DONE

Ok, so now I'm done with my written exams...oral ones coming up at the end of May (loooong time to go - yaaay)

Although I have told myself to start earlier for these exams than the ones I just finished.

I will start with both math and art next week. Maybe even earlier! Promise to myself...let's see how this idea goes..

Today I will enjoy the weather: the sun, the chirping birds, the warm grass, the blue sky and the smell of spring.

And I will practice for my test on Wednesday to see if I'll get the apprenticeship...Yikes!

And this is my new project. I am going to make a scrapbook of my summer starting with today (after my written exams) and ending with the beginning of my apprenticeship or whatever I am going to do afterwards...
I got my inspiration from here. She does it beautifully - I hope mine is going to turn out pretty too.

Today I am going to try finishing my cardigan and maybe starting on a pair of really comfy pants from a magazine. We'll see how that goes.

Off to work and p.s.: look for all the little daisies that are coming out everywhere :)

first "real" project

i'm crazy. i'm starting to work on more difficult porjects: a cardigan!!!

don't ask me how i got the idea  - well actually this is where i got it from - but i don't know how easy i thought it would be.

between pride and frustration there have been many feelings to this today. so far i had to add width to the sleeve and cut into my fabric so i had to sew that back together. oh and i - i know completely stupid - did not make sure the fabric was lined up properly and now i have a grain that goes wild ...

one and a half sleeves are done and one quarter of the main body is done. hopefully i'll be able to finish it tomorrow!!

by the way - it's a green wool-ish fabric that feels very soft and i bet it's warm too -- yaay i'm making a winter cardigan while the summer is on its way. oh well..sometimes i wonder whether i actually think before i do things.

an older lady in my sewing course last year said she loved that about me: the spontaneous, careless part of me. i don't particularly like it. my wallet doesn't either. last year i bought fabric for a lot of money wanting to sew a ballgown. how stupid is that?? i regretted it while i was still paying for it. i'd barely sewn a pouch at that time. (don't ask. and to my dear friend: please don't say anything :(( ) it turned out to become a short balloon-ish skirt that i haven't finished yet because the sewing teacher has the instructions and the course was over. and now, the new course didn't start because there weren't enough people who wanted to come... great .  i should never have bought it in the first place. it would've saved me a lot of money. next time i'll think before!!!

Quilt

I just decided that I am going to make a quilt after school. Those weeks when I am going to do nothing but be with my bf in Hamburg (btw AHmazing city!!)

This is the to do list for it from Elise Blaha

She said the most important part is to do one step at a time to prevent freaking out!

I shall obey ! I will keep you up to date!

half productive day

Yesterday was World Down Syndrome Day - and I went to an assisted living place to paint and decorate Easter eggs. It felt good :) Asking them what color they wanted and mixing the paint, giving them the brush and letting them do their thing. Eventually the boy I was working with decided to leave so I just watched the others while painting my own little Easter eggs. I wanted to make them look extra-springy so I mixed the plain, bold colors with white to have this sort of color scheme:

Unfortunately mine didn't turn out quite as pretty ... I'm working on it and I will paint some more with my little brother next week or the week after! Easter is a'comin' :) Which means family gatherings, candy, chocolate, sweet little presents, flowers, beautiful tones and lots of happiness and laughter (gotta know my family to understand that <3)

After yesterday was pretty much unproductive (at least for me - i sewed a sail for my bf's self-made sailboat and that took pretty long) today was better.
I got a phone call from the company I want to get an apprenticeship at telling me they didn't have what I was aiming for but something a little different. So it was still good news and it means one little trip to Hamburg next week! Yaaay! So excited about it!

After that: school books, backyard, sun, hammock, chilling out! It was great.

I did some more for my German exam on Monday and at the same time sewed a pretty new skirt. Maritime style for life!

Looking forward to even warmer weather tomorrow!