10/27/2013

Grainline Copycat

Sometimes the projects of other sewing ladies are just so good, that you just have to copy the clothes to get a great result. That's how it was with me and the dotted skirt by Jen from Grainline. I've seen her skirt back when she posted about it and could never forget it. I went to Ikea, but they didn't have the black and white fabric, only red and white. So I went home empty handed. Some weeks later I made my way to another Ikea and luckily they had the desired fabric. I also took some sweet succulents with me, the only kind of plant that survives in my home.
Anyway, I went home and the weekend after, I cut the pattern pieces. I got around to sew it only three weekends ago though. The skirt is the third version of a Burda pattern and the construction is fairly easy. I had to learn though that I have bigger hips than Jen, because on my version the dots on the side seam don't match up. But it's okay, it looks good from front and back.
The pockets are lined with some pink lining that peeks out a little, which is a cute detail.
I'm wearing the skirt with a newly thrifted cotton knit sweater, which is actually more dark blue than black. The boots are also thrifted from my favourite second-hand shop.
Here I paired the skirt with a shirt, that I just made this weekend. I'm not sure about it yet, beause it looks a bit pyjama-ish, I think. I think I have to style it differently.

I'm very happy with my new skirt and can't wait to wear it soon with black tights and some chunky sweaters.

On the fleamarket I found some great finds today and the total was just 20 €, so I'm very happy. The first season of New Girl will probably bring a lot of outfit and sewing project inspiration and I already skimmed through the old issue of Instyle and found some great ideas just waiting to be made.

10/06/2013

Happy but busy life

Oh, hey. Do you remember me? I just realized that I haven't been blogging for almost one and a half month now and it's really a shame. But, you know, sometimes life just gets into the way and you have a platefull in the real life, that you forget about sharing.

So today I'll try to recap what's been going on the past weeks. Most important reason why I wasn't blogging was the fact that I haven't been at home for two weeks. Instead I travelled through Croatia and Italy and had a short moment in Berlin with a friend.
And the day before I left, I went to an amazing concert by Frank Turner, my favourite artist of this year. I had so much fun and danced so much, that my shoes were dirty and I got a blister on my toe, but it was totally worth it.
It was the first time in a while that I had a proper holiday and it was so good! I flew to Split in Croatia and stayed in a lovely hostel (Cro Green Hostel, by the way they also have a pink hostel in the same city), met lovely people and had four awesome days in the town of Split.
Then I moved on to Makarska, where I stayed for a weekend. It was great as well, lots of time spent on the beach and I even took a one day boat trip to Brac and Hvar.
From Makarska I was then off to Dubrovnik, where I had the best room in the youth hostel (room 31 and 32 share a roof terrace), met an interesting Korean girl, Spanish and Mexican girls with whom I had a fantastic dinner and cool Croatian students.
The city of Dubrovnik is breathtaking and there is so much to see in the little side streets. Here you can see the city from above. We took a walk along the old wall , which took about two and a half hours.
I stayed in Dubrovnik for two nights and then took a ferry to Bari in Italy. There I stayed with David an Valentina from the Olive Tree hostel, which is the best hostel in town. I met a very nice Turkish girl and together we explored the city and even got to hear a concert by a musician who was once a member of Savoy Brown and Mama Roo. So cool! Singing "Stand by me" on a piazza in Bari at night was one of my favourite moments of the trip.
From Bari I flew to Berlin and stayed with an old friend from school. We went to Mauerpark together and browsed the fleamarket but didn't buy anything. Then we watched some street artists and listened to the Karaoke.
I didn't think about the fact, that I'd stay in Berlin, when I packed my bags, so I had to get something warm for the days. Luckily I found a woolen sweater in a vintage shop in Bari and it kept me warm during the fleamarket. I'll definitely try to take a picture of it in the next days, it's really cool.

So, that's a short recap of my holiday. Of course, I have a lot of more stories to tell and I also sewed like crazy in the past days, so I hope to be blog more regularly again and maybe even partake in Me-Made-Mittwoch again.

So long!
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