I sew this simple black skirt for a friend birthday.

Front: a little bird inspired by her (have a click on her blog you won’t be disappointed by the amount of good ideas you will find there)

… hanging on the line…

Back : green arabesque and multicolor buttons…

Pattern : Home made – Fabric : black thick cotton from Spotlight

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Pour un anniversaire, une simple jupe noire  (patron maison), deco oiseau inspiree des magnifiques dessins de Creenfantin

I follow a brillant idea from Fils & Pluches to create my own magnets.

The technic is really simple: using advert magnets (or you can buy magnetic sheet in a craft shop) just peel of the top layer of the magnet and  glu fabrics scrap or  poscard (my choice) on it.

I used a poscard from The Barking Dog (sent to me by my friend Adeline)  and a painting from my friend Valerie (showing  the small island of New Caledonia) .

And hop, on the fridge…

Easy!

I haven’t posted for the past few weeks but I was waiting for a sunny day to take pictures.

I finally found one, as well as an amazing top model to pose for me…

So, first, what’s best than an Obi belt to emphasize our wasp waist?

 And to give your body an amazing shape…

I tell you, this belt his magic!

Pattern : Home made (Tutorial Here) – Fabric: Black and grey coton from Spotlight

 And to go with the beld, I sewed a matching top.

I really like the shape given by the pattern (initially, a dress, but I shortered it), especially the wide sleeves.

I will definitely use the pattern again, for a dress or a jacket.

Pattern : Vogue Easy – Fabric: Black and grey coton from Spotlight

You may not remember, but we swapt with Carole, a gorgeous bag and its matching headband v.s an outfit for his coming little baby boy.

Check first what I received… isn’t it gorgeous??

Carole received her package, so I can now show you what I have made for her:

Carole loves sarouels… 

So I made one for his little baby, with a matching kimono-inspired top:

Sarouel : Pattern Calixe from Citronille size 6 months, cream-colored linen,  Pebeo Secalor paint color brown moire, and star-shaped buttons all from Spotlight

Kimono: Pattern P’tites Mimines (Tutorial in English here),  Brown linen , Cotton fabric and star-shaped buttons all from Spotlight.

And speaking about “Les P’tites Mimines”, if you want to take part of the game she currently organized on her blog, clik on the picture bellow:   

Good luck me everybody!!

A lot, actually…

 Every dressmaker has at least a full bag of fabric scraps waiting no one know what! Adele had a very clever idea, and suggested to create crafts with fabric scraps. And I was on board for the challenge… With a lot, lot of inspiration!

With an entire bag full of scraps, I had plenty of fabrics to work with.

“The Scrap-Necklace”

• Fabric scraps, at least 5*5 cm pieces
• ribbon scraps
• wool scraps

Draw petal shapes on the fabric with a fabric pencil (7 long petals, and 5 small ones). Using the cord stitch of your sewing machine (or the 3 lines stitch), sew along the pencil line. Shear along the stitch line.

Create a flower shape with the longest petals and sew them together. Do the same with the smallest petals, and sew all the petals together. On the back of the flower, sew the ribbons and wool scratches.

The scrap-headband

• Fabric Scraps (5*5 cm)

1/ For the headband : Stitch the fabric scraps to form the headband (Lengh around 1.5 m). The secret is to put some stretch fabric scraps! And I used a velcro round to attach the heaband.

2/ Sew a flower (Same as above). Stitch or glu on the headband.

If the headband does not suit you , you can do a hairclip:

The Scrap-hairclip

Very easy to do…

Draw a flower (or any other shape on the cardboard). Glu the fabric on the wrong side of the cardboard. Shear following the flower shape. Do 2 little holes with a needle. Insert the hair clip.

I love scraps!!!

With winter coming slowly (but surely!), I needed to get prepared to fight the freezing South wind that will start blowing soon… An what could be better than sewing a warm and styling hat??

 So I opted for the famous Mel’Hat! It is really easy to do (less than an hour, yes, it is awesome!!). I wanted to do it for a long time, but what a better day than her blog 1-year anniversary to do it?

 Fabric: Black felted wool and gray flannel from Spotlight

And look at my gift…The tutorial of  the-melhat  in English, s’il vous plait!