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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 ... ...

Gingham Flower Pants

Saturday, July 4th, 2009 Posted in Sewing | 13 Comments »

For some reason the pants that Ronja wore during summertime when she was Frida's age, are too big for Frida still. So I have a good excuse for making summer pants for Frida, which I don't mind at all, and ...

Summer Top with Leaf Appliqué

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 Posted in Day to day, Our garden, Sewing | 11 Comments »

Finally finished the summer top. You know, I mentioned I was making something else for me, and this is it. It didn't come about easily, and I'm still not quite sure what to think about it. If you're not interested in ...

Light Summer Tunic

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009 Posted in Sewing | 32 Comments »

You know already. But I'll say it again: If you came here today looking for inspiration on children's garments  - move on. Because I made something for me!   The tunic is from a Danish sewing magazine, called Ingelise - issue #6, ...

Matryoshka Appliqué Blouse

Monday, March 23rd, 2009 Posted in Award, Sewing | 12 Comments »

I got around to taking pictures of Frida's blouse, when I came home from work today. I so enjoy the fact that it's light outside when I get home from work - it makes a world of difference to me. I have to ...

Frida and the “Kukkopilli”

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009 Posted in Day to day, Frida, Sewing | 24 Comments »

  Frida isn't using her dummy anymore - she stopped during the weekend. Or basically, we didn't give it to her when we tucked her in - you know we had to get her off it. We were expecting her to ...

Bibs and elephants

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009 Posted in Sewing | 12 Comments »

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 ...