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Tinker Bell Dress
To celebrate the birth of my friend’s baby daughter, I once again felt the itch to make something. Over the years, I’ve built up the habit of crocheting blankets as baby gifts, but funnily enough that didn’t even cross my mind this time. No, this time I wanted to knit a little dress. It had been a while since I…
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Pink birthday
For the birthday of one of my nieces, I once again resorted to an old favourite pattern, the Catalina dress from The Simple Life Pattern Company. I’ve already made so many versions of this dress, but I never tire of it. Fairly simple to make, with always a stunning and practical result. For these birthday dresses I dived into my…
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Kokeshi dress for princess P
Princess P, daughter of my friend (*ahum* queen) Evelien, celebrated her birthday. The perfect excuse for me to make another Catalina dress. I found a really cute (kawaii) fabric in my stash: fuchsia with a pattern of kokeshi dolls After she made a couple of pirouettes the dress received the Princess P seal of approval 😉 Cheers, Charlotte
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Lola floral dress
A while ago I bought a number of fabrics online at budgetstoffen. I actually only needed one thing, but all stores were closed at the time for known reasons, so to avoid shipping costs, I bought more than strictly necessary. OK yes, that’s the excuse that I keep giving myself;) One of the fabrics I bought was a light, supple…
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Rich Lady Dress
About three years ago, I bought a few meters of light blue jacquard with a pied-de-poule motif, because it was on sale. When purchasing I had an idea of what I wanted to make with it, but I don’t remember that now. Indeed, another case of me buying something, put it in the attic with the rest of my stash,…
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Snow White’s dress
My godchild really wanted a dress like Snow White and I actually had a pretty quick idea what kind of dress I wanted to make. Of course it had to be done in the colors blue and yellow, with an accent red at the waist. I also definitely wanted puff sleeves and an A-line, flowy skirt. After some searching, I…
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Snow White Catalina
For her birthday my goddaughter would have liked a dress like Snow White and I of course was happy to make something along those lines. On Instagram I follow a couple of costume makers and cosplayers, because I’m in real awe about the things they often make. It makes me also want to try my hand at a historical sewing…
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Birthday dresses
It has become a sort of a tradition that I give my nieces something I made myself for their birthdays and this time was no different. This time I chose a pattern that has been in my favourites for a while now, but I never made it, since it only comes in one size. I’m talking about the violet dress…
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Speedy Bulle
Time ran away with me again and suddenly there were only 2 weeks left before A’s birthday party and I still needed to start on her present. Doh! Like I said previously, the plan was to make her another Bulle, since she loves wearing her pink one. It’s not such a difficult pattern, but to knit it in only a…
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♪ The cold never bothered me anyway ♪
After I finished my blouse in sewing class, there were still two lessons left before Christmas break. I had already decided on my next project, but I didn’t really feel like starting it already. So instead I brought a project to class for which the pieces had been cut since summer, but for which I didn’t have the courage to…
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