This time I fall in love with a knit fabric coat from Burda 8/2012#106 (elegant version#105 looks also pretty cool; tech.drawing below). I knew I wouldn't use a nice bulky fabric as in the orginal because of two things: my borrowed machine would not manage and my crochet skills wouldn't be enough to finish the edges. But these small obstacles didn't stop me...

My son fall in love with a book. "Hyvää yötä Sipsu" by Polly Dunbar (Goodnight Tiptoe) was a few weeks' must! The book was taken back to the library but Sipsu hasn't been forgotten. What a mother can do? Please the child of course! Materials: stripy cotton, white polyester, black thread, old pillow stuffing ...

I don't know whose idea it was. The result was that I promised to sew an apron for my (almost 3-year-old) son. He said without hesitation: an apron with Moomin! Ok, why not? I drew the white creature, cut it out, embroidered an eye and then sewed it on with my fast speed-insubordinate-machine! The outcome is pleasing. Materials: black and white cotton, white...

I just had to sew something! I knew I would have a chance to meet my friends' daughters so why not to sew some small garments? Four dresses for three girls. (Now I know that two smaller dresses became tunics; two bigger ones you can find in Burda 12/2012#153 and in Burda 7/2009#139). Materials: yellow stripy cotton, blue denim, button, white ribbon /...