Tuesday Inspiration: Anthropologie

There are three cool things I liked from Anthropologie’s January catalog. By far my favorite is the blouse above: I just love these sleeves, the cleavage and the vest-like waist area. Genius!

How to mend a hole in a sweater

If you’re a bit like me – fully capable of ruining sweaters the first day you’re wearing them – knowing how to fix a whole in your favorite cable knit might come handy. Needle darning is really easy and there is no need to prematurely say goodbye to your sweaters.

So here’s the how to:

How to make a fisherman’s hat for dolls

I just love Google Books and the crazy things you can find in there, like these instructions on how to make a fisherman’s hat for dolls. Now that is something I definitely have to try.

Going over these simple instructions from Joan Hinds’ “Sew the Contemporary Wardrobe for 18 Inch Dolls” makes me think sewing for people should be simpler. (Will get back on this.)

Anyway, it doesn’t matter if you want to sew for dolls, a cousin or yourself, just take a look at these instructions and learn how to do a triangle scarf, a pair of mittens, a backpack and a crocheted purse. Easy-peasy!

Doing Bad Things With Pleats

I had some purple-blue wool left from my Halloween Psylocke costume (or better said what should have been a cape for my Psylocke costume) and I wanted a new bag, so I’ve played and done bad things with pleats

Just cut cut, sew, and do not think too much about it.

Decide where you want your pleats first

Adventures in Crochet With Blue and Green. Episode 2

I’ve been doing some more crochet – nothing fancy, just playing around and experimenting with shapes and color. These little leaves now live on my friends’ sweater. And they’re having the time of their thread following her around

The strange flower is a prototype for a headband that I want to do. (You’ll be the first to see it when it’ll become real! )

Other crochet projects on my blog:

• crochet flower pin
• tank top crochet refashion
• a leaf
• buying crochet supplies

See ya, have a nice week

How to stamp pots – forever

This is not a happy story. And it wasn’t a pretty sight. (Actually there was so much smoke in the kitchen it wasn’t a sight at all.) And what you see here is the pot in which I was trying to make Caramelized Pears. The pot in the image is at its third scrub, after a night of soaking in hard chemicals.

So, in case you want to make Caramelized Pears (yum-yum), here is how to: (serves 4)

My New Laptop Bag

The fun thing about this bag is that it was born to keep company to a pair of boots I bought. Since the boots are a bit outside my clothing comfort zone (see below), I needed something that would:

1. Tame them a bit

2. Carry my laptop

3. Look nice:)

My first idea was to use leatherette or vinyl, but I wanted something more casual, so in the end I decided to use dark denim.

The Sewing Bible by Ruth Singer – a review

Though I can remember the last time I felt like jumping up and down, the reason was not a craft book.

I counted the days and tried to occupy the space in my brain where the info about this book was locked so the wait would be bearable. I hoped it would be as good as promised and I forgot to be afraid I might be disappointed.

How to Hack Your Jeans – and Live to Tell Another Day

Let’s just say that you have more than one pair of jeans that are almost identical. Yes, I understand the waist is 2 cm higher on one pair and the third is perfectly curved on your legs, but maybe, just maybe one day you’ll be in the mood to cut them. Hack them. Have fun with them:)

Turn this:

Into this:

Raindeer Embroidered Hoodie

This project was inspired by a toddler hoodie I stumbled upon. I really liked the deer but I am not a big fan of felt applique (sorry). So I decided to embroider it instead. Christmas is almost here so I got a basic red hoodie and embroidered the deer with white cotton.

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