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60s Dress/Kleid 4 Aug 2013 | 06:29 pm

I've been a bad blogger, and this will be short as well since we're leaving on holiday. When I put on this dress and had my hair in an updo this morning I was reminded (give or take 25 years) of the d...

Girl's Matryoshka Skirt/Matrjoschka-Mädchenrock 10 May 2013 | 02:18 pm

Next in my „Made with love, not patterns“- line of sewing is this year's version of the Matryoshka skirt. This skirt is becoming a classic in my household; after DD had grown out of her old one and l...

Rub-Off Girl`s Skirt/ Kopierter Mädchenrock 7 May 2013 | 07:42 pm

I have quite a backlog of things to show you and have finally made myself sit down and document my makes. For a moment, I considered letting it go and starting „fresh“, but this is my sewing log as we...

Untitled 14 Mar 2013 | 10:08 pm

Just a little housekeeping: Google Reader is shutting down. If you, like my technically-challenged self, are using it to read my blog, you can switch to Bloglovin with the following link: Follow my ...

"Quilt" 27 Feb 2013 | 01:57 pm

I feel a bit of an impostor saying I made a quilt! Like her brother's two years ago (and this was almost that long in the making, err, UFO-corner) DD's quilt is twin bed-sized, made from big scraps, a...

Carnival Recap/Das war Karneval 23 Feb 2013 | 12:46 am

This year's costume experience went like this: Draft costume. Buy fabric. Start sewing. Get influenza. Times three (the kids and I). Orientate yourself. Resume sewing. Console child who can't get h...

What We're Working On / Unser aktuelles Projekt 15 Jan 2013 | 02:24 pm

It's that time of the year again - carnival, Mardi Gras, what have you - costume sewing! You know I love to do this, and this year DS (9 yo) is determined to be a part of the process. I usually make...

Cross--Stitch Ornament/Kreuzstich-Deko 6 Jan 2013 | 07:29 pm

I made a cross-stitch ornament as a gift. Only now do I realize I did not take a picture of the finished ornament before giving it away. Just imagine this mounted on a round backing, with a cream ribb...

Fröhliche Weihnachten-Kleid/Merry Christmas Dress 24 Dec 2012 | 04:07 pm

Das Kleid ist fertig! Ich war keine besonders brave Mit-Näherin und habe es nicht geschafft, zwischendurch zu bloggen. Ich habe mich aber umgeschaut und viele tolle Kleider bei den Mitnäherinnen bewun...

Weihnachtskleid/Christmas Dress Sew-Along 2 Dec 2012 | 02:42 am

(scroll down for English) Halli, Hallo, Hallöchen, heute fange ich mal auf Deutsch an, da ich mich (quasi als blinder Passagier, dazu später) einem Sew-Along angeschlossen habe. Genauer, dem Weihnac...

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