Last autumn we moved into our new flat and I decided to make my own curtains. And not just any old homesewn curtains. No i wanted to make them out of recycled shirts with pockets and all. They took quite a while to make but it helped getting a serger.
Before 2011 ends I want to take a moment to look at the homemade Christmas presents. Both the ones I made and gave away and the ones I got. For more inspiration check out my Pinterest board “Making Christmas Gifts 2011“. But before I show off the photos I just want to wish you all [...]
A while back I went to France with my friend Cecile (Ways of the Whorl) and we did a lot of Natural dyeing. Mostly we did the samples you can see in this colour wheel. Cecile has so far written thorough posts on ‘dyeing with onion skin‘, ‘dyeing with black beans‘ and ‘dyeing with a [...]
As I now own 4 different sewing machines, all about 100 years old, I decided last autumn that I wanted to do some more sewing with them. A friend came up with the idea of making mannequins, which would be a perfect match of ourselves. We decided to go with the Gum Tape method. Basically [...]
