Hello everyone. I've finally managed to locate a supplier for Burda Style magazine in English, yes English not Dutch which is oh so very rare ! The June issue has just been released so please ema...
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Well, in my eyes that is. What am I talking about? It's Liberty of London !! I only started seeing the Liberty name once I started blog walking among the serious seamstress, they keep talking a...
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Shopping ,shopping, shopping, what else is a woman to do :-) I always tell myself that No, I don't need anything else to clutter up this little house of mine, but then when you see something pret...
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Hello, weather here in Holland has been depressing 😒 Well I guess it is spring, so rain , rain rain! I desperately needed some sun, so since KL was just too far away, we decided to visit Istan...
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Girls and Laces Shasha was so excited about her class concert last week and she had been working so hard with her choir practices , I decided to make her a dress fit for the occasion. It's be...
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Danny's class mate had a birthday party coming up and I was racking up my brain for something to get her. Here, you can't get much for 10euro, 5euro would be even more impossible ! So I starte...
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Hello hello ! What's been happening here you ask? I'm sure everyone heard about the deep freeze that engulfed Europe last few weeks, well it happened in good old Rotterdam too. Luckily for us t...
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Hello everyone, I really don't know where time flies to, it seems I never seem to have enough of it, from the kids, to the home, to duties in school I'm whacked :( Well here it is, I promised I'd...
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Yup, there's no denying that Autumn is here, you should see the amount of yellow leaves outside my door! Its chilly too, temperatures went down till 10C in midday but last 2 weeks we had beautifu...
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I've really been dying to get my hands on this Elodie pattern by Farbenmix , the same people that brought us the gorgeous Feliz . The company is in Germany and it struck me that hey, its not too ...
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Well, I had a nice malaysian dinner, but I'm sure she was getting ready to perform backstage and probably couldn't get anything down :) The Malaysian Association of the Netherlands held their ...
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Salam everyone and Selamat Hari Raya / Eid - Ul- Fitri Mubarak ! I know how this is soooo long overdue, sorry but things have been quite hectic once school restarted :) We had a good Raya here ...
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hello everyone, am sure that most of you must be really busy with the Eid preparations, sigh, for me here don't really feel anything :-( Hopefully on the day itself we may have some fun ! Just ...
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Hahahaha, how I wish ! Well, take off 20 years, blond hair and blue contacts, might just see the resemblance :) The pattern is from Burda 6/2011 pattern 124. Its a simple peasant style blouse wit...
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Salam Ramadhan to all my fellow muslims, may we find berkat in all our doings in this holy month. So, what are you guys having for buka puasa tonite? Ish I am sooo jealous ! Here it is going to...
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And here I present finally, the last installment of my heavenly Swiss trip :) The Bernina Express is a gorgeous big red train ( the kids call it the ' Toy Train' ) , luxurious seats and even a ...
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In the 3rd series of my Swiss trip :) If you plan to travel by public transport in Switzerland, the best and most economical way is to take the Swiss Pass. This allows unlimited travel on all tr...
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Starts day two of our Swiss adventure ! I'd heard so much about Chillon Castle that we couldn't pass this by. Bought our train tickets ( 1hr trip return ticket is 56Chf ! , yeap I did say it was...
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Hello hello, yes I'm here !! Its summer holidays in Europe and the America's right now and everyone is just off hopping on the plane, ferry or train to cross visit other parts of Europe. We deci...
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Hello, I know a lot of you must be wondering what on earth I mean when I keep mentioning that I get my fabrics at the markets here. As with everything else in Europe, rental you can imagine is ve...
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I just can't seem to stop myself from reaching out and grabbing these pretty jersey fabrics, arghhhh! Here's one I made last week , pattern from Ottobre Spring 2011, the 'tangerine top' and 'Coco...
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Pretty cotton and viscose jersey fabrics are coming out by the bolts right now, and I'm so totally in love with them. But have to admit, sewing jersey is a nightmare, they keep puckering. Then I ...
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Hello hello, its a beautiful monday morning here, hope its good too wherever you are. Again thank you to all the lovely ladies who took the trouble to take part. I really wish I could send you al...
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Hahahaha, do I sound excited? Well, today while at the post office to post a letter, I checked out what magazines were displayed on the craft and sewing aisle ( ermmm I actually do that very ofte...
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Had this gorgeous pink cotton jersey from my fabric market finds and was figuring out what to sew for Shasha. Suddenly had a brainstorm and came up with the ' Outside Ruffles Skirt' !! Yeah I kno...
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