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 ...
Midsummer
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009 Posted in Day to day, Sewing, Special occasions | 13 Comments »Last night we celebrated Midsummer Evening. The weather was beautiful, so we had invited good friends over for barbecue in the garden, followed by walking to the big bonfire just on the outskirts of the town, behind the church, by ...
Doesn’t Her Mother Know Summer is Approaching?
Friday, May 8th, 2009 Posted in Sewing | 13 Comments »Ehm - well Frida needed new pants. I went to look in my stash, and found some corduroy, that seemed sturdy enough to handle playground use, and temperatures that don't quite say summer yet. I also took out some Japanese ...
“Puuheppa” overalls with a few more inches
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009 Posted in Sewing | 12 Comments »Some of you will remember these overalls that I made Frida not too long ago. I still love the pattern, and they are just wonderful in use - practical, comfy (I think), and sweet looking, just the way I like it in ...
“Puuheppa” overalls
Thursday, January 22nd, 2009 Posted in Internet, Sewing | 14 Comments »Some of my Finnish readers will have to correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that "Puuheppa" means something like wooden horse. I just made the "Puuheppa" overalls from the latest issue of Ottobre, but I chose to make ...
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 ...
