Monster Holes

A few days ago I stumbled upon a lovely example of patching holes in the knees. It was mentioned in a forum and as I used to always have a large pile of jeans that needed patching, I got curious and had a look. Here is the page from Zaubertroll who was inspired by an entry from Rasselbande's blog (here it is) and tried it out herself. After seeing...

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Baby Legs

So, my second MiniProject on the overlock has been completed. I made some basic baby legs following this tutorial from 'Everything Your Mama Made'. If you're on the look for inexpensive and quick to sew baby legs, just take a look at this. I will spare you photos, as the socks I used are not very interesting - no patterns, no dazzling colours. It's just 6 pairs for the time being until I decide to sew 'proper ones...

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It's finished - Madam's First Schürzenkleidchen

Taaadaaaa!!!! It fits as well, however, it will not be long and I will have to make it in size 74 (this one is size 68). She looked absolutely adorable in this when I tried it on her this afternoon. This will be one of the cuts that will be filling her chest of drawers for the summ...

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Eye Judgement Failed me

... only for 4cm, so I am still better at approximating lengths and distances than my husband. But that makes it all the more annoying. I have been pushing the first 'apron dress' (pattern I first took notice of in a german forum called 'Schürzenkleidchen') for Little Miss Madam aside for weeks now. I made one back last year for my niece (a reversible...

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Sooo excited!!

I am really excited now: for months, no years, I have been skulking around all online offers regarding this overlock machine. I saved birthday and christmas money up and then did spend it on the kids instead (as I always do) and started saving it up again until this afternoon. This afternoon I spotted an offer that I could not ignore. I 'hmmm'-ed and 'awwwww'-ed at my monitor for at least half an hour, trying to decide whether or not I should really...

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Cookies Again

It was time for a new batch of cookies as the boys were getting annoying with their whinging. This time, some photos of the delicious chocolate-hazelnut-chip cookies (the boys were out during the baking which meant I actually had some time to grab the camera!) ...

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Media Player Lift Cover

My eldest ask for electronic gift vouchers for his last birthday and with them he was able to buy himself a Media Player. Not a smartphone as he originally wanted to because his boring, stuffy parents forbid him to do so ;-) So he and his media player have become very good friends. Son was only worried as during the excitement of being to splash out...

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Some more creations

I actually thought, I would not have time to sew today but I had one smaller project that looked like a 'can squeeze in' and I did promise Son #2 to make his old rag doll a few new clothes. So guess how I spent Little Miss Madam's sleeping times and daddy-attention-slots ;-) The 'squeeze-in' was only such, as I had the stuff to do it already prepared...

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Oven Delights

... or better say, lovely chocolate chip cookies, a tiny bit crunchy but lovely and soft in the inside. This is a recipe I tried out for the first time two weeks ago. I needed to make another batch 2 days later, as my darling hubbie was complaining that the kids had much more cookies than he had the chance to eat *gg* Last week I baked some other coconut biscuits, however, the boys started moaning that they have not eaten cookies in AGES. So I...

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Yummy, yummy, in my tummy!

I've been trying out new recipes quite a lot in the last past weeks. It's fun to do and my family just loves it (I've been lucky - nothing that has been cooked has been deemed as too disgusting to eat ;-) ). Now there was an almost full packet of shreddies in my cupboard for a few weeks now, and nobody was making the impression that they would be eating this cereal for breakfast (probably the same problem I have with every 'healthy' cereal: there...

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