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8 septembre 2014

First time with knits / J'ai cousu du jersey !

One of the challenges that were awaiting me this September was to learn how to sew knits. They're so comfy and trendy that I could not just ignore them anymore! In the last months I have bought really nice knits to sew things for me and my daughter, but...

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1 septembre 2014

Too cool for school! / Le kit de rentrée

This weekend has seen a very productive me! I've been sewing my ass off (pardon my French) to be ready for school, which begins tomorrow. So here goes: a quilt, a pillow and 2 napkins for lovely little Rafalou and her big day! Ce week-end, j'ai été over-productive...

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29 août 2014

Back to school! / C'est la rentrée !

I haven't posted in a while, but the summer hasn't been very productive for me sewing-wise. I've had A LOT of work and the weeks of real holidays I had were spent somewhere I couldn't wouldn't do anything but read and relax, go to the beach and chat with...

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18 juillet 2014

Raph's playhouse / La petite maison de Raph

For our daughter's 3rd birthday, my husband and I decided we wanted to get her a playhouse. But my husband hates plastic playhouses and the wooden ones that come in kits are very expensive, and more often than not, they're made with low quality wood and...

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18 juillet 2014

4 new pages! / 4 pages de plus !

I couldn't find time to take pictures before, but I managed to sew a few more pages for Raphaelle's quiet book. The first one is the "tie your laces" page for which I found the pattern on a blog called Pops and Podge . Then there is the "laundry page"....

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12 juillet 2014

Satchel & letters / Cartable et lettres

Here's a page I'm really proud of because I invented it! On the left, there's a satchel (for which you have the tutorial and templates here ) that contains letters that spell out my little girl's name, mum and dad (well… in French of course!). Each word...

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12 juillet 2014

quiet book: weaving / livre en tissu : tissage

This page is really easy to make. I just cut 1 inch strips of felt and sewed them on the top and on the left side of the page. There may be a lot of strips for her young age (she's 3) but she'll manage it later. And maybe, just maybe, as she will have...

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11 juillet 2014

quiet book: counting page / livre en tissu : je compte

Here's a page I copied from the blog Serving Pink Lemonade , who nicely provides free templates. I only altered the flower pot (in which you can put the petals!) and embroidered the numbers instead of cutting them in felt (that was easier for me). I traced...

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4 juillet 2014

My 1st quiet book / Mon 1er livre d'activité

I've been toying with the quiet book idea for some time. It all started aboute a year ago on Pinterest (what doesn't?), I was looking for felt toys patterns and providentially fell in quiet book wonderland! As soon as I discovered its existence, I knew...

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4 juillet 2014

Raphaelle's bolero / Le boléro de Raphaëlle

Recently I've been willing to make a dent in my yarn stash which has got out of control! For once, it's not my fault: I've been given my grandma's stash when she died and my mom's ex-neighbour gave her her own mother's stash because her mother was moving...

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