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My own design

Sunday, October 12th, 2008 Posted in Day to day, Sewing | 23 Comments »

  I know it's not much, but it's the first thing I have made completely on my own - without using a pattern or looking to other people's creations. I'm not quite sure which kind of bib I prefer - i.e. ...

Water Lily Kimono and a cup of tea

Thursday, September 11th, 2008 Posted in Day to day, Frida, Ronja, Sewing | 12 Comments »

For a while now, I have been wanting to try this kimono-pattern made by Amy from Habitual. Yesterday I got started with the pattern, and today I cut the fabric and sewed it up. Ronja chose the fabric for the ...

I wanted to show you…

Monday, September 8th, 2008 Posted in Day to day, Frida, Sewing | 11 Comments »

...something I made for me. I haven't been sewing much for myself - I'm kind of hesitant because of the fitting-issue. Whatever you make for an adult needs to be fitted to some degree, and also the sizing just isn't ...

Boys pants for Frida

Monday, July 14th, 2008 Posted in Day to day, Sewing | 19 Comments »

I did a bit of sewing today and made a pair of pants for Frida.   The pattern I used is one from the Ottobre issue 01/2006, and even though there is one for girls, I chose to use the one for ...

Kindergarten dress

Friday, June 20th, 2008 Posted in Day to day, Ronja, Sewing | 18 Comments »

So I promised to tell you what I was making yesterday, and this is it: The last two dresses I have made for Ronja have been kind of "dressy" and not really suitable for wearing to kindergarten. Yesterday when Ronja once ...

Catwalk

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 Posted in Ronja, Sewing | 10 Comments »

Let me tell you, when you're 3 years old with lots of things to do, it's not always your preferred way of having fun to be asked to model all the miserable things that your mother insists on sewing for you. However, ...

“Tie back” tunic

Monday, May 26th, 2008 Posted in Day to day, Frida, Ronja, Sewing | 14 Comments »

The weather cleared up a few hours ago, and now the girls are both asleep - each in their own room. Frida has been sleeping in her room for four nights now, and there have been no problems at all - ...