this party, so there will be another one soon. But more about that later on. Ofcourse I had to make some gifts at the last moment so I spent an evening at my sewing machine to make this: They’re beanbags. I filled them with dried […]
This garland carries a child’s name in felt letters, and also an exchangeble number made of felt, which can be replaced for every birthday. All you need to do is cut out a new felt number for the child’s age. What you’ll need: fabric for the flags bias tape or […]
A few years ago I bought a pattern for a patchworked diaper bag from Miss Little. The pink one was her example, the green one is the one I ended up sewing while pregnant with Little Brother. The pattern is very lovely, though a bit confusing, and I did freak […]