Über die Regenbogenbrücke

habe ich heute mein liebstes Katzenkind begleitet :( 


Today I accompanied my one and only cat over the rainbow bridge :(

Nach der Spritze vom Tierarzt ist sie ganz sanft in meinen Armen eingeschlafen.
Meine Süße, ich werd dich nie vergessen und immer lieben. Danke für die tollen 15 Jahre, die du mich begleitet hast. 


After the syringe from the vet she went to sleep gently in my arms.
Sweetheart, I'll never forget and will always love you. Thank you for the wonderful 15 years you've been with me.

 R.i.P.

Alles neu...

read this in English

... macht der Mai, so heißt es eigentlich. Nungut, wir haben Dezember. das ist gaaaanz weit weg vom Mai und auch noch nicht kurz vor Mai. Dazwischen steht ja noch der Winter. Auf den könnt ich ja, wie immer, verzichten. Vor allem wenn noch Schnee liegt, das mag ich nämlich gar nicht.

Aber kommen wir doch erstmal auf das "neu" zu sprechen.  Wie der geneigte Leser sicherlich bemerkt hat, ist meine Blogadresse neu, das Design neu und ich schreib tatsächlich mal wieder was.

Nähtechnisch gibts nichts neues an der Front. Dabei hab ich genug Ideen, genug Stoff sowieso und jede menge neue und alte tolle Schnittmuster, die ich am liebsten jetzt und sofort nähen möchte. Vor allem steht Weihnachten vor der Tür, da muss ich tatsächlich sowieso noch ran. Und das wichtigste, Zeit ist auch vorhanden.

Warum ich mich dann also nicht sofort ins kreative Vergnügen stürze? Nunja, ich bin, sagen wir mal,  etwas ausgeknockt und mittlerweile im 4. Krankenmonat. Belastungsdepression lautet die Diagnose. Ich fühle mich zwar schon wieder etwas besser, aber von gesund sein bin ich noch weit entfernt. Aber ich bin zuversichtlich, daß ich das wieder hinkrieg.

Und ein bißchen kreative Aktivität schadet dem Genesungsprozess sicher nicht.
Deswegen werde ich jetzt versuchen, jeden Tag für mindestens 15 Minuten etwas für mich zu nähen. Nicht, daß ich die Idee jetzt so ganz spontan gehabt hätte, nein, das ist nicht auf meinem Mist gewachsen:

Am ersten Dezember verkürzt man sich ja die Wartzeit aufs Christkind mit dem Adventskalender. Solche sind ja auch zuhauf im Internet zu finden und der von Farbenmix bietet dieses Jahr einen Sew Along mit einer Tasche. Jeden Tag gibts dort etwas was so ca. 15 Minuten dauert und am Ende, also an Weihnachten hat man dann eine fertige Tasche. Und was ich auch ganz toll finde, der Adventskalender ist nicht nur in deutsch, sondern auch in englisch und holländisch.

So, und jetzt geh ich mal gucken, was für Stoffe ich für die Tasche verwursten möchte. Bin gespannt, ob ich es schaffe, euch heute noch ein Bild von Tag 1 hier präsentieren zu können.

Wer macht denn noch alles mit?

Liebe Grüße,

Pepie



Everything is new in may,  we proverbial say in Germany. Ok, we have December. This is sooooo far away from May and still not short before May. In between is still the winter. I don't like it, especially when there is snow.
But let's talk about the news: As the reader has probably noticed, my blog address is new, the design is new and yes, also a new blog entry of mine. 

Nothing new about sewing. Even if I have enough ideas, enough stuff anyway and lots of great new and old patterns that I like to sew now and immediately. Above all, Christmas is just around the corner, and some gifts are waiting to be done. And the most important thing: time is also available.

Why I will not immediately plunge into creative fun? Well, I'm a bit knocked out and the incapacity certificate is now in the forth month. Burn out is the diagnosis. I'm feeling much better already but I am still far away from being healthy. But I am confident to manage it.


But I think a bit of creative activity will not stop my recovery process.Therefore I will try now, every day for at least 15 minutes to sew something for me. Not that I would have had the idea so completely spontaneous, no, that wasn't my idea. On the first of December we'll reduce the waiting time for the Christlmas Eve with an Advent calendar. You will find a lot on the Internet and Farbenmix provides a Bag-Sew Along this year. Every day there is something that takes round about 15 minutes and at the end, at Christmas Eve we have a finished bag. And this Advent calender is in German, English and Dutch.


Now I will check my fabric stash for the bag.
Lets see if I can present a picture of day 1 later on.

And who will participate too? 

greetz,

Pepie

A letter from overseas

Hi @ll,

today I received a letter from Canada with some nice goodies:

Cynthia has sent me these cute fabric labels. It is her own design and she has an amazing talent in that.

I follow her blog just round about two years now and I am still impressed of her creative work.
These labels are available on spoonflower, where Cynthia already has won the weekly fabric design contest twice ( and I am really sure that she will win some other).

Cynthia, thank you so much for this great surprise :).

_______________________________________

At the moment I am working on crocheted socks. I will show you a picture when half of the work is done. They seems a bit small although I have choosen a bigger size than needed.

_______________________________________

To my SMS winners: I hope you have received your prizes. I know I have sent them a bit too late (sorry for that), but I was ill and we had also a huge price reduction on the shipping costs on 1st January.


Ciao,

Pepie

Absolem, die Raupe

ausnahmsweise mal auf deutsch:

Mehr Infos zum Film ALICE IM WUNDERLAND von Tim Burton

das hab ich doch schon immer gewußt *g*.

entdeckt hab ichs zuerst bei karin.

sending wishes on the wind...

...is a really great painting from cynthia frenette. she has an amazing talent in painting, all of her pictures are so beautiful, i like them all.


"sending wishes on the wind" is now ready for bidding on ebay for the canadian red cross haiti relief.
I keep my fingers cross, that this auction will end with a high amount for the haiti donation.

ciao,


Pepie

big is beautiful

isn't it? :)

and I like this song and the power in her voice.


ciao,

Pepie

cat allergy

Today my dermatologist called me for the result of the allergy blood test. And I am still critically allergic against cat hair :-(. Sure I know that since autumn 2003 but I have a cat since 13 years and have none of the typical symptoms.

My dermatologist told me that it could be possible that this allergy triggers my psoriasis :-(. This was told too by the doctors in the day hospital but I couldn't believe it.

Next month I will test if it really could be possible. Karin will take my cat for six weeks and I hope to get my home cat hair free, which would be nearly impossible but I will try.

I don't want to think about it, when this is really true. To get rid of my sweet little Sunny is NOT an option. She is an old lady now and her heart is a bit weak, so she has to take pills twice a day.

For the future it means no hairy pets at all :(, the doctor told me also about a little dog hair allergy.

So Sunny is my first and last pet ever :-(. She will always be very special to me.




ciao,

Pepie

Hope

Hi,

I hope that I can write more about sewing in the future.

At the moment I can't sew because of my psoriasis but there is hope that it will gone.

In the third week of going to the day hospital I mentioned to the doctor that two root of my teeth are inflamed since three years. The doctor is absolutely sure that this could be the reason for the psoriasis.

And today I was at the dentist to make this root end resection. I am very very afraid of dentists but this was not as horrible as I have thought. I got a local anesthetic injection and a calmative and the dentist has made a great job.

I feel fine, okay a bit of pain is normal, but thats all.
Now I keep my fingers crossed that this ugly disease will gone asap and hopefully never come back.

Ciao,

Pepie

I am so proud.....

that I never ever have bought anything from the brand jack wolfskin.

and I swear to high heaven that I never will buy anything from it.

why?

j.w. is sending cease & desist letters to people who are selling their self-made items on dawanda.
the reason is that the sellers have used fabric with paw prints on it. the trademark of j.w. is a wolf paw with claws. but they claim any paw no matter if it is a cat paw, a bear paw or if it is without claws.

for more information please look at the following links:

dawanda

etsy

spiegel-online

and here is a list, where you can find a lot more links.

all I can say is: hit the road jack and don't you come back no more no more no more no more


ciao,

Pepie

knock out :-(

hi everybody,

i have promised to show you what i have sewn, but i got ill and i am still ill :(.

and i will be still ill in future :(.

the disease is psoriasis. and the main affection are my hands and my feet and this is the most insistent kind of psoriasis. that hurts so much that sewing is not possible.

at the moment i visit the day hospital for the second time now. the first time i was there for 5 1/2 weeks and after three weeks i am there again and also my body shows now some spots of psoriasis :-(.

i hope that i can continue my hobby when my hands are getting better. touching fabric is not enjoyable at the moment.

ciao,

Pepie