Category: Re-design

My backpacker

I really needed a new backpacker! Therfore did I check what I had at home that I could use.

Here are a mix of rest pieces from Jeans I haven’t been able to use and I recycled the smaller backpack I had and didn’t like.

I’ve used the straps and the zipper from the smaller backpack.

This is the process.

And this is the finish;

Empire dress without sleeves and floor long – part one  – my summer dress 😊.

All of us who has ADHD knows what I mean!  So my next sewing project is an empire dress in full length. In a light fabric with wider sholders for warm summer days. I am “a bit allergic” to long sleeves 😆😆 in the summer.

My challenge is to get it floor long and sew an under skirt.

Here are the start of my summer dress.

While I was cutting out the fabric I realised I wouldn’t have enough fabric from one curtain so here am I using 3 curtains. And instead of sewing an undergown (skirt under) I am testing to sew the nice fabric on the inside of the dress.

Sewing June 1st in the evening, after a “bumpy-ride-day” (lots of back pain). I started with the turquoise fabric the only fabric I hadn’t done anything with so far.

If my back is better today, June 2nd, I hope to managed to sew all the insides so I can sew it all together. And start on the top part soon. Because I really want to be done before my holiday so I can bring it with me and wear it.

I am taking Holiday the 2nd week of July, the first propper Holiday in 8 years.

The long weekend of 🇧🇻17th of May🇧🇻 and the Pentecostal with lot’s of sewing 🧵😊, good weather (warm!) and two new friends.

17th of May least we can’t say it was cold! We have had above +20 degrees Celsius the whole week. And today wasn’t it any different except that we have had mire wind. Last year was freezing cold.

My school, Nylund skole
Flags everywhere 🇧🇻🇧🇻🇧🇻
Nylund school yard decoration
Just a normal decoration in the street’s 🇧🇻 on 17th of May 😊

After I’ve seen the 17th of May celebrations I walked back home. A walk in total of 4 km in mostly 🌤☀️…

Got home and had late breakfast out on my terrace  – a place I really enjoying because I haven’t had a terrace for the past three years .  I’ve been sewing and picking up what I sewed 😆😆 off and on the rest of the day when I haven’t been eating. 

Here I picking up seams on a small backpacker
Sewing on the re-used straps.

The 18th of May, and Pentecostal weekend, I picked up half of what I sewed the 17th 😝🤪😆.

The morning of 19th I figured that I could start on the inner lining or the inner bag for the backpacker. Much more easy!

I have also managed to walk with Saga 🐕 and her owner Hilde, for more than one hour.  Sewing some more and got one hour of a practical run 😊.

May 20th …

Some fixing on clothes that I thought was done and wasn’t when I put them 😆.

I was happy for few minutes when my overlocker worked, but than after unpatienced when I didn’t manage to get the the one thread in place 🤬🤪.

But 😊 I am almost done with my new backsack/ backpacker 😊. Just few seams left 🤩. It actually starts to look like something 🤩.

Innerbag with pockets, made by Rest-pieces from other sewing projects. Which even one more time have to pick up the corner-seams 🤪 or move the smartphone pocket 🤪.
The front of this project. Rest-pieces from jeans and decorations of a rosehip.
The backpacks inside.
Inside pocket.
Decoration:  “Normal is boring”.

I am getting there in small steps 🤪🤪. But I am so so pleased with it!

Upcycling, Re-design wool coat and a pillow case.

The last two weeks have I had one main sewing project. The wool coat. Upcycling and redesigning it to become more me and my style.  I am not done yet but here are the process.

The wool coat.
Picking up all seams on the pillow case.
Trying out how it will look.
Needling up the fabric.
Sewed this part.
Sequins… sewed it on my sewing machine and broke 3 sewing needle’s 😆😆😆
Hand stitching the inside of the collar.
Picking up the seam on the coat arm, a bit to short for me.
Hand stitching it during 2 hours April 27th.
Finished the hand stitching on the arm length.

Today’s task will be;

To sew this so approxy 1cm is visible for the eye and the rest covered when it’s not in use.

This last picture is the back side of the wool coat.

I hope I will be able to hand stitch the left arm length part today (April 28th). I haven’t decided if I am going for plain black or plain purple fabric from the pillow case yet.

I will hand stitch the loose decorations on the sholder.  Here are what I did before I went to sleep yesterday (April 27th) ;

One with fabric and the other plain black
Or should I have sequins on the other?

I was thinking to do something on those two too… but I think it’s to much work.