Saturday, August 13, 2016

My favourite music at the moment

Some of my favourite songs and videos on you tube.

One Republic - Something I need (I love the music and the video. The dog is scary and crazy beautiful at the same time.) 

Zaz - Si jamais j'oublie (in French) 

Christoph Mae - Il est ou le bonheur (in French; I like the music but I have mixed feelings about the video.)

Rihanna, Kanye West, Paul McCartney - Four five seconds (First of all I like Paul McCarney the most not the other two, but I think the song and the video are just great.)

Patsy Cline - She's got you (I absolutely love her voice and her singing.)

Cat Stevens - Morning has broken (Our wedding song, I love the piano, all of his music is great.) 

Wednesday, August 10, 2016

A new blanket for a new baby

I decided to make something new for our new baby boy - Erik. Unfortunately he is forced to inherit almost everything from his older sister so I wanted to do something special just for him.



My inspiration were: baby sleeping bag 1
                                       baby sleeping bag 2

I became a fan of this burda style sleeping bag (burda 9/ 2013, mod. 148) after I saw how the other sewers made it useful in two ways: as a blanket or as a sleeping bag. And because it can be done quickly - this is essential when you have kids. I still have to insert the press buttons which scares me because you have to make this right for the first time. You can't make corrections after you make a hole in your garment.




It is made of: flannel, striped cotton (bought at AliExpress) and a white fleece blanket. There is a polyester stuffing inserted between the two fabrics. I also used my new bias tape maker to make some bias band to finish the blanket opening at the bottom. I also sewed small and big hearts so that the inserted stuffing would stay in place when washing the blanket.
It looks great I hope it will be useful.











This is the blanket that he inherited from his sister and which my grandma (their great-grandma) made for her, I think it's crocheted and it deserves mentioning because it's all handwork. I wish I knew how to make this but I don't - yet. Maybe someday ...