{THURSDAY SOULMATE SEWING }

  

Today we are having fun with my dear friend Annika from Näh-Connection! 

The thing with Annika is that  I think she is my "sewing soulmate"!:)

I have only been following her blog for a few months but we got to connect quite a lot and we realized that we have the same tastes and a lot of similar projects on our to do list. 

Last week as I messaged her, she said she was about to sew a Staple dress. It turns out, I was making one too! that same week.

Crazy! so we thought; let's do this together! Now : I live in France and she lives in Germany !

 but thanks to Facebook we got to follow each other's progress.

Let me tell you she is a much faster sewer than I am and her dress is so cool! 

So here is to a new fun series, that will go on on our blogs but with no strict schedule: 

 "Thursday soulmate sewing!"

It is so much fun to sew together even though we are in different countries.

For my take on the Staple dress pattern, I used an Arizona print: really can't get enough of this collection! and uit meant that April Rhodes pattern maker met April Rhodes farbric designer!

 It was the first time I did shirring and let me tell you: all my fears were ridiculous: it is a piece of cake!! I mean REALLY! I did 3 rows of shirring at the waist to make the perfect fit.

 This dress is perfect for summer and altough we had no hot days this summer I hope to use it during our upcoming vacation.

 Once again, my children took these photos: so please excuse the somehow blurry faces! !however they are really young:  I can see some talent here: what do you think?

I cut in size XS and upgraded to size S around the hip line  and all the way down the skirt. 

It was such a great sew and I would recommend it to beginners as you can learn really cool tricks like french seams and a great way to hem. 

Well that's it for me today folks! 

I hope you go and visit sweet Annika's blog to check out her cool version!

many hugs