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Tutorial – How to set in sleeves

Tutorial – How to set in sleeves

My grandma used to be a professional seamstress. She’s always very enthusiastic when I show my own creations. And when we talk she often tells sewing tales of her own. Nowadays she unfortunately can’t see well enough anymore to thread a needle, but she still has the knowledge! So one day she was helping me with the fit of a garment and figured the sleeve was the problem. That day my grandma taught me some basic rules for setting in sleeves. I soaked these up, wrote them down and carved these into my brain. From that day on when I’m setting in sleeves, I use my grandma’s tips. Because they’re…

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Lace Sports Leggings

Lace Sports Leggings

Before our current lockdown, for a while I had been very active at working out. I don’t like going to the gym at all, so I always just stuck to cycling and horse riding. But long story short, I ended up in a crossfit sports class at the physiotherapist where we meet twice a week with the same nice group of people for some super intensive sports. That I could persist in, because it is together, fun and varied! For a while, I had little sewing inspiration until one night I came home from my sports class. I suddenly thought: why not sew myself some sports leggings?! I had wanted…

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3 New blogs

3 New blogs

You all know how life goes. Sometimes you’re completely behind on it, like me right now. There were some projects that I still wanted to share with you! The full blogposts on these are available on the renewed Minerva website! Make sure to check it out, because they made a cool platform for everyone to share their creations, even if you didn’t buy your supllies there. Below you find the links to the blog posts and the patterns with a short description. The patterns I could not link at the Minerva website namely. Click on them if you want to know all the details! 1. Rea dress by Bel’Etoile This dress looks…

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Twin it to win it

Twin it to win it

It’s about high time for a new blog post! I’ve been busy but sewed some new items that I will show you soon. To start with this nice T-shirt. I made it in the same fabric as my boyfriend’s tee, since the remnant was gifted to me. Not really planning on twinning though, although that may be in fashion :p

Heart Pouch for Mother’s Day

Heart Pouch for Mother’s Day

Happy Mother’s Day everyone! A hug to the people who don’t (anymore) have their mother close by. For all other people: enjoy each other today! Have a nice video call, door-distance-wave-visit, and spoil her with a gift. A handmade gift. Because what radiates more love than something you have invested time and care in?! I also started making something for my mom immediately after seeing this super cute pattern on the Pattydoo blog. I got really excited, dug in my closet and found all the materials there. You only need (skai) leather, a zipper, ring, and wonder tape! I didn’t have wonder tape myself so i tried fabric glue, which…

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Lace Racerback Tank – Marbella 2.0

Lace Racerback Tank – Marbella 2.0

Spring has just come around, but I already got summer vibes again. Every now and then it is already nice and warm outside, and for those times I would like to wear something that looks dressed, but in which my arms still get a bit tanned. It was time for Marbella 2.0. I chose a different lace back option, because I didn’t have any racerback tops yet. Now I do! Now I want to make at least 10 more… Luckily this pattern also turns out to be a perfect scrap buster!

Visible Mending – Jeans Rescue

Visible Mending – Jeans Rescue

It’s Fashion Revolution Week this week! But working on a more sustainable fashion industry we can do all year round. Things I try to pay attention to are, amongst others: 1) Holes / mistakes are easily repaired, 2) Wear pants until they are really worn out and fall apart. With those points, we come to my subject of today. I wanted to try visible mending for a long time already, and this was the time! I researched how to approach this and started off. In this blog I explain to you how I gave this jeans second life by embroidering fabric and plusses on it. Now I even think it looks so cool that I also want to do it on new jeans, haha!

Dog Weather – Cheerful Blouse

Dog Weather – Cheerful Blouse

Yes! Spring has finally arrived! High time for a new top indeed, made out of this cheerful crepe with dog print. The pattern I used comes from My Image issue #16, model M1811. The only change I made is adding an elastic band in the hem. In this blog I teach you how to do that to any pattern. I am very happy with the result, although there were some bumps on the road. It really fits well with my figure and the time of year!

Mini & Maxi

Mini & Maxi

The result of my #isewlation: both a pair of short and full length joggers! The patterns that I used both are from Blank Slate Patterns: the Skye Joggers and Barton Shorts. Both patterns I already used before, so I mostly knew what to expect. That really is an advantage of reusing a tried and true pattern. Now I have two super comfortable pairs of chill pants in a cool print! One for summer, one for the rest of the year.

Baby Burrito (free pattern)

Baby Burrito (free pattern)

Here’s another blog from me in the category of maternity gifts! This time I opted for a towel / burrito wrap for babies. It comes down to being two square layers of fabric, with a sort of hood at one corner. The raw edges are finished with contrasting bias tape. The method I used I mainly retrieved from madebymblog.blogspot.nl. But that blog has been removed (and it was Dutch), so here I’ll explain exactly what I did. The possibilities to vary are endless! What would you make?

Project maternity present (free pattern)

Project maternity present (free pattern)

It is painful to admit, but by now I have reached a phase in life in which more and more of my friends are having babies. Of course that’s great, so I like to celebrate with them! And I also like to celebrate that from behind my sewing machine. Because what could be nicer than gifting something handmade?! So when I heard that several people around me were expecting babies all at the same time, I decided it was time for action. I thought it would be more efficient to do some batch sewing. Sewing the same item for several children at once, is often faster than when you go…

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