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Cardigan Revolution and My Very First Patrones
I think EVERYONE owns at least one of those classic cardigans that all the ready-to-wear chain stores provide us in all the shades of the current season. An example by Zara here: I have similar ones in light pink, navy, dark teal, brown, black and maybe some more colours. This spring I felt that I kind…
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Zebra Pants
Although I mainly prefer to sew dresses, I got very much inspired by one of the most interesting sewing bloggers, Erica B. She made a pair of trousers recently, that I loved instantly and after taking a look around at some shops I realized I can make my own at a fraction of the price.…
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Cherry Dress
First, there was fabric: I loved it instantly, it is stretch cotton and was quite pricey to my standards, nearly 18 euros per metre, but the local fabric store Abakhan (their online-shop is nothing special and most of their goods are not even presented there), recently gave 20% off of everything for two days, and…
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Black and White Optical Dress and Obi-belt
I saw this really good quality cotton batiste with a cool optical print in Athens. The whole roll of fabric was presented behind the door of the shop, in the street, as most of the Greek fabric shops do, but usually they keep the better stuff inside. One lady was looking at it and the…
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Rosy Leopard Dress
Summer in Estonia is tricky and after spending 7 years in much warmer climates (2 years in Cyprus and 5 in Greece), I am surprised every time I wake up here in the morning and it seems that the weather has turned from summer to autumn overnight. The peculiar thing is that you never know…
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Burda Easy Fashion S/S 2012 Dress
I always buy Burda Easy Fashion issues, although the patterns seem to get more and more basic over time. In the last, spring/summer 2012 issue, the 60´s inspired line drew my attention, since I have been wanting to make a simple dress in that style. At the same time I was looking for a tangerine…
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….and a few more
Oh wow, I see that I am not the only one who got fascinated by those old styles, so here are a few more. I think the next time I go to Räpina, I will spend some time at the museum again, just to take photos of all the pages of the catalogue and then…
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Surprise
I spent the last weekend in Räpina – a tiny town 60 km south-east from Tartu. It is the town where my mother was born and my family still keeps her parents´ old house there. In summer it is very nice and this weekend they had some celebrations in the town, so we went on…
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My Very First Post
Hello everyone! I am Mari-Liis, an Estonian currently living in Athens, Greece. This blog will mainly be about sewing (especially dresses!) and maybe some shoes that I just can´t get enough of. This blog will most probably NOT be about tutorials, neither can I help you with good hints on online fabric shopping as some…
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