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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 ... ...

Lovely Slow Day

Sunday, October 24th, 2010 Posted in Frida, Sewing | 8 Comments »

Mads and Ronja took off around noon today to go sailing, so Frida and I got out the sewing machine to make something for her. I have hardly been sewing at all for several months, but I can really tell ...

Going Downstairs

Sunday, January 24th, 2010 Posted in Frida, Sewing | 19 Comments »

Just wanted to show you Frida in her new dress - I think she's beautiful, but I may be biased...

Send More Sunshine

Friday, January 22nd, 2010 Posted in Frida, Sewing, Winter | 5 Comments »

The sun showed itself yesterday! Following days and days of nothing but greyness, it was quite amazing to see the long shadows that were cast on the snow. I was driving in the car with Frida, and she complained about ...

Amy’s Mini Dress

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 Posted in Sewing | 7 Comments »

Besides the Simply Stylish Handbag, another thing that has been waiting for me to get on with it, is the Mini Dress from Amy Butler. It's rather funny actually, because I first saw it in a friends Flickr-photostream. She made two ...

Going Retro

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009 Posted in Sewing | 15 Comments »

Do you remember when I told you about the wonderful cords, that Amy sent me? Well, last night I cut into some of it.   I made the "Nasta" pinafore dress once before, and I thought it would be perfect for this ...