Scrap Sunday gone even further

A while ago, I have shown you one or two hats that I have donated to the Vienna based charity Kinderkrebshilfe for their christmas market. Since I did not find that very efficient and in deed rather boring, I decided to force neighbours and friends into donating and accepting a little something made by me to thank them.

This has been so much more fun.

Knickers…

DSC_1204Pattern: Frau Marla by Schnittreif. Fabric: various left overs

Ok, I’ll admit. Half of them were for myself…. Ok, more than half of them.

Hairbands….

DSC_1209Pattern: my own. Fabric: left overs.

A couple of tiny tops…

Pattern: Knopftunika and Knopfshirt from “Babyleicht” by Pauline Dohmen, klimperklein. Fabric: left overs (winter scenery  by Lillestoff)

Slightly bigger tops…

Pattern: Leo by pattydoo. Fabrics: main fabrics all by Lillestoff.

More tops…

Pattern: Paul by pattydoo. Fabrics: Manga girl and boy with seal by Lillestoff, little trucks by Stoffonkel.

Tops for young ladies…

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Pattern: Raglankleid by Klimperklein, Pauline Dohmen. Fabric: accidentally bought elephants…

DSC_1219Pattern: Traegerkleid by klimperklein, Pauline Dohmen.

Pyjama bottoms…

DSC_1223Pattern: Kinderhose from Kinderleicht by Pauline Dohmen. Fabric: Lillestoff.

… to go with this top (I know, I have shown it already, but thanks for pointing it out)….

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A little romper for next summer…

DSC_1212Pattern: Babyanzug from Kinderleicht by Pauline Dohmen.

A cool hoody…

DSC_1218Pattern: Toni by Schnittreif. Fabric: left overs.

I have made another very cool hoody and a totally new project perfect for left overs and cold hands. I know that I took pictures but they have disappeared.

So, has this project (or both) been a success?

Moneywise? Probably. But has it been worth it? I guess, spending no time and donating my own money would have been more efficient.

Storage-space-wise? Definitely. I have used up a lot. In fact so much that I had to go and buy more. And what can I say, just when I had finished the whole project, biostoffe.at started a big sale of remnants and pieces with little mistakes. Perfect to fill the hole that the charity project had left in my fabric cupboard. Well almost. I have noticed that there is still a bit of room left. Just when lillestoff announced a new round of mixed Glueckspakete…

 

 

 

 

 

Scrap Sunday gone too far

Last week, I have told you about my charity project. So, I have a list of mainly nice projects for mainly nice people which I had to put aside for a few days. Because I also wanted to make a couple of items to be sold at the christmas market of the Kinderkrebshilfe, a Vienna based charity supporting families with children with cancer and this market is happening in a couple of days.

Apart from the money for charity making purpose, I also really wanted to reduce my stash and I thought hats would generally be a good project to use up left over fabrics. Well, I guess, one hat is in deed a good project to use up left over fabrics. But 25 is not. Somehow I have started using big chunks of fabrics and my drawers with the small-sized scraps are even fuller than before. Plus, as I made reversible (or lined) hats and scarfs, I ended up using my lovely striped fabrics which I usually use as combination with the more fancy fabrics (in case you haven’t noticed).

So, on the plus side, there is visibly more space in my cupboard and it will be even emptier, once I have finalised all the nice projects from my private list. But there are actually big holes on the shelf with the stripy fabrics while there are still some fabrics left that really shouldn’t be in there anymore. It seems to be really hard to get rid of those. Maybe I should approach the whole thing with more structure next time and take out all the fabrics I want to get rid off and then actually use them rather than rummaging through the piles and taking out almost the nicest bits. If there is a next time. Because I do wonder one thing: Is it really worth it? I am not entirely sure how much they are going to sell them for but someone mentioned 10 Euro per hat. Which I would find far too low. Shouldn’t people spend more money for charity rather than trying to buy cheaper than on the high street? Especially as I consider my hats as good quality? Do I want to make things for people who do not even appreciate the work that goes into? Wouldn’t it have been easier to just donate 250 Euro and keep the fabric for nice people on my list only? Plus, hats are actually rather boring to make. So, I am very much looking forward to next week when I can finally make cute little dresses and shirts for cute little babies which I will or will not show you next week I guess.

But enough talking, here are the hats and scarfs (still pretty impressive)

DSC_1184pattern: Minutenmuetze and Wendebindemuetze by klimperklein, scarf: freestyle. Fabrics: seriously? all sorts of

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The baby hats are partly matching the scarfs but that was really more of a question of availability. DSC_1165DSC_1166

These last few are actually not for the market but “custom made” for my list as some of my friends are just not cute little babies anymore so all I could make them were hats:

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Enough for today, I’ll have to write a shopping list for the fabric shop now and get some new stripes in.

 

 

 

 

 

Why I should be doing a class “Internet for the generation 60+

Once again, it has been a while. My excuse? Obviously there is no excuse for not posting. There is an explanation at the best. As someone who really doesn’t understand how Internet and all this modern stuff works (cookies are something to ear, right?), I blissfully ignored for months the warnings about the new European Data Regulation. Don’t get me wrong, I think there should be much stricter laws for the big companies. But not for tiny blogs with no readers like this one. Anyway, finally it began to dawn on me that my blog would be illegal. Unbearable for someone who doesn’t even go against the one-way with the bike. So, I started to do some research. Lots of words in a strange language that I didn’t understand and I actually ended up taking a class “Dos and Don’ts of blogging” with a lovely lady who mentioned that she is also running classes for the elderly. Which sounded just right for me. But anyway, her tips about Data Protection Policy made it sound very simple, like a couple of words only. Whilst I am not at all convinced, I finally managed to update all this legal stuff (hoping that even my lawyer followers would be too lazy to even read it) and needed another break of several weeks to recover from all this.

The lovely lady also gave us lots of advice on how to write articles. Catching title, short sentences, well researched facts,… I was wondering what she would think about the nonsense I keep producing.

So, now that the legal stuff is done, I can finally think of the perfect project to post about for my come back.

Should I just start with a random selection of a few cute things I have produced over the last months?

like a couple of onesies for both warm and cold nights….

pattern: Klimperklein Babyleicht, Babyanzug, fabrics: Lillestoff, Stoffonkel, Lillestoff

a few quick and simple skirts …

patterns: 1 Ballonrock by Lybstes and lots of Rock’n Rolls by Klimperklein, fabrics: mostly Lillestoff

a selection of incredibly cool shirts….

patterns: Paul by pattydoo with a neckline with buttons, after a tutorial by Hamburger Liebe, Pia by pattydoo, Knopfshirt by klimperklein, Luise by Fritzi and Schnittreif and hoody Leo by pattydoo. fabrics: mostly Lillestoff Glueckspakete and a few old basics and numbers bought at Biostoffe

or a few tiny cute things for tiny cute people …

patterns: all by Klimperklein: Knopftunika, Knopfshirt, Babyhose (all from Babyleicht) and Raglankleid (tunic version), fabrics: mainly Glueckspakete and other remnants on sale plus one fabric I actually got as a gift from a friend. 

Note: These are only a few examples… Looks like a lot. You might be wondering who is actually wearing all this stuff. Well, some my children, some my nephew and nieces. But as there aren’t quite enough to satisfy my need of wearers (especially no cute little girls anymore) I have turned into a slightly weird person making things for random people…. some would probably call them friends and neighbours. My favourite people are actually under 1s. They are great for using up left overs. They will still get something nice for their birthday and then I drop them like a hot potato and start looking for new victims.

But as nice as this selection might be, it really doesn’t qualify as come back post so I will have to find something better for my first post….

 

 

 

Still no fitting top but a joyful trilogy of tunics

I have been busy trying out new patterns  to make a few tops but so far no luck. I am starting to wonder if it is the patterns fault or mine. It might be easier to do some sit-ups and eat less chocolate rather than trying to find a pattern that suits my fat tummy needs.

To cheer me (and you) up, I thought I’d show you a trilogy of tunics for a set of soon 3 sisters. I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to use some of the Susalabim Dschungel stripes – three stripy fabrics with changing main colour but same base.

Here we go:

3…

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2…

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1…

DSC_0448pattern: Traegerkleid by Klimperklein, fabric: Dschungel Kombistreifen pink by Lillestoff, design Susalabim

So, the pink version for the 4 year old, as she is currently in that phase where any other colour would be an offence.

DSC_0452pattern: Raglankleid by Klimperklein, fabric: Dschungel Kombistreifen blau by Lillestoff, design Susalabim

The blue version for the 2 year old. Because she doesn’t care about colours yet.

DSC_0450pattern: Knopftunika by Klimperklein, fabric: Dschungel Kombistreifen orange by Lillestoff, design Susalabim

The orange one for the yet to be born, because this was the third colour left.

And just because they are so nice and cheerful, all three again

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Oh, and I have been playing with the different stitches on my new machine.

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In all three cases, there had been a machine-eats-fabric moment but in the end I made it. I still wonder what the problem was though.

I am rather pleased – three different tunics/patterns for three individual girls but still a lot in common. And still enough fabric left for some more mix and match. Possibly for a top for me?