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Lila Dress by Compagnie M.

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.

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for the girl, sewing, Tutorials

French Fries and 3 tips for successful screenprinting

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!

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for the boy, sewing

Screenprinting: Cookie Monster Hoodie

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.

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for the girl, sewing

Coffee and Threads Pattern Tour: Ania Tunic and Wild and Free Leggings (+ giveaway)

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.

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for the girl, selfish sewing, sewing

Waterfall Raglan by Chalk and Notch Patterns

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!

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for the girl, sewing, Uncategorized

Wild and Free Lounge Pants (win two NOSH gift cards)

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!

On the Open Sea

Today I want to show you some of my design examples for the new fabric collection On the Open Sea by Lila Lotta. I really love this fabric collection. A lot of blue and white plus maritime designs, that’s just my kind of thing. When I got the fabrics and finished sewing last fall, the warm summer days were gone and I had to take indoor shots. Well, at least we incorporated a cardboard boat for some sailing in our living room.

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costume, for the boy, sewing

Totoro – Faschingskostüm

It doesn’t get cuter than my little man in his Totoro costume. I totally want to fly away with him and his umbrella.

Mermaid Costume for Play and Carneval

You should have seen the shine in my daughter’s eyes and the smile on her face, when she wore this costume for the very first time. I definitely won “Best Mom Ever” with it. But without bragging: It is pretty amazing and my daughter is one stunning mermaid.

New in the Shop: Marlene and Miss Marlene two shirts with a fun twist

There are two pretty awesome new patterns in the shop: Marlene and Miss Marlene von fritzi and schnittreif. These girl and woman patterns are for tees with a fun twist. The neckline is straight and two shoulder insets allow for a fun play with texture and/or color. The patterns include different sleeve lengths. Both shirts are a quick and easy sew suitable for beginner sewers that want to conquer sewing with knit.

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