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Hello dear #wip workers I have to confess, I am a splitter. In the middle of the wip challenge I am leaving the boat. Faithlessly I push the box with my wips under the desk and put a lid on it. I even

I was so full of hope and optimism, I really thought I would get it done. Motivated by @jonalyn2020's amazing crochet skirt or @blezyn's granny square top, @monica-ene's dresses or @clearartista doll and

Dear Needleworkers, envision this scene with your inner eye: its hot, the sun is blazing down on golden wheat fields. A soft warm wind is blowing over the landscape and birds are chirping joyfully. A small

It’s Monday: I had one week to try out tiny habits, nibble on an imprisoned wip, and then write a glorious blogpost about my success. Only that did not happen. Ok, the week happened I did not learn

Do you now those times, when you attention shifts to a new art medium, and you start to obsessively research every available brand? I fell into this waterhole rabbit hole with watercolors. Roughly a month

One week two finished projects, that‘s what I promised. And? Do you think I have finished? SUSPENSEEEEEEE Yes, nearly. Both the Muru Kai shawl and the hexagon jacket are finished in knitting/crochet. The

It is Monday… I had to work the whole week (also at night) to set up the showroom… I had headaches…. A tree in our garden broke and fell onto the street (honestly!!! A lot of sawing and cleaning on Sunday)…

For longer now I did not write into the @alienarthive community, but the reason is not that I was inactive, no quite the contrary, I painted so much I did not managed to write :-DDD But here I am with

how to alter the waistline of a skirt

Trigger warning: I will speak about body shaming, domestic violence, sexism, and ageism in this post. If you are more interested in the knitting, crochet and embroidery techniques hop to the last paragraph.

Trigger warning: I will speak about body shaming, domestic violence, sexism, and ageism in this post. If you are more interested in the knitting, crochet and embroidery techniques hop to the last paragraph.

There will be those days when a customer does not book your service, when your best planned out fashion designs are frowned over, when your cutest amigurumi does not win the competition, when an art fair

There will be those days when a customer does not book your service, when your best planned out fashion designs are frowned over, when your cutest amigurumi does not win the competition, when an art fair

I woke up today drank a coffee and after a look at my to-do list pondered to get some much more potent stuff… Joking, besides that I am not learned about what to take to enhance productivity I am very

I woke up today drank a coffee and after a look at my to-do list pondered to get some much more potent stuff… Joking, besides that I am not learned about what to take to enhance productivity I am very

Yes, these are pair of pants. No, they do not fit. Does this make me sad? No, because I never planned to wear them. Now after I have confused you completely, I will lift the veil of ignorance. These leggings

get inspired by a lot of free knitting and crochet pattern and see how to style them

It‘s needleworkmonday and there are two direction how this post can go: One will destroy my newly found confidence in finishing craft projects and reveal my jittery self, lost in the depth of the evil

Sewing in collections… I heard this idea three years ago and I was intrigued (oh my… do I really sew three years already and still am such a beginner?). I was introduced to this concept by the lovely blog

Monday Monday… and my too wide jeans are still too wide. But thanks to your amazing ideas how to rescue the jeans, I not only have now ideas how to alter them successfully I also found more love for them.