Chunky Coat finished

Published on March 1, 2011 in Handmade and ravelry. 1 Comment

My chunky Twinkle Yarn coat is finished! It’s been a couple of days but I still am not too sure about the sleeves. Other then that, I just followed a very basic top-down raglan recipe, worked a basket weave stitch at collar, yoke and pocket bags, everything else is simple stockinette stitch and 1:1 rib. And it didn’t take long to knit up at all, but I used all 8 skeins I bought. And not a strand left over :)

On another note! I finally got my work permit! After more then two years being ‘grounded’ and only allowed to do charity or non-profit work, it feels kind of daunting to think about going back. But I am super excited non the less.

Guess it’s very german, but thankfully I have been prepared and started to work on my professional website for the last two weeks. It’s up now, here’s the link.

Kinderfasching in Portland

Published on February 28, 2011 in design. 0 Comments

Kinderfasching in Portland and the Poster I designed for the German Saturday school.

 

And another one…

Published on February 17, 2011 in Handmade and Sew beautiful. 2 Comments Tags: .

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.

4.0

Published on February 8, 2011 in Handmade and Photo opportunity. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

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!

New Harem Pants

Published on February 3, 2011 in Handmade, little things and Sew beautiful. 3 Comments Tags: , .


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.

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Published on February 2, 2011 in Uncategorized. 0 Comments

Spring Inspiration – Fashion Shows

Published on February 1, 2011 in Creative Stimulation and Fashion. 0 Comments Tags: , .

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.

365: January

Published on January 31, 2011 in Creative Stimulation and Photo opportunity. 0 Comments

Kind of on a whim did I decide to take part in the famous 365 challenge. At the start of the year I didn’t even have a camera yet. When it finally arrived on January 5th I jumped right in. Part of the reason surely is to improve on my photography skills – but also to journal a year in pictures. But I have to admit that it is quite challenging. And some days I had a hard time to take a shot. I also realize, that I need some sort of weekly framework to come up with themes rather than random shots. Click on the pic above to get to larger size pics on flickr.

So for February, I want to photograph typography and urban textures for a week each. Then I’d like to do some self portraits for a week and for the last week I don’t really know what I want to do. Any suggestions?

Chunky Knits

Published on January 31, 2011 in Creative Stimulation and ravelry. 0 Comments

I have finally started to work with the Twinkle Yarn I bought last year to knit up a chunky sweater coat. When I ordered the yarn, I wanted to make this coat but changed my mind when I got the yarn three months after I actually ordered it. So now, I am taking all the knowledge I gained with ‘Knitting from the Top” by Barbara Walker and Custom Knits by Wendy Bernard to create a simple style that’s knitted top down. I took inspiration from this style.

photos: ssense

Home dec

Published on January 24, 2011 in design, Handmade, little things and Sew beautiful. 0 Comments

Cushions from Echino Fabric and Pendleton Woolen Mills scraps.

The last couple of weeks I took some ‘time off’ my sewing machine. Reading, reading, planning and plotting – not even knitting!

It took quite a while to get back to it. Before the turn of the year I had gotten a bit dis-enchanted with sewing for some reason. Was it that my love affair had ended?
Beginning of December ended the pattern drafting class with Amy at Modern Domestic. Super informative – that girl just has her stuff down – and a lot of nice girls that took the class. I knew that I had a bit of an advantage – having a pretty good idea about pattern construction – yet I had never ever created a basic sloper for my own body. So far I created two garments from that sloper and they both are fitting pretty well – more about that later this week. I had all those ideas in my head but didn’t get to make it all and got super frustrated with myself. Especially as two projects turned out not so perfect. And I felt that even after spending so much time behind the machine the last two years, it would take me many, many more years to really become an experienced sewist. Besides, we received the note that within the next three months, I will be able to get to work again! So things are very exciting and I am hoping that I’ll be able to pick up the pieces where I had left off about 2.5 years ago – and come back even stronger then before.

So I switched the sewing machine off.

To start planning and plotting and ideating…

Until last Satuday.

And it felt sooo good.

Just like catching up with an old friend again.

And today, i finished this skirt.

More about the skirt with me stuck in it later this week :)

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