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Comfy and cool!

1 July 2012 in Trousers by piia | No comments

We are on a holiday in Finland now, so I have been making Summer clothes for the boys lately. It can get very warm in Finland over Summer although last few weeks have been quite cool.

Since the little one is only 10 months old, I have made light long trousers for him that are not too hot to wear on hot Summer days but still protect his sensitive skin from the sun. I used thin cotton to make comfortable harem pants with a pocket on the side. The front and back are of different fabrics. In front I used old retro curtain, and backside is recycled spotty cotton. The pocket is also black and white dotted cotton. Comfy and cool!

R-o-b-o-t

13 June 2012 in Shirts by piia | 4 comments

My son asked me to make him a Robot shirt, since the old one had become too small for him ages ago. I had a picture drawn for a long time, but getting it to the shirt turned out more difficult than expected ;)

So finally I got to finish another Robot shirt for him. This time short sleeve and with spotty fabric at the back, stripes in front and yellow star jersey in sleeves.

The Robot itself is a bit funny. Has green spotty eyes with buttons and is wiggling away. I think it is doing some form of Robotdance. ;) Well, it was a funny one to make. Now, I gotta whip up a Summer cap for my son. The sun is shining and on Friday they have a Summer festival in the kindergarten. :)

Prkl! pouches

13 June 2012 in Accessories by piia | No comments

Suomi Prkl! Design opened in Reykjavik last Friday and the opening party was great. There was some Finnish drinks and food and music. Made us all feel like being back in Finland. :)

I made small presents for the two new shop owners. Was thinking what could be useful, but at the same time funny and ended up making stripy, good sized pouches with the name of the shop appliqued in front. I hope they will be useful and liked!

Here’s a pic of the shop. Look at those stairs. Stripy and cool! My favorite detail in the shop ;) Definitely worth visiting!

Retrobug and Suomi PRKL! Design

7 June 2012 in Dresses by piia | No comments

Great news to all design lovers here in Iceland. A new shop is opening at Laugavegur 27 in Reykjavik, which sells FINNISH design only. Cool Jopo bikes, Moomin stuff, Iittala glass, adorable textile design and so much more. I am very happy to tell you that there will be some Retrobugs available there too! You can find selected items of dresses and hats as well as pouches in Suomi PRKL! Design, so do go and have a peak!! ;)

Here some dresses that can be found in the shop. I played with the fabrics a bit in these dresses and the backsides are different from the front. Cute vintage Pippi Longstocking fabric was paired with blue spotty cotton. On the side, there is large pocket that reaches from front to back.

Here’s a cute vintage children’s fabric paired with black and white dotted fabric. Same style as the Pippi dress.

More sneak peaks coming up later. If you wanna see more, go and check out the shop.

Suomi PRKL! Design shop opens up tomorrow!! JEI!

Stripes and dots

29 May 2012 in Dresses, Trousers by piia | No comments

I am a sucker for stripes and dots. I have piles of stripy and dotted fabrics and now I have decided to make stuff out of them before getting new fabrics. ;) Easier said than done.

This one birthday present helped me slightly. I made stripy tunic dress for one year old girl out of stretchy terry and matching dotted leggins. Red and white and green is such a summery combination. Reminds me of strawberries and ice cream and green grass. So glad the Summer is almost here!

Laptop sleeves

15 March 2012 in Bags by piia | 1 comment

I have been making laptop sleeves again. A small bunny laptop sleeve, with yellow lining. Cute as a bunny, definitely a lovely addition to ones work look ;)

Another laptop sleeve is made out of one of my favorite retro fabrics. It has a nice geometric pattern and it looks really cool in a bag. The lining is made of old Finnish fabric called Optic Apple. I added a small pocket on the side, where you can have a charger or other essentials with you.

Spring cleaning!

12 March 2012 in Other by piia | 2 comments

I have not been blogging much lately. Naturally I have been busy busy with my little boy, who keeps me occupied all day long but the blog also hasn’t been calling for me the way it used to. So, I decided it was time for some facelift, Spring cleaning, New Look!

So, here’s something bit more simple and clean. I like it. I already feel like hanging around here more.

Here’s the little Mommy’s boy on his new play mat. He needed a small play mat for the living room as we often sit on the floor and play with his toys there. (I know! He can sit by himself already. Where does this time go?? ;) ) I used black and white and yellow fabrics to make a nice colour combination, which also fits nicely to our living room. The other side of the mat is totally yellow.

It turned out really nice. The only problem is, that he is not staying on the mat that much anymore, as he is effectively learning to crawl these days.. :D

Bunny costume

24 February 2012 in Dresses by piia | 2 comments

Here is another costume I made last week. This was made to my friend’s daughter who wanted to be a bunny in her kindergarten costume party. We were thinking of an outfit that could be used after the costume party as well. So, I suggested on a dress that would have bunny ears on the hood and a little bunny tail at the back, that could be removed after the party. The dress is made of white velor and has pink velor lining in the hood and in ears. Pink ribbing adds a bit of colour to the dress.

This cute little bunny girl was a bit shy for the camera, but cute as a bunny nevertheless. ;)

Thank you Minna for the picture!

Now that the party is over, and the tail and ears are taken off, it might be fun to applique a colourful picture on the front. Maybe keep up the bunny theme with nice bunny applique. We shall see about that ;)

Owl costume

22 February 2012 in Sweaters by piia | 5 comments

My son has a costume party at the kindergarten today and therefore we had to figure out a costume for him. He wanted to be a spider but the idea of making a spider costume was a bit creepy, as I really dislike spiders :D So I got him to change his mind and so we decided to make an owl costume. As always, I wanted to make something comfortable to wear, since kids are always jumping around and my son is definitely not an exception.

I ended up making a brown terry hoodie with appliqued feathers in the front. There are also feathers under the arms so he can fly around like an owl ;) The hood is the owl’s head with pointy ears and big eyes and of course a peak. Little owl feet are hanging from the hem seam to finalize the look.

Such a lovely owl boy, don’t you think? ;)

Stripes stripes

10 December 2011 in Accessories by piia | No comments

This laptop sleeve is made of stripy black and white thick cotton and has red polkadot lining. On top of padding I added fleece lining to give more protection for the computer. My hubby ordered a laptop sleeve from me ages ago, but it took forever for me to find time to get it done. Finally I got it done and conveniently just in time for his birthday ;) He was happy to get a laptop sleeve of his own. And I am happy, since now I got my own sleeve back :D