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Free sewing, knitting and crochet patterns

17. March 2020 By Simone Neumann

Free sewing, knitting and crochet patterns to soothe you in times of covid-19 You all know I lost my father and a good friend last year and I now fear intensely for my mother, who is at risk because of her age. I am sure you all have loved ones (or perhaps yourself) who need […]

a woman rolling on the floor and fighting with a handmade dress

Sewing

The Eden Dress part two

2. December 2019 By Simone Neumann

The Eden Dress part two – or how not to treat your handsewn clothes Hotline: Welcome to the sewing hotline, how can I help you? Me: Good morning and I am so happy to have finally reached you. I made a dress and it does not fit. Again. What shall I do, please, I need […]

A smiling woman hitting her head with her hand

Sewing

The Eden Dress – beautiful but I ripped it apart

25. November 2019 By Simone Neumann

There will be no heroic and proud post today. The words do not flow freely from my keyboard. I must fight to write them down. I would rather run to the sewing machine and try to fix my mistake, but on the same time I am not sure I will be able to achieve the […]

Woman wearing a handmade dress from fibremood

Sewing

I am in love with the Mira Dress from Fibremood

11. November 2019 By Simone Neumann

Dear readers, I have hubris. I have made a dress out of woven fabric and it fits. I have not sewn in the sleeves inside out nor made it too short, too small or simply ugly. Now you will think ‘why is she so arrogant? Did she make a tailored dress with collar, buttons, folds […]

Sewing

Sewing a Japanese wrap-dress… and some complications

16. April 2019 By Simone Neumann

I did it again or is it already again again? Sewing something that doesn’t fit. You my dearest readers will know this better than me, as I suppress every thought about my craft-fails – a very helpful method to stay motivated with sewing. I highly recommend it :-DDD I have this lovely Japanese sewing book […]

Sewing

Ida-Dress for Dinosaurs

29. October 2018 By Simone Neumann

A big hello to you all and I missed you so much. I was one week in Frankfurt and as we came back we had a funny water problem in the bathroom. So funny that I am only now back to writing for #needleworkmonday. The water of shower and basin did not stop to run. […]

Sewing

The cutting of the dreadful dress

22. August 2018 By Simone Neumann

I did it! And no, I am not Britney Spears and shaved my head or played with my lover’s emotions, which is the context of her song as I learned while googling for this post… Perhaps I should have been clearer and written ‘Ups I did it again’ but this would have been a lie. […]

Sewing

The summer slump sewing post

8. August 2018 By Simone Neumann

It is soooooo hot here! I mentioned it before in about 100 comments on my steemit blog … and I repeat: it is super and unnaturally hot. Tomorrow we await 39 degrees. This temperature is completely new to me. I sweat on my hands while knitting – honestly :-DDD But the weather will not stop […]