Little gift

Of course M and I visited Petit Pan in Paris. Just love their fabrics. M choose this one. On the inside my favorite oilcloth.

For me, this is one of the most difficult sewing projects, so really, I do respect my Belgian blogger colleagues, for instance her and her. They finish over 10 pieces, when I hardly manage one! Like before, I used this tutorial.

I ironed the volume interfacing to the outer fabric, and that's what I have to skip next time, because unless the topstitching there's no relief left.
Never mind, I added all my love and closed the pouch. M is over the moon.

Appendix one week later: I had to laugh when I saw it laying around like this, without any air left inside.

Candy

I told you about La Droguerie in Paris. That's where I found these candy like beads. Yesterday I had to wait during M's violin rehearsal and there this simple necklace was born. During her performance later on, M gave me a little signal that she liked it. Btw, they made me cry with their first performance after summertime.

This silicone souvenir from Paris is made by an artist with a beautiful name: Tzuri Gueta. M and I found it just 30 minutes before we had to leave by train back to Rotterdam again. And certainly no regrets!

A great day

One day makes two blogposts! Kristel explains.

After our date we visited het Stedelijk Museum (mmm, I don't like this site and typography...), that gave us some great experiences and likewise pictures.

Ok, next time I promiss you a craft post again.

Homemade souvenir

M loved to buy souvenirs in the shops down the Sacre Coeur. But none of all possible 'I love Paris' t-shirts she liked. Some later we bumped into a great fabric shop where a friendly woman sold us quite some silk fabrics. This one was combined with a sample of a red transparent curtain. The skirt layers were wrinkled and attached to a shorter, silk waistband.

I'm glad how the length turned out.

As I don't have an overlock machine, the skirt was finished in a different way: I first rolled the silk edge through my fingers and finished it with a fine zigzag stitch. The red underskirt was already finished.
Tadaa! My first Paris buy result, today on M's hips to school.

M à Paris

It's so small! she said, stepping out of the ground at Trocadero. I laughed and would love my girl for four more days in Paris. The way she walked, the way she looked, the way she smiled, I loved it. She and Paris, a beautiful couple.

Two days by metro, two days by bike (Vélib' Paris). Heavy traffic cycling on the Place de Gaulle and the Place de la Bastille and au Marais, romantic cycling by night, making good memories!

 Naturellement doing it the Paris way!

 Spending many hours at La Droguerie, where M started to make bracelets right away!

Admiring all kinds of art.

Enjoying the view on Paris from all directions. We are still dreaming.
M, when shall we do London?

Lekker weg in eigen land

We loved to be in the Dutch forests for a couple of weeks.

Winter present

'Thank you for carrying the class!' A present for teacher Meike: a tiny item (only 7 cm high) that was missing on the season table.

New!

Our garden gnome, made by L (7y).

Being together

I must say, Lieve, Gaia, Kika, Jula, Sofia, M and L, you were great! You were playing, swimming, were dropped, were slumbering (a bit short), were swimming again, played again. I really loved to be on tour with you!

Shining M

Last week was dedicated to M, being 12 years old! So I had something (and a lot of other things) on my to-do-list: making this dress, my first jersey project, made from another Fragile sale fabric.

According to a Knippie pattern, but oh! this magazine makes simple things really difficult! You rather skip the guiding text and only use your common sense. The outcome: things were changed the way I preferred them to be. Because I wanted the pattern to be continuous I added the waistband on the inside of the body and let the ribbon run through a button hole in the front. If you might think I made a fake zipper, you're wrong.

M always has been a child that suits everything. And she used to be happy with every dress or whatever I sew for her. Yes, mom, I would love to have balloons and yes, mom, I would love to have a birthday dress. She cherishes traditions, that is.
This dress tastes to more coming-soon jersey clothes. Let's see!