What´s on my sewing table

Floral Madness

Ever since I saw a similar dress at another blog, I wanted to make one. Especially after I saw this fabric in the store. I simply love the back view. The pattern was not so easy to get. I hunted for hours for another one with such a back view, but it was nowhere to be found. Then I found this Simplicity pattern (4984) from the 60s and had to have it.

Maybe you remember this dress I made last year.

It was such a huge fail. It did not fit me in the least. The only thing I liked was the back. Here it is on my puppet.

I tried to fix it, but this was a catastrophe. I am so happy I had enough fabric left over to try my new 60s pattern and make a complete new skirt. The top I made out of the old dress. The sewing was easy. Only the pleats and the zipper were a bit difficult. Overall I am so satisfied with this dress and want to wear it more. If only the weather would be better.

I already finished and wear it to the bookfair in March, but did not take photos then. Fortunately I got some nice ones at our Easter weekend.

(The dress reminds me of some from Mad Men, hence the title)

Easter Impressions

The Easter weekend I spent with my parents and my boyfriend in Waldenburg. Unfortunately it was really cold almost all the time. Nonetheless Sunday we visited the Waldenburg castle. It´s a really great place with a lot of styles. The entrance hall reminded me so much of Downton Abbey and the library was breathtaking. The best was that you were allowed to take photos.

After that we visited the city museum with a strange collection of curiosities. In the afternoon we took a walk in the park near our hotel.

Monday we visited a castle near Chemnitz on our way home. It´s called Water Castle because it is surronded by, ehm, yeah, water. The weather was a bit better, but still chilly.

It was a really nice weekend and I had so much fun with my parents. Sometimes I really miss to have them around.

I hope you all had a nice Easter weekend.

Easter Presents

This year I wanted to give only selfmade things for Easter. After I discovered these pendants at Etsy I had to make some for my Mom and my Grandma. My Mom liked her black and white one very much. I hope my Grandma will like hers too.

For my Dad I tried to make Whiskey Chocolate. Unfortunately it did not work out as I want it, but I hope at least it will taste okay.

I got two cookbooks from my parents, both from Jamie Oliver. I will write more about them in a future post. We had a nice weekend together. More photos will follow soon.

What´s on my sewing table

New Patterns

I just couldn´t resist these cuties from the 1930s. Isn´t the blouse adorable. And you can also see the garters for my planned garter belt.

Stitch Swap

Wild Olive hosted a Stitch Swap last month. I know I had to participate. It was so difficult to choose a motif. It had to be a 4'' hoop, so the choice was a bit limited. My swap partners favorites were mustard, turquoise, vintage and flowers. I wanted to use as much as possible from my stash and suprinsingly I only had to buy a new hoop. I choose a motif by SoSeptember, because I really like her style and it has such a vintage feeling. Don´t you think this little birdie is just adorable? I really like the outcome. I even found some matching ribbon, fabric and trim to decorate the hoop.

Sent it on Friday and now I only hope my swap partner will like it. Till now I did not receive anything, but of course I show it to you, when it arrives. I am really curios to get it.