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Beaded Tilly and the Buttons Coco sweater

I made the Tilly and the Buttons Coco sweater out of white knit fabric. To make the sweater special I added pearl and gold coloured beading…

November 13, 2017

Sewing, Tailoring, Tutorials

The trench coat project part 4: Gorgeous details and lining

The previous posts about this trench coat project:Part 1Part 2Part 3Belt carriers, sleeve bands and the beltI had my belt and sleeve band buckles ready, so I adjusted the belt (I include now the sleeve bands with the word ‘belts’) widths to suit the buckles…

September 15, 2017

Sewing

Happy May Day with TV dress

Sometimes ideas just hit me when I come across unusual materials. A while ago a soft plastic storage unit that was hanging in our cleaning closet and storing our wrapping paper broke down. As I was transferring all the stuff to a new one I looked at the plastic pockets…

April 30, 2017

Baking, Embroidery

Happy Valentine’s day…

… or Friends’ day as they call it in Finland. To celebrate, we are going to have some cake I made!I started a new hobby a while ago and you can see a glimpse in the lower part of the image. Here is a better image:I have never before…

February 14, 2016

Kid's crafts

Craftiness inherited

I love the fact that my kids are now of the age that they are starting to learn how to sew and craft by themselves. I try to offer them proper tools to practice with and my kids often surprise me with their skills.K made this hand puppet a…

May 28, 2015