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I have been working on these last week. Soon to be available in my Etsy shop... There's more to come! Wishing you a great week!

  Little H.: "Mom, which bag can I use?" - As in: 'I don't have a bag to put my gym stuff in...' Can you believe this is an ever returning question here? Our place looks like bag-country, or better: it is bag-country, with bags hanging and lying around everywhere!  Most of them where homemade, but I bought quite some over the years as well - the excuse most often being: at that price I can't make it! Anyway, last Saturday little H. couldn't find a bag to put her aerobics stuff in (did I ever mention she discovered aerobics this year and got totally hooked. Aerobics, well the kind she does, has nothing to do with Jane Fonda nor the eighties. No leg warmers, no hairbands, but a lot of jumping around at very high speed in a choreographic setting. You need a lot of flexibility (which she has to a freaking extent - we have no idea who she got that from) and muscle strength in order to keep up. But I'm so deviating, here, I guess, from today's topic.) Me...

Everyone had the day off here. And what started as a day with potential for fun activities became a long, boring and frustrating day.  Because of (stubborn) me and a stupid printer! It all started with little H. and me wanting to finally tackle the birthday party invitation issue. In no time we had the invitation ready on my laptop. We had a list ready with invitees. All that remained to be done was the printing. Only: the ink cartridge seemed to run low on yellow, and you need yellow in order to print green, don't you. Our invitation came out all purple and blue. Nothing wrong with that according to little H., but mommy is a perfectionist (sometimes) so she ran to the store to get a new color cartridge. Got home, installed it and... And nothing! The printer refused to print, except for a test page which clearly showed the presence of yellow now. I should have stopped here. We could still print with the old cartridge, couldn't we?! But no, I wanted to fix the problem. I checke...

Random pictures from a random walk the day after the French presidential elections. Blue Blanc Rouge Ariane  Superheroes Hollande - Sarkozy :: le rassemblement  Riverin Hollande

  The facts: 1. I like the leather Baggu bags which have been showing up everywhere lately. 2. I have so many bags already, I really have the feeling I can't justify spending that much money on yet another bag, because, yes, that's what they are: a little bit on the expensive side. 3. I love sewing, especially bags. I even have my very own bag pattern, very similar to this Baggu tote. 4. I have tons of leather waiting to be transformed into bags among other things.   Hence, I made my very own 'Baggu' style bag. And I used one of my new labels, which I just love, love, love and which I got here .

We're in anticipation of Summer - which might never come - at least that's what it feels like right now. It's dark and grey again as I'm writing... Anyway, chances are my Flemish and Dutch readers know this book by now. Yes, I'm talking about ' Allemaal rokjes ' (literally translated it means 'all skirts') by Mme Zsazsa and Elza D , a fun book with different skirt patterns for moms and girls. The explanations are easy to follow, the patterns are great and the book is a fun read as such. Sewing won't become easier than this. Let's hope the book get's translated. Wat zou je d aar van vinden, Mme Zsazsa?! I made this a-line skirt from the book for little H. last week. I made another one for M. as well, but 'the light' (read: the weather) has been so poor we didn't have a chance yet to take pictures. There are more skirts to follow, as we bought plenty of fabric, also last week. I might even try the A-line skirt pattern for myse...