Clothes

What am I?

Susanne — Tue, 15 Nov 2022 14:08:38 +0000

This is a very good question, that I am asked quite a lot. What they mean is ofc what I do for a living. The short answer is a seamstress. The not so short answer would be: I am a small business owner with a vision and dream. A dream that handmade clothes doesn’t have to be expensive. For me, it means finding fabric on sale for example and make a dress out of it. Or pants. Or a set. Something. And offer this at a lower price than most handmade clothes. Some people say I do not value the time I have put on this. Well, I have. My time to make someone happy, feeling special, is a lot worth. Can’t be measured on money. To put a smile on a child’s face when they put on something that is not mass produced by a big clothing chain.

So what am I? A stay at home mom with a hobby she loves. That she made in to a business.

Because ofc, if you come to me, and wants me to buy a fabric that is 30 Euro, I am not going to only charge you 10 for a child dress. Then I will calculate how much the fabric will cost, and the extra materials, and give you a suggestion. This is why I needed the business, The Sewing Swede, to be allowed to take orders.

Last week, all I did was cut cut cut and cut some more. I have planned to have 1 week cutting, and next week sewing. Because it is too time consuming to change between the 2 on the same day. I will only do that with orders that needs to be finished a certain time.

Merry Christmas and a happy new year!

Susanne — Sun, 27 Dec 2020 07:28:34 +0000

First I want to wish you all a happy, healthy and covid19 free new year! Lets hope they get the vaccines out fast so we all can go back to normal living, hugging, socializing like we are used to.

I have made some stuff before Christmas, one big order to Sweden and my nephews Christmas gifts! Also tried making a pair of boxers for my son and he loved them! He said he barely felt that he had them on! Woooo!

Patterns are: Shirts is #swanktshirt from #puperita. Pants are #junglepants from #puperita. Boxers are #piratesbootyboxers from #patternsforpirates #p4p. Dresses are adjusted by me but originally #bluetitdress from #puperita.

Traditions!

Susanne — Sun, 15 Nov 2020 13:34:21 +0000

Here in Netherlands, the 5th of December, Sinterklaas comes with a gift. You sing and dance, eat kruidnoten and pepernoten and kids gets a gift or 10. You dress up as his helper, Piet or as Sinterklaas himself. Now, there are not really any dress-ups for babies because the fabric you use is not suitable for babies. So, a friend of mine asked me to make a Piet dress-up for her 5 months old. This is the result!

Pants are from Jungle pants from Puperita, shirt is Jelly shirt from Puperita and hat from Sara and Jules.

#puperita #sinterklaasenpiet #pietpak #babies #6months #funchallenges

Saturday means workday

Susanne — Sat, 14 Nov 2020 17:55:23 +0000

Saturday is for me a workday. Because it means that my partner is home and can share the attention from our son with me. Since 2 weeks, my sons school is closed because quite some teachers has tested positive for Covid. So… I do not get much done mid-week when my son is home. But today, I stole some hours at the machine.

Pattern of the tights are Petite Pegs from P4P and the romper is from Puperita

#p4p #puperita #romper #gifts #Covidsucks #noschoolnowork

Productive day!

Susanne — Sat, 31 Oct 2020 07:07:49 +0000

Yesterday was a very productive day! Even though my machines were messing a bit with me. Like breaking a needle and making the thread in to a birds nest. A hat for my friends son, bib for the shop, pants for my son and 2 Christmas trees! The green one is for my son, it didn’t come together nice enough for the shop hehe. The red one, I didn’t take a pic of yet since I haven’t filled it up. This is what I am using my scraps for. Filling up stuff like the Christmas trees. No fabric goes to waste like this! The pants is pattern from the lovely #puperita #junglepants

I can finally show it!

Susanne — Sun, 25 Oct 2020 17:01:00 +0000

I made my mum some shirts for her birthday but I couldn’t show it here before giving it! Here they are! I have made the shirts and the print! I don’t sell the Olaf print, it is licensed.

Facebook screwups

Susanne — Thu, 15 Oct 2020 07:11:59 +0000

Since Facebook has decided I can’t have a shop on my Facebook page, I will just start using my blog more. I am really done with fb changing things and I have to redo everything all over again. But hey, that’s the good thing with also having your own webpage, it’s yours hehe.

Well, lately I have been creating a lot of mouth caps (we just went back in to semi lockdown), gifts for my sons friend who had birthdays. And washable cotton pads! Lets try and save the nature a bit at a time.

Here below are some of the things I have done lately.

Orders to Sweden

Susanne — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 14:54:18 +0000

I got an order that needs to go to Sweden so I decided to ship away my sons gift to his grandma as well at the same time. And also her pillow cases I have made. I just forgot to take a picture of them before shipping them so that will come later. The order to Sweden was a lot of fun! 2 sets, in each set hat, bib, pants and a romper with text. I also had another order that I was supposed to bring with my trip to there but I have a feeling that trip will be cancelled so I shipped that one as well.
The pattern for the pants are from Puperita, as usual.
#puperita #rompers #bibs #hats #coronalockdown #ordertosweden

Bed rest and then 150% speed ahead!

Susanne — Sun, 07 Jul 2019 17:03:07 +0000

After a few days of rest (after taking a birthmark away from my scalp) I went 150% speed ahead today. I had 11 shirts to cut text for and press on. You might think that it’s not that much but… Oh my, the weeding of the htv. If it is small, it’s suck small pieces that they get stuck everywhere. I found one piece in my cola Hihi. But now the shirts are done and they became AWESOME! On the picture with my fingers, the tiny tweeny small pieces I had to get off the vinyl.

An old gaming friend

Susanne — Wed, 03 Jul 2019 19:31:17 +0000

An old gaming (World of Warcraft) friend contacted me this weekend, asking if I could make something for him. And well, anyone who knows me, knows that I will not say no unless I think I can’t make it. So said and done. Today when C was at the neighbor, playing with his bestie, I had time to create. 1.5 hour from cutting the fabric til the text was on there. Not too bad The pattern is a Jelly shirt fro the creator Puperita. First one I make but not the last. Easy pattern and came out great!