22 Feb 2013 3 Comments
I’ve started my spring cleaning and instead of rolling my sleeves and getting to work I’m here blogging, and reading about other people who clean :) I really like the idea of the Apartment Therapy cure: in one month you get to clean, organize and improve the space you live in by doing something every [...]
12 Mar 2012 5 Comments
Meet J’s new aardvark softie, Q* He’s made from a self drafted pattern and took less than 3 hours to make (including the time I took to stare at every aardvark photographed since the beginning of the Internet). The hard part was deciding what features to focus on and how to simplify it’s shape. I used this [...]
15 Dec 2011 6 Comments
Mid month into the advent posting self-challenge and I am pretty satisfied that I only missed 2 out of 15 posts. 9 more to go before Christmas and then… holidays! Now back to the point of this post: I love this world map fabric I use for making the world map bags on Etsy. I [...]
12 Dec 2011 No Comments
A few months ago we took some date seeds and planted them on our terrace. We didn’t think anything would come out of them, but one day we looked at the pot and saw some green little swords coming out. The dates! Now, after maybe three months, we have 6 baby date palms. They are [...]
07 Dec 2011 No Comments
I love these! They are funny, ironic and warm for your feet in the morning. You could model the teeth, horns and other monstrous features out of polymer clay and sew the the body using felt, fake fur and anything else you can imagine a monster skin would look like (or what you have around the house). [...]
23 Nov 2011 No Comments
Heather Buzzard, the intern on Indie Fixx posts a very interesting interview with Grace Bonney, the maker of Design*Sponge, who’s talking about her new book, Design Sponge at Home*. Under the influence of financial crises and natural disasters, homes are being destroyed and taken back. With this, design tends to go to the back burner, [...]
Hi, my name is Ina, I live in Barcelona and I write about sewing, garment design and pattern making
Sewing a Negroni Shirt – Collar Issues 
A Green Meringue Skirt 
On Sewing with a Time Limit and the Beautiful Sewers of the British Bee 
Thinking About: Yellow Trousers 
The Tails Spring Jacket: Finished 
