Useful link, how to measure yourself correctly

If you are wondering how to take your measurements correctly, here you have a great post from Sewing in No Mans Land.

Paloma Negra

Manos Mexicanas: Amandina!

When I started writing this blog, I was feeling a bit lonely in the crafts universe, at least in Mexico, blogging and crafting was not a trendy thing, and it was hard to find people that share the same interest. But lately I´ve been finding that now there are more people blogging about crafts and handmade things in Mexico, more people that share this passion, so this makes me very excited, to be able to share the same interest, and also because of this, now I have more options, like fairs and magazines here in Mexico. And also above all this, the fact is, at least in this part of Mexico where I live, crafts and handmade things were synonymous of bad quality, things made only from and for hippies,  so, when I see creations like this, that have all this passion and good quality its a placer to share it with the world.

Cuando empece este blog, me sentia un poco sola en el universo, en Mexico no habia mucho la cultura de los blogs y lo hecho a mano, pero ultimamente he descubierto que cada vez hay mas gente que comparte esta pasion y eso me emociona mucho, me emociona el poder hablar de las cosas que hago y poder compartir un mismo interes con mas gente en Mexico, y sobre todo que cada vez somos mas, y gracias a esto se pueden hacer cosas muy interesantes. Hay mas proyectos de difusion, cada vez se organizan mas ferias y sobre todo, que al menos en esta parte de Mexico donde vivo, lo hecho a mano era visto como de mala calidad, las artesanias solo las hacian los hippies por asi decirlo. Asi que cuando veo creaciones como esta, que tienen tanta pasion y calidad es un placer poder compartirlo con el mundo.

Amandina is a trendy concept in jewelry design, which fuses together craftsmanship and contemporary design and blends tradition with fashion, the result: unique pieces made with love that only the handwork of artisans can create. I love the work of this girls from Yucatan, their organic motifs, trees, leaves and animals are absolutely fabulous. More about Amandina here and at their Etsy Shop.

Me encanta el trabajo de estas chicas de Yucatan, Las siluetas organicas me parecen bellisimas, Arboles, hojas y animales son su inspiracion. Amandina, es un concepto innovador en diseño de joyería, su vision de la tecnica contemporanea se funde con la tradicion de la tecnica orfebre. Obteniendo como resultado una mezcla que conjuga tradición con moda, en piezas únicas e irrepetibles que sólo el trabajo manual de artesanos yucatecos puede crear. Mas de Amandina aqui o en Etsy.

Tutorials I Like

1. Pleated purse Tutorial, Modest Heaven. 2. Duffle Bag Tote, Bag’n-telle.  3. Square Bag Tutorial, Amanda Hawkins

4. Easy Retro Apron, Better Homes and Gardens. 5. Fully Lined Ruffle Apron, Modest Heaven 6.Suzy Homemaker Apron, Anna Reilly

7. Floral Corsage Tank, Such Pretty Things. 8. T-shirt Cover Up, Creative Kismet. 9. Ruffle Shirt Refashion, Made by Lex.

10. Beachcomber dress, Tea Rose Home. 11. Circular Vest, Threads Magazine 12. V-neck T-shirt dress, I love Maegan

Flower tutorials

I have 3 cousins with new babies, and one more coming, so that kind of woke up my motherly side.. I´m using this tutorials to make flowers for some refashioned onesies.

Yoyo Tutorial, by  Shira Cooper

Loopy Felt Flower, by Sister Diane

Fabric ranunculus, by House on hill road

Fabric Flower, by Tamar “Nest pretty things”

Corsage Tutorial, by the Object Project

Organza Flowers, by Little Birdie Secrets

Fold & Twist Fabric Flowers, by Calamity Kim

Fabric flowers, by Wise Craft

Peony Clips, by Make it do