Kinderfasching in Portland and the Poster I designed for the German Saturday school.
Monthly Archive for February, 2011
Harem Pants
Fabric: Refashioned Levi’s Sweatshirt
I did it again – this time I used an old sweatshirt of my husband that literally became unwearable with a humongous neckline and worn out cuffs and hem. Even though I did a wide swept cleaning spree a couple of months ago – I just couldn’t part with the beast. The fabric was a really lovely french terry with a heathered base. And I knew that it had a better destination in it’s future. Good thing we have kids, as it’s so quick and satisfying to create something sweet out of something formerly loved. I used the hem rib as waistband and the sleeve cuffs as hem cuffs.
With the use of my serger, the whole project took less then 1 hour.
Which makes it even more satisfying.
It’s Andy’s 40th birthday today! Happy Birthday!!!
I made a London Cheesecake from Nigella Lawson’s “How to be a Domestic Goddess”, which typical Nigella style uses a lot of scrumptous ingredients but is heavenly yummie! 2.5 tubs of cream cheese (and I surely didn’t use the low fat version) 1/2 tub of sour cream, 3 eggs, 3 egg yokes and 8oz of graham crackers with 6tbsp of butter. L helped me make it being busy crushing the crackers and obviously asking lots of questions throughout the process.
It’s actually the first time I made a recipe from this book. I remember vividly when I received this book for christmas a couple of years back. I felt mildly insulted because I considered myself a tough business woman and surely not someone who would don an apron and slave in the kitchen for hours to dish up domestic goddess cakes.
Even though this cake took a while to make (mainly through toddler interruptions) it was pretty forward. The most interesting thing for me was to bake it in a water bath.
I also had to do some fiddling with the pan as I didn’t have a spring form. I buttered the baking pan, cut a circle the size of the bottom of the pan and three additional long strips out of freezer paper and laid it out (waxed side down) so I’d be able to pull the cake out by grabbing the paper strips.
The pan is wrapped in aluminum foil before putting into a deep baking tray. Boiling water is then poured in the baking pan and the whole cake goes in the oven for 50 minutes.
Andy does not have a sweet tooth but he literally inhaled his slice. And L. enjoyed it too!
Pattern: self drafted
Fabric: Cotton Elastan Jersey I had in my stash for maybe 10 years? It must have been when I was still working for adidas in Germany!
I just made a couple more of the harem pants – just because I felt inspired again… Maybe it has something to do with the Lady who runs the mag on the left? (hint: Kleinformat)
I drafted the pattern and made these pants last summer and even uploaded the pattern. I accidentally uploaded the wrong .pdf version but the link should be fixed by now.
Some more pics of the ones I made last summer:
And here another one I made yesterday.L is such a show-off! These ones are for sure the coolest! Cut up Andy’s t-shirt that got too small (he claims it on surfing) for the front and back pocket and the back is a left over of black Soy Cotton Jersey.
Just a collection of catwalk images per designer that stood out to me. All pics are from style.com
Even though i haven’t really taken notice of Isabelle Marant’s collections in the past, I thought is was so wearable and fun. The most astonishing part for me was that she had never been to LA before and this collection is completely based on the vibe she got there.
