Surfin' www

I'm gonna be honest and include another activity that I do in my spare time - surfing the web. Here are links to some blogs or sites I follow more or less regularly:

My girly side:
Cake wrecks - when professional cakes go horribly, hilariously wrong.
Post Secret - confessions on life, death and God.
Etsy - my place to buy (not yet sell) all things handmade.

My other side:
The Big Picture - news stories in photographs by the Boston globe.
Dark roasted blend - weird and wonderful things.
Strange maps
Rebekka on Flickr.

Who-ho-hooo

I'm ready for Christmas!!!

Well, almost. I received a wonderful package full of Michael Miller Christmas fabrics so that theoretically I can start making Christmas cards! I know it's still September and in fact way to early and too warm to start thinking about December - but nevermind. I still have to decide whether I'm going to glue the fabrics together, or onto a blank card. I could also sew them entirely. Hmmmm, tempting!







I received my package from lovely and wonderful Spice Berry Cottage via Etsy.

More boy's trousers

I was so busy sewing this weekend that I forgot to take pictures while sewing so I only have photos of finished boy's trousers. If you remember, a while ago I posted a photo of Jersey fabrics: four different fabrics and a long way to go. Well, now I finished two pairs of trousers and plan to do four more. But first the photos of the ones already made.


Almost happy with these seams:


Crazy shadows:


Of course, my son should not forget that these were made just for him!

Boy's trousers

My little one enjoys running around and therefore needs comfortable trousers. These were made without a pattern, just approximate cut - and turned out superb! Made of striped cotton Jersey and a broad elastic in the waist.



Even the lines match perfectly!


The finished trousers.