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Atzo Fridak estreinatu egin zuen jaio zenean oparitu nion bodia, eta erbitxoa. Modelo galanta dago egina…

Ayer tuve una modelo de lujo, Frida estrenaba el body y la liebre a conjunto que le regalé cuando nació.

Yesterday I had a super model photo sesion, Frida came home with her brand new onesie and matching hare, I gave her on her birthday, but she has been waiting to grow a bit to wear it…

* Please, don`t use these pictures without my express permision, to let the girl`s parents decide.

* Por favor, no utiliceis estas fotos sin preguntarme antes, para que los padres de la niña puedan decidir.

Hi there! Nearly 12 days without computer or internet access, and there were surprises waiting for me on the net, the plush ladies meeting has been spotted in two of my daily reading blogs!

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And in two turkish blogs, I`ve tried to translate them, but I haven`t found any good translator, extrange sensation to see that they are talking about your work, but not understanding a word, I am very curious about it! I`ll continue with my turkish investigations

There has been a ladies appointment this morning, Snowlady wanted to say a couple of words before saying goodbye to some of them. Yes, during the next months some will leave home and they won`t see each other anymore, and neither me… snif snif snif.

I am planning to open an etsy shop soon, I actually have it, but there`s nothing for sale yet, I`ll keep you informed of everything.The next step is nearly here, I am a bit nervious, excited, happy…well, full of all sort of emotions, and with a lot of things to do!

Esta mañana ha habido una reunión en el jardín, Snowlady quería decirles unas palabras a todas juntas antes de que llegara el día de la despedida. En los próximos meses algunas de ellas dejarán de vivir con nosotras y a saber cuán lejos marcharán…snif snif.

Voy a abrir pronto una tienda en Etsy, bueno, ya la tengo aunque todavía está vacía. Ya os iré informando del proceso. Parece que el siguiente paso ya esá llegando, y estoy contenta, nerviosa, emocionada… se entremezclan sentimientos de todo tipo, y con un montón de cosas por hacer!

Bai bai, denda irekitzeko momentua heltzear dago, oraindik ez dakit noiz izango den, askoz jota abuztuaren bukaeran edota iraila hastean. Hasiera batean uztailaren bukaeran irekitzea zen nire asmoa, baina berandutu egin dut unea abuztuan denbora behar dudalako oso projektu politan lan egiteko, gainera oso erraza izango duzue hau etxeratzea… misterio misterioso.

I`m afraid that Rubiales doesn`t like the idea of losing her friends, she knows that some of them are staying at home with us, and that the others are happy to travel and see another part of the world, but she is too ungry right now to understand it. We are going to miss them.

Me temo que a Rubiales no le ha sentado nada bien la noticia, ya sabe que no va a perder a todas sus compañeras, que las que se van están contentas de viajar y ver mundo, y que tanto las unas como las otras van conocer a más. Pero ahora mismo está demasiado enfadada para entenderlo. Las vamos a echar de menos.

Quieres que se de la vuelta? Bira ematea nahi duzu?
Do you want her to turn around?…

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Back home! It`s great to come back home feelling happily anxious to come back to work…

Es genial volver de vacaciones con ganas e ilusionada por la vuelta al trabajo, en el anterior me dolía…Si se disfrutan el doble!

Guztiok izan beharko genuke sentsazio hau.

Tomorrow I`m flying to London! I`ll be there for a week, and hopefully I will come back with some fabrics!

Y mañana a Londres, qué ganas de rastrear….

Bihar goizean hegazkina hartu eta Londonera! Astebete egongo naiz bertan, eta espero dut hainbat ohialekin bueltatzea!

Mi idea para sacarles fotos a estas dos señoritas era con la escenografía que veis y que estuvieran iluminadas tan solo por la luz de la “cristalera”. Ahí es nada, contraluz , ellas blancas con el pelo negro que, o les desaparecía el pelo o estaban quemadas, o, como vereís a continuación, tenían un pequeño desenfoque. Y yo armada con una cámara doméstica cuyo fabricante le inculcó bien aquello de que “las cosas no son o blancas o negras” porque tiene tendencia a adornarlas con unos puntitos rojos. Si los aspectos técnicos hubieran estado bien me habría quedado muy satisfecha, habrá que invertir en una buena máquina…

Bueno, aquí os dejo las pruebas de foto de las muñecas ya terminadas (estaban algo diferentes cuando las conocisteis):

Photo challenge: my idea was to photograph these dolls only with the window light, not easy having black and white dolls and a domestic camera. The result is not as good as I`d like to, but I want to show it to you, they could have been nice photos…(You met these dolls before but they were slightly different)

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Last week the postman brought home three wonderful books:

I am learning how to sew and make patterns while I make them, and I was needing some kind of referece book because I don`t have many basic sewing notions, I have discovered some by my own , but it`s hard and slow to learn this way.

So here I have one to learn a good way to make soft toy patterns so I can make my own patterns much better. It is “Soft Animals A to Z” by Carolyn Vosburg Hall, one of the best things of this book is that it explains so clearly the order to sew the softie`s parts. The order is so important when you are sewing any kind of stuff, but when you are making a softie it is one of the most important clues to make it all right.

Another book is “Simple sewing” by Lotta Jansdotter, and as the tittle says it has simple sewing projects, but made with a very good taste. Each project has a couple of drawings to help the mainly written explanations (so I learn to sew and I improve my english at the same time, great!), a picture of it finished, and also the pattern.

And the last one, but not the less important, “Craft Inc” by Meg Mateo Ilasco. I highly recommend this book to everyone who wants to make of crafting his/her way of life, although the legal considerations are only for USA laws, the rest of the book will be very helpful, it`s so well explained and it is soooo beautifully printed.

Koko also likes them, she`ll start studying the soft animals one, so logical.

And this is my first tote bag, do you recognize the brown and orange fabric? (*) It is not a good one to make softies, because it is too rigid, but it is great to make bags, appliques or any flat object. I love its print pattern.

(*) If not here you have the answer, click!

I love to work with fabrics with different prints on them, and if they are recycled much better!