Air Festival @ Bournemouth!

Today I went to Bournemouth for the day and enjoyed the 2013 Bournemouth  Air Festival! It was really amazing watching the Red Arrows in action!

And we were really lucky  because the weather was simply amazing, perfect for a beach day...and with the air festival bonus...!

Here is a simple of today´s show... I loved the heart! I can´t hardly imagine how the Red Arrows are able to do it, just imagining the complexities of synchronism... and flying in such velocities!

I had lunch at a restaurant by beach, and was able to enjoy my lunch with a privileged view over the bay were the show was still on... 

If anyone is interested in the festival... Tomorrow is the last day! I strongly recommend it...!

 

DIY: fabric basket

It has been a while since I last posted! I have been so busy, and my life has changed, and will continue on changing... But I am still doing some DIY around my house, I just don´t have the time to post all about it...

This fabric basket that I am now posting about was just a ´on the moment´ project that I decided to make. I saw on pinterest a while back some pictures and I wanted to do one for me, and today I decided to put my hands on it... I quickly googled for tutorials and  decided to follow this one, from Inspired by familia.

I will not post pictures about all the steps, since the tutorial is self explaining...

But here is a image of the final result!

I will do another basket soon...

 

DIY: Pillow covers

 

I have been really busy lately, (as always), but somehow I managed to sew this project which I was really anxious to try! 

I have some old pillow covers that I wanted to change for some time now and I also have some leftovers of fabric from my first DIY project, reupholster office chair. Hence my new DIY project begins, to sew a pillow cover! 

Here are some before and after pictures of my pillow covers:

Firstly I had to find a  tutorial to follow, since I am still a beginner when it comes to machine sew.... Luckily, I was able to find a  tutorial  really easy to follow,  at one of my favourite DIY blogs, In my own style. For this tutorial, (you can find it here) you don´t have to follow any pattern, it is really intuitive!

And here is a summary of the tutorial:

Step 1: Cut a layer of fabric that wraps around your pillow, plus around 20 inches. With  the layer of fabric right side down, turn over the both edges about 1inch, and fold it again and and then sew respectively. In the first picture below, you can see one of the edges sewed, wrong side up.

Step 2: Fold the layer wrong side up, and overlap about 5-7 inches for the opening of the pillow cover.

Step 3: Sew the laterals of the cover, closing the pillow cover, wrong side up.

Step 4: Turn the pillow cover right side out, and insert your pillow.

Step 5: Enjoy your pillow and its brand new cover!

I still have a lot of practice to do when it comes to machine sew... My stitches are far from straight, nevertheless I really liked the finished project! And this new pillow covers brightened up my sofa! It was in desperate need of colours!

 

DIY: Tote bag

As I mentioned in past posts, I recently purchased a sewing machine! Unfortunately, I have been so busy that I still haven't got the time to properly explore all its potential. However, I did somehow managed to sew a tote bag!  

Here are a few pictures of the bag:

 Unfortunately, I wasn't able to take enough pictures of all the steps I took when sewing it, but fortunately there are many blogs that post pretty good tutorials to follow. My favourite one for  a Tote bag, is this one here, by one of my favourite sewing blogs, Made.

Here are a few pictures of a detail of my stitches, not sure if I should feel this proud of my Tote bag, but I am!

I simplified the tutorial, by not doing it as a reversible bag. I did not think that was quite ready to do it, and besides, I did not have the time for it.... Also, this tote bag will be  used as a reusable shopping bag, so it does not have to be such a glamorous bag! And finally, I was using leftovers of fabric from my previous projects, and did not have sufficient fabric for it....

Maybe in a future attempt!

 

procrastination projects

I have been really busy this past days.... I am a little behind on papers that I should have already submitted, and so work and stress starts to pile up!

yesterday I arrived really late, and had this little gift waiting for me! I was sooooo happy, my heart melted once I opened it! 

You really love when you feel supported on you little procrastination projects! And what exactly are procrastinations projects?.... Well,  it´s everything that you start to do.... or plan to do....instead of what you really should be doing.... Here´s a clear picture of what I am dealing with:

 And so, if I already had so many projects.... Now I even have more! Not so sure about the knitting though....

 Even so, I can´t wait to explore freely all my endeavours...

So let´s get back to work, so I can explore properly my "sewing skills" ...