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Today I want to show you something a little bit different – a project that is not very wearable, but that holds a very dear place in my sewing heart: The chiffon dress Tina from Burda Style Vintage. I made this dress back in the beginning of 2016, when I had just about learned how to sew. A friend of mine was hosting an ABBA karaoke party for her birthday, and I had bought the Burda Style Vintage magazine a couple of days earlier (I don’t know if they have that outside of Germany – here, Burda launches a Vintage magazine every year, focusing on different time periods; mine is for the Sixties). (more…)

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My dress Frau Fannie (Miss Fannie) from German pattern designer duo Fritzi Schnittreif turned out to be a real „souvenir“ project! Souvenir No 1 was the actual sewing pattern. I bought the paper pattern during a trip to Vienna. I was lucky enough to be able to spend an entire day looking around the city’s fabric shops, and at the gorgeous store Stoffsalon I found Frau Fannie in a box with indie sewing patterns.  I had already seen a couple blog posts on the dress, and especially fell in love with MadeByMiri’s winter version – so I had to take the pattern back home with me! (more…)

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It’s the end of September, and in Munich that means: Oktoberfest time! For those of you who don’t know: The Oktoberfest is a huge traditional beer festival that is held every September in Munich (don’t ask why it’s called Oktoberfest when it’s held in September, that’s a long story…). Anyway, Oktoberfest is one of the times where most Bavarians bring out their traditional clothes and wear their “Dirndls” (for the girls) and “Lederhosen” (for the guys). When I started sewing in the summer of 2015, I got it stuck into my head that I wanted to have a hand-made Dirndl. So I booked a course at one of our local sewing schools and embarked on the project with a meager 5 months of sewing experience… (more…)

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I normally don’t like beach vacations. I prefer travelling around and sightseeing, so that’s what we normally do. Last year we travelled to Sri Lanka, and since it was VERY hot, we decided to go against the rule and squeeze in a couple of beach days. Lounging around in our cute B&B on the beach made me realize that I have a lot of practical travelling/city trip clothes, but not one piece that I can just throw over my bikini while going to the bar or restaurant. My next sewing project was set! (more…)

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My favorite birthday present last year was Gertie Hirsch’s „Gertie’s Ultimate Dress Book“: a wonderful thick and heavy ringbound book filled with beautiful dress patterns and tipps on sewing them. But let me tell you, these are no projects for the faint-hearted – the dresses are true labours of love! No quick, one-evening sews – but when we received an invitation for a winter wedding, I went straight for Gertie’s book. As the wedding was scheduled for November, I wanted to make a pattern with sleeves and settled on the Hot Pink Crepe Dress. You don’t have to make it in pink, of course, but in my opinion, nothing trumps pink – so off I went in search of the perfect fabric! (more…)