Hello, hello! :) It’s time for a little shop update. Yesterday I went to huuuuuge fabric market and bought some new fabric and sewing supplies. I’ve been sewing all evening and morning and I made those colorful, fine loop scarves. :) You can buy them in my DaWanda shop. In case somebody from abroad wants to have one, send me an e-mail and I will enlist the item on etsy, too. :)
So, which version is your favourite? :)
Concert photos: The Beatsteaks.
Beatsteaks!!! Last weekend on June 11th, Anja, Malin and I went to a concert at the Wuhlheide, a huge open air location, to see the Beatsteaks, a band from Berlin. The show was sold out and it was really awesome, I love open air concerts. :)
In the end, they blew confetti all over the stadium, it was great! <3
And they had a photo booth… :)
Here’s finally a video of the last song the Beatsteaks played, everybody knelt down and all of a sudden, more than 20.000 people jumped up at the same time and the blew confetti all over the masses of people, it was awesome!!! :) So you should definitely watch the video until the end to see that! :) <3
Mini blog makeover.
Hello! :) I just wanted to let you know that I’ve just completed a mini blog makeover. Some weeks ago I uploaded a new header and now my friend Hanna has helped me to create some new sites so that I can also use my blog as a little homepage. Moreover, I’ve added some new content, so if you are new to my blog and want to know how I started luloveshandmade, you can read it under about lu. :)
What is more, I also changed my sidebar navigation. Therefore, I removed the conventional list of tags and substituted it for the new buttons with my handwriting who help you to find everything you are looking for on my blog.
I hope you like it,
Lu :)
Next giveaway coming soon… :)
Hello, good morning everybody! :) I’m pleased to announce that I soon will host another giveaway, because I nearly have 200 blog followers!! :) When I started writing this blog I never thought that so many people could be interested in what I create, so this makes me really proud. :)
Stay tuned for more information, this super duper giveaway is going to come soon! :)
Lu
DIY: Easy summer dress.
Hello, hello! :) Today I spontaneously decided to sew a simple summer dress, because I have so much fabric and wanted to create something. :)
(For the German version click here. // Auf Deutsch gibt es das ganze auch, und zwar hier! :) Herzen und Facebook-Likes sind sehr erwünscht. :))
1. You only need some fabric (depending on your girth and how long you want your dress to be) and a cord (longer than your bust measurement). :) I used 2 different types of cotton fabric, one color for the inside, the other for the outside. I only used two layers of fabric, because the fabric is so thin and I didn’t want the dress to be translucent. :) So if you want to, this even works with only one layer of fabric.
2. Put the two large pieces of fabric onto each other and pin the two layers together.
3. Next, sew them onto each other on three sides.
4. This is how it should look like. Next, because there is one open side, turn your large piece of fabric around so that the inside is now on the outside.
5. After having done this, iron the borders.
6. Now pin the open side and the opposite side onto each other.
7. Sew them together.
8. You now should have something like a large fabric tube which looks like on the picture.
9. Now, again use your pins, turn the top of the tube upside down like on the photo and wrap up the cord this way.
10. After having wrapped up nearly the whole cord and having pinned this, cut a little hole into the fabric, there where you wrap the cord. This hole is for getting the endings of the cord from the inside to the outside, so that you can later bind them.
11. + 12. Next, sew up the borders of the hole and pull the endings of the cord through.
13. Finally, sew the cord into the upper part of the dress.
Voila, that’s it! :) It only took me about 90 minutes to sew this dress and only cost about 3€, because I used fabric I once bought at a Turkish fabric market for only 2€ per meter. :)
After I finished the dress, I went over to my new friend Mirja and she quickly took those photos of me and the dress. :) If you are interested, you can watch her photos here! :)
In case you want share this the tutorial on your blog or somewhere else, feel free to do so, but please leave a link to my blog and share some photos. :)
Have a nice Monday evening! :)
Lu
