First attempts of crochet... and my crochet bag!

First...
I learned yesterday that I'm carrying a boy and a girl!!!I'm on week 18, and they both look healthy and well.
I placed an order fo some blue/purple yarn today... never needed those before :-)
As for my first attempts of crochet..I came across these wonderful you-tube movies of a lady called Teresa right here. I think these movies are just great!
I used this movie here to make these two cute hats...





It took me too long to make these... but I know I'll imrpove!

Now as I started with yarn, I really needed a place to store it and carry it around. I came across this great Bento Bag of the Pink Pinguin... (It's all over in Israelli blogland... some great bags made from this wonderful tutorial!). And I thought it will be great for storing my current yarn projects.



I am all excited now... now that I know what I have... I have so much to do... blankets, hats. booties... so much work ahead!

many issues...

Its been a big week here...
My little one turned 4 and we celebrated her birthday. I have to show some pictures of her in her new Feliz dress...





Here is the birthday cake... two more are planned for the coming week for the kindergarten...


Here is another type of cake I made for my sister in law... she's due any day now.




In the disper cake I hid the romper and jacket I made right here...



and the blankie I made here...


And the last pictures for today is a muslin I made of a pregnancy top for myself... I'll get to the final version soon I hope and post about it...



This is it for now :-)
Happy week to you all!

Learning Crochet..

Well... I am trying to!
My mother knows how to knit, and she tried to teach me several times. I never learned! But now I have a good... great reason to try harder!
Here it comes... the explanation as to how come the blog was so slow lately...
I am pregnant... week 16 now!
It was not planned... The idea of a third child was a nice idea that my husband and I thought of... every so often, but could not make up our minds...
But it happened...
And I was happy at the idea. Very happy!
Imagine my surprise when the doctor accounced I am carrying TWINS!

It's been pretty difficult so far,I had several incidents that led me to believe I'm losing the pregnancy, and I was requested to rest as much as possible over these past two months... I have been working from home, good thing my boss allows me! I've been practically counting my steps to make sure I don't over do it... And having two girls at home... resting is NOT easy!
And I've been depressed, thinking I'm losing this pregnancy so often these past two months.

But I'm now starting week 16, and I hope so much that everything is OK! I still have many tests to do..
But... allowing myself to be optimistic, I hope to make it to the third trimester with two healthy babies... I've heard that in many twins pregnancies the mother is asked to remain in bed during the last trimester, so I thought this will be a great time learning to crochet...

I have tried it last night... not very successfully though. But I'll continue today. I'll get it eventually.. right?????

Now, just so you see I've been doing something (though very little), here is the pregnancy pants I made for myself. They are too big for me!!! But that's OK, as I plan and hope to fill them better real soon...
The pictures are lame, but the pants are OK, and once the doctor allows me to move a bit more, I plan on making more, they are very comfortable...
The pattern is Simplicity, and I promise... if and when I fill these pants better, I'll also write a proper review on these pants...




next time I hope to have some crochet (and many cakes... as my 4 years old girl's birthday is next week!) to show!

Chef's set

My 4 years old asked ro be a chef... so I made her. She loves to pretend she is a chef, making tea parties or birthday cakes for her dolls...
I had to make two sets, also one for my 7 years old... though I know it's not likely that she'll play in it...
here it is...





I used this great guide to make the chef's hat...
For the aprons, I used the measurements from the Burda 01-2011.. But I think I may have took the sizes wrong because the aprons are very small...
Anyway, I didn't bother with the instructions... I just looked at the pictures and made the easiest thing possible. It Still looks cute, right?

I also made one cake, first of many due the coming month...
It's Henzel and Gretel. The instructions are from this great, amazing book by Taltalim (Tal Zafrir). I love this book, and use of often.



For next week I hope to manage two items - on the sewing part - pants for myself... I really need some pants!
On the cakes part - a princess cake...
Then I'll start preparing for my 4 years old birthday party...
SO much to do!!!

First project of 2011... Feliz

My baby will be 4 years old next month. I needed to make a special occasion dress for her. She picked the fabrics.
In the coming weeks I have several cakes to make, including, but not only, her birthday cakes..so I needed to get started!
As always - Feliz is an amazing dress! (I traced if from Sewing Clothes Kids Love...)
All I did was make the dress a bit longer, as Feliz tends to run short... and I left no seam alloance, as my little girl is pretty tiny.
A tip - if anyone wishes to get started on Feliz, but is intimidated... (I know I was..) use this excelent guide by Trillium, right here!!!



I will put on some photos of my girl modeling the dress pretty soon...

What's next...
The first item is a chef's hat and apron set for both my girls. They both asked for it, and it is part of the birthday gift for my little one.
When this will be done, and after 5-6 decorated cakes I need to make, I'll be back with sewing-for-my-self mode...
wait for me :-)

Baby blanket and some end-of-the-year thoughts...

I finished the simplest baby blanket for the coming baby of my sister in law...
One side is made of Fleece, the other is Cotton. I added an applique and finished it in the easiest way possible. I saw this method in Parparim's blog... it is easy and cute...
The applique is from Izzy & Ivy Designs... free!!!
So here it comes...




Now for the end-of-the-year thoughts...
I have learned a lot this year! I baught many patterns and so much fabric... and sewed many items,
My zippers got better. I made pants for myself, and a couple of skirts...
I've made many many clothes to my girls and quiet a lot of gifts...
Lessons for me, for the coming year:
1. I have so many patterns! Think before you buy!!!!!
2. Try to resist the urge to sew the girls everyday clothes... They have enough! They have more then enough! Special occasion clothes are enough!
3. sew more for me! I do NOT have many clothes... I can always make use in some more.
4. Do not sew skirts... you rarely wear those, even though they fit and you like them...

Plans for the coming few months:
well, January and the begining of February are difficult months. I have many cakes to make. Two for a good friend's daughter and three for my soon 4 years old girl!
so for January - I need to make the birthday girl a dress... and pants for my self.
On February I'll probably start with the Purim costumes...
and after that... we'll see :-)
Bye for now!

I've been away...

I haven't posted in very long...
Much worse, I didn't even keep track of all these amazing blogs that I have been monitoring closely for the past year or so...
I'm having some difficulties these days, I get tired easily and need a lot of sleep, I have very little energy for anything but what MUST be done; handling the girls, working, sleeping...
I hope to get on track real soon.
I still managed to finish a gift for a friend of mine. She asked for a Yoga Bag. We found together this free pattern by Amy Butler right here...
It took me too long, because everything does these days, but really is it a very easy pattern. I did not use interfacing because I used red drill fabric for the outer fabric and I figured it is good enough.
I had nobody to model the nag for me, so the picture isn't really great, but it really is OK, looks like the original bag.
I hope my frind likes it!



I also almost finished a baby blanket for my sister in law... I hope topost about it really soon, and I hope to get back my lost energy real soon, as I have so many plans...

happy holidays all of you who celebrate Cristmas and new year!