The fabric stash...

...never seems to get any smaller :-) To reduce the enormous bags full of small pieces I made some more scarfs and comforters:

Leoni has grown out of most of her trousers from last year- if it was for her, she would only wear skirts anyway - but nevertheless I made her a new pair. I think children should wear colourful clothes and I really don't like black on them at all. But with this lovely black denim I have in the shop (it might wash out a bit? hopefully:-) I didn't have much choice: and combined with a lot of COLOURFUL ribbons and pink topstitching I think we get away with the black.

The pattern is WANDA from Farbenmix

The Flower and Food Festival was again a very successful event and I had a bit of a breather last week, not "having" to sew anything or finishing something under time pressure. But as you can see from the photos, I just can't do without any sewing for more than three days :-)) My mum sent a new winter coat for Leoni and we needed something new for the head, so I tried out this balloon cap made from pink cotton and grey babycord.

After all the girlie stuff I made recently it was about time to sew something for boys. I really enjoy not having to use pink, red or purple :-) There are so many nice patterns out there for boys, especially in the the OTTOBRE magazines, and the pattern I used for this hoodie is from issue 1/2010. I slightly altered it by completely lining it with the robot jersey as I felt the navy spinacker fabric was a bit too thin.
It is quite a time consuming pattern I must admit, especially the front pocket, which alone took about two hours. But I'm very happy with the result and I hope it will find a new owner soon.

OTTOBRE magazine reprinted

I received an email today telling that the popular OTTOBRE design issue 6/2007 has been reprinted!!! The magazine is in English only, but instructions in other languages can be downloaded.

El Porto No 4

...that includes the two bags for Leoni and me I made a while ago. Very addictive this pattern... :-)

Another two items off the list

Still two weeks to go until the craft fair and here are another two things I had been planning on sewing for some time: 

Fleece Jumper in size 98, pattern HANNEL from Bunte Nadel.

Pinafore dress in pink and red babycord, pattern MARIEKE from Farbenmix.