Sylvie Damey

Nothing like a few matryoshkas to brighten up an otherwise plain bag.. Plume needed a bag for her gym shoes. I also made one for Nell so she’d have a pretty one for her school things just like her big sister… :-) The second one (brown & pink) totally looked like a skirt until the […]

Summer holidays have come and gone, we had a lovely time in the south of France, rested, swam, spent time with friends… I crocheted lots of granny squares as samples for my “Around the granny square” ebook. And would have finished my second Camelia purse but for missing yarn. Then this week was the “Rentrà©e”: […]

I finally sewed the handles on my new Camelia purse this morning. Woohoo, that’s how long it took me… :-P But it’s summer and there are so many other things to do outside. We had talks with laurent about calling it the boobs/hawaian-bikini bag, ..but I thought Camelia may sound better ;-) The pattern is […]

I finished my skirt today ! I basically cut the original waist band, and replaced it by a more “funky” one. After finishing it, I was afraid it made too many dots altogether (I kind of grabbed this purple fabric at random, just looking at the colors). But from looking at the pictures tonight, it […]

I can’t believe I made a skirt this morning !! Still a few fine-tunings to add, but I can wear it this afternoon for my Grandmother’s 90th birthday !! :-D Will show more details later…

I couldn’t resist. This morning I started a second Popover sundress, this time in size 6. :-) It was quick, now that the pattern was all printed and cut. Didn’t make any of the mistakes I made on the first one either, so the straps are the right length… And following DH’s suggestion, I added […]

This is kind of old news, but 1,000 Fabulous Knit Hats by Annie Modesitt is now apparently available for purchase, even in brick and mortars stores !!! I haven’t received my contributor copy yet, but you should see my Altay hat in it, along with the instructions to make your own. Also, there should be […]

Summer is finally here, and we are enjoying it very much. Spending as much time as we can outside, often at the chalet… which will explain the lack of blogging. :-) I never thought I’d enjoy gardening so much and our little “experimental” garden (our first ever trial) is growing quite well. We already ate […]

It was Easter school holiday here in France, and after many changes of plans, we managed to go down to the south (towards the Riviera) for a few days. Not the warmest days we’ve had there, but still enough for the girls to finally wear their summer dresses, and even dare walking in the freezing […]

All the comments on Ermeline (esp. on Crafster) are motivating me to get started on a larger version for myself now, instead of working on a boy’s version first. (plus laurent doesn’t agree on the shape I had decided for the boy version. This will be a cooperative design :-D) Anywho. Anyone who’s ever come […]