Finally I can show you...

... the finished DearAnna-Bag!

The finished bag.

I found an old blouse at the thrift store - the flowers and the colours were ideal for the lining.

I had to enlarge the bag to fit in books - now even the pattern book fits easily!

At first I wasn't sure about the button - but it needed something...and now Anna loves it, so I'm good!

Birthday-bag for my mum

Tomorrow is my mums birthday - and I made for her the Amy Butler 'Teardrop Bag'. My mum is a great sewer and loves to sew stylish and trendy clothes for herself. And colorful ones (she is turning 72 !). So I picked a fabric that should go with everything... I hope, she'll like it...

The bag is ideal for a summer afternoon having coffee with your girlfriends - regardless of your age, don't you think?

Circus, circus

I don't even remember the last time I have been to the circus. I mean, a REAL circus - with a tent, animals, clowns and people flying high above you through the air. So last weekend the circus was in town and we went. We - me, my hubby AND my dad...

Going to the circus means wearing the right shoes - my "hippy-shoes" as one of my students named them

When I was a kid it was always me and my dad going to the circus - but I didn't think he would still like to go. But he did! I'm glad he did. Somehow we haven't found the right grown-up-way to communicate with each other, yet. So maybe going back to the past and doing something we both enjoyed when I was a child helped to revitalize the father-daughter-bond.
Growing up really is strange sometimes... 

Elephants is a MUST at the circus...

...and seeing all those beautiful horses was amazing, too!

The right moment

Sometimes it has to be the right time, the right angle, the right place - and something you pass everyday becomes something special. 


But...if you don't take the time to notice it will be gone. 


Don't miss the right time to notice something new in the old - open your eyes to see the change!!!

The sunlight shining through the window in the roof - reflecting off the mirror on the wall - back-lighting the flower (no, I' didn't use any extra lighting or tricks from the camera to make it glow like that)

Colors of spring

I bought these beautiful flowers today - Ranunkeln und Löwenmäulchen (I have no idea what their english names are). Spring is definitely here!!

DearAnna-Bag II (a little glimpse)

Yes! Done! I made it!!!

The bag is finished and actually looks nice - but since I didn't give it to my friend yet, I can only show you a little glimpse of it. I really hope she'll like it!!

DearAnna-Bag I (aka The Prototype)

Ok, so maybe I did get carried away - a little bit. My dear friend Anna's birthday is next week - and I wanted to give her something special.

So I told her, she can pick a bag from the Amy Butler book - and she did!! The cute little blossom bag.

But since she is an absolutely book-crazy woman and takes a book (or two) everywhere she goes  - and is mummy to a little baby girl - we decided to enlarge the bag a little to fit her needs.

So, not only a tricky bag but also different from the pattern - I love the challenge (What was I thinking??).

Better to sew a prototype before I start with the fabric she picked. 

And that's what I did the last week, and last night I finished the PROTOTYPE!

I'm glad, I made the effort because I found some things I will have to change - but it turned out quite well!

Have a look and decide for yourself...