Linnea 'Ea' quilts...

... and for some strange reason, it's mainly been purses and bags. Main reason: I got to borrow Sally's sewing machine. One of these days I'll take mine to be repaired, but for now Sally's is more than adequate (it's divine , actually!) for me to occasionally borrow. Pins! A world filled with pins - and small pains, because I just keep on pinning and pricking myself... Since I'm definitely the wrong person to ask for a sewing tutorial, I'll just be kind and post some photos and comments regarding this. A picture does  say more than just just words, and if you're interested, then the girls at  the purl bee and   Rebeka at artsy crafty babe have brilliant tutorials :) One pattern I'll readily admit to have used is the Derek bag pattern . Another is the  Back-to-school lunch bag . Otherwise, the deal is pretty simple. All it takes is: a (working...) sewing machine scrap cotton fabrics, bought cheaply, from IKEA I've been using 1 (...

Okay, so I had been thinking about re-doing the first granny square blanket I ever made. I did the blanket way before I even met Micke, so it's more than 5 years old! The squares are all in white and brown; some of the white was from an H&M woolen sweater that had shrunk in the washer by accident. The rest if the yarn were left-overs I got from Mom. Back when I made it, I put the squares together using needle and thread, but I was NEVER happy with the result. Since I wasn't that good at crocheting then, no two squares were alike in texture or size. The blanket was clearly a mess, and you can see it on the first pic! For lack of better words: it needed makeover. Taking apart the blanket, square by square. First, I had to remove the old seam without harming the squares. After that, I had to re-crochet a MAJOR part of the squares (all except maybe 5...). This because I needed the majority of them to have the same gauge and thickness, otherwise the new blanket would be as wi...

Using the weft I had bought from Mom's favorite craft-store in Sökö , I made my first rag-rug. The crochet-pattern I used is a "granny triangle", which is just the normal granny square pattern in a triangle. This little rug didn't take much time to make at all, so it's great evening craft-project. And you can use any pattern you want. 1.   Start off crocheting as you would normally. Be optimistic: try to keep the weft in the bag it came in ( :P ) 2.   Get crazy at the weft, then roll it into a ball. Cont. with crocheting. 3.   Fasten off the weft and say "Ta-daa!", because you're done :)

I've been  making granny square patches since last November (2009) and today (30th of March) I finally crocheted a thin border around the whole blanket, and cut off all the tiny threads that I hadn't managed to "hide away" inside the crocheted squares themselves. Oh boy, did it take time to make the whole blanket! One square in itself doesn't take that much time, but when you have to make 19 x 13 = 247 squares , then suddenly it becomes a PROJECT (notice the capital letters!). This blanket took a loooooot of time watching CSI, Lie To Me, House and other TV-series with Micke to get done. I think I've gotten the hang of "mom-multitasking": watching TV with one eye, keeping my hands busy with the PROJECT at hand, and talking with Micke during the commercials while crocheting. What you need to make a blanket like this: Patience (well, duh!). I planned the layout of the pattern I wanted to make on a paper before I started crocheting. It helped, bec...

I had to get out the sewing machine once again, this time to patch some of our clothes. It's amazing how easily H&M-clothes get either holes, loose threads or drop their buttons. Talk about clothes for only one season, jeez! Micke had cut away a washing label tag on one of his T-shirts, and since he did it in a hurry he cut away both the tag and some cloth to spare. Ergo sum, a hole! How typical. After this sewing - which was easy! - I decided to finally sew together all the parts I had already cut out for a bag made out of crocheted ' granny squares ' (swe. mormorsrutor).The squares are made out of 3 different shades of brown, and sewn together with the same yarn that's used in the last 'round' on the square. I really like the colors, although they're not exactly "spring colors". It was supposed to become an autumn bag, but.... *lazy* The only thing I don't like about the end result are the handles. They don't match the rest o...