A little bit of this and that

Believe it or not I took this picture this morning. 

I can't remember having this much snow in May ever. 

Yesterday I was a bit feed up with all the snow and wanted to cheer myself up with buying some craft supplies. But then I remembered I have restricted my self from buying new stuff until I have used more of my stash. 

So I went to the second hand store instead. 

I found a lovely floral jacket. But it was not my size. Some how it seems to have found it's way into my bag anyway. 

It just needed a little alternation to fit. 

Unpicking the seams in the side and most of the waist  band and cuffs. 

Adding a side panel from a xxl t-shirt i bought earlier to use for some thing else. 

While I was in a good flow I did the same to another jacket. 

I'm notorious buying clothes that I plan on alter just because I love the fabric. 

When I finished the socks 🧦 I was knitting for my son I realised I was out of knitting and crochet projects. I'm not sure how that is possible. 🙊I always have several projects going on. 

Luckily my hubby reminded me I had promised to make him another pair of felted slippers 👌

I need to find some inspiration so I don't run out of projects. 

I have not done so much mending lately but I did mend some trainers. They was very worn and had spots that I wasn't able to get off. 

I used some cotton thread and wove it in the mesh fabric. 

I think they turned out pretty well 

This is what the shoes looked like before 

I also machine darned a few socks 🧦 

Some with previous darns. I really do prefer to darn by hand 🖐️ 

Snow on apple flowers does look nice 

More snow pictures 

Not really looks like spring 

We are hoping for better weather soon 🔜 

In the mean time I will be busy crafting. 

Thanks for stopping by 🌷

Stay safe and well ❤️ 

Wishing you a lovely weekend 💐

Katrine 🌼 

Zipper bag

Yesterday I finished this lovely zipper bag I have been working on for a while... Well I didn't work very hard 🙊🙉
I made one smaller over a year ago and I wanted a bigger version. But then I never got around to do it 🤔 to many plans, to little time.

Zipper and lining fabric is gifted from my sister. The red flower fabric is from a curtain I bought second hand.
It's quite time consuming for a little bag but totally worth it.

I love the 3 zipper pockets inside. And I think this one will have room for all my on the go craft stuff 🙈🙈🙈
My husband often say "Really lucky 🍀 we have a big car." I'm not sure what he's referring to?

Anyway we got winter again,just when it seemed like spring.

A quick trip to town today resulted in a new knitting book.

Ofcause I have to try knitting a pair of socks from the book right away.
I found some yarn and put it in my knitting basket. Leaving the room for less than 5 minutes....
Someone else seems eager to start knitting as well 🙊🐶

Her highness 👑 have been naughty again...
I will be off knitting then 🧶🧶🧶
Have a lovely evening 🌃 🌟
Katrine 🌼 💚

DOG COLLAR

We bought some adjustable flea collars for our dogs. But they were rather frustrating as they would adjust on their own 😕
So I was supposed to sew a seam to keep them from sliding. But I never got around to do, it and they have been lying in a drawer for ages.
they have passed the date they would work for fleas but could still be used as regular dog collars. Though not pretty once.

But I had some pretty ribbon I thought would look nice.
I had to pick the collars apart to sew the ribbon on.

And sewing it all back together afterwards.
The extra layer of ribbon prevents the collar from sliding, and slipping over the dogs head 🐶

You can ofcause make dog collars from scratch the same way. I have done so earlier.

I was hoping to get my girls to show of their new collars. But no such luck today 🙄😂😂

Have a creative day
Katrine 🌼

Trying something new

After reading the lovely guest post from Franci, @arteobjetodiarios over at our mending community Mendingmayhem . We have a guest post almost every Friday if you are interested. It's mostly related to mending, textiles or art.
I feet very inspired to try try to make some fabric art 🎨 too.
Franci is a very talented Peruvian artist, painting with fabric. Her work is totally amazing 😍
So I went through my fabric scrap, no clue what I was going to make.
Then I found some beautiful left overs from a lovely fabric with embroidered roses. Well there wasn't a single rose left only bits and pieces.
I played around with them and found out it might make a good dog 🐶


It took me a while to get it the way I wanted it. And I rearranged it several times. And trying different backgrounds. Not really confident I could make it work.

Then pining and sewing was a bit faster 😉
Quite happy with the end result and I think I would like to do more of this.
My scrap basket sure looks like I should 👍😉

I'm also knitting on a pair of slippers for my hubby. They are going to be felted, but at the moment they look a bit like socks 🧦 for a giant 😂

Have a lovely evening 🌃 🌟
Katrine 🌼

A little heart

My little slow stitched heart is done.
All made from salvaged fabric and thread
I decided to add a little bit beads to it 

The tiny seed beads took for ever but I  think it was totally worth it .

I am not sure what  will do with it  yet. But rest a sure I will find good use for it . 
It's valentinesday soon too, so it might come in handy .

Or maybe I will save it for a special visible mend . 

A wood bag got a quick fix with the sewing machine. Took less than 5 minutes, probably more like 2 😉😂😂
And now it will live a while longer

Mending isn't always so complicated, but it's sure satisfying.

A new day, anew mend!

A new day a new mend.
Not every thing you are mending is going to be exciting but all mending is useful.
You can of course try to make your mending a little more exciting, even on something as dull as some stretch bedsheets

I found some holes in this old bedsheet
I could just have done a quick fix sewing the holes, but it was so boring.

I remembered I got some cool fabric with some tiny 🐝 bees and though they would look fun under the holes

I cut some small patches and attached them under the holes. Securing them with some safety pins. Making sure that the bee 🐝 showed under the holes.

Then I used blanket stitches around the hole making a nice frame
And running stitches through both layers of fabric. Because the bedsheet is quite worn I used a bit bigger patches than I would usually would have.

I'm also doing some meditative slow stitching. It's nice to calm down and release tension of a busy day.

You can find newly listed mending /slowstitching kits in the shop.

Wishing you a lovely day 💜