I am as scratched gramophone record, but I have to tell again - that I am still working on Christmas custom orders. I really hope, that I will be finished on Friday and then I would like to make something special for my girls.. but - they are clever:-) and I have to make something from mummy but it should looks like from Ježišek ( in our country gives the presents Ježišek not Santa ;-) ) 

I was looking for some pictures in my old, full computer and during that I made a little look to bags and purses I designed this year :) 

I have special surprise for you also....:-)  hmmmmmmmmmm - be patient ...

It is a Friday evening and I am going to work on some custom orders but before I would like to share with  you one special event of my life. For first time I joined one group on internet - Angel swap group :-). Different handmakers send to another member of this group an angel. Nobody knows from who will get the angel - it is surprise. This all is an wonderful idea :-) There are more then 270 members in this group. 

I get my angel already :-)), and I was so moved when I get it. I had one of my very busy and crazy days and the postman was ringing (one time!:-)) ) and I get the package, thinking about I didn´t order anything.. and I opened it and the day was slown down suddenly. I saw my angel:-) and I like it very much. I will make and angel too, my swap partner likes naturally colors... oh ... another challenge for me :-) Please keep me your fingers. I will take a picture.

Here is a picture of our new angel and  I hope that he will protect us during next year :) Thank you very much Scully  

When I made coasters for a wish - I made this cute coaster for our Christmas table also :)  I am looking so much for Christmas.. to see our little girl eyes :-) 

If you like it as same as I like it :-) The pattern is already ready. 

Friend of my Marketa, for who I made patchwork ladies bag in past loves horses. Her daughter loves horses too and I decided to make for them something special:-) Well I tried if I could make a horse. And I made two - one as an Christmas decoration and I could not help to myself and made one colorful..:-) 

OK, I am able to make a horse, I am very happy about it - so I have to make different two for my friend and her sweet daughter:-)

If you like my rocking horse I made a pattern.

iaaaaaaaah:-)

Two weeks ago I promised to tell you how we celebrate Halloween in our country. I didn´t forget..but I am still in fight with a time..

When I was small girl, we held the tradition in our family to go 2nd of November on cementaries, where all members of our family were "sleeping" and for me it was always very nice time. Because there were so many burning candles and flowers and all that old pictures on the gravestones remembering old times and I like to walking and seeing  it all...it was so mysterious for me as a small girl.. This day is called the Feast all faithful deceased - but people is calling it All Soul´s Day.

When I grown up I knew, that this tradition came from Celtic tradition. Celtic feast of Samhain celebrated the end of summer and the beginning of a new year, which was 1st November. On that day, according to the faith of the Celts penetrated world of living with next world. People burned the lights and candles to help dead souls to survive better phase adjustment. It isn´t so colorful and it isn't so funny as Halloween which is celebtared in America.

As you maybe know, I am mom of two little girls and we continue in family tradition and we are going on cementaries also to saying " Hello " to our close who can not be with us.. This year it was for first time we celebrated Halloween also a little bit. We were on evening Halloween walk in our ZOO. It was so nice..There were many carved pumpkins, which made a children all day. It was wondeful sunny weather that day. Children are walking with lanterns and it was really nice..My little one Nelinka was sad a little bit, because the the animals were sleeping already ;-)..

I was looking for some yarn and I found special one called Pertinio by Coats  with golden threads and I like this color very much.. I am waitting to get another componets for making my little evening purse and I am really excited to make it! Please keep me your fingers.. :-)

...and in the yarns shop I found one very interesting yarn  - natural hand-spun silk called Fatima by Vlnika 

I could not resist and bought one ball ;-), even it is quiet expensive...Don´t tell it to my hubby ;-)

Fatima by Vlnika

We (me and my Natynka) discussed about the colors and buttons maybe more than one hour..:-) We love to spent a time with discussing about colors and buttons a that things:-)

If you like this hat and would like to make it to for your sweet girl I wrote a pattern. It is available in my Etsy shop. And if you are interested how I am sewing the lining, I wrote a tutorial. It is available free on my blog:-)

And now I have to make another one for my second one Nelinka of course. But… there is a something new forming in my head;-)

I mark the middle of the lining with a pin and now I divide my lining in two parts.

I fold one part on two half and divide the part on two smaller parts again.



Now fold this small part on right angle and I get a triangle.

Cut the triangle.

Now  sew it (using still only "zig-zag" stitch again). Repeat it with all smaller parts. And you get a fleece hat actually.

I don't like the these sharp corners (see picture below, please), so I sew it again but now I made a bigger angle until there will be no sharp corners and the . Now I use zig-zag stitch and normal sewing stitch to finish it.



Turn the hat hat into reverse side and sew crocheted hat and the lining together on the top.


Then join the crocheted hat and the lining with a pins.

And cut the lining. Leave about 1 - 1,5 cm (0,4 - 0,6 inches) fabric for sewing.



Now sew the lining by hands. Roll the edge a little bit to the lining has nice edge after sewing into crocheted hat. 



Well, and you have finished it :-)

Mad about the buttons hat designed by Vendula Maderska