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So, I´ve been away for a while, enjoying the summer in Norway. I have been finishing some more of my SESA- items, but unfortunately not all. I am still working on the swimsuit and the more evening appropriate things. I am almost finished with a knit cardigan, but only almost. The last bit is soooo tedious to knit…;-). The things I HAVE finished are a white linen Beignet skirt, a cotton blouse from a 2008 issue of Alt om HĂĽndarbeide, a UFO – a dalmatian print Vogue dress and a pair of sailor styled capris. The Beignet was fun to sew up, and is easy to wear and…
Read MoreHello! Just a quick note to say I won´t be blogging as regularly as I have the last couple of months. I´m staying at this place: It is beautiful here, but the internet connection is fairly slow. Oh well, the lack of internet is compensated with a lovely view! I have finished my capris for the Sew-Along, and I´m finishing up a white linen Beignet, and I´ll show you one of these days. Hope you all are enjoying summer!
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So far in the SESA I have only published pictures of actual garments. But, I have also been making some accessories to match my items, so I thought I´d show them to you all at the same time. First, there´s the sailboat belt: In my home town there are still some fabric stores that is quite old- school, where you can find notions from three decades ago. These sailboats are obvious evidence of this. I love that they have a surprising yellow color, not the traditional red-white-blue! I crocheted around a thrifted belt buckle using single crochet. Second, I give you the Agatha Christie… Fascinator? Cocktail Hat? Head…
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I take no cred for this top. Or not for the design, anyway… The design is all thanks to this post by the lovely Casey. I saw the top and thought, hey! I want to do that too! So I bought some cotton voile and found a perfect pattern for the crochet at mypicot (what an amazing resource that site is!), and I started to crochet. I first made a square and measured it. Then I took my above-bust measurement, and divided that with the size of the square, and I got the number of squares to be made. Easy peasy. Then I joined them with filet crochet,…
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 Hi there! I´m Sølvi Elise. Welcome to my little corner of the Internet. This is a space where I share my craft projects and thoughts and ideas concerning handmade in a consumerist world.
I live in Oslo, Norway where I use my spare time stitching up my own wardrobe. So far, I´d say that 80 % of my closet is filled with me-mades. I also have an interest in historical sewing, embroidery, knitting, crochet, leatherwork, tablet weaving, rigid heddle loom- weaving, cocktails, jewelry making, makramÊ, shoe making, drawing, paper craft, machine knitting and generally any craft that looks like fun.