Category: life lately
In my kitchen
One of our favorite dishes: leek and rice.
A simple tote
Another one for my Etsy shop. This is exciting!
Safari bag
Thriftshop fabric, a good large size and a reinforced bottom. I just openened an Etsy shop and this will be my first bag for sale. Let’s see if someone likes it…
New fabrics
I went to a fabric market. That was fun! And of course I didn’t leave empty handed.I can see more bags in my immediate future. Also I’m going to try and make quilts for our bed from the fabrics on the bottom picture.
Rainbow
Hooked
I have some not so fun memories involving crochet. I remember that at school some of the girls were making a beautiful orange/brown (this was 1978) pillow case and I wasn’t allowed to make one myself. The teacher said she couldn’t teach me how to crochet because I was lefthanded.My grandmother had pity and tried…
Some knitting
Between sewing curtains and sewing lots of bags I also did some knitting this summer. A little top. Not really happy about the side seams, but it’s totally wearable. A dress, knit in the round, so no seams. I’m not sure I’ll wear it, but it was fun to design. And there has been…
Curtains
We’ve been thinking about new curtains for a long time, but I just never could find the right fabric. I was thinking green and something retro like circles or stripes.Yeah, I know. This is completely different. But I do like it, even after sewing all those pleats.
Harry Potter outfit
E. is going to a Harry Potter camp and asked if I could make her a robe. Hmn. That much trust in my sewing should be rewarded. So I did a little research and came up with this. I think I did rather well.The rest of the uniform came from the thriftshop.