Small cross-body bag

This small, practical zipper pouch is perfect for your most essential items - wear it as an evening pouch or keep your documents and ticket safe and handy when you travel.

Made from soft vegan leather and handmade embroidery - not two are the same!

Christmas market

I am participating in a local Christmas creative market this Saturday and I will be offering most of my smaller purses, clutches and zipper pouches, plus some new pencil cases, house brooches and little stuffed animals I've made especially for this occasion.

I am spending my last evening making labels, preparing packaging material and my tiny stand
- I will let you know how it went in my next post...

Have a nice weekend!

New in my shop

I just added this zipper pouch in light grey and silver faux leather with turquoise embroidery to my shop - the pouch measures 17 x 14 cm (6,8 x 5,5"), is lined with polkadot turquoise cotton and closes with a chunky metallic zipper.
Clink on this Instagram link to see a 15 sec lapse video of free motion embroidery I used to decorate the purse.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BFBoTYqGaWf/?taken-by=loddelina

Shop news

We have been enjoying beautiful golden days of autumn with temperatures as high as 18C - two week school holidays are coming to an end and last weekend was spent with our friends in Augsburg, Germany, where we have once lived. We took this opportunity to visit the nearby Legoland and a backdrop of autumn leaves made the park even more special.

Now I am back at my studio, photographing and listing the items I have made recently; some house brooches, a wristlet and a couple of zipper pouches. Two of the brooches got snapped up as soon as I listed them, holiday shopping has begun :-)

Zadnji oktobrski dnevi so res čudoviti, čez dan je toplo tudi do 18 stopinj in ravnokar končujemo dvotedenske jesenske počitnice - prejšnji vikend smo bili na obisku pri prijateljih v Augsburgu, kjer smo nekoč živeli in seveda ni šlo brez skoka v bližnji Legoland, ki je v jesenskem listju še posebej veličasten. Zdaj sem nazaj in fotografiram ter v trgovino dodajam izdelke, ki sem jih sešila v zadnjih dneh - dve hiški broški sta že prodani, hura za bližajoče se praznike :-)

Oh, deer!

I love this beautiful upholstery jacquard I recently found in our local fabric shop, of all places - the gorgeous colours and fun woodland motifs, who wouldn't want a nice comfy armchair upholstered with it?

Unfortunatelly it is a bit too expensive for such a project but a few smaller purses and pouches will look quite cheerful adorned with little deer, foxes, birds and snowflakes. Is it too early to start thinking of autumn?

Here are first two bags I made, one XL zipper pouch and one small, elegant clutch for an evening out. Every little bit of this rich fabric seems too precious to cut out, I trace my patterns carefully to get the best composition possible and not waste anything. More forest wonderland soming soon!

Zaljubljena sem v tale žakard, ki sem ga našla nikjer drugje kot v naši lokalni trgovini z metražo - čudovite barve in motivi srnic, ptic, lisic in snežink - a je še prezgodaj za jesenske misli?

Zaenkrat sem v trgovino dodala dve torbici, eno večjo, drugo manjšo, večerno, kmalu se jima pridruži še kakšna!

Back to school!

September is time for children to go back to school and for their mama to have more time for sewing :-)

So here they are, september news in my shop:

For all your daily walks around town, here are two messenger bags in super soft vegan leather, handmade embroidery and adjustable shoulder strap. The bag has many pockets; exterior zipper pocket plus interior pockets - one with a flap for your phone, small slip pockets for tissues, a small notebook (am I the only one who still uses paper?) and pens plus a swivel hook for keys.

While working with vegan leather, I tried out a small zipper pouch and here are the results.

And for those who think small is beautiful and tiny is downright awesome, here are five more fabric brooches.

May your September be warm and sunny!

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Nazaj v šolo! 

Ko gredo otroci septembra nazaj v šolo, ima mama končno več časa za šivanje... Tule so rezultati zadnjih dveh tednov, zdaj na voljo v trgovini. Lep sončen september vam želim!

April news

We are in the second week of Easter holidays here in eastern France - the weather hasn't been too great for spending time outdoors so I am charged with entertainment, craft projects and other indoor activities for the children, saving a little time for sewing as well.

Some of this month's new listings to the shop; larger, extended versions of coin purse that I first made after a dear customer requested a purse in which she could store all her credit and various fidelity cards (we all have tons of those!). The card purse has two interior slip pocket for organizing cards, card payment slips, tickets and passes, which leaves enough room for coins and other smaller items.

A custom made iPhone pouch was another challenge for me, I haven't sewn a curved zipper in a long time but it was the only way to make taking the phone in and out of the purse easier - I am very happy with the result and the padded lining gives the phone enough protection without making the pouch too bulky.

Tomorrow is May 1st, international worker's day, a day off for some but a busy, perhaps sewing day for others :-)

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Aprilske novosti

V trgovini sem dodala nekaj večjih denarnic, v katerih je prostira za kartice, drobiž in ostale malenkosti, poseben izziv pa je bila tudi izdelava ovitka za iPhone po naročilu - še zlasti zadrga okrog ovinka, ki omogoča enostavno jemanje telefona ven in spravjanja noter.

Lep praznik dela želim in uživajte v majskih oblakih!

Autumn

I love autumn, the smell of wet leaves, the soft morning mist that promises another sunny day, chestnuts, grapes, apples,.. inspirations are endless.

I have added some autumn zippered pouches in my shop recently, together with some house brooches - I think my shop will need more of both to be ready for the big holiday season...

Obožujem jesen, vonj mokrih listov, nežne jutranje meglice, ki obljubljajo še en sončen dan, kostanj, grozdje in jabolka,... neskončno navdihujoče!
V trgovino sem dodala nekaj novih puščic na zadrgo in majhne hiške broške - obojih bom morala zašiti še precej, da napolnim trgovino pred božično sezono...

Week in pictures

Taken from my Instagram album:
Another week deeper into winter and the streets of Pontarlier are putting on their Christmas decoration. Somebody in our house doesn't seem to be impressed by approaching holidays - Tigrou enjoys quiet time when children are at school...
Sunsets are particularly picturesque this time of year and there are some lovely winter flowers and branches growing near our house, perfect for a bouquet.

And tonight I listed four new items in my shop: three sets of Christmas ornaments and a new zippered pouch. You are welcome to take a closer look!

Teden v slikah
iz mojega Instagram albuma: mesto Pontarlier se odeva v božično okrasje, maček Tigr se za to ne zmeni in uživa v dopoldanski tišini, ko sta otroka v šoli. V tem času so sončni zahodi še posebej slikoviti in okoli hiše najdem lep pušeljc suhih vej za v vazo!
In v moji trgovini so štirje novi izdelki, trije kompletki hišk okraskov in ena nova puščica na zadrgo. Vabljeni na ogled!

Shop news

I added four new zipper pouches in my shop today, a collection of wool cloth purses with silk patches, embroidery and lace trim.

Next I have some special orders to work on and some more new designs for winter season.

See you soon!

Novičke

Danes sem v trgovino dodala štiri nove torbice, kolekcijo iz volnenega blaga z dodatkom svile, čipke in vezenine.
Trenutno imam v delu nekaj posebnih naročil, nameravam pa se lotiti tudi novih torbic za zimsko sezono.

Imejte se!

Work in progress

There are some half finished Mia zipper pouches on my sewing table this weekend,
a revisit of my favourite materials, darker wool cloth with brighter silk patches, lace trims and freehand machine embroidery. I love drawing with thread and these autumn branches, sometimes adorned with beads and sometimes bare, go very well with cotton lace trim, they remind me of traditional, ethnic motifs of Slavic heritage.

If all goes well I should have these pouches in my shop on Tuesday.

Enjoy your sunday!



V delu

Na moji šivalni mizi je nekaj na pol končanih žepkov na zadrgo Mia, v že videni
+++ kombi777777777jyi788888naciji (Tigr, spravi se dol z moje tipkovnice!) volnenega blaga v temnejših tonih in svetlejše svile, okrašene s čipko in prostoročno strojno vezenino. Rada rišem z nitjo in te jesenske vejice, včasih gole, včasih pošite s koraldami, se lepo ujemajo s čipko, spominjajo me na etnične motive slovanske kulturne dediščine.

Če bo šlo vse po načrtih, bodo nove torbice v trgovini ta torek.
Lepo nedeljo želim!

New in my shop

One expects winter to be cold but to have temperatures around -18°C for several days in a row is just too much and sitting still at the sewing machine gets a bit chilly after a while. I did manage to add a few zippered purses to my shop recently and am working on a custom order bag at the moment (pictures to follow).
In the next weeks I plan to work on new hipster bags for spring and perhaps a smaller version of money purse (with my new stock of 4" zippers).
You may find the new purses in my shop.

So try to stay warm and let's hope this long and cold February is soon behind us...

New in my shop

I am so happy to be back at my sewing station that I already listed three new items in my shop since we came back from vacation last weekend!
Three items might not seem much but to me it is quite an achievement, considering all the unpacking, tidying the flat and a huge pile of laundry we had to take care of first (and I mean "we", thanks, honey, for helping :)

So here they are, a new Maia zippered purse (with a slightly revisited design from last autumn, there will be more to come) and two tiny house brooches. It was a lot of fun making these, especially the one with fairy lights; do you think I should make more for the coming Christmas season?

 Grey and burnt orange with creamy white lace and embroidery

There's a party next door!

Closing of the little house once I have stuffed it with soft and light plant fibre filling...

Enjoy the rest of your week, more Etsy news coming soon!