The other day one of my acquaintances in Facebook brought this article to my attention: To anyone who thinks they are falling behind in life And it was a revelation. I wanted to update this blog with sewing news since the summer, but… life happened. First we lost Daisy, then …
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Burdastyle Baseball Jacket
I wanted to have a baseball jacked since like forever, but I had to search for months for the perfect pattern. I didn’t like the neckline of the Papercut Rigel Bomber, and I also didn’t want raglan sleeves (i usually don’t like the look of them). But at the beginning …
Butterick B5895 and Untangling Knots Hetty
OMG, when was the last time that I posted a finished project here? I have some to show you that I finished about last month but I’ve been too busy to blog about it. Pictures were taken almost four weeks ago but stayed in my hard drive until now just …
Second Carolyn Bottoms
Since I made my first pair of Carolyn pajama bottoms I’ve been living in them. I often work from home, and they became my daily uniform. It was frustrating waiting for them to be ready after the wash, so I needed to make a second pair. I apologize for the …
Never underestimate the gauge
The Easter break is a bit longer here in Spain than in other countries, with Thursday and Friday off. I spent those two days and Saturday morning with a light migraine, but I was still able to do some useful things, and one of them was swatching. I am not …
Astronaut T-shirt
After my first Maria Denmark’s Kristen Kimono Tee I knew this pattern was perfect to showcase this fabric I purchased during Christmas 2014. I made this top last May, but shortly afterwards we lost Gerry and I didn’t have the heart to look at the pictures and publish them on …
Vintage Pledge
After the last year disaster due to my sewing break during summer, I’m convinced to do it better in 2016. During 2016, I, Elena, pledge to tackle some vintage and reproduction patterns, trying to use fabrics from my stash. There were two that I wanted to make last year, and …
Stashbusting
I’m not good for making New Year resolutions, but after seeing during the move all the unused fabric I have, it was urgent that I take action, or fabric will completely swallow us one night, birds included. I’m not going to set any strict goal but I will try to …
The boy who cried wolf and a helmet bag
These last weeks have been hard on us due to the move and everything around it. In our previous apartment we had ADSL, but since we had the option to get fiber in the new one, and at a reasonable price, we went for it. That meant changing companies to …
New Year, new apartment, new life
Happy New Year peeps! The truth is I don’t care much for Christmas but my new Year wishes come more naturally. I know this new year mark is something arbitrary but even like that I’ve learn to acknowledge it, even if I didn’t stay up until midnight (also arbitrary). I …