My favourite shirt tunic/ dress tunic at the moment

It's made of cotton poplin. It cost me around 9 eur (if I remember correctly - 5 eur/ m and I took 1.8 m). I bought it online (in Slovenia - my homecountry: https://svetmetraze.si/ (when they had discounts). I like to calcuate this to have a clearer picture. 

It's easy to make but I have a lot of distractions at home (3 children, my job, husband, cooking & cleaning, a cat, a garden etc.) so it always seems to me that is takes me ages to do something. I always choose simple, fast, practical things to sew.

I like wearing it over long trousers or leggings just because I like that style. It's from burdastyle 3/ 2019, mod. 103 B, size: 40.

CHANGES TO THE ORIGINAL: I made it longer beacuse I prefer a tunic/ dress to a blouse. I made the bottom edge round and used bias tape to finish the bottom edge. Bias tape is time consumig but it's fun. :) I simplified it like this: I sandwiched the bottom edge between the folded bias tape and used long handstitches to hold it in place and then sewed it with one stitch as seen in the picture below. I prefer that stitch (straight + zigzag) to the straight one because it's not so obvious if you don't sew in a straight line (which is sometimes very difficult to do).

I used a small belt behind my back to give my waist some shape otherwise I might look like I'm wearing a potato sack.

I love the puffed sleeves, that's the thing that drew me to this pattern. 

ADVICE: always iron the Vlieseline around neckline to finish it beautifully.

Who is that little guy in the picture !?! and what the heck is he doing ?!?

I really love my shoes, they look worn out because I've had them for a long time and wear them all winter. I bought them here: https://www.alpinashop.si/c1-9/modna-obutev/gleznjarji  (Slovenian shoe company/ factory ALPINA - love it, I always buy shoes from them).

Aliexpress.com - part 1

Recently I've order a couple of things via AliExpress.com (so from China and Hong-Kong). I must say that it can be addictive sitting at home in front of your computer and looking at all kinds of nice things you could buy. I tried to be modest. I spent around 120 eur.
I bought this wonderful leather messenger bag. It's supposed to be men's but where does it say so. It was very cheap, only 86 eur but then I had to pay tax and import duties in Slovenia. So in the end it cost me 123 eur.

But it's nice, isn't it? It looks robust.

I bought some sewing supplies, of course.
I bought a pom-pom maker to make my life easier. It was only 2,28 eur.

And I bought a bias tape maker to make my own bias tape. I love it. It was only 5,89 eur. I could spend all day making bias tape. It's so surprising after years of sewing and so many clothes made, like coats, jackets, shirts, skirts, dresses, curtains etc., I still discover something new and exciting about sewing.

I bought a maternity dress for 12 eur. It looks horrendous on me. I'll have to give it some shape. It looked so cute on a little China girl. On me it looks like a potato sack. The clothes are not really worth the money. I can make better things myself. This one was a disappointment. I'll have to alter it and it will take up my time.

My favourite on-line shops

Some are tried and tested and the others are just looked at from afar.

Stoklasa – http://www.stoklasa-eu.com/ in Czech Republic, delivery is on time, actually I think I remember it was quite fast and the goods are also great (even though some are made in China)

tissu fabrics – http://www.tissufabrics.co.uk/ in the UK, delivery was fast (even though I'm not from the UK), the fabric is as great as seen on-line

dortex – https://www.dortex.de/ in Germany, delivery is on time, not too expensive

21run – http://www.21run.com/ru_de/ in Germany, it's not about fabric and crafts but it's about my favourite hobby – running

Millet sports – http://www.milletsports.co.uk/  in the UK, for sports again, I ordered shoes some time ago, it was all right

widelbar – https://www.windelbar.de/ in Germany, for babies, kids, mums to be, clothes etc. I love to look at the colourful and cute things they sell, I ordered a safety bed frame for babies from windeln - http://www.windeln.de/

svet metraže - https://svetmetraze.si/ in Slovenia, a huge fabric store, I actually don't buy on-line but I drive there (30 km) and always find something for myself, everything that they have inside is not put on-line, English link https://www.bemafabrics.com/ 

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buttinette – https://basteln-at.buttinette.com/shop/g/stoffe-naehzubehoer/bekleidungsstoffe in Austria, not tried yet, I'm looking forward to that day when I order everything I drool over now