Showing posts with label odds and ends. Show all posts
Showing posts with label odds and ends. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Unlimited shopping.

On Sunday, Jule, Bekki and I went fabric shopping in Potsdam. It´s always a big deal :D (at least it´s one for me ;)).

I gained some extra money, so I didn´t need to have a guilty conscience :D

On my "shopping list" (it was some kind of alibi because there was nothing I really needed :D) was:
white cotton, linen, yarn, jersey, oilcloth

Surprise, surprise: I found almost everything I wanted. The most important thing was the white cotton.

1m turquoise linen (4€)
1m beige linen (4€)
3x1,5m jersey (15€)
11 cones of yarn (~15€)
It´s just about 23m of the cotton...not worth mentioning :D (69€)


The dealer wasn´t that nice: he measured the fabric cm by cm, he did not give any discount and he pushed the fabric into the bag instead of leaving it on the cardboard. Pretty frustrating... but well, it was just about 3€/m.

Some kind of successful, hm?

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Jule and I ordered sewing machine feet from good old USA. They arrived on Saturday, which was perfect :D
I had to try them on Sunday after the market.

It´s a ruffler and a bias binder foot. The ruffler is as big as my palm O.o
They work perfectly and I already love them. I can´t wait for some free time to sew a nice ruffled white skirt for summer *-*


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Unfortunately, I don´t really got time for sewing atm. I´m stressed, the baby will be born soon and the quilt is far away from being completed... Hm.

I´m excited by our vacation trip to London... it´s pretty soon *-* Can´t wait to see this beautiful city again!

(I hope I´ll have some time to care for the awards, atm I just can´t...)

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Just happy.

Today I reconquered my sewing machine :D
I visited Jule and got my baby back home. You can´t imagine how much I missed her!
I also grabbed the fabrics from Buttinette and the FOE (fold-over elastic), we purchased a little time ago.

Now I can show you my newest aquirements ;)
First of all, the IKEA fabrics (just 11m):


Fabrics from the market (5m of white each, 2m of grey, 1m of brighter blue, 1m of darker blue):


The Buttinette fabrics plus FOE plus some leftover fabric Jule gave me today:



Buttons from ebay (40 apples, 30 strawberries)



Last but not least I afforded a bigger patchwork ruler: 15x60cm. I loved it immediately (even without a sewing machine nearby :D).

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One night I tried to make a box from cardboard. Worked well, as you can see:



I covered it with some fabric.

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I saving all my money now (at least I try). There are only 4 weeks until the great market in Potsdam.

Hell, this hobby will ruin me one day!

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Wenn sich der Himmel zuzieht und es anfängt zu regnen... (Bilderflut^^)

.. gibts auch in meinem Kopf keinen Sonnenschein mehr. Dieses trübe Wetter geht mir ganz schön aufs Gemüt. Gestern, obwohl ich komplett frei hatte, konnte ich keinen Elan aufbringen irgendwas Sinnvolles zu machen.

Naja, ich hab ein bissel aufgeräumt und den Nähnachlass sortiert. Ich habe nämlich vor kurzem von einer verstorbenen Frau Kurzwaren geerbt: Knöpfe, Gummibänder, Garn, Nadeln, Druckknöpfe etc.
Schon vor 2 Wochen hatte ich das alles grob aussortiert, aber gestern habe ich dann nochmal drübergeguckt und aussortiert, was mir nicht gefällt. Da ich das aber nicht wegschmeißen kann (einfach weils zu schade ist und weil es sich einfach nich gehört ;)), kommt das vermutlich in meinen Flohmarkt oder die Bucht.


aussortierte Garne (ich hab eh schon so viel^^):


aussortierte Knöpfe:


aussortierte Schnallen und Perlen:


Garne, die in der Toffifeeschachtel sind aus Seide *-*:


Schnallen:


goldene Knöpfe:


goldene Knöpfe im Detail:


goldene Lieblingsknöpfe:


helle Knöpfe:


helle Lieblingsknöpfe:


rote Knöpfe:


rote Lieblingsknöpfe:


dunkle Knöpfe:


grüner Knopf:


silberne Knöpfe:


mein absoluter Lieblingsknopf, so richtig elbenhafte Verzauberung ;):


Die Frau hatte wahrlich einen guten Geschmack. Da sind so wundervolle Knöpfe dabei. Ich bin überglücklich und werde sie in Ehren halten ;)