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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.
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?
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.
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.
It doesn’t get cuter than my little man in his Totoro costume. I totally want to fly away with him and his umbrella.
It’s Jan 31st and this means: I’m one day late with my blog post for the Sewing Happiness 2017 Winter Tour. My life is crazy busy these days and in times like these my mind likes to randomly forget stuff. Even things that I’ve been looking forward too for weeks like this blog tour. Well, I hope that Sanae will still keep on liking me. When she invited me last year to take part in her book tour, I was more than pleased. I’ve been an admirer of her blog, work, sewing, illustrations and writing for years and her book “sewing happiness” (affiliate link) was the very first sewing book that I’ve actually read from front to back. So let’s dive in, shall we?
Christmas is just around the corner and I have THE perfect gift idea for you: Louis and PAlouis – sweater hoodies for the men and boys in your! My husband and son both love hoodies and they will totally freak out when they unwrap their presents on x-mas eve (which is when germans get presents) and see that they get matching “Toothless” Hoodies. Finding these in a shop would be impossible. What would your hoodies have to look like? Cool print? Color-blocked? Plain blue? Stripes? The possbilities are endless. Whether you go for the hood or collar variations, whether you use the cangaroo pocket or elbow patches is totally up to you. You’re the designer and I can’t wait to see what you’ll make!
Hmm, I’m almost sad. A whole week of sewing inspiration comes to an end. My international friends have sewn so many wonderful garments for themselves and their kids. I’m still absolutely stunned. But it’s not yet time to be sad. You still have the chance to get some these wonderful patterns while they are discounted, so check out my last inspiration post and then get your favorite patterns. I’m sure you’ll be amazed by today’s sewing goodness!
As much as I would have liked to sew every pattern of the 17 translated patterns that are now available in my shop, I knew of course that that’s impossible. Instead I decided to go for a mix: One garment each for my son, my daughter and me. And of course I had to jump on the underwear bandwagon like several of my #naehconnectionambassadors. My son just potty-trained this summer and while we have some undies for him, they are never enough as we still have some „accidents“.
Thank you all so much for your wonderful response to the new, english Näh-Connection Shop. I’m so happy to read your comments, to hear that you are excited about this and, of course, about your orders 😉 Yesterday and today the Shop Opening went on and, OMG, there are some seriously amazing clothes and pictures! Come on, let’s have a look!
