Vivat Veritas

Hello all.Sorry for the many test posts and delays but finally  vivatveritas.com has been fully tested and is working. I will be posting an actual post with new content later tonight after I ge...

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Just wanted to let you know that this blog is moving! The move date is this Thursday, May 12th in JP time. I've had my own website (www.vivatveritas.com ) for a while, and wanted to integrate the...

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Hi! As I promised, here is the tutorial on how to make a poncho top from just a rectangle fabric! I meant to post this yesterday, but for some reasons, blogger wasn't letting me post. I made ...

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This is something I worked on yesterday - little girl's sun dress! I used a pattern from Japanese website, called "Handmade no kokoro ". The website has a bunch of free PDF downloadable ...

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Thank you for all your advice and encouragement on breast feeding last week! I thought I was the rare one who was having the engorgement problem, so it was comforting to know that other people f...

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All images via snidel Last week, I posted about snidel 's collection . When I checked back their website this morning, I saw they released "2nd collection". I love the Summer look of their ...

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Left: Pale pink dot poncho tunic , Right: Dusty rose poncho dress I completed 4th and 5th projects from my scrap heap! My 1st through 3rd projects are posted here . I wanted to make someth...

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April 28th was my birthday! I just turned to 27. This year's birthday was rather low-key, since the baby kept both me and my husband busy. Also my birthday fell on Thursday, so we celebrated ...

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Are you following the free pattern month at Grosgrain ? Now we are on day 4, and I already can't wait to try out their tutorials! Day 1 featured the Sunny Resort Blouse pattern by the Sew...

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Good morning all! So week one of motherhood has been completed, only 50 more years to go :)  A lot has been going on in that area of my life.  Most of what goes on with newborns is interesting...

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All images via snidel I found this Japanese label, snidel from my favorite Japanese magazine, "Sweet". I barely buy magazines, and my inspirations mostly come from online sources. But my l...

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Hello! I'm back! I hope everyone enjoyed Sophia 's (aka iro iro) crochet color tutorial. As I've written before, I'm not terribly good at crocheting or knitting, but I definitely want to try her ...

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Hello! I'm Sophia from 'iro iro ' and I'm really happy to be writing a guest post for Chie today, whilst she looks after her own little Sophia. This is my first guest post and to be writing it he...

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Hi! Thank you for your comments on my yesterday's 40 weeks post:) Just a quick update today - I wanted to share some images of the girls wearing Vivat Veritas clothes. ❤ Right: Rachael fro...

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Hello everyone! I'm happy to announce that my baby is here! She was born on April 17th morning, all healthy. It was a day before the due date, and the delivery took 12 hours...I will share th...

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All images via Liebemarlene Vintage When I am making clothes for a photo shoot, I like to come up with a certain "theme". In February, a photographer Amelia and I worked on a s...

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Hi everyone. My name is Nette and I am from Germany. It is so nice to meet you! Usually, I write a blog over at nettevivante all about my sewing projects and other creative output. Anyway, you ...

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Hello, everyone! I’m Paunnet (but you can call me Anna) and I’m very happy to be here while Chie takes care of lovely little Sophia. Today I’d like to talk to you about a technique I was ...

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So I finished three dresses using my scraps - as you can see, these are not really scraps at all, since the fabrics were big enough for me to make dresses for an adult:p Sorry the design of the d...

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Hello All! Week 39, oh boy!  Its a strange feeling to look at my bump and think that soon it will be gone.  Some days I waddle downstairs and think that I can't wait f...

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Erdem / Olle Olsson-Hagalund – Flowers in vase House of Holland / Lennart Jirlow – Still life with flowers Jonathan Saunders / Sigrid Hjertén – Flower still life ...

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I've been doing different hair arrangement using braids lately. I like this one since its easy yet looks like I spent more time on it than I actually did :p I hope you like the tutorial! 1. Y...

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I wrote about the scrap heap project that I will be working on during my maternity leave. Actually, before I start my leave I already jump started the project:p It's coming rather slow...

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Hello! I could not squeeze in the time for Friday blog post yesterday, and I know I usually do the inspiration posts on Wednesdays. However, I thought this pretty Nadinoo SS11 Lookbook wi...

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38 weeks! I can't believe I only have 2 weeks or less to go. It could be tonight that baby Sophia Kiko decides to pop out. It's a weird feeling, exciting, but strange! My little sister (4 years...

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