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Tutorial Girl Moccasin in all sizes

By lidija ⋅ May 5, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

I have super great news. A lot of people did ask me if I will have my moccasin pattern in more sizes, and hey I have it now. This is so much work, and it was a big challenge for me. But I’m glad that I did make them. When I first design this shoe [...]

Needle tatting in colors

By lidija ⋅ March 15, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

I can’t help myself not to try to play with colored yarn. I love black lace, and it is fun to play with needle and yarn and you could get the lace out of it….or even a bulk of unrecognizable knots. But, the colors are fun too. Also different outfits need different color combination. Here [...]

Tutorial Girl Patterns Hanging Cradle DIY & VIDEO

By lidija ⋅ February 17, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

Hi, I want to show you how my patterns are made. I did make a video how to assemble the paper pattern, because usually they are bigger then A4 paper is…..
So first step is to pick A4 or LETTER setting on your printer (more then a year all my patterns are in two paper sizes). [...]

Recycle your sweater to a kid pants

By lidija ⋅ January 26, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

The second title could be because kids grow so fast & recycle is smart way of living.
This is simple recycle project perfect for every beginner. I did use serger, but if you don’t have it, just use your sewing machine, just make sure you will finished the stitches with zig zag before sewing them together. [...]

Shoe is born & behind the scene

By lidija ⋅ December 12, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

If you know this blog already you know I want to learn a cobbler’s secrets. But hey that is not so simple if you don’t know anybody who wants to share their knowledge. So I’m the one without big cobbler’s experiences. I’m the one who watch the YouTube videos and think hey, I could do [...]

DIY head shape for designing hats

By lidija ⋅ November 22, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Let me introduce you my new helper, she don’t have a name jet, but I’m so happy I did this first think in the morning. This was a long time on my to do list, because I did want to play with some new hats designs, and here she is.
It was fun to play with [...]

Do what you love & no matter what

By lidija ⋅ September 12, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

… and do this with your kids. This should be the long title version. This year I didn’t have a lot of time to do what I love, and I was just reading a blogs and books about the topic. Especially about making art journals and sewing and fabric manipulation…you know the stuff that I love. [...]

Favorite doll repair – Lana’s Tonček

By lidija ⋅ August 24, 2012 ⋅ One comment

This is Tonček and it is my kid favorite toy, ok, next to Ančka. But the important is that it is the toy number one for our Lana and so for the first kindergarten visit I need to repair Tonček’s body, because it was made badly and for small kid’s toy it should be stronger. [...]

Acryl on fabric – butterfly application

By lidija ⋅ July 9, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

When I did stamp on fabric for recycle pants I did use acrylic fabric medium for painting with acrylic. But the problem is that the small bottle is expensive and I was wonder if I could use some “home made” stuff from the kitchen. Unfortunately I didn’t find the solution for this problem. So when [...]

Sew along in Zakka Style – week 2

By lidija ⋅ April 16, 2012 ⋅ One comment

For the week two in this book is a little house zipper pouch. Simple forme in a shape of the house and with nice house aplique in the front. Love it, nice design and you could play with it as crazy. Neverending story how much posibilities you have.
So I don’t work by the book, so [...]