Zombie mode

I have been working the nightshift all weekend so now I feel a bit like a zombie. So after I make some food I will sit on my sofa and start to write a story while I wiggle my toes and pet my cat. 

Notebooks

I just got my first notebook bound and now I'm working on the cover. It will be cardboard covered in different fabric pieces. I will also include a pocket for pens. I will try to finish the sewing tomorrow so I can start to put everything together. 

I hope that I in the future will be able to sell these notebooks with recycled paper and fabric. 

Here is a good tutorial on bookbinding

My non walk-in closet

Today I finally did it. I cleaned my closet and ended up with some stuff to take to second-hand, a lot of stuff to re-fashion and some stuff I will try to sell. So time to put some items up on my webshop. 

https://sofia-soap-and-design.onlineweb.shop/

I only have Swedish shipping on the site at the moment but contact me and I will fix it for you. 

How to upcycle a sweater to a dress

First, find the sweater you want to remake. I chose this hoodie since it was a little too short for comfort.

Measure where you want to cut it. I cut it off just below the boobs.

Pick out the fabric for the skirt-part of the dress and lay it under the cut-off sweater. Add some seam allowance on all sides.

I find it easiest to take a dress I know fits good and use that as a pattern. Cut out all the dress pieces. I just cut out the skirt-part for this one saving the top-part as it is. 

First, sew the sides of the skirt together. You might have to take in the sides of the sweater a bit before sewing the skirt to the sweater. 

I modified the arms a bit, making them slightly longer so they fit over my hand. 

This is a very easy modification that can turn your old worn favorite sweater into something new. I saved the arms for this one but you can easily make it armless. 

Jasmine nightcream

This is a very luxurious, rich cream that smells of jasmine. Perfect for nighttime.   

Oil:

13% mangobutter

4%  emulsifier (vegetal: Cetearyl Alcohol, Cetearyl Glucoside

2,6% jasminewax

2,6% sunfloweroil

2,6% arganoil

2,6% squalane

2,6% grapeseedoil

Water:

53% water

10% glycerine

3% urea

2% quinoa protein

1% honey

Cooling:

1% preservative (phenoxyglycerine)

Weigh the ingredients for the water and oilfase in separate heat resistant beakers. Weigh the waterfase and beaker so after heating you can replenish the water that evaporates. Place them in a water bath and heat until all the solids are liquefied. Then pour the waterfase into the oilfase and mix with a handmixer until cool. 

Weigh the ingredients for the coolingfase and add to your lotion when it's started to cool down about 40 degrees celsius. 

Mix thoroughly. 

Now it's ready to be packed up. I used an old smaller winebottle but you can also find very good squeeze bottles on amazon.

New dress idea

I have some things I want to do with my old clothes to minimize my closet size and turn my unused clothing into something I will use. So the first thing on my list is to remake a sweater, that is to short, into a dress. I will cut it off some, save the arms and hood and make a knee-length dress with elongated sleeves. I have really cold hands so I like long sleeve I can hide my hands in. 

Will make a step by step instruction if someone wants to also try.