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  • Viskoosihaasteen hame.
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    Viskoosihame, Burda 6341

    April 28, 2019 / 1 Comment

    Otin osaa Eurokankaan ja Burdan sponsoroimaan viskoosihaasteeseen ja ompelin tällaisen kesäisen hameen.

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  • Ballet flats
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    Ballet flats

    April 23, 2019 / 7 Comments

    I made my first pair of indoor ballet flats using the pattern from Living DIY Style. I used the lovely floral fabric from Nuppu Print Company.

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  • Marmot teeshirt.
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    Robot marmot tee-shirt with a vinyl printer

    April 15, 2019 / No Comments

    This vinyl print tee-shirt is a product of my son's imagination, my husband's drawing talent and my sewing skills.

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  • Named Helmi blouse.
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    Named Helmi blouse with a hack

    April 14, 2019 / No Comments

    When I made my Named clothing Helmi dress, I decided I needed to make the blouse version as well. The original pattern has some trench coat inspired details but I wanted really to find a good pattern for a loose fitting shirt. For the fabric, I chose this simple black and white stripy viscose fabric. I had written down that the dress I made was a bit tight across the bust. So, for the first time in my life, I made a full bust adjustment. I didn’t want to go up to the next size since the pattern otherwise fitted pretty well. The full bust adjustment made my side seams…

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  • Easter cat,
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    Virvon, varvon…

    April 14, 2019 / No Comments

    Every Palm Sunday Finnish children go around the neighbourhood in costume handing out decorated willow branches and wishing good luck and health.

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  • The Kultavilla skirt.
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    Skirt out of locally weaved Kultavilla fabric

    April 9, 2019 / 6 Comments

    This Kultavilla fabric is weaved just a few kilometres from where I live. How nice it would be to wear a skirt out of local fabric!

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  • Breakdance teeshirt with Ottobre 1/2015 35. Updated.
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    Sports tees with vinyl prints – Teepaitoja vinyyliprintillä

    April 8, 2019 / No Comments

    I made S relaxed sports teeshirts with Ottobre 1/2015 35. pattern and added vinyl prints.

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  • Nuppu print company Paradise print
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    Morning in Paradise and the First Snow jerseys

    April 1, 2019 / No Comments

    I used prints from the Nuppu print company's Morning in Paradise collection to make this cute outfit for my daughter. The fabrics were partly sponsored...

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  • Kirjakori
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    Tuunattu kirjakori – Painted book storage bin

    March 30, 2019 / No Comments

    Käsityöhaasteena tuunattu kirjakori. - I solved my library book storage problem by painting and decorating a wooden bin I found from the Recycling center.

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  • Lizzie skirt in tweed.
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    Tweedy Lizzie with a couture waistband

    March 29, 2019 / 2 Comments

    I sewed the Lizzie skirt by Sew Over It.To make matters more interesting I decided to learn how to make a couture waistband with a Petersham ribbon.

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