Sew Cucio

It has been a bit quiet at the blog the last couple of weeks. We were on holiday for a couple of weeks and then it was time for our eldest to start school. We are all busy with getting used to the new rhythm. So not much sewing during the last couple of weeks. But then last weekend started and I could catch up. Last week it was time for another sewing weekend. I am always looking forward to these weekends, a whole weekend of non-stop sewing! It is the best opportunity to catch up on all my sewing ideas. Especially during our holidays I have many many different projects in my head that I would like to make. During a sewing weekend I can try to make all the projects that I have imagined.  It was another great weekend with 22 ladies. This time we went to a different location from the location in the beginning of this year . It was a beautiful location, although  Miranda (from Inspinration)  and me did not see much of it. On Saturday we sewed for almost 18 hours. We wer...

After seeing the Jasper Dress  (and sweater) from Paprika Patterns by Rachel  (from Maak het met Rachel) and Maartje (from Huisje Boompje Boefjes) and also the Jasper sweater by Maartje (from Huisje Boompje Boefjes) I was convinced to buy the pattern. I love that type of dress, it is comfortable and warm during the winter and still looks nice (at least I think so). In the end I love the result of the dress. I can wear it inside the house, it is so cosy, but is nice enough to wear it to work. I bought the fabric at Hoofs close to my hometown. During our sewing weekend , when I made this dress I came across some nice leftovers from others (Marie-Paule from So Popo Sew and Stéphanie from Naaiz! ), which turned out to be a perfect match with my fabric. A winning combination was born! Changes I made to the pattern: * More narrow sleeves, I made the pattern in size 2-3 and took the smallest sleeve size (size 1), they are just perfect. * I shortened the sleeve...

I was also one of those 22 ladies that went on a sewing weekend last weekend. You might have seen already several posts from the other ladies of our awesome weekend away in Belgium. Read until the end of the post to take a chance in winning a goodiebag! As you can see many different garments were made. I made 5 in total, 2 for our girls, one gift and 2 for myself. I usually sew a lot for our girls, but not so much for myself. This was a great opportunity to spend some time on sewing for myself. One of the dresses that I made for our eldest is the Azure Party Dress by Ainslee Fox . I really love the dress, it is a party dress for sure, add some tule underneath and the party dress is complete. I made size 3 and it just fits perfectly. Our girl loves the dress with the robots, but then again she loves any dress in which she can twirl and she sure can in this dress. The dress is made from cotton and you can do some color blocking with all the different pattern pieces on the top pa...