New hoodie

I've been thinking of doing a hoodie for a while now and I finally finished the projects I've been working on so I could start something new.

I made it in a flowery fabric with an old bathrobe as insulation on the inside, to make it winter safe. It was a pretty easy and fun project and I just used an old hoodie for pattern. That is one of the best way to sew your own clothes. Take apart and copy the clothes that already fit you and that you know you like. 

There will be a YouTube video on the making of this hoodie in a couple of weeks. In the meantime you can check out all my other videos.

Cold cream

So I made my own version of cold cream. Cold cream has a very long tradition in skincare and has been used for everything from nightcream to shavingcream to skincleanser. In vintage recipes they added borax but it seems a bit harsh as a skincare additive so I excluded it. 

Oilfase:

49% vegteble oil  (Use what you have. I used 22% grapeseed, 5% cacaobutter, 10% jojoba, 8% cameliaoil ,4% black seed oil)

10% beeswax

10% emulsifier (5% vegetal(Cetearyl Alcohol, Cetearyl Glucoside), 5% basemulgator(glyceryl monostearate))

Waterfaes:

19% water

8% glycerine

2% urea

1% salt

Coolingfase:

1% preservative (phenoxyglycerine)

Weigh the ingredients for the water and oilfase in separate heat-resistant beakers. Weigh the waterfase and beaker so that 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. 

Drying flowers

Since it's late spring or early summer all the flowers are blooming and wanted to see if I could dry some of them to later make them into jewelry. So far I just put them in with some silica gel and I will see if that works. I think I will also try and press some of the flowers. 

So far I have not had any success with dandelions in silica gel so I will try and press those. 

Updates will be coming when I find some good ways of preserving them. 

Bags

I finally finished the camouflage bag for my co-worker and the minute she came home with it her young daughter stole it so I got myself another order for a bag. 

I already this second bag started because I kind of wanted it for myself but thought well if she wants it why not finish it for her. 

The bag got a thumbs up from the kid so I went ahead and finished it. 

Below you can see the camouflage bag. I have a video of the making of this bag. It just needs some finishing touches before I upload it to Youtube.

Ordered some clothes

I've been thinking for a while what to do with a gift card I was gifted at Christmas last year. And after watching a video on YouTube I got the idea that I wanted to buy some cheap China clothing just to take them apart and use them as patterns. I mean the best patterns are from clothes that are already sown and fit you. 

I think I got my money's worth. 6 items of clothing. 1 coat, 1 jacket, 1 top and 3 dresses. All different models and modifiable.

I just hope they gonna fit when they arrive. 

I know cheap clothing and fast fashion are the worst you can get if you wanna save the planet but I figure that with those clothes I can remake some of my old things and probably also limit my fabric waste. I have some ideas on what to do with all the scraps.

So with that I hope you all had a nice weekend and I hope I can inspire others to sew more and upcycle.

Work and more work

It seems like I'm working all the time but I have found some time to finish a dress I started and I'm working on the camobag for my co-worker. The video for the camobag is also coming along pretty nicely. All that is left now is to attach the handles and zippers. 

A few days off

I finally have a few days off. I hope I will be able to re-start my youtube channel and finish some sewing projects during this time. 

I already have a few videos on youtube but I want to re-edit them and add some music. I also want to make an introduction video. After that, I have a feeling it will be a vlog-style channel. 

Here is a link to it. It is at the moment empty but I hope to correct that soon.  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCheFzGDnMPy65z1QS8kPRQw