DIY Summer Skirt

Since this kind of weather is gone... Well...the weather is only half gone. The sun is still out and no clouds and stuff, but the temperatures are gone. I hate that. Sooo looking forward to the summer!!

I figured I'd show a tutorial for an easy skirt I made a while ago. The pictures aren't the best quality because my sewing/crafting room is in the basement and there is only this horrible light down here... So please excuse the poor quality!

Material:

5-8cm wide elastic band (length: measure where you want the skirt to start and take away 10cm)

fabric of your choice: 45x160cm (150 is ok as well)

scissors

sewing machine

pins

...and time to gather the fabric around the elastic by hand!

so basically I measured my waist: 75cm

took away 10cm: 65cm --> length of elastic

the fabric needs a width depending on how long you want the skirt to be --> mine is 45cm

 and then you just take the width of your fabric (140/150/160) for the "length of the skirt" (around your waist)    god this sounds complicated! i'm so sorry, i'm so bad at this tutorial thing. i liked the way I had lots of ruffles because of my 160cm fabric, but I guess you could adjust a bit! (I always do that, haha)

So once you got the measuring and cutting done you can start pinning the fabric to the elastic. (If you had or have problems with the measuring: Feel free to ask me, I'll try to give you some advice :) )

First, you fold the elastic in half and mark that point. Then, you fold the fabric in half and pin that point to the marked point.

You continue folding every part in half (so when you folded the first half, start folding that in half and so on...get it? :S )

It should look something like this:

Once you finished pinning, you can start sewing on the fabric (I promise: Mine looks terrible, thank God it's on the inside and only I can see it !) 

After sewing it should look something like this

The last thing you'll do is sew the side seam with a regular stitch.

And then you're done! 

Hope you liked it! (And I hope it was at least halfway understandable...gosh, I'm really bad at this)

DIY Lace Scarf

After making this beauty (if I may say so myself!!, haha) everyone asked me where I got it from and said it was pretty.
I had never gotten so many compliments on something I made myself and it made me feel soooo good!

I got my inspiration from here. The jersey-ish fabric I used was on sale on stoffe.de and I got the lace from a gigantic fabric store I looove to go to - especially because it's comparably cheap!

I'm planning on making another one...maybe with dark blue lace, or pale pink. Something spring-ish or summer-ish :)

We'll see. Need to finish a whole lot of other projects first.

Edit: If you want a tutorial, please tell me. It'll make me make another one (and work on my tutorial skills...)

Sailors Knot Bracelet

After seeing a lot of pretty sailors knot bracelets with this pretty maritime feeling I thought I'd a really easy one.


Material:

needle
thread
scissors
leather pieces 3x1,5cm
2x 20 cm pieces of cord (color of your choice)
2 snap buttons (so four parts)

after cutting the leather strips, hand sew on the snap buttons 

(make sure you sew them on the right way -> learning by doing haha)

for the knot, lay out the cord pieces

cross them. i put the green one on top

and make a simple knot

take both strands and

cross over again, using the same cord on top again!

pull through

now you might have different lengths 

so nudge them until they are about the same length

and you're DONE!

This is what mine turned out like

Coffee Cream Cake

It was probably the first cake I made in my life that turned out the way it was supposed to. I was sooo happy! yaaay me, haha

Recipe:

For the cake part

4 eggs
4 tablespoons hot (!) water
200g white sugar
1 package of vanilla sugar
1 tablespoon amaretto
120g flour
1 package of baking powder
1 package of chocolate pudding powder (you can also use almond pudding powder)
100g chocolate chips
optional:
50g peeled and chopped almonds

for the cream part

750ml whipped cream
2 packages of instant coffee
cocoa powder to decorate

Mix eggs and water until it's all foamy.
 Mix the sugar and vanilla sugar together and add to the eggs and water foam. Shortly stir in the liquor.
Mix the baking powder with the pudding powder, stir it into the mixture on the lowest level.
Add almonds and chocolate chips.

Pour the dough in a round springform pan,  the bottom covered with parchment paper and the sides buttered (so it's easier to get out the cake in the end)
Bake for 30 min at 180°.

Take cake out of pan, let it cool down.

As soon as it's cooled down cut it in half so you end up with two bases.

Whip the cream with the coffee powder.
Spread about half of it onto the bottom base.
Carefully lay the top base on top.

Then add the rest of the cream mixture on top evenly.
Decorate as you like and add the cocoa powder.

For us it tasted best after being in the fridge for a day - amazing! I loved it!

Have fun :)