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.
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| Souls in Czech Republic, picture from CTK |
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.
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| Halloween | picture from: ISIFA/Marie Claire Group |
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 would like to share with you my new experince:-) Friend of mine Katka, which is so nice person, asked me to I make for her little evening purse..ohhhh - I am honoured:-) it is really challenge for me. In past I made for her a brooch of Phoenix bird.. so I would like to fit it to this brooch and her wonderfull dress for a ball.
I will rise from the ashes …
… I have a beautiful life. I get to know and see so many wonderful things. But sometimes I see a lot of bad also and even if I cried all my tears of healing, it is not in my forces to help all, who need my help … I was blessed with a voice - so I am singing. I am singing to those who are not into singing. I am singing about love, desire, forgiveness…
… I had a beautiful and long life. I learned many wonderful things .. And even though I know that once everything is over, what will remain forever - is HOPE.
Hope that you can begin again and rise like a Phoenix from the ashes.
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| Phoenix bird designed by Vendula Maderska |
… I have a beautiful life. I get to know and see so many wonderful things. But sometimes I see a lot of bad also and even if I cried all my tears of healing, it is not in my forces to help all, who need my help … I was blessed with a voice - so I am singing. I am singing to those who are not into singing. I am singing about love, desire, forgiveness…
… I had a beautiful and long life. I learned many wonderful things .. And even though I know that once everything is over, what will remain forever - is HOPE.
Hope that you can begin again and rise like a Phoenix from the ashes.
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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.. :-) |
| Pertinio by Coats |
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| Pertinio by Coats |
...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 ;-)
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| Fatima by Vlnika |
Finally a winter earflap for my little one Natynka:-)
I love this hat:-) I wanted make for her something unique, happy in bright colors. Well, I designed this colorful hat with big crocheted retro buttons named Mad about the buttons hat :-)
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| Mad about the buttons hat designed by Vendula Maderska |
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| Mad about the buttons hat designed by Vendula Maderska |
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| Mad about the buttons hat designed by Vendula Maderska |
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;-)
Because
it is getting cold outside, I had to make the winter hats for
my little ones. I would like to make colorful and warm ear-flaps. And
here is my tutorial, how I am sewing a lining into the ear-flaps.
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 :-)
I hope, you will enjoy this tutorial :-)
Important
note: please notice
that, I am not professional seamstress. I am beginner and
self learner. I don't like measurement so I am trying of simplest
way :-) I don't know right therms of sewing in my native language let alone in English ;-) but as always I made
many pictures and maybe you will like my technique and it will be
helpful for you :).
First
of all I make a lining, before I make a hat, because I want to know,
how big the ear flap should be (but from practice I know that the crocheted hat should be 2 cm (0,8 inches) wider as normal)
I
used bright pink color fleece for the lining. I choose a little bit elastic variation of
this material.
Circumference of head is 50 cm (19,7 inches). I cut two same rectangles 27 x 26 cm (10,6 x 10,2 inches) but please note, that the height may be bigger depending on the overall length of the ear flap from top of the head to the end of flaps – so really it depends on you.
Then I placed both rectangles with front sides to each other, elasticity goes into the sides as you could see on the picture above. Sew them together on the sides. First I use “zig-zag” stitch, I will make normal stitch again at the end.
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.
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.
When I have finished the lining I will sew it into the hat. I made this colorful buttoned hat (if you like it I wrote a pattern) I give the lining into the hat with reverse side in front of me and insert the lining into the hat.
Turn the hat hat into reverse side and sew crocheted hat and the lining together on the top.
Then turn the hat on the front side again.
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 :-)
I hope, you will enjoy this tutorial :-)
Mad about the buttons hat
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| Mad about the buttons hat designed by Vendula Maderska |
