Cursing in the Church

Here's something we Dutch like to call 'Cursing in the Church' (vloeken in de kerk) I'm showing you a sewing project. A WHAT? SEWING?!?!?!?! How DARE you...
Well, it's just one project...
I'm copying a bag that I love using a very sturdy piece of scrap fabric.

Speaking of churches... I've found a wonderfull world below the church in our street. It's a thrift shop in the basement of the Church. I've lived here a year now, and only just discovered this amazing place. All the benefits from sales go to charity. And -at the risk of sounding really arrogant- in the small town I live they like other stuff than city folk (I still feel like the later). So this means there's so much more opportunity here to find cool stuff.

The shop is huge and very well organised. I've spent 2 hours the first time, made a friend in the process, and wasn't finished by a long shot. So now, after returning home with a woolen blanket and a piece of very sturdy tentcloth, I have two new projects on my hands that aren't knitting. A bag and a baby blanket and floor pillow. I'm SOOOO inspired. (Imagine me singing this!)

Sew you soon!
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Expect the Unexpected

About two weeks ago I got an unexpected gift. A client of my MIL heard that I knit and teach knitting and she promptly gathered yarn that she thought I could use and sent it my way. Two garbage bags full of yarn and a bunch of needles! In with all the acryllic I found a few gems. A very old skein of 100% wool (picture 13), 1,5 skeins of a linen mix from the HEMA (a well known and loved warehouse that used to have a wide array of yarn and patternbooks) (picture 9), a huge ball of lace weight cream coloured wool (picture 14 in the front) and a couple of purple 'Idunno' with purple shiny stuff skeins (not pictured). Most of the stuff must be from the early eighties or older, it brought back a lot of memories of my grandmother knitting me sweaters. Thank you unknown client person!!
I didn't get much time to turn my sewing classes into 3D stuff, but eventually I did manage to sew this skirt out of two € 1,- coupons of IKEA material. Along with the elastic waistband the whole skirt set me back about € 3,50. I don't think I ever managed such a good deal with any knitting project. Ok, maybe with given yarn... Oh no, I'm not complaining about knitting and I'm not turning into a sewing maniac, don't you worry! It's just amazing that I got a complete skirt in about an hour and for less than a fiver. Ok, sorry I'll stop 'swearing' now.
It's a really simple circle skirt, but I'm in love with it. It suits my figure (the top on the picture isn't ideal) and it says HELLO in a very friendly way. All I need now is some cute mary janes to go with it.
I decided not to cut the 'designed by so-and-so for IKEA 2007' off the fabric for fun. No one at the sewing café thought it was fun though... oh well...

Also, this...
turned into this...
A fleece version of my 'Space Invader' pattern and a 'Gloeiworm' (glow worm?). My first attempts at making toys out of fabric. They kind of look like the're visiting from another planet next to the African animals. They've now found new homes with baby earthlings. I wish them well! Bleep, bleep, skrrp, skeep, pling!