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Some ideas just need to be worked on right away. This tank top (Twisted Tank) is one of these projects. I love my kids in pink. Light colors often make them look too pale, but pink just pops. And I love pink on my son, too. It just has to be used the right way. It needs a fun pattern (and it doesn’t get much more fun than the Twised Tank) and a cool print. I love these big monstera leaves that I screenprinted. I even have a free cut file for you at the bottom of the post.
Today I’m part of Skirting the Issue over on Project Run and Play. Liz and Elisabeth from Simple Simon & Co organize this annual event in July. They are collecting skirts (and quilts and pillowcases) sewn by whoever wants to join to donate to foster children. It’s a super awesome project and they have asked bloggers from all over the world to share tutorials to inspire people who want to donate skirts. For my tutorial I decided to do a skirt with a huge rainbow applique. I’m a huge fan of unique and fun clothes and love doing applique. Often I just go with a fun patterned fabric, but sometimes an applique is just the best. Ok, shall we start?
Oh, I’m pretty much in love with this tee. It’s basically everything that I could want from a tee. Yellow stripes on organic jersey from the Stoffbüro and a perfect boatneck and relaxed fit (Timpe Tee). Summer happiness at it’s best, especially when combined with a beautiful background. It’s the small things that make us happiest, right?
Some fabric designs just are SO good. When I saw the fun surfing boards by Lila-Lotta I fell in love right away. I paired these with some stripes and solid fabrics and added some of the appliques that are part of the surfing fabric. We took these pics already at the beginning of the year, when it was way too cold for outside pics. However, the kids were in a very good mood and brought summer and sunshine inside. Wanna have a look?
Marte from Compagnie M. is organizing a very fun blog tour in Germany. She gave me a parcel full of her paper patterns and some goodies as well as a map of Germany and a notebook. I got to choose one of the patterns and to draw winner from a comment on a former blogpost about the tour who got the parcel next. Each blogger writes a little note in the notebook, takes some goodies and leaves some for the next one and marks the route of the parcel on the map. Each one also chooses on of the paper patterns and shows her makes some weeks later. Today I want to show my Lila Dress that I sewed for a little baby girl in the neighbourhood. It will only fit her next year, but I can’t wait to see her walking some of her first steps in this dress.
Last week I showed you the cookie monster hoodie that I made using the screenprinting kit by bobbinhood. Today I want to show you another sweater that I made using the kit. I made a Herthas Nichte (pdf pattern by Echt Knorke) with a fun french fries print. This wa my very first screenprint and I made all possible errors. To make sure that you don’t make the same errors, I want to explain to you why the print didn’t turn out perfectly. Disclaimer: It was all my fault and not at all due to handling difficulties of the kit!
Today I want to show you one of my all time favorite projects. This hoodie just makes me happy. Some time ago on instagram I stumbled upon the name bobbin.hood and the hashtag #wearebobbinhood. When I checked the out, I was absolutely in love. Barbara has developed a screenprinting kit for home use and her IG account is one of the most inspiring that I’ve ever seen. She kindly offered me one of her kits to try and so I started printing. I’ll show you my first print (some french fires) next week. Today I want to show you this cool cookie monster print.
I’m so happy to be joining Olga for her Coffee and Thread Pattern Tour today. I’ve already sewn several of her patterns and even sell german translations of some in my shop. I knew therefore that with a pattern by Olga you can never go wrong. So when she invited me to the blog tour, I was in right away. I decided to sew an Ania Tunic and some Wild and Free Lounge Pants. It’s jut the perfect outfit for my little explorer.
This week I’m releasing the german version of the Waterfall Raglan by Chalk and Notch Patterns. Obviously I had to sew a sample, too, and let me tell you: I just couldn’t stop after one example. This pattern is just too awesome. Come on let me show you why my daugther and I love it so much!
Some projects need a lot of time until they get on the blog. I sewed these Wild and Free Lounge Pants in beautiful NOSH Nutmeg Denim Sweat last November for my daughter, but only now do I get around to blog them. Well, at least this gives me a chance to show you what you can make with NOSH fabrics. Do you want to try them out yourself? What about winning one of two 25 Euro NOSH gift cards? Interested? Then read on!
