New haircut!

I have been dreaming about cutting my hair short for a while now but I have been to much of a chicken. Pondering back and forward, should I do it, should I not, maybe I should get bangs instead... But then, last weak, I decided I have had enough of the stupid long hair. And today I went to the hairdresser and chopped it off! She kept 20cm of my head-fur.
This is the before:

And after:

I don't regret it at all. No grief, only relief. This hair will be so much easier and more fun to style, it won't take 2 hours to curl, and it won't get caught in car doors and backpacks. It suits my vintage clothes better. And I think it looks pretty as well! I'm happy. :-)

The apron project has been on ice due to some stressful weaks at work. Things have calmed down now though, and I'm feeling the urge to sew again! I hope I will have some new sewing pictures to show soon.

Love,
Helena

Vintage apron coming up!

I bought a super cute apron pattern from 1955, simplicity 1359. I really like all three versions, but most of all the simple view 1 which will be the first one I make an attempt on.



The main fabric will be the one with the flowers, an old curtain. The contrast will be in the red fabric. Quite similar to the picture actually. :-) I really look forward to cooking and baking with this apron over a pretty dress. And high heels of course. House chores are always more fun in heels. Everyone knows that.

Love,
Helena

Long time no salsaing...

which is probably not a word. Today I heard a spanish song as someones ringtone. And suddenly i felt Salsa moves trying to break out of my body. I had to listen to salsa music the rest of the day while working, and also decided to go to a Salsa social tonight. I haven't danced Salsa in over a year, and not regularly since about two years ago. Man, it was much harder than I remembered! Especially since I have been dancing Lindy Hop a lot lately, and it was hard to switch the brain into latino mode from jazz mode. :-) But it was a lot of fun. And a good work out. I should do that more often.



Now I'm winding down after the dancing by enjoying som Kent...

För sista gången på nära håll
står vi som frusna mot varandra
Och våra händer möts affärsmässigt snabbt
som i förvåning
Över en elektrisk chock genom skelettet
Som slog sönder våra liv till ett fullständigt normalt
tillstånd där allt är trasigt

Ooh, goosebumps. I love that song.

Love,
Helena

Busy little bee

Wednesday is my boyfriends World-of-Worcraft-Raid-Day. That means I had to amuse myself for 4 hours, which is great because I had a thousand plans. And as usual, I tried to do them all at once. I was watching Midsomer Murders on TV while assembling an IKEA shelf, and in the commercial breaks I was trying to clean up the kitchen and also do a photo shoot with my latest finished project. After a while, I realized that the commercial breaks where not long enough and decided to have the photoshoot in the livingroom while assebling the shelf.

So here is my new striped skirt (I know it looks like I'm posing, but I am actually working hard on that screw!).



Here from the back, you can see the little golden buttons!



And finaly, testing the sturdiness of the construction.



The shoes are new too by the way. Aren't they cute? (I didn't make them though, but that would have been cool...)

It took me a while to finish this project. Not because it was hard to make, but because I was lazy. Sometimes you need to be lazy. It is good for the soul. :-)

Now I'm going to poke my boyfriend silently in the belly until he realizes that bed time is upon us.

Stay tuned, new project coming up very soon!

Love,
Helena