Crocheting towards Easter

A couple of years ago I tried to learn how to crochet with a help of many tutorials on YouTube. I have long been fascinated with crochet stones and wanted to give it a try. So far I have learned a few basic stitches and I have managed to incorporate my tiny crochet flowers in some of the handbag designs.

This week I found a lovely tutorial showing how to crochet a small stone or a glass bead into a pendant so I just had to try it out. The result are these glass pebbles and a new crochet stone that sits happily in the Easter basket on our dining table. What can I say - I am hooked!

Have a lovely Easter, everybody!

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Pred par leti sem se hotela naučiti kvačkati in s pomočjo YouTube-a se mi je uspelo naučiti nekaj osnovnih elementov, ki sem jih potem vključila v moje izdelke. 
Ta teden pa sem odktila še en video, ki prikazuje obkvačkanje manjšega kamna ali steklene kapljice v obesek - rezultat so tile stekleni kamenčki, zraven pa sem srajčko nakvačkala še za en večji kamen, ki zdaj čepi v velikonočni košarici na mizi. 

New warderobe for Giuseppina

My little girl, now 6, doesn't play much with dolls - she gets them mostly as birthday presents from friends; skinny Barbies and scary Monster High dolls that end up forgotten in a drawer. But two Christmases ago my mother gave her a small Götz doll, much more natural looking, with long hair, perfect for braiding, and sleeping eyes. The 27 cm doll, called Giuseppina, came with a simple summer attire, so I made her a little "evening" dress - I found some tiny doll dress patterns online and improvised a lot.

A year has passed and now, during winter school break, my daughter asked me to make more dresses for her doll - after all, she will need new warderobe for the coming spring!
I made two cotton dresses (first one a bit wobbly but the second one much improved) and a "school" dress, made from cool wool cloth - the sleeves were sewn in by hand, I just couldn't get the tiny dress to fit under my sewing machine foot.

The last (so far) item from Giuseppina's new warderobe is a jacket. I recently bought a bag of mixed metallic zippers on sale and some of them were really short. I was wondering what I could possibly use the super short pink split zipper for - well, who knew it was perfect for doll wear!

Have a nice weekend!

Joži (Giuseppina) dobi novo garderobo - malo improvizacije, nekaj krojev, najdenih na internetu (punčka je velika 27 cm, zato sem rokavce šivala na roko), pomaga tudi, če publika ni preveč zahtevna, pa kar gre. Lažje kot šivati za suhljato barbiko... Zaenkrat sem scoprala večerno oblekico, dve spomladanski, eno "za v šolo" iz tanke volnene tkanine in jaknico, za katero sem uporabila kratko deljeno zadrgo (ta se je slučajno znašla v vreči ostankov na razprodaji zadrg).  Lep vikend vsem!

Longing for spring ...

... And doodling bright, nature inspired drawings. One of them led to a new clutch with a similar patchwork design - I used cool wool cloth for the base and sew on it leaves in all the blue fabrics and patterns I could find in my box of scraps, then embroidered them with the machine.

The clutch is 26 cm (10") wide, 16 cm (6.5") tall, lined with cream white canvas with botanical print and it closes with a metallic zipper.

Have a creative week!

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Nova torbica na zadrgo, ki je nastala po skici, načečkani med sanjarjenjem po pomladi. Torbica je široka 26 cm, visoka 16 cm, podložena z belim potiskanim platnom in se zapira na kovinsko zadrgo.

Happy Valentine's Day!