Sewing plans

And by sewing plans, I mean of course things I would like to make but never do :)

Anyway, I hope this time is different and I'll actually sew something... The New look 6107 arrived yesterday. I bought it mostly for the simple skirt pattern, but after taking a better look at it, plus some searching on the internet, I really like the blouse pattern. Especially views B and C.

The dress on the left is from Burda magazine (4/2013). It's a simple everyday dress and I really like it.

I'm still working on things for the upcoming market. It's next week!!! Happy!!!    

Busy bee

These days find me busy with preparations. I'm going to take part in yet another KofferMarkt and I'm very excited about it. It's going to take place on the 8th of June in Potsdam.

Lately the weather here in Berlin is bad. Especially today, it rains constantly since the early morning. Although I would prefer it to be nice and warm outside, I kind of think that it helps me stay focused on all the work needed to be done :)

The best part of getting ready for any craft markets is the gathering of the supplies. In my case buying pretty fabrics and notions like these.

I have to confess though, not all af the fabrics are going to be used for the market purpose. In the second photo are the "all about me fabrics". I have a few patterns in mind for the top fabrics. I still try to find a nice pattern for the polkadots :) I would love to see them turn into a nice summer blouses I think.

I will share some preview photos of the things I have already made.
  

Sewing for baby Ona and the winner of my giveaway

My dear friend Silvia is having her first baby and it's going to be a girl yaaay.

I wanted to make something nice for her, so after browsing the internet I found a lot of lovely patterns and tutorials for baby things. The choices were endless but here are some pictures of what I actually made.

I used this pattern

I used this tutorial

I used this tutorial. I had this fabric for years. It's super soft.
I'm glad I got the chance to use it!

pattern info. I loved working with this yarn!

Sewing baby things is so much fun!! You can use super cute fabrics and the project is finished in no time. I hope baby Ona will enjoy them. 

I made almost everything using Roger :) My brand new serger which Mr. G gave me for Christmas. I'm still learning how to use it properly, but sewing with Roger is fast and fun!

And now the winner of last week's giveaway. There were only two candidates... And the winner is...

Congratulations Rachael!! Have fun with the book!! 

Blue skirt

The project I was working on is finished!!! yaaaaay! Ok, it's been finished for some days now but I had no time to take photos and write about it until now. I am really proud of myself because this is the very first wearable garment I have made!! There were some dresses in the past but very simple ones. The kind you make with 2 rectangulars and an elastic thread.

This skirt have it all (for a beginner sewist like me that is). It has pockets, pleats, waistband and of course the most important... the zipper!! Zipper was always my biggest fear. I have sewed zipper pouches but never a garment. Thanks to Tasia's great tutorial I managed to do it without a single tear!! I did break the zipper foot in the process though, but I continued to sew with it anyway!

I used the pattern 104 A from the February 2010 issue of Burda Style magazine. This is the kind of skirt I usually like to wear. 

 

Because burda's sizes are often off for my kind of body, I made the first skirt a trial one out of some left overs I had in my stash. This trial skirt is a clear evidence of my OCD :) I just couldn't let it unfinished. In the beginning I was trying to figure out what to do. It just didn't work. ahmm... the problem was that I had not cut all the pieces of the pattern... I had forgotten the facing of the pockets. After I realize that, things moved a lot faster. Although I made a lot of mistakes and had to rip the whole thing twice I think. It wasn't pretty at all!! There were pieces of fabric and thread all over me. Including my hair! But hours later I had something that looked like a skirt!! I knew what I had to fix and what changes to do, so the skirt would fit me the way I wanted it to.
      

The fabric I used for the final skirt is a cotton linen blend in navy blue. It was in my stash for more than a year now and I've used it before to sew belt pouches for my etsy shop. It costed 1 euro per meter from my favorite discount fabric store in Athens. I bought more than 3 meters at the time. This fabric has a nice quality and is very easy to work with. For the openings of the pockets I used floral bias tape. I made the skirt in size 36 except for the waistband which is size 38. 


I must give a huuuuuge thanks to my dear friend Cristina, who helped me a loooot!! She answered of all my questions, doesn't matter how silly they were, with a great patience. 


I want to make more skirts with this pattern. 

Work in progress

I'm working on a project right now I really like!! It will be my (almost) first wearable piece :)

I'm cutting the fabric on my kitchen table.

My dear Polly in action :)
She had some problems last week,
but after a good service everything is as good as new again

Back with the result in a few days. Finger crossed :)