Howling at the Moon

In my last post I told you about the items I want to sew in the upcoming weeks (two dresses, top, cigarette pants, pencil skirt).  The top is already finished: Just a simple top à la Brigitte Bardot, with gathering at the sleeves and neck line and a little rose to make it complete. For the skirt and one of the dresses I ordered some fabric on the internet. I expect it to arrive tomorrow. ~*~ I also did some grannies for my blanket the last couple of days: ~*~ And one of my projects (a project that didn’t work out so good, I think, haha) was featured at MyFavorite Finds , namely the Ice Cone Cake Pops . Thank you, Carrie!

Finally got my yarn, so I started to crochet grannies for my blanket immediately! Well, almost :-). First I had to finish the before mentioned dress of course, the one where I crocheted the flowers for. Here is how it worked out, crochet and sewing in one dress: ~*~ And here are the few grannies I made this week for my blanket : ~*~ I have to say: I got a bit excited about the sewing from last weeks, so I think I will go on a little bit longer with it. I found some nice vintage inspired patterns and want to try them all. Try, because some of the items have things (like the zipper in a cigarette pants, for example) that I never did before. Of course I show you all the progress I make (but only if I had success with doing things like zippers or placing busks in a dress, of course, haha)! Besides the cigarette pants I want to make two dresses, a pencil skirt and a top. Hopefully my enthusiasm for sewing will stay for a while, so I finish all the before menti...

Peacock Necklace by From Paris With Love! Peacock Ring by From Paris With Love! WANTED This necklace and ring would match  perfectly with my green dress !

My dress is finished! And I mean MY dress. I hardly make anything for myself (I rather buy), but because I saw a nice pattern I thought ‘Well, let’s give it a try’. The work description wasn’t very clear, though, so I couldn’t figure out exactly how to apply the lapel collar to the dress, and it took hours and hours of trial and error before I finished the collar. My patience was considerably put to the test. But now that the dress is hanging from a clothes hanger to show off, I’m quite content with how the dress and the collar looks! Only have to sew on some black buttons and then it's ready to wear. So, what do you think? ~*~ Next project has started already: another dress for my two year old. I want to make a crochet/sewing-combination dress. For the crochet I’m using some remaining yarns. The tutorial for the crochet flowers you can find here . For the dress itself I’m using a baby sheet. My little one has a Big Bed now, so the sheet doesn’t fit anymore. Good thi...

Today we had a baby shower of a cousin of my husband, so I made a play mat. Again.  It’s time to think of something else for a present, because I am a tiny bit bored by making play mats now. This was my fifth or sixth in a couple of months. Anyway, for a tutorial , look here. ~*~ I’m still waiting for the yarn for my blanket , which is not available in the yarn shop at the moment, but meanwhile I’m having a good time behind my sewing machine. The dress I’m working on is almost finished. Just the lapel collar (which, I find, isn’t easy at all for a not so skilled seamstress) and the hem. I think I can show you the dress later this week. The fabrics for two other projects are on their way, so I’m not bored at all without the lacking yarn.  ~*~   And… my projects are featured as much as three times this week!! Such an honor!! The Twirly Dress is featured twice: Once by  ‘ We Like to Learn as We Go ’! Thank you, Alexis! ...