Soft book for my nephew

I needed a Christmas present for my nephew and what could be more suitable than a home made soft book. I went into a haberdasher's shop and got all sorts of ribbons, buttons ... and used the fabrics I had at home. I never realised how many different ones I keep!

Spring

 

Summer

Autumn

 

Winter

I hope he likes it. And I hope it doesn't fall apart!

Brown wrap skirt

Last year I posted about several brown fabrics that were on my to-do pile. I used the brown linen to make a wrap skirt. Without a pattern, I just cut the fabric, sew the three pieces together, made the darts and added the belt. But the skirt was rather... dull...so I went and bought a ribbon to liven it up a bit.

I'm happy to say - it works!

Later I added the buttons. And the skirt still needs to be ironed, obviously. 

Brown, brown, brown & brown

Brown is not my favourite colour. That's why it's quite surprising that currently four different brown fabrics are on my to-sew pile. They are as different as they can be.
Linen:

Jersey:


Cotton:


Viscose:



Expect more brown posts in the near future!