Friday Adorbs: Chick Chack DIY kits

I am a strong supporter of DIY. I love making stuff and I firmly believe it is important for my kids to see the “behind the scene” of “stuff”. And there is two sides to that scenario too. One is to appreciate stuff more, because they will know the effort that went into making it. […]

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Mending kids clothes and why I am into it

Believe it or not, the reason why I mend (and sometimes make) my kid’s clothes is not the money. Making clothes, even fixing them is not always cheaper. It is simple, today “time is money” and everyone who’d sewn anything in their life will know that it takes time even to make the simplest thing. […]

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Little Style Squad: When it rains put your poncho and pink wellies on

Ilija wearing: jacket: Quechua/Decathlon jeans: H&M boots: no idea, but they are pink and one size bigger, and they belong to his friend Dorka (Viki’s daughter) glasses: Miraflex eyepatch: Ortopad P wearing: boots: F&F, Tesco shorts: Boden Boden T-shirt: Printa (Printa’s children’s t-dhirts have a great cut, they are leaner and longer than the standard […]

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May the 4th be with you: the Star Wars Pillow

The Star Wars Day Dating back to at least 1979, on the day Margaret Thatcher was elected Britain’s first woman prime minister. Her party took out a newspaper ad in the London Evening News that said “May the Fourth be with you, Maggie. Congratulations.”[1] Typical festivities consist of Star Wars-loving friends getting together, and viewing […]

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Oil cloth apron

As you can see in the photos, P is not into posing for me anymore. He had to do it, because I made these oil cloth aprons for his kindergarten so he felt somewhat obliged to put it on, but not really enough to put on his model face too. These were surprisingly simple to […]

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DIY Colic pain remedy

It sounds pretty bold to say you have a remedy for colic and it is also a lie. However, my both kids had bad cases of colic and while with P the only thing that helped (and we tried everything) was to physically squeeze out the air from his tummy, the only thing hat helped […]

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Hooded robe with raindrops

Make a hooded robe from a free robe pattern. We lost our robe approximaly at the same time Melly Sews published her Sleepy Robe pattern, just a week before Kids Clothes week – perfect timing! This robe pattern is so easy, and imagine…it is FREE and yet, comes in 4 sizes – 18m/2T, 3T/4T, 5/6 […]

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Tree softie for a baby

I made this softie during nap time, for the baby boy we went to visit yesterday. Very simple project from an old Ikea Fredrika fabric with tree prints. Note: stump needs to be made wider otherwise it will fold over because it can’t keep the weight of the tree top. P woke up and had […]

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I am awesome T-Shirt

As the title says, I think I am awesome! My whole life I was freaked out of sewing with knits. I started a while ago with some upcycles and it really wasn’t that bad at all. But to make a T-Shirt was impossible to imagine for me. I thought I needed a serger, my machine […]

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Carnival series with Kata Tóth from Kattuska

The third in my Carnival series is Kata from Kattuska! Look at the cute costumes she made for her kiddos!   What do you and your family do for carnival? Since my son is a February baby, we find it cool to make his birthday party a masquerade party too.   Do you all dress […]

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