I made all this photos at the same sunny day, even if it may not look like it
Most of this photos are made only a few yards away from the apple tree 😀
Here is the other side of fall where nature is dying or loosing its color.
WOW I didnt knew it has been this long since my last post.:(
A wunderful summer with going to the beach, being lazy sometimes, hunting Pokemon and skipping my sewing lessons for more than 2 months is over. ❤
Besides my vacation on the beach I didnt made lots of photos this summer.
But when the colors of the leaves started to change, the apples and grapes looked so delicious I had to take my camera to make photos.
I made a lot of photos this day. When checking them on my computer I saw that I could put them in 2 categories.
Part one very colorful with red, green, orange. Part two brown, grey.
Both categories are lovely. I for myself prefer the colorful part, but fall wont exist without the second part.
Just see for yourself 🙂
One thing of summertime I love are the bushes and trees full of fruits.
It is also the time I eat a lot of fruits.Not because its healthy, but because I want to.
Saturday I went to a supermarket and came back with lots of fruits.
The colors, the smell of them – overwhelming ❤
I couldnt resist to make photos 😀
The cherries and strawberries were so good, have to get more because they are my favs 😀
Since my first day at the sewing course I wanted an overlock maschine !
There are so many manufacturers for overlocks. I needed some time and experience with overlocks and read a lot about it to decide what make of overlock I want.
Then I had to wait. The overlocks I put on my wish list has been way to expensive.
Once or twice a month I searched for used overlocks with a price I’m willing to pay.
Last week I got lucky. I found one of the overlocks from my wish list. And the price was fine with me.
Here is my new “used” baby
I got so excited to get my own overlock I ordered at the same day a lot of yarn hihi
Yes, there are a lot of colors, but I saw in the past with fabrics of every color you can see and will in the future. .
Here is my first sewing with my new baby
Here my new shirt. I love this pattern. Not sure how many shirts like this I had made so far. Maybe 10 or more 😀
The smell of the ocean, the sound of the waves, the crying of the seagulls, the wind in my hair – nothing calms me down more then this.
When getting on a beach it is like coming home . ❤
I hope this photos shows the happiness I feel when being there.
To see the photos in its original size just click on it 🙂
The sand isnt this colorful – those are rests of broken seashells.
This photo is used with my theme 🙂
My footprints 😀
I’m not a big fan of sunset photos but you can’t be at the beach not shooting them hihi
The next photos are made at various ports
I have no idea what these things are. But look at the amazing colors ❤
I hope you liked to see my love for this places 🙂
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 🙂
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 ❤
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
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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.
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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
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