Spring sewing #1

I go so crazy about sewing that I kinda am developing an obsession about it. When I decided I wanted to learn how to sew a year ago, I never thought I would fell in love with it. 

I am no expert, and as a terribly lazy person, most of the things I do are far from being perfect (but I always find a way to hide it. More or less), but god, I enjoy that sewing machin noise so much! 

I enjoy it for so many reasons: It always makes me proud to answer "I made it!" when someone tells me that he/she likes my outfit, I don't have to worry about wearing the same clothes as everybody else, or have to go shopping in noisy shops anymore, AND (best thing of all) it is SO MUCH CHEAPER. 

Like REALLY cheaper. I went town to buy some fabrics couple weeks ago, I was looking for a daisy printed coton but ended up bying (among others) this navy blue, geometrical printed fabric. And it cost me, well, nothing (actually it cost me 10€ and I made two skirts, a shirt and a maxi dress out of everything I got, zippers included: such a bargain).

Cost me a great deal deciding what to make out it, kimono or maxi skirt? Maxi skirt or kimono? I went for a maxi skirt; as the fabric is see-through I added a petticoat underneath, and a zipper on the back. I thought it would look a bit more clean with a zipper rather than an elastic. 

Spring is slowly taking place here and I cannot wait to wear this, only problem is: here's an other piece of clothing I'll have to find room for in my suitcase when I'll leave for Canada. Something tells me I may need to stop adding clothes to my wardrobe for a while, at least until I move out. 

Spring crochet #1

Le soleil est au rendez-vous, les coccinelles sont de retour, il fait trop chaud pour porter un pull l'après-midi, j'ai recommencé à éternuer. Oui, le printemps est définitivement en chemin.

Et quelle meilleure excuse pour me faire une nouvelle robe (comme si j'avais besoin d'une excuse pour ça, aha!). 

C'est une robe mi-crochet-mi-tissu. Je la voulais un peu plus longue, style maxi dress, mais malheureusement, le coupon de tissu que j'avais était trop court. Too bad; mais c'est tout de même adorable. 

J'avais donc BESOIN (ahem!) d'une robe dans des tons naturels, toutes mes autres robes sont très colorées, pleines de fleurs (ok, celle-ci aussi, un peu. Mais que voulez-vous, j'aime les fleurs. On ne se refait pas), je me suis dis que ça serait sympa d'ajouter quelque chose de neutre pour illuminer mon placard.

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Sun is out, ladybugs are back, it's now too hot to wear a sweater in the afternoon, I started sneezing again. Yeah, spring is definitely on the way. 

What a good excuse to make myself a new dress (like I need any excuse for that, aha!). It's a half crochet half fabric dress. I wanted it a bit longer, but the fabric I had left was to short. Never mind, she is still so very lovely. I needed (wanted) a dress in some natural tons. All the other ones I own are very colorful, and flowery (ok, this one's a bit flowery as well, I can't help it, I love flowers), and I thought it would be nice to have something a bit more natural to bright up my wardrobe. 

Je suis un peu, disons, obsédée du crochet depuis un moment, il a du coup était ultra simple de choisir quel type de robe je voulais faire. 

Le haut de la robe est constituée d'une bande de 7 carrés granny basique (de 10/10cm) + 3 autres sur le devant et de bretelles en dentelle.  J'ai ajouté 3 petits boutons dans le dos. Le reste est un simple rectangle de tissu.

Tissu que j'avais depuis un moment déjà (que j'ai surtout volé à maman oui) et dont je voulais ABSOLUMENT faire une robe. L'imprimé et la couleur étaient tout simplement parfait pour le haut au crochet. Et même si je voulais au départ une maxidress, il était HORS DE QUESTION d'utiliser un autre coupon de tissu, celui là collait trop bien pour ne pas l'utiliser. 

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I've been a bit obsessed with crochet latey, it was easy for me then to decide what I wanted to make.
The top of the dress so, is and addition of 7 basic 10/10cm granny squares + 3 more in the front and laced straps.  I added 3 little buttons on the back.
I had the fabric for quite a while now (actually it was my mom's, I just stole it from her), and I wanted to make a dress out of it; it was just perfect for the crochet/lace top.
I said, I wanted a maxi dress, but unfortunately, I didn't have enough of this fabric, and there was NO WAY I would use another one.