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Sunday, November 27, 2011

Trims in order

     When you have a growing stash, you want things to be in order, so that you remember what you have and how much of it. If you want that once I want it ten times!  You can call me a control freak... but not to my face!  
    I had trims all over the place and I kept forgetting what I had... not really convenient while working on a project. Imagine having to pause your thoughts, sewing, designing and everything else just to look through your stash of ribbons, tapes, pippings etc... Not any more!



     I found this metal pants hanger which was ideal. I rolled every ribbon, tape and pipping around kitchen paper rolls, that are made of hard carton. I secured the roles from falling off the hanger with an elastic band.


    And then I had more trims to organize. I found this spare plastic pants hanger in my closet. I used my little saw to cut right at the edge and then I closed it with a soft wire.




     I know it doesn't look very fancy, but now I can find everything with a glimpse! I keep the rest of my trims, that were not long enough to roll and other miscellaneous stuff in this transparent bag.


My hanger inspiration came from this pic, that I found on Pinterest.
Go check my Storage and Organizing board if you like.


See you around
Maria

Decorations of red on a (green Christmas) tree

... sang The King! What a velvet voice! Ok this is my tree - wall sticker in my room.


Isn't it cute?

Since it's a tree it has to be decorated for Christmas!

What do you think?









Christmas or Cherry tree I like it!

See you around
Maria

Monday, November 21, 2011

I picked up knitting again

What, you don't believe me?
Here it is!




It is going to be a wrap.
Quite big indeed...

While my sewing machine was broken, I had to do something.
I tidied up almost everything.
Planned new projects.
Did a few drawing, like the one for my sofa bed cover.
But still it wasn't enough!

I remembered I had this half-finished wrap and I picked it up again.
I have to admit it took me a while to remember how to knit, but now I'm on fire!

I may have said this before, but knitting for me is a couch/tv hobby.
I mean I can't just start knitting.
I have to be relaxed and comfortable on my couch and watch (mostly listen to) tv.
Don't even ask about mistakes...
They tend to happen a lot, but this fluffy yarn hides them. Shhh!
Unfortunately if the mistake is big, I can't undo the knitting,
because this fluffy yarn will twist it's self and make a mess.
Anyway, just a 3rd of the wrap is left to be done.
It desperately has to be blocked afterwards, in order to see the lacy design.
I've never knit lace before... let's wait and see.

See you around
Maria

Saturday, November 19, 2011

New couch!... almost

    I made a cover for my couch and it feels like new!
This is my IKEA sofa bed for the guest room.

Before, in it's original cover.



We got it in white, because it came much more expensive in the colourful covers.
When I saw the price I thought, hey I can make it for less!
It took me a while, but here it is!





And matching cushions.




The square pillow is reversible!





My original intention was not making a cover with different fabrics,
but since I was given these scraps, 
which turned out to be huge, I couldn't resist the challenge.

It only took some brainstorming!


I made pipping my self too.



See you around
Maria



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