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.

Einen guten Flug...

read this in English

.... scheint dieses Paket gehabt zu haben:

Ich bin schon ganz hibbelig, es endlich in den Händen zu halten, denn es ist tatsächlich für mich :).

Seit ich die Tracking-Nr. weiß, schau ich täglich mehrfach, wo sich dieses Paket gerade befindet. Und wie man sieht, geht das ja richtig flott :).

Was drin ist, weiß ich schon, aber euch verrat ich das noch nicht.

Montag gibts dann die Auflösung :).

Und nähtechnisch? Ähm...  ok, ich geb zu, da gibts, trotz guten Vorsatzes, immer noch nix zu zeigen. Ich hänge in der Stoffauswahl fest und ich glaub, das ist auch ganz gut so, daß ich nicht direkt von Anfang an die Adventskalendertasche mitgenäht hab.


Liebe Grüße

Pepie
A good flight seems to have had this package:

 I'm really antsy to get this package on Monday because it is just for me.
Since I know the tracking number, I look regulary which route this package has taken. And as you see, it is really fast :).

I know what is inside, but you have to wait until Monday.

And sewing? Um... ok, I admit there is still nothing to show. I'm stuck in the fabric choice for the adventcalendar bag and this seems to be better than to sew regulary every day.


greetz,

Pepie

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

winter has gone and spring has come

but it is still cold in the morning. so it doesn't matter that my fingerless mittens are just finished recently.so i can wear them at least in the morning.

the pattern is an ebook from glueckskreativ which i can only recommend.

ciao,

Pepie

my first crocheted sock

Hi,

yesterday I have finished my first chrocheted sock:

I have crocheted it in size 42/43 using a needle no. 3. That is a bit bigger than I needed but the sock is still a bit too narrow. Ok, it is wearable but the next pair has to be a bit bigger.
Fortunately  I have some other yarn in stash for testing another pair of socks (after I have finished the first pair of course).

Ciao,

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

And the winners are......

Hi everybody,

thanks a lot for all your comments. I haven't assumed that so much will visting my blog and I am really happy about the new followers :-).

And here are the winners:

 Katie said...

I love the cars keychain best, but you are so talented they are all great. I think I need to jump into this crafting world more and try some new things. Thanks mknield@gmail.com

December 17, 2010 1:00 AM   

StephanieS said...

I love the little car key chain. Thanks for the chance to win. Happy Holidays. stephspitzer at gmail

December 13, 2010 7:25 PM   

Patricia said...

Vielen Dank für das Giveaway. Die Schlüsselanhänger sind so süß.

December 17, 2010 3:14 PM   

The Little Bird said...

love love love the little blue purses :) very cute!! my email is ekswhyzed_@hotmail.com

December 13, 2010 10:43 AM   

Jenny said...

Great giveaway, I love those key chains, especially the cupcakes and the cars! thanks for the chance to win! okiedokiemama at yahoo dot com

December 16, 2010 8:35 PM   

 

Stephanie and Carlos said...

I am a sucker for little purses!! xo Steph

December 15, 2010 7:00 AM   

I have already emailed you (two addresses are still missing), so please check your emails and let me know your address.

Thanks again for participating in my giveaway day and to all of you a great christmas and a very happy new year.

Ciao,

Pepie

Giveaway Day!

Hi folks,

Sew, Mama, Sew! presents another 

The last time, it was really fun to browse all the blogs which have participated and this time I will give away something too :).

key chains:

little purses (a great ebook pattern from StichtesbyStellaluna):

And yes, of course I will ship internationally :).

 
All you have to do is to leave just one comment until december 17./18 (in the morning) and please make sure that I am able to contact you.
For a second chance to win, you just have to follow my blog :).

I will draw 6 winners on saturday evening MEZ (middle european time) and will anounce them on my blog.

And now I wish you good luck and fun by browsing all those blogs which are participating.


Ciao,

Pepie

Super Style Bag Swap by Sew, mama, Sew!

Hi there,

the Super Style Bag Swap is already over for a while.
I have participated and it was really fun :). My partner was Kristina from Slovenia and I have sewn a "Julie-bag" for her:

Kristina was very fast with the bag she had sewn for me. It is a shoulder bag and it it is really nice. I love the red contrast zipper:

I use this bag very often :).

The reason for posting about this bag swap so late, was my further education which includes a lot of learning all those new medical terms. This is a totaly new part for me but it is also really interesting.
And my old PC got out of order and I have a new one now.

Kristina, I hope you have the same fun with the bag I have sewn for you as I have with your bag you have sewn for me :).

Ciao,

Pepie

Isabella....

...is an ebook-pattern from farbenmix.

It includes three variations of bags, which are all nice.

I have sewn the messanger bag. A pattern review in German will follow on my other blog (take a look at my bloglist).

And here is my bag:

ciao,

Pepie

A new pencil case......

.... for me :).

I need it because I am back school since October 1st. For the next two years I make a further education in medical documentation.

The pencil case pattern was published in August this year on the Sew Mama Sew-blog.

I have used an Alexander Henry Fabric and an unknown brand fabric in black with white dots for the lining.

From these fabrics I have also planned to sew a great bag. I have already cut it out and ironed on the interfacing. I hope I have time to sew it this week.


Ciao,

Pepie

crochet - first attempts

Hi there,

everywhere I see those wonderful crochet flowers, granny squares and a lot more beautiful things.

Crochet? Me? Long long ago in my childhood there was something called chain stitches *g*. Also knitting is not really something I could, just scarfs are easy, I have tried socks, but that was horrible (now my aunt is knitting them for me).

But crochet? Ok, lets give it a try. I've bought some crochet hooks and two balls of wool and start with the different things that goes beyond chain stitches. I am sorry, but I am not firm yet with those special chrochet vocabulary and leo.dict.org isn't helpful for this :(.

Here is now a pic from my first flower attempt *g*:

the next attempt is much better:

and changing colors is really easy:

My first conclusion: Crochet is much more easier than knitting and makes more fun.
Now I need some more colors. They are already ordered and I hope I will get them on Friday or Saturday.

Ciao,

Pepie

International Giveaway Day, organized by Sew, Mama, Sew!

Today is a special Giveaway Day, which is organized by SMS (Sew, Mama Sew!).

It is really fun to browse all these blogs who participate in this Giveaway Day.

So beautiful things to win, so many interesting blogs which I don't have recognized yet.

Renate is one of the more than 100 particpants, where a closer look is really rewarding.

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.

Spoonflowers test-swatches received

yeah, I was so excited to get them, and yes they are great, but......

..it is not the colour I have expected.

The swatches have a size of 8" x 8" what is round about 20cm x 20 cm:

 

and these are the original designs:

 

Now the real work has to be done: to change the colours like I want to have them. For that I need to have the colour chart be printed at spoonflower. I think in four weeks I will get them.

So time enough to do other things, perhaps some sewing ;)?.

Ciao,

Pepie