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26 de out. de 2010

Change of heart


Well... thanks to all your wonderful suggestions I went in pursuit of the best price to buy as much Dream dot as I oculd find... but then I came across Erin McMorris' Flower Shower in gold at the amazing price of 3.99 (it's a sale on Above All Fabric, go check it out). ialready had 3 fatquarters of the Wildwood collection - this exact one, the popsicle trees (unfortunately not the green version) and another one - and was planning on using them in my princess' baby quilt. These fabrics are actually the reason why I got so into the pink-green-yellow colourway in the first place. So it's only fair that I choose it for the backing. And with the money I saved, I can buy some Dream dot for the quilt top (and some other fabrics too, one can never have enough).


I'm happy happy happy about my very smart purchase. Now I just need to get better and leave this damn bed so I can start sewing. I'm 18 weeks pregnant and had my first contractions some days ago, the doctor said if I has any I had to stay in bed so that's not very good news for me and my sewing machine. But, as I said, I'm happy happy happy and I can be in denial until my next doctor's appointment :)

23 de out. de 2010

Nicey Jane


I'm still not able to sit down and sew, but that doesn't mean my mind can't wonder around. I'm planning a crib quilt for my princess so I'm gathering all my pink-green-yellow stash. I have come across a problem though: the fabric I want to use in the back is Heather Bailey's Nicey Jane Dream Dot, either in clementine or celery. I thought I had more than I do... and ayway I reallyy need a lot. The piece I had I'm almost sure I ordered from Sew Mama Sew around my birthday, but now I can't seem to find it, Fabritopia doesn't have it, I've never tried to order from other stores and I don't know if Heather Bailey's shop ships internationally, so I'm running out of ideas. Can anyone help me?

5 de jul. de 2010

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Sempre que aparecem tecidos com letras vou logo a correr comprar. Neste caso, o primeiro é um tecido que andava há muito tempo à espera que ficasse disponível cá e o segundo foi uma enorme surpresa, mas fiquei tão apaixonada por ele que comprei 1 metro! Tenho grandes planos para ele!

Every time there's a fabric with letters printed on it I run to buy it. In this case, the first fabric is one I have been waiting for a long time to be available here and the other one was a complete surprise, but I fell in love with it so that I bought 1 meter! I have big plans for it!


PS - O giveaway está a chegar ao fim, não se esqueçam de participar!

PS - The giveaway will be closing soon, so don't forget to participate!

29 de nov. de 2009

Compras e costurices / Shopping and sewing

Sou uma daquelas pessoas que gosta de dormir até tarde. Poucas coisas me fazem levantar cedo da cama a um fim-de-semana. Passear os meus cães é, obviamente, uma delas. Ir para uma acção do SOS Animal também. E costurar também.
Por isso, hoje acordei cedo e fui para a Arco Íris a Metro ter uma aula de costura com a professora Aldina. Já não ia a estas aulas desde o Verão, porque o horário não bate certo e além disso tenho andado mais virada para as aulas de patchwork na Dotquilts. Só que eu comprei um molde da Amy Butler para fazer uns aventais agora para o Natal e precisava de ajuda para fazer o primeiro, para depois dar início à produção em série. (Já agora: demorou mas já o acabei e ficou tãooooo giro).
Só que quando cheguei lá, a aula afinal não era de manhã... era só às 15h! Claro que não ia voltar para casa, gastar gasóleo e portagens, blablabla. Claro que fiquei lá e claro que o dinheiro que não gastei em gasóleo e portagens, blablabla, e muito mais, diga-se, gastei-o a comprar tecidos.
Ou seja, como devem calcular, não fiquei minimamente chateada por ter de fazer horas... Aquela loja é um paraíso para uma viciada em tecidos como eu!


I'm one of those people who like to sleep through the morning. There are very few things that get me up early on a weekend. Walking the dogs is, obviously, one of them. Volunteering in one of SOS Animal's campaigns is another. And then sewing is another.
So, today I woke up early and headed to Arco Iris a Metro to have a sewing lesson with Ms. Aldina. I haven't been to one of those since Summer, because the schedule doesn't work for me and besides I've been busy with the patchwork lessons at Dotquilts. The thing is I had bouth an Amy Butler pattern to do some aprons for Christmas and I needed help with the first one, before initializing the mass production. (By the way: it took me a long time but now it's finished and it looks sooooo great).
Except that, when I got there, the lesson was only at 3 pm! I wasn't going back home, spend gas and tolls and whatnot, obviously, so of course I stayed there and of course I spent all the money I saved on gas and tolls and whatnot, and then some more, buying fabrics!
It figures, I wasn't that upset to have to spend some time there... That shop sure is heaven for a fabric addicted like me!




O meu espólio:
My heritage:


Estes tecidos são oferta da minha sogra por isso estão à sua guarda e só depois do Natal é que vou poder brincar com eles...
This stash is a gift from my mother-in-law and are under her care so only after Christmas I'll be playing with them...

20 de ago. de 2009

Múltiplos de 3... ou não! / Multiples of 3... or not!

Quando preciso de fazer combinações de 3 tecidos, só me saem combinações de 2, de 4 ou até de mais...



When I need to combine 3 fabrics, I only come up with combinations of 2, of 4 or even of more...












(as fotos continuam a ser manhosas porque as tiro com o telemóvel e muitas vezes à noite... mas é que esqueço-me sempre de levar a câmara comigo!)

(the photos are still horrible because I take them with my cell and lots of times at night... but it's just that I always forget to take the camera with me!)

14 de ago. de 2009

Almas-gémeas


Quando gosto muito de um tecido, tenho a tendência para comprar esse padrão em várias cores. Sempre fiz isso com as roupas nas lojas, agora é com os tecidos...

When I really love a fabric, I tend to buy that pattern in several colours. I've always done that with clothes I bought from the store, now it's with fabrics...

13 de ago. de 2009

What I love about sewing...

É que o céu é mesmo limite.
As combinações possíveis são infinitas e basta mudar os tecidos para o mesmo projecto ficar completamente diferente.


Is that the sky is the limit.
The possible combinations are infinite and it only takes you to change the fabrics to have the same project turn out completely different.






Viva a imaginação! Vivaaa! Vivaaa!

Long live the imagination! Hip-hip-hurrayyyy!!!

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