Love Hurts

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Pin Heart

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Pink heart!

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Sewing accessories

I have a little thing for sewing accessories… I don’t know why. But I really like them. I think it can have something to do with my grandmother. She had this small boxes with threads, buttons, thimbles and needles. I like small boxes… I like small cute things… I could just sit for hours when I was a child, sorting the buttons. Place the sewing accessories all over the kitchen table and then put them back in their small boxes. Those were the days :-)

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"Piu Piu" Bird Magnet

This little birdie holds my sewing needles. And it chirps when you touch it. Isn’t he cute? It can be used for holding paper clips too. A photo of another cute item, my pincushion! I got it when I was a child.

Note: Piu Piu is the nickname for little bird in France and Brazil.

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Shop update

I’ve updated my Etsy shop with lots of perfect Christmas gifts!

A red Heart with wings


A Christmas Stocking


A Pink baby quilt with stuffed winged heart


A Blue baby quilt with stuffed heart

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Work in progress...

I’m currently having a number of ongoing projects. Sometimes I forget about a project and discover it in a drawer a couple of months later. And sometimes it’s just more fun starting a new project. And then there is the time aspect… I want to do so many things and once in a while I’ll just sit, indecisively, not to know where I’ll be starting.

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Matching tissue holder

I did a matching tissue holder to the diaper case shown a little bit down in the blog. Today was the first time that I sewed in my little crafty corner. The decoration of the corner isn’t finished yet so there will not be any picture at this moment! But soon I hope.

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Diaper case

Oh, this was fun sewing! And I love the fabric and the little mushroom patch from Superbuzzy! The case holds 2-3 diapers and a travel pack of wipes. I think I will do a couple more of these diaper cases, there are three babies coming in a period of six months in our family!!!

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Back in business!

Yesterday I sewed; I haven’t been crafty for a very long time. It felt very good. I sat at the kitchen table dreaming about my little crafty corner in our bedroom. I found a table to have there but I need to paint it first and find some storage for all the fabric, brushes and scrap booking paper and other stuff. I really look forward to decorate my little crafty corner!

This painting is hanging on the wall at my crafty corner. I have a sewing machine just like the one in the picture, it was my grandmothers.

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A sneak peek…

I’m currently working on a bag. More pictures when it’s ready!


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A white rose

Last night I made a fabric rose to my mother-in-law as a birthday gift. It was really fun and not so complicated. I got the idea from the book “Tildas hus” by Tone Finnanger. The little pot is actually an eggcup! Underneath the rose I have sewed on a safety pin, so it can be used as brooch or as a decoration on a handbag.

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Cross-stitching and a wedding

Yesterday my sister was getting married. It was a beautiful wedding outdoors and the rain held up during the ceremony. My sister’s friend sang and played the guitar, and she sang so wonderful. Unfortunate I had forget my sunglasses at home, I knew I would shed a tear or two… I only bought the sunglasses for that purpose…

The last couple of weeks I have worked on the cross-stitching for my sister and her husbands wedding gift. I embroidered their names and some skulls (my sister has a thing for skulls…;-) ) on some bed linens.

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More elephants…

I’ve made three more elephants. And one has ears. Do you think the elephants should have ears or not? Don’t they look a bit “naked” without ears? Please let me know what you think!

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Fabric and flowers…

No crafting in a long time. I’m so tired and have no inspiration… But this evening I will take out my sewing machine, even if I’m tired and not feel up to it!! You can’t just sit and wait for inspiration; you just have to do it! So hopefully it will end up with some more elephants with fabric from Mayas old sweaters.



Today I bought this lovely pelargonium (cultivated: geranium).

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Elephant softie

I have made this softie to Maya out of fabric from a t-shirt that I bought at H&M. Isn’t the pattern cute? I love it, and Maya loves her elephant! This was very fun and easy to make, I think I will do another one, maybe with big ears this time…

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Drawstring bag

Yesterday I finally sewed Mayas drawstring bag. I was supposed to have it done weeks ago, but you know how it is… Sometimes it is more fun to draw, scrapbook or watch TV :-) I’ve recycled Mayas old sweater with her name on it. (Blogged about here, here and here!!) Pink and blue, maybe just a little bit too much baby colors, Maya is soon to be two years old… But do you know what? She is always going to be my little baby!

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Heartache...

My little girl is starting preschool. She is going trough an acclimatization period of two weeks. It is going okay, she likes to play with the other kids and they have so many fun things to do and play with. She hasn’t cried once when I left her there, but I have… I’ve been sobbing and had a terrible heartache… I’m going through an acclimatization period too…

I’ve started to pick out some fabric for a drawstring bag that my little princess can have her clothes in at preschool. I’ve done this model before to my nieces. Some of you maybe recognize the “MAYA” application? I did that on a sweater a couple of months ago. The sweater is now too small for her, so I only recycle the application.

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The curtain is up!

Did some sewing last night. I think the curtain could have been a bit longer but our window is very tall. In a “normal” window the curtain would be perfect. Bought some tulips, it’s always nice to have new fresh flower when you put up new curtains.

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My pincushion

I don’t know for how long I had this pincushion but I got it when I was a child. It has followed me through the years and I’m quite convinced that it will follow me for the rest of my life. I love it!


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Timotei has done a lovely pincushion using a glass jar.

At flickr you can see a lot of pincushions!