{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.

{ WHY I SEW : a Kids Clothes Week post }

HI there!!
Hope the week is starting nicely for you!
Today I am on the Kids Clothes week blog to share the reasons why I sew.
You might be surprised!
So I hope you go over there to check it out!:)

and guess what! I did manage to tidy up my fabric stash!! yay!!

(All the mess underneath is my school books and lessons!!)

Have a great week!

{ EMMA'S GARDEN BLOG HOP + A GIVEAWAY }

I am so glad to be part of Emma's Garden blog hop.
Today is my stop on the blog hop and I am really happy to share my projects with you!! 
I feel so lucky to have been invited by Patty Sloniger to take part in the launch of her new collection !

Emma's Garden collection is full of bright colors and gorgeous floral patterns as well as many prints that will be perfect for basics and backgrounds.

I would have loved to make garments with the prints I got,  but decided on a Library Tote and a Gem baby Quilt.

Bienvenue ! aujourd'hui j'ai la chance de participer au blog tour pour le lancelment de la nouvelle collection de Patty Sloniger pour Mickael Miller: Emma's Garden. 
Pour l'occasion , j'ai eu la chance de recevoir un lot de certains tissus de la collection avec lesquels j'ai  créé 2 pièces très différentes: un sac de bibliothèque et une couverture pour bébé. 

#The Tote is made out of flying geese units. It is lined and quilted and we LOVE it here in our home:

{ Small things monday }

"Daddy!!? daddy??!! daddyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy??!!!"
that's what you could hear in our home this week-end! Daddy's home! oh yay!
Not so often ! so the kids go "Daddy crazy" !
so we have the "boys" moments, my 4 years old "pretending " to shave!

and the outdoor fun, climbing the mountains at the fort:

 

 Because, you know, with Daddy, noone is ever afraid, and he never let's you down..

 

 

 even when you fall in the emptiness:

 So yes: best Dad ever , if you ask me!:)

 As for myself, I did climb the mountains too, even with my twisted ankle.
And I keep up with the good "Harry Potter" birthday preparation: we now have an "Hedwidge" thanks to PattySloniger sweet pattern:

{ Näh-Connection interview + Foxy Mulberry }

 This sewing community is amazing!
I am really enjoying meeting all these women all around the world who share my passion for fabrics and patterns!
One of these lives in Germany and blogs at Näh-Connection. 
Annika is a very talented sewer and blogger. She currently has this series on her blog called "Sew Fantastic" and I am lucky to be part of it!
Go over to her blog to read more about me and my sewing life!!

{ Hues colorblock dress }

Remember this gorgeous stack of fabrics I got from Hawthorne Threads last time?? they are just the happiest things: so soft !
I am working on a quilt, but it can be a long process for me ...

Vous vous souvenez de ce lot de tissus splendides qui m'avaient été offerts par la boutique Hawthorne Threads? 
Et bien je suis en train de coudre un quilt avec ces belles couleurs mais un quilt, ça prend du temps! alors en attendant de la finir, et pour me distraire un peu, j'ai cousu cette robe pour l'anniversaire de ma fille, dont le thème est "cheval et cow-boys! 

So, in the meanwhile, I could not resist sewing a little party dress for my daughter's" horse " themed birthday party. 
I had this print from Wee Wanders collection my girl loves and I decided to create a colorblock bodice to match. 
I pulled out Salmon, Azalea, Teal and avocado as well as white, which are the colors also found on the Wee Wanders print.

{ MARA BLOG TOUR: my Skwa Mara }

  I am so honored to be part of the Mara Tour.
The Mara pattern is a very quick and easy pattern and I love the retro look it has in common with all the other patterns created by Compagnie M.
TOday I am blogging on the Mara blog, where you can see many more versions of this blouse.