We had some lazy days during the holidays, but I managed to do something I had in mind for a very long time. I love brooches, even though I seldom wear them in winter to avoid poking holes on the wind and water proof fabric of my winter coat. But …
Another Tiki Shirt
Many countries celebrate Easter Monday, but in Spain we celebrate this week Thursday and Friday. It makes for a very long weekend, and people tend to leave the city and visit other places. It’s also when Barswingona is usually celebrated. But we are having a staycation this year. It’s very …
Spring for Cotton plans
After participating in the past Fall for Cotton, I couldn’t stop myself from joining in Spring for Cotton. I’ve recently bought some beautiful cotton fabrics from Stoffamstueck and I was planning on making some vintage inspired dresses, so this came just in the right time. As I’m planning to make …
Completed: 1947 Tiki Dress
I never expected to participate in the Vintage Pattern Pledge. Sure, it’s a wonderful initiative and I love vintage designs, but my luck buying vintage patterns was not always the best. First, I can’t find them locally, so I have to buy online, and the times I’ve done it the …
Inspiration
I started writing this post in June of 2013, and then abandoned it. Thanks to Michelle and the Gilmore Girls KAL I decided to revive it. I arrived late to many shows that I ended up enjoying a lot, like Desperate Housewives, the Gilmore Girls, Firefly , Downton Abbey and …
My first pair of jeans: a wearable muslin
Sorry for the radio silence, but between the jeans breaking my machine and one of my medications being raised, I’ve been a little bit off last week. The jeans took a bit longer than expected and they fit worse than expected too. The change in the medication makes me nauseous …
A couple of things about sewing machines maintenance
As you know, my machine broke last week when I was sewing my first pair of handmade jeans. I was heartbroken because I was not sure if I was going to be able to finish these jeans and because my machine had to go away for repair for the first …
Watching
I wrote this post yesterday, but it somehow disappeared. WordPress, why are you doing this to me? I finished Extant some days ago and it left me a bit meh. It was at times predictable and I was not convinced by some of the actors. I’m a sucker for Sci-Fi …
Watching the GBSB outside the UK
We’re watching the Great British Sewing Bee series 3 and enjoying the fact that there are more men that in previous occasions and they seem quite competent (I’ve never thought Koen would like this show but he loves it). We watched previous seasons on Youtube, but this time we didn’t …
Denim killed my sewing machine
My progress on my jeans was slow but more or less steady. Last week I didn’t have a lot of time for sewing because Koen’s sister was here visiting, but I could still get some short random moments to stitch here and there. I used part of my lunch break …