Giveaway

It's about time I had a giveaway.

You can win this little zippered pouch. All you need to do is leave a comment and tell me what you'd like to read obout in my blog. (Everyone is welcome to join. I'll ship worldwide)

I'm also giving one to one of my followers. I'll draw the winners on monday morning. I've made a whole stack of these. You'll find them in my shop.

Orange retro

This orange mirror was waiting for me to rescue it today. I found it in the basement of my brother in law's shop. It still has the prizetag. 34 NOK

Blue Tit

Inspired by Tulipaner og Tomater, I've started recycling old embroderies. My first attemt was this bag. And now this lovely little bird. The bag pattern is from Anne-Pia Godske Rasmussens book "Hånd i Hanke".
The bag is for sale in my shop.

I've been busy crocheting. I'm sending a whole load of toadstool ornaments to a museum in my hometown. They are selling them in their shop at Christmas.

Easy jeans fixing tutorial

I have three young sons, so jeans whith wholes are well known around here. It's a known fact that fitting those tiny little pants under the sewing machine is almost impossible. But if you use your darning foot it can be as easy as pie.

You need some vliesofix, a darning foot and some sturdy fabric. I use denim.

Iron vliesofix unto the denim, and pull the paper off.

Cut the denim into suitable pieces. I usually make a whole stack when I'm at it.

Zigzag the patches. I use my serger because it's fast and the seam looks nice.

Iron the patches to the pants.

Use the darning foot and set your machine as if you were free motion quilting.

Sew around the patch. I also like to make a few seams across to make sure it will stay put.

All done! I hope you find this useful. Good luck.

The dressmaker

Remember my post about the vintage green dress. Here's my mom wearing her dress to a wedding in 1972. So young and beautiful. And look at that hair. Isn't it gorgeous??

Thrifting Friday

I found this cute little painting in a thrift store today. It had the ugliest frame so i removed it. I also found this jam jar from Arabia.