Seek and ye shall find
I found my brag book; I’m over the moon! It only has 12 pages (= 24 pockets), so it will fit in my handbag perfectly! I quickly made a cute cover for it from the copper/gold dupion silk that I want to...
View ArticlePillow Talk and Musical Chairs
WM and I will be hosting a BBQ in early August, and we're hoping for the summer to arrive before then so we can just put loads and loads of cushions in the garden instead of have people sit on chairs...
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Spilling the beans
My WM decided that -even though I said I'd use the table in the front room- I do really need a drawing and cutting table, so he bought me one! It's huge. I mean, it's really, really big. And it's...
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Cat-astrophe
The 12 cubic foot bean bag refill we bought last weekend is meant to be used for a number of different shaped cushions, so I've been quite busy sewing them up in the past few days. There's a roll, a...
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How you Bedouin?
Friday night WM and I went to Makro to buy a party tent because the weather forecast said it would rain, and on Saturday afternoon we were very glad that we’d done that! It only rained for about 20...
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Things to do and people to see
Last weekend my WM and I visited a friend who lives close to Leeds, and on Sunday we managed to find some time to visit the textile town of Bradford before heading home again. We went to the textile...
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Puzzled
Yesterday I did some more pattern tracing, and I used an older KNIPmode (2001) than the one I used last week (2008). Firstly, it struck me that the colours on the 2001 tracing sheet were different:...
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Keeping my eyelets open
Walthamstow market is open from Tuesday to Saturday, and - like any market - is full of people milling about, trying to find the best deals on anything from apples to zips (20p!). My WM and I walked up...
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Håndtaske
The first thing I did today was repair the handbag I bought years ago in Covent Garden. I always take that bag with me when I go on short trips because it folds up small enough to fit in my handluggage...
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Take them to the cleaners!
Last (UK Bank Holiday) weekend I finally got some real sewing done: The KNIPmode trousers are done! Pictures to follow; I want to have them drycleaned first. I did not pretreat the fabric (linen, call...
View ArticlePurple rain!
Wow, I finally managed to not only create the correct link, but also post it! So, without further ado, here is my map of the London Fabric Shops!As I mentioned yesterday; Please have a look, and let me...
View ArticleKNIPmode monthly overviews
I'm still trying to get my KNIPmode delivered in London, but for the moment it's still being sent to my parents in Holland. They were visiting last weekend, and brought me the September copy.I was not...
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We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue!
Last weekend I managed to "inspire" my friend Vanessa to join me in a ridiculous weekend plan. Friday night: Dinner and a few drinks, Saturday: go to New Covent Garden Marketvery early in the morning,...
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Measure twice, cut once
Fabric WidthsOriginally uploaded by Houkje LondonOne of the challenges I faced when I moved to the UK, was figuring out how inches converted into centimeters and the other way round. Rule of thumb: 1...
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Simply Supreme!
As I've mentioned before, the Victoria & Albert museum is currently hosting the exhibition "Fashion V Sport", and I thought I should check that one out. First, there was an entrance fee of GBP 5...
View ArticleButton up, love
Okay, so I finally finished my garments. Well, finished? I still had to do the buttonholes and ran out of thread; how silly is that? I've had no time this week to buy any, so I'm off to the Gambia with...
View ArticleSew sorry
After having been back from our brilliant trip to The Gambia for well over a month now, and still not back to blogging, I think it's only fair to let you know that I probably will not be posting much...
View ArticlePants!
Ah, so this is what happens when I say I won’t post for a while: I start sewing! Good news, I started on a few different projects last weekend (why can't I just do one at a time?). Remember the...
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Tried and True it is!
My WM and I are off to Holland for a very short weekend break tonight, so I will not have time to sew this weekend. I was at McCulloch & Wallis for about 20 minutes this week, and managed to pick...
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How fitting
The dress form (Miss Patty) fit in the drum bag and she is now set up in my front room (we have a temporary lodger, so my sewing room is occupied). Miss Patty (short for Patience; she has to wait...
View ArticleAls je begrijpt wat ik bedoel...
I read on Trena's blog that she made the Knipmode Wrap Top that Melissa has been raving about for a while now. I just have to say that I am so very impressed with the fact that so many of you use...
View ArticleSew Houkje Doin' Houkje?
Gosh, I haven't posted in nearly 6 months! I wish that I had loads of garments to show to make up for my absence, but even that is not the case...It's been busy in our little household though! My WM...
View ArticleHere we go!
Tomorrow I'm finally starting on my wedding dress. I can honestly tell you I'm getting quite nervous by now. Even though I've made plenty of gorgeous (gala- and even wedding-) dresses before. Even...
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Note from the Mrs
And another few months have gone without posting. It's not even as if my husband (still getting used to that) and I went away on a honeymoon! My Wonderful Man and I had a truly fabulous wedding, and of...
View ArticleAlmost missed another Mrs!
For whatever reason Blogger won't allow me to post a picture of the Electric Blue Wedding dress I made, but there it is.My friend got married to her lovely fiance in early October, and - after seeing...
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