I'll sew you

Sometimes I wish a day had more than 24 hours. But don't we all? I work 4 days a week. There should be some time left to do some sewing and blogging, don't ya think? But I can't seem to find that time. Most of the time at the end of a working day I'm sooo tired, I just don't feel like doing ANYTHING! I know it's the wrong attitude, but it's just the way it is. Anyway, I'll try to kick my butt a bit more and be more productive. That's why you visit my site right? You want to see some action! But first a question I received from  Teddie on my post about my finished knit top : What a nice top, and I love that fabric. May I ask you where you bought this? Or from which producer it comes - I'm Dutch too.. Thank you for your nice comment Teddie. The fabric is from a local store called  Tricothal De Leeuwtjes . A great fabricstore. It's not as big as it used to be but there's still a great variety of fabrics (not only tricot/jersey!),...

Just checkin' in to let you know that I'm very thrilled to have no less than 10 comments on my latest post! This number may look pathetic in some of your opinions, but for me it's a record. And every... EVERY time I get a comment I'm so glad someone has been so kind to take the time and effort to read my blog and give me a little message. I'm not exaggerating, this is the honest truth. Of course there are people who only read and that's absolutely perfectly fine. But these nice comments, they make me smile. So to all you sweet comments-writing ladies out there: a big thank you !!! I just felt like saying this so now I said it. And what's that about changing plans? Yes, I'm afraid I'll have to redo my mini-swap. In only a few days time the temperature in the Netherlands has risen to almost summer-heights. Well..not exactly that much but it feels like spring a lot!! And that's my problem: 50% of my mini-swap-fabric contains wool. It feels...

Just finished this knit top and couldn't wait to show it to you. Tadaaaa : The pattern is from Knipmode, februari 2010. Here's the linedrawing: The frontpiece (1) has a cut-on facing (1a). After closing the backseam of the neck (the small vertical seam between 1 and 1a) you fold in the facing and baste it onto the seams of the frontpiece. It's very easy and quick to make. Definitely a pattern I will use again. There's a lot of draping at the neck so if you want to make this top, you should use a thin knit or else it will be quite bulky. This fabric draped just fine. When I tried the top on during the sewingproces and the sleeves weren't yet in, I had a sudden vision of a warm summer, me going to the shop to buy some ice-cream, feeling hot and sweatty and enjoying/absorbing summer to its fullest. Work in progress                           T...

As promised, a picture of my finished skirt. I made it once before, about seven-or-something years ago. The pattern is from Knipmode. I am too lazy now to search for the issue-information. But if you want to know, I will gladly look it up for you.  A little bit about the construction: The front has a top piece to which the two 'pointy' bottom-pieces are attached. The back is straightforward: a backseam, 2 darts on each side and a zipper. The absolute eyecatcher of this skirt (imho) is the shorter piece which peeks through the slit. That piece is attached to the lining. So, although it looks like two skirts on top of each other, there's no bulkiness whatsoever. Which is good! The slit is placed a bit to the left and shows the leg, which makes it all the more ...uhmm... interesting. And there was a lot of handstitching involved in the hemming. It went together very well. Only in the end I had a little hick-up with putting in the lining. Part of the lining is sewed ...