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The Wedding Post

Thursday, August 25th, 2011 Posted in Sewing, Special occasions, Wedding | 20 Comments »

Our little family has been going through a summer marked by some great events. It’ll come as no surprise to most of you, that many evenings and weekends have been occupied by wedding planning, and the making of the wedding gown ...

Midsummer Evening On The Water

Monday, June 27th, 2011 Posted in Sailing, Sewing, Special occasions | 10 Comments »

Last week we celebrated Midsummer Evening in Denmark. This being our first Midsummer Evening as boat owners, we wanted to head out on the water in the boat to see the bonfires on the beach from the seaside. These are ...

Tutorial Mania

Sunday, June 5th, 2011 Posted in Family, Frida, Ronja, Sewing | 6 Comments »

This evening we got home from a perfect sunny family weekend in Southern Jutland. Now, the children are in bed, and I'm seated in the couch with my laptop. I thought I'd tell you about some of the things I've ...

New Territory

Thursday, April 28th, 2011 Posted in Frida, Sewing, Work life | 4 Comments »

Today was a bit of a tough day at work, and it left me with a lot on my mind. As always, the obvious way for me to relax and get my mind off things is to sew - it's ...

Tropical Blend Dress

Saturday, April 23rd, 2011 Posted in Frida, Ronja, Sewing | 10 Comments »

We have weather for summer dresses here in late April. I can hardly believe it - 20 degrees (Celsius) during Easter holidays, isn't it amazing? It definitely makes me want to sew summer clothing, so yesterday I made another dress from ...

Tulip Dress

Tuesday, April 19th, 2011 Posted in Ronja, Sewing | 11 Comments »

Just before the weekend I received the latest Ottobre, and some of the designs in there show a simplicity almost like the one that you usually see in Japanese patterns - I love it. Sunday I went ahead and traced ...

My Schoolhouse Tunic

Monday, April 4th, 2011 Posted in Frida, Sewing | 7 Comments »

I did some sewing this weekend. It was weird really, because Saturday morning I stooped to lift up Frida, and as soon as Frida was off the ground, there was a crack in my back, and it hurt like ... ...

Winter Sewing

Thursday, January 13th, 2011 Posted in Sewing, Winter | 10 Comments »

I could tell you long stories about my pneumonia that went on all through Christmas and New Years, or how I can't seem to quite get rid of my cold and get back on top - but I won't. (Just ...