DIY Bags with Retro fabric

Posted on April 25, 2016 by justelly1

This bag tutorial I found on the internet here: Summer fling bag tutorial

I liked this bag very much because you can sew them with 2 different pattern.

2 of my colleagues had birthdays a few weeks ago.

Yes, I’m a little late. 😦

First I had the flu and had to cancel my sewing course and second those bags needed way more time to sew then I expected.

To save time I made both bags together. Means if I sew the zipper in one bag, my next step has been the zipper to the second one.

Maybe I will sew this bag for me too 🙂

Isnt the fabric amazing? Unfortunality I can’t sew a bag with the Splittie anymore because I used all fabric I had for this bag.

But hey, a gift is more valuable when you would like to keep it yourself hihi

I changed the pattern from the tutorial a little

The original bag is closed with a magnet. I added a zipper.

And here I made a mistake by sewing both bags at the same time and made my error twice.

The fabric stripe for the zipper is too wide. Half of it would have been better.

But I have been too far with sewing this bags and didnt wanted to change it not ones but twice.

Take a look

Here my next mistake.

The original bag has a wonderful inner pocket with another fabric than the lining.

IF I sew a bag for myself I will add the zipper as I did but will make it look like the original inner pocket from the tutorial.

When I saw the zipper for the inner pocket it was red on red.

Did you once needed something in your bag and couldnt find it because it has been to dark?

This is the reason I added a stripe next to my zipper. Its easier to find the zipper now.

I also added 2 slip pockets for a mobile or whatever it will be used to.

I took the lining fabric twice to make it more stable.

At the end not to forget to use my new “toy” on leather hihi

Lets hope both colleagues will like their bags 🙂

How a duckling found a Star – A Photo Story

Posted on April 22, 2016 by justelly1

Like every spring I went on a duckling hunt with my camera. I just love these cuties ❤

But just showing the photos is a little boring.

I decided to write a little story with my photos 🙂

Besides the star I added and cutting the photos I didnt change them. The animals really made this “faces” LOL . This photos longed for a story

Meet duckling Belle and her brothers

One day Belle’s brothers tried to play a trick with their baby sister. They told her a star has fallen into their pool last night.

“A STAR? Really?” Belle asked excited and went to the pool. She wanted to see the star.

Maybe the water was too dirty or it was a really small star Belle couldnt see the star and jumped in the pool.

“Lets see how long she will look for the non-existing star” said one of her brothers and they went after Belle

Two of her brothers loughed so hard they couldnt even stay anymore.

Poor Belle swum the pool one – two – three times but couldnt find the star.

She even asked her neighbor.

“A star? In our pool?” asked Duck Smitty.

She and her babies searched the pool too.

When Belle lost all hope to find the star and startet to get out of the pool she saw something sparkled in the water.

Belle dove to the bottom of the pool and there it was: her STAR

This little star has seen how sad Belle has been and went to earth to help her

Belle was so proud to have found the star. She swum around the pool to show everyone her star

Her brothers couldnt believe what they have seen and jumped in the pool to find a star of their own.

Belle never managed to get out of the pool with one try only. But now with the star she could jump high like never before.

Belle’s brothers were not this lucky. They didnt even had enough energy to get right out of the pool.

And Daddy’s dressing down finished them off.

Duck Smitty’s babies were so tired after searchung the star for Belle they tried to sleep in the pool.

But her Mom put them right there were sleepy babies has to be – out of the water and close to Mom and Dad.

Belle walked around with her star for all to see and was the happiest duck on earth.

End of Belle’s story!

Stunning colors of spring – photos

Posted on April 11, 2016 by justelly1

Yesterday I posted forest photos.

But we went to a park too. Spring has the most amazing colors.

Those colors promise you the winter is over, temperatures are getting warmer and summer isnt this far away anymore ❤

Look at this amazing colors 🙂

Two weeks ago most of this places has been earthy because of the lack of flowers or blossoms

It is alway amazing to see how nature takes back what men took away from her. See this old stone wall? It was full of plants and moss.

do you see this weird tree? Every tree in this road has been this strange

and not to forget when talking about spring are the loud parakeets and my loved ducklings hehe

Summer will always be my favorite season but I love spring ❤

A walk through a forest – photos

Posted on April 11, 2016 by justelly1

Today was a day with lots and lots of calories hihi

My godchild Sonja invited us to a restaurant. ❤ ❤ ❤

We ate way to much because the food has been yummy yummy.

Sonja and I decided to make a walk to lose some of the calories 😀

We took our cameras and went to the next forest to make a few photos.

You wont believe what I’ve seen first on my way. An old rusty barrel!

How could someone throw away something like this in a forest? You cant even drive on this dirt road because its to narrow

The next photos are more of what to expect to see in a forest

nothing is wasted

did the last storm killed this tree?

why do you need this in a forest?

a very small cascade 🙂

a creek, not even 3 yards in width

does this creek has a name? Dunno 😀

everything dies

and gets part of new life

or gets conquered by Sonja hihi

At the beginning I wrote we had to lose some calories.

Take a look what we did after our forest tour hehe

My own design: sewing a Kilt as minidress

Posted on April 3, 2016 by justelly1

last year I sewed this mini dress.

I like this dress very much.

I dont know how I got the idea to combine this dress and a kilt. LOL

Maybe I’ve seen a kilt or a pleated skirt on the internet. I dont remember hehe

I searched the net for tutorials and pics of how to make a kilt.

The fantastic woolen and the leather straps I found at Ebay UK. For the Kilt only I needed nearly 3 yards 😮

At first I shorten my pattern.

I sewed it the same way like my “old” mini dress. Then I sewed the kilt and put both together.

to make my Kilt more realistic I added leather straps. They are just decoration because the fabric “under” this front is 10 inches longer. So no reason to “fear” storm and wind when wearing it without trousers hehe

For sewing special projects like bags or this dress I ordered a brass stamp with my logo to put on leather.

Yes, it has been expensive but I love it

I still have to find a way to sew these small leather pieces. It isnt perfect with hand sewing 😦 and it hurts because the leather stripes has been thick

I made another Kilt minidress with this blue/green colors. But I still have to put the straps and the logo on it

What do you think about my design? I so love it and will wear it very often hihi

Merken

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