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Paper Hearts for Home Decor

November 25, 2011

Here’s a quick home decor idea I made last week. I found this idea somewhere on the Internet a few weeks ago, similar to those book page paper hearts on Pinterest. :) This is such an easy idea and looks sooo pretty. :) How do you like it? You just need to cut out paper hearts from old book pages, then put a few onto each other and stitch them together (I used my sewing machine). Then, enfold the layers and that’s it. :)
Lu

Merken

Everything Else

Tiny shop update.

November 25, 2011

Yesss, a little shop update! :) On DaWanda there’s a Christmas special where you can save 12% in some categories each day. :) Today you can save 12% in the Home & Living and Christmas & Occassions categories, so feel free to visit my shop.
Moreover, as I’m going to sell my stuff at the Trend Mafia next weekend, I decided so sew some more pillow cases for children, I also listed those on DaWanda. :)
Have a lovely weekend!

DIY

DIY: Poncho Sewing Tutorial

November 22, 2011

Hey! :) Lovely Stefanie of Squeaky Swing has
invited me to prepare a guest post for her blog and of course I happily
accepted this invitation. :) Since she writes her posts in German, I also
prepared my guest post in German, but for those who only understand English,
here’s another version for you on my own blog. So if you’re from Germany, go and check out her blog and say hello, she’s totally appealing and
has lots of cute DIY ideas. :) Fortunately, lots of her projects can be
understood without reading the text, so it might also be interesting for
international readers! :)

With this tutorial, I wanna show you how to sew
a simple poncho, all you need are a chunky, cosy, square piece of fabric (I
chose fabric which consists of 70% wool and 30% polyester), 1m x 1m (3,28 feet
x 3,28 feet / 1,09 yard x 1,09 yard), a sewing machine and sewing equipment
like a measuring tape, pins and scissors. :)

Let’s go! Therefore, put the piece of fabric
onto the floor or onto a large table, cut out a square (Step 1) and use a zig zag
stitch (Step 2&3) to hem the edges to prevent unraveling of the fabric. Next, turn all 4 edges to the
back of the fabric and pin those with pins (Step 4).

Now you have to stitch the edges onto the piece
of fabric to make them look neat (Step 5). Then, put the fabric onto the
floor and fold it to the shape of a triangle (Step 6). Next, cut a hole into
the middle which is later going to be the neckline where you put your head
through (Step 7). It is up to you whether you want to have a round or a square
neckline. :) Don’t make the hole too big; better adjust it to your head’s size
step by step. Then, the edges of the neckline have to be turned to the back of
the fabric and have to be stitched onto it to fix it. Therefore, the edges have
to be pinned onto the fabric (Step 8).

Now you can stitch up your neckline’s edges
(Step 9). Afterwards, put the poncho as a triangle onto the floor or onto a
table to fix the ‘sleeves’ so that the poncho stays in its place while wearing
it. :) Therefore, you can put in on and pin those points where you want to
attach the front and the back onto each other (Step 10 and also shown on the photo below on the left bottom corner). When I sewed my
poncho, this was at a distance of about 30cm /11,8” from the edge which is
later supposed to be on my shoulders, but this depends on your total size (Step
11). After you’ve symmetrically pinned those two parts of the poncho, you can
fix them with a short seam (Step 12). Later, this is going to be the part of
your poncho which is under the arms and prevents the poncho from slipping.

Have fun while you are sewing and feel free to
ask me if there are any questions! :)

I’m glad Stefanie asked me to prepare something
for a guests post, so don’t forget to visit her blog and to say hello! :)

Love, Lu

Merken

Everything Else

200 sold items on DaWanda

November 21, 2011

Dear blog readers, I’m soooo proud of myself, because yesterday I sold item number 200 on DaWanda! <3 In February, when I turned 24, I wrote a list of goals (inspired by Elsie’s list on a beautiful mess) and wanted to sell 100 itmes before I turn 25 next year. Ha, I’ve already achieved this goal way earlier and I sold even twice as much. :) It’s so great to see that people like my products and it’s so much fun seeing that my sales are slowly increasing. :) Moreover, another goal on my list was to get 300 blog followers by next February and I think it won’t take long until this is achieved. :) Guess what? :) You can be looking forward to another giveaway on my blog quite soon…
Wish you a great Monday and thanks for reading my blog and for always leaving such lovely and motivational comments. :)
Lu

Everything Else

Christmas Bag Shop Update

November 20, 2011

Hi! :) As you can see, it’s beginning to look like Christmas! :) I sewed lots of stockings and present bags and listed them on DaWanda and one of my customers liked them so much that she ordered 15 of them. :) I’ve been sewing all Friday evening to finish them and they turned out so pretty. :) As you can see, there are still lots of others in my shop, so hopefully somebody will buy them, too. :)
Have you already decorated you home? I’m gonna do that by the end of the following week. This year, I don’t want to decorate my home too early, because last year, I had already begun decorating in the middle of November and in the end, my super-duper Christmas mood began to fade away a little. :)
Tomorrow I’ve got a brunch date with one of my girldfriends and we’ll make some Christmas decor. Now I can’t wait for Christmas to come!

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