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Bruce
Hi people! Longe time no see, and it’s my bad… I’ve been so incredibly busy with the move and getting my sewing room up and running again. But now I’m back, so I’ll be posting my latest makes sporadically. First up, is me finally getting back to blogging for Minerva Crafts! Since it’s still winter here in Norway and I wear cardigans with my dresses I figured I’ll try making the Bellatrix blazer from Papercut Patterns. I’ve seen so many […]

Blazer revolution

 tagged Bellatrix blazer
Achilles & Captain Phoebus
This is my last post for Minerva Craft for this year. With the move to our new house everything will be packed down and stay that way until we’ll get settled. But packing up my sewing room takes forever since I want to have it up as long as I can.  Ok, back to this months make. I made version 2 and 3 of the Selene skirt and loving the two pocket details on them! The fabric of the dogtooth […]

Selene skirt for autumn.

 tagged Selene skirt
Cleo and Jiminy Cricket
The Stretch sewing book from Tilly and the Buttons makes an other appearance! Back in June, I made Geppetto and Pinocchio from the book using two of their dress patterns.  This time i’ve made myself a top and a pinafore, the new additons are also named from characters from the same movie, so say hello to Cleo and Jiminy Cricket! CLICK HERE TO READ THE BLOG POST Name: Cleo and Jiminy Cricket (from Pinocchio) Pattern: Freya jumper and Bibi pinafore from Tilly […]

My first pinafore.

 tagged Bibi pinafore / Bibi skirt / Freya top
King Hubert & King Stefan
* Collaboration with Minerva Crafts This is my one year anniversary on Minerva Crafts Blogger Network. It has been an amazing experience being a part of this creative community. For  this occasion, I made shirts to celebrate the anniversary. I lengthen the Bruyere shirt to make it into a dress, shamlessly copying Abigail Spencers dress at the royal wedding. I made the short sleeve version of the Melilot shirt and wore it with tights, yes, seperates! I’m naming both the […]

The Kings of Shirts

 tagged Bruyere shirt / Melilot shirt
Great Stone Dragon
*Collaboration with Minerva Crafts I love this dragon and flower print on this fabric from Ralph Lauren fashion house! The colours are so vibrant and bold! I wore this dress to celebrate me and my husbands one year wedding anniversary. And took some pictures while we were out. The picture is in front of a floating chapel and out looking the fjord. CLICK HERE TO READ THE BLOG POST I wore this dress out for the first time celebrating my […]

The girl with the dragon… Dress!

 tagged Marta dress
Geppetto & Pinocchio
*Collaboration with Minerva Crafts I love me two new dresses! They are both from Tilly and the Buttons newest book Stretch, and I love the additional title “Make yourself comfortable”. I’m so pleased about how these two dresses turned out. I made the Freya dress with a pleated ruffles for the front bodice. And the Joni dress I lengthen the bodice by 3 cm and made a flared sleeve option. If you want to see more pictures and read more […]

Gingham dresses!

 tagged Freya dress / Joni dress
Bo-Peep
* In collaboration with Minerva Crafts Yes, spring has finally come to Trondheim, Norway! It has been a pain seeing everyone all over the world post beautiful sunny photos and looking out my window it has been grey… But now! Now it seems like Norway is on the move to warmer times. I love it. My recently made dress is perfect for the sunny warmer weather! I made this amazing Reglisse dress from Deer & Doe using this floral cotton […]

Spring has finally arrived!

 tagged Reglisse dress
Collaboration with Minerva Crafts* I love making these two dresses! It has been really fun sewing with knits without so much fear again. This is my April make for Minerva Crafts Blogger Network so click on the link below to read more about it! CLICK HERE TO READ THE BLOG POST Name: Quasimodo (from the Hunchback from Notre Dame) and Princess Fiona (from Shrek) Pattern: Charleston dress from Hey June, and Zadie dress from Tilly and the Buttons Fabric: Large […]

Knit dresses – Charleston or Zadie

 tagged Charleston dress / Zadie dress
Hermes
*Collaboration with Minerva Crafts This skirt pattern is amazing. I think it goes with a lot of things and is so incredibly versatile.I know that a lot of makers in the sewing community like this pattern too, and now I know why. I love it so much – so head on over to Minerva Craft to read about my make! CLICK HERE TO READ THE BLOG POST This pattern is so much loved by our sewing community so here is a […]

Finally a fitted denim skirt.

 tagged Rosari skirt