“I also want to pick from your fabrics. Would you do that with me and sew me a cushion cover?” my husband said and my heart jumped – going through my fabrics with my darling juhu! A couple of days later I found out that he had said “I also want to pick fabrics with you.” Which means he wanted to do fabric shopping with me – OK, my heart was still jumping.
But he is a person with exact ideas. He was talking of a kind of fabric which I believed to be Chenille. We found this fabric and it turned out to be perfect.
On the picture you can see our new (vintage) chairs I bought on willhaben.at (local platform) last week. Although official re-furnishing won´t take place until after christmas I can´t keep from searching and buying stuff.
And now the question: paint the chairs or not? If yes what color?
This weekend all the christmas markets in Austria opened. In recent years we always visited the big one – the real one – the Wiener Christkindlmarkt infront of the Vienna townhall. But this year we felt we go for a smaller version, the one in the city nearby.
Tomorrow I´ll start decorating the house. I just have to finish the christmas curtains I´m sewing. Stay tuned...
Yesterday Sister S, Lil Sis J and I had a sewing session. (We also did some painting which is part of the re-furnishing)
First out Sister S in a classic re-do. Two old shirts give one new.
And then finally we finished the shirt for Lil Sis J out of the XXL pattern we developed. (which I will show better pictures of at another time)
Have you seen the new Billy?
picture from IKEA
Well, regardless it´s beautiful or not, I don´t need it ´cause I have my personel one. Look here!
I´ve been sewing underclothes for Keksi. You know the stuff you wear “under” when it´s cold, tights and a t-shirt.
I´ve done another set as well, and I hope that´ll be enough and the winter´ll be a mild one. Fabric is light weight rib knit with pirate motifs, read about it here.
In the next months I will get a new friend and housemate. I´m not quite sure yet if I will love or hate him.
This means we have to re-arrange our home. How exactly I don´t know yet, we have to wait until my new friend has arrived. But for sure is – almost everything has to go.
Last time I were at IKEA I found a Callwey book for 3€. I´ve scanned you some images. It´s from “wohne lieber ungewöhnlich”
What are your favorite interior sites or shops? Give me some tips please. I need a lot of inspiration.
I know there is a doll somewhere in this no-girl-except-me-home but when you need her to model you don´t find her. But we have a cat who volunteered to pose in this small hat I crocheted for a cute little girl who will receive it for chritsmas.
Basic pattern is from Pysslas Piffiga Petitesser (Swedish), click here and the flower is from Fröken Elsa (Swedish), click here.
Working on the coat has not been without problems. In the end the pattern for the sleeves turn out to be too small. And I´m loosing groove.
But instead of putting it aside (probably forever) I have used my joker and now I´m back into the game!
My mother-in-law is fixing it for me to go on! (she´s an educated tailor) Thanks god I´m saved. Result probably next week.
My dear German blogg-friends… I just found out Stoff & Stil, the shop were I buy a lot of fabrics in Malmö/Sweden, is in Hamburg/Germany. Click here.
BUT… they do not deliver to Austria!! Oh no, I will mail them every week to push them. Hopefully one day….
Christmas present No.1 is finished. I have no clue how this is called, so have a look on the pictures. I only used half double crochet stitches in a closed circle.
Thanks Sister S for posing
Thank you for all the congratlutations on our anniversary!!
