Jademond Design

Winter Cardigan

I really want to knit something nice for my baby boy as long as he still is a baby. And it happens too fast anyway that they grow. So I decided to make him a winter cardigan, because days are getting colder. As I am really picky when it comes to yarn, I ordered some organic animal fair wool from Finkhof. I don't want those mass produced and cruel to sheep yarn from yarn stores.

Through ravelry and anny purls blog I found this lovely pattern for a cardigan.

The gauge fit, so I started. The pattern says that there's no need to size this up. I started the cardigan for a 6 month old baby. Having worked maybe 1 third I somehow got the impression that the cardigan is too small. I tried it on F. and I was right. Too small for my 5 months old boy. Oh dear.

So I started another one, this time one size larger. I hope it fits now. Let's see if I get it done before winter comes :-)

New Project

Maybe you already thought this blog is dead. I am here, but somehow busy with real life. No creative projects lately either. I don't even manage to get hold of my to-do list. However, I am planning a new project. Last year I got a pile of old shirts from my uncle. I decided to recycle them into a quilt. I read somewhere in a book that this is the origin of quilting: recycling those old worn out clothes. To work with smalles pieces of fabric. So let's see what I come up with those old shirts. I started cutting them into 10 x 10 cm squares yesterday (got a pile of about 200 pieces)

 

I was inspired by a very simple layout, sewn of 9-patches-squares, as you can see here on needlebooks blog (very beautyful!)

 

So after counting and viewing, I started planning. Here's my sketch:

 

Now I need to cut all the plain squares and sew the stuff together. Let's see how long it will take me. I don't want to buy new fabric for the project but recycle fabrics from my stash. The back lining will be an old bedsheet. I am not sure if I'll use a white bedsheet or dye it terracotta or so first. 

Black & White Inchie in a passepartout ready for framing

The rose is from Tilda's "Sew pretty homestyle" (="Tildas Haus" auf deutsch)

Recycling (I keep beautyful flyers for gift wrapping)
A pouch from "Bend the rules sewing"

Creative Wednesday

I have been very busy today as some deadlines of art swaps are approaching. I enjoy some time for myself (and the baby) and got a few things done while having the baby in the sling. It took me 3 days to finish this page for a fat book. It's made with watercolour paints and rubberstamps from Quietfiredesign (Quote and Flourish), Oxford Impressions (Nest) and Stampington (Text). It measures 20 x 20 cm.

Detail

Finally I also sewed the pillow case for a swap via Club Creative. Sandra is my partner and she wished for something that would match her brand new bedcover. I made a pillow case that has a pocket for a little journal to keep ideas. There's also a pen holder and pencil so you have something to write at hand when the ideas keep poping in your head while you snuggle on your couch.

La vie en rose

Seelenruhig forderte vor einer Weile auf, das Leben in rosarot zu sehen. Da wollte ich doch mal schaun, was mir dazu einfiel. Ich muss gestehen, daß sich mein rosa immer ein bisschen ins purpur oder lila kehrt. Aber ich glaube, es geht dennoch durch. Schaun wir mal, was mir so rosanes eingefallen ist:

Diese Blumen hat meine Tochter eines Tages von der Schule mit nach Hause gebracht. Ein riesiger Strauss von irgendwelchen verschnittenen Büschen. Der Strauss steht noch immer auf dem Balkon.

Noch immer im Nestmodus, habe ich den Stubenwagen für das Baby hergerichtet. Ein rosa-blauer Himmel, der durch die Lichtbrechung die Athmosphäre in der Gebärmutter nachahmt, so sagen die Anthroposophen. Dazu die Verkleidung des Korbes, genäht aus einem alten Bettbezug. Der Stoff ist mit einem Schutz-Mantra kalligraphiert.

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Ich verbinde mich mit der Weisheit, die immer war, die durch alle Zeitalter ist, die wahre Weisheit, die erhabene grossartige Weisheit

Dann habe ich aus kleinen Stoffresten ein Biscournu genäht. Gesehen habe ich das in einem anderen Blog. Zuerst ein gesticktes, dann die Patchworkvariante. Leider weiss ich die Blog-Url nicht mehr, aber ich fand es eine nette Idee, meine vielen kleinen Stofflicken, die ich immer aufhebe, zu verarbeiten. Ging ganz schnell und taugt nun vielleicht als Nadelkissen?

Und: Meine Schachbrettblume blüht auch in diesem Jahr wieder!

Baby Stuff

I am still knitting things for the baby. Trousers & socks:

Nest

10 more weeks. I definitely entered the nesting mode...

Eating

My belly is still growing. I am in week 28 now. So far I can't complain about problems or health issues. I still feel very alive. I wish there would be more sun around here. There's also something that I realized: I started eating lots and lots of stuff. Together with my daughter teething/growing we have a much huger grocery bill (we eat lots of fresh fruit and vegetables). But as long as it's healthy, I really enjoy every bit of it. In one week we ate 3 kg bananas and two kg apples (and still had to buy more), at least 10 avocados and lots of other yummie food.

Out of yarn leftover I made these:

Puppenwindeln bei DaWanda

Ich habe die Puppenwindeln nun zum Verkauf in meinen Shop eingestellt. Sicher freut sich die ein oder andere kleine Puppenmama über solch ein Geschenk.

Dolls Diapers

This weekend I finished another bunch of dolls diapers. It was a commission for a friend. I made some more and maybe will sell them in my Dawanda or etsy shop. The diapers are made of fabrics from my stash and/or recycled clothes that we don't wear anymore (t-shirts, shirts, bedsheets)