Tomorrow it’ll be June. Today however, summer arrived!
Gorgeous, right?
The garden is an amazing place at the moment – we have flowers in all colours.
Today the temperatures went up to around 23 degrees Celsius.
Tomorrow is supposed to be even better…
And my first peony is in bloom!
Days like this are definitely meant to be spent in the garden!
Enjoy your extra day off tomorrow (Whit Monday) – we will! 
I found this blooming shrub when we were walking in the park Saturday, and actually I just saved the picture for this occasion, because I thought it would fit the purpose wonderfully!
So I wrote all the names down on little pieces of paper, and had my stay-at-home God of Fortune (if you need that elaborated a little bit – go here) draw the winners:
You two can start looking for an email from me - congrats to both of you!
To the rest of you: I’m sorry I didn’t make more bibs to put out here, but Frida needs quite a few! Honestly, I wish I could ship one off to every one of you! I really appreciate you playing along, though, and I hope you will stop by in the future!
I made a little something for you…
I’m giving these away, so I really hope you like them – and then I just hope you have a little one that needs one of them. The bibs have cotton on the front, and rubber coated terry cloth on the back side – with the terry cloth facing outwards.
All you have to do to get one of these is leave me a comment. Please let me know if you have a preference – I think the flower bib is pretty girly (don’t believe anyone would argue with that), while the elephant bib is good for boys as well as girls – depending on what you like. Well – see for yourself!
You can enter until Monday the 16th at 9:00 p.m. GMT+1, and there will be two winners – one for each bib.
And finally – please spread the word! Isn’t sharing what Valentine’s is all about?
I made a few bibs again – this time with elephants, flowers, matryoshkas, and little red riding hoods.
My beautiful little niece, Marlinde, was the target of one of them (the one to the right) - I really wanted to make it for Christmas, but as we all know, I was kind of busy back then. So I made it last week to ship with my brother’s birthday present, and he called earlier, that it has reached Amsterdam, so now you can all have a look. These are excactly the same design as the last ones I made, but this time in different colours, which I like a lot! The left one is for Frida, and I didn’t have quite enough bias tape for the tie for that one, so that had to be made in a different colour.
By the way – you should check out the link on Marlinde’s name above. It goes to a wonderful photo of Marlinde and her mother, and you’ll get a chance to seeing the bird outfit modeled.
This evening I have been sewing again. And it’s getting way past my bedtime – and I have an early start in the morning. Goodnight everyone!
Quiet now…
I woke up to a beautiful sight this morning. Our garden is covered in snow, the sun is shining, and moments ago I sent Mads and Ronja off with a sled to play in the snow.
So what am I doing back here? I’m sitting on the couch, covered with a warm duvet. Frida and I took over Mads’ flu that put him out of business for a few days, and now I just hope that she and I will be well for tomorrow when there’s a big Christmas party at Mads’ work.
Karen and her family were supposed to visit us today, but of course I had to cancel that as well. Bummer. However, 12 hours on a plane isn’t much fun if you’re coming down with the flu, so it’s a good thing they will be back sometime during the next year!
I promised you guys a picture of Frida wearing the Dolly daisy dress, and this is it.
There was just no way to get her to stand and not chase the camera, so you will have to do with this sitting image of the dress. I can just see her wearing this dress along with the little red shoes from my own childhood – she’ll be adorable.
I have been receiving a few e-mails and comments about the Onion-patterns that I have used quite a bit. I think you will be interested to know, that coming up in my next post, I’ll be announcing a give-away. Maria from ShopOnion.com has been kind enough to donate some patterns for you guys – and no worries, the patterns come with an English translation. So check back soon!
When I found this fabric at my local sewing shop a few weeks ago, it was love at first sight! I didn’t get it at the time, mainly due to the price, but when I returned there this Friday, I had to take it home with me.
Over the weekend it has been transformed into a dress for Frida – the “Dolly” dress from the latest issue of Ottobre.
It looks like an easy project, but I have to admit that this one did fight me a bit of the way. I think mainly because I just don’t know the right technique for sewing in an invisible zipper, and I find it really difficult to make it look the way it’s supposed to. This is my second attempt at it – my first one was with the China grass dress for Ronja, and I think in comparison, this one went easier – at least a little. Then there was the elastics for the sleeves – their diameter is so tiny that it was really difficult to work with, and I had to redo one of them.
The dress is quite wide, so if you wish to alter that, you should consider tracing a smaller size for width. I really like it, though – I think that the wide garments look adorable, especially on little girls. One might argue, that using the same fabric for the entire dress doesn’t show off the design of it very well – however, I’m fond of the way that it makes the pattern design kind of subtle, yet important.
Summing up, I loooooove this dress! The shape is beautiful, I love the yoke and the puffy sleeves, and the colours of the fabric change with every kind of light that falls on it. I wouldn’t be surprised if this ends up being the dress that Frida wears for Christmas.
By the way, I did a bit of research on the fabric, and I found that it is from Stenzo Kids, and you can get it here – at Banberry Place. Now, a few minutes ago, I discovered some online video tutorials on YouTube – among them one for sewing invisible zippers – it looks very detailed, so I’m off to learn more! (The link goes to the first out of 16 videos on the subject.) Don’t you just love the internet?