randomized thoughts

Yesterday was a different day. It started out with the usual routine of getting out of the warm cozy bed and greeted by the bone chilly cold of the German winter. However, I was greeted by the beautiful scenery that the little village has to offer. It is the typical black forest village, where you see pine trees covered in snow, German styled houses with their chimneys roaring, and people walking around in their Eskimo gear. It was then that we received the phone call that my husband's twin has a son, and my hubby told me all about his weird dreams of swimming under water and it made sense. It is weird the type of connection those two have...

However, back to the sewing world I have been thinking about what to make my darling husband, since I am still petrified to go out shopping by myself and be asked somthing in swayvian german (the dialect of south-west Germany) and completely forget even my name. I believe I have come up with a pretty good idea. I have designed a logo for the armchair activist, which he is the ultimate armchair activist. I do not mean this as a offense. He is a very well informed political person, and knows a lot about things that we should all know and worry about.
I was planning on making him a laptop cover, or....I don't know a journal...I'm still thinking what exactly, but I plan on uploading the pattern as nice gift for whomever stumbles upon my blog. I would just like a comment in return. The name "Armchair activist" was not made by Wooni, but the design is!

Also, I plan starting the 16th of December, when the Novenas start (a latin christmas tradition to pray around the manger nine days before christmas), to give away christmas themed embroidery patterns. All you have to do is either comment on a post of mine, follow me on twitter, or become a fan of Made by Wooni on facebook, easy... And the best part is you get to pick which one you get!

So I hope you all will participate! And thanks again for stopping by!

The Purrrrr from my Bernina....

I have finished my lion and it was a wonderful experience for many reasons. First because I was doing something I haven't done before, which was adding a main as an applique. Well, I had to attach that first logically, before sewing the other parts together. It was a tad bit difficult to not sew on top of the main when I had it inside out!! But I managed, and I am actually quite please with her.

While thinking her up I believed I would call her Lucy, however after she was stuffed and closed up she no longer looked like the Lucy I had imagined (Lucy was a big chocolate lab that my cousin used to have and I used to lovingly call her Lucifer. She was a very nice dog, but active as hell and had a wonderful fetish of biting toes.) She I decided to name Her Laura.

So let me introduce to you all Laura the lovely lion! She lives in Liberia and loves liquerish, lollipops and linguini. She enjoys the smell of lavenders and laughs quite loudly.

Awesome!!!

I am featured on the best craft website Craft gossip!!!!!!!!!!! I am sooo excited and just realized how much work I have to do. The good thing is that it motives me even more to work on the alfamales. Right now I am working on a lion, owl, sheep, and bee and trying to work out the wrinkles (hehe little sewing joke) out of the dragon. He is still missing his wings, but will soon be getting them.

It sounds like a lot, I know, but at least I am a hpyeractive person that can clean, decorate a 2 meter tall christmas tree, and make mock ups all while the little one naps! Heres hoping :)

By the way think link to Craft Gossip is here.

A great find!

Even though I was lucky enough to have had sewing lessons from my oh so patient abuelita, I could vaguely recall all the wonderful different stitches that exist. Luckily i stumbled upon this wonderful site that has a video library of hand embroidery. She makes each stitch seem so easy that I am tempted to try each and everyone of them.

Here is the link to the video library
http://www.needlenthread.com/2006/10/video-library-of-hand-embroidery.html

Tickle me pink

Finally after hours of sketching, planning, cutting, sewing, undoing, resewing, cursing to the skies, stuffing, and closing up the first Alfamale (alfa-mall-ee) is here!!!!!

Let me introduce you to Penelope Pulpa. She is an octopus who lives in the cold artic ocean. She is tired of the cold sea water and wants to go to Portugal where she hears is wonderfully warm and pleasant.

Alfamales!

I am begining my collection of softies. The idea of the Alfamales (pronounced alfa-mall-ease) is to create a softie animal for each letter in spanish. So far I have created Dionisio el Dragon, and Penelope Pulpa. I will post pictures of them both when I have finished sewing them.
Along with each animal there is a book that contains a ultra short story for each animal and letter. All the illustrations and stories in the book will be done by me.

More coming soon!!!!!!

Oh Bernina

I have finally received my first sewing machine ever!!!! And I actually know how to use it. At first I was petrified about the prospect of it arriving and having to show my hubby I would in fact use it. So I searched the world wide web and found a wonderful little tutorial on how to use a sewing machine by Chica and Jo (here is the link to the tutorial http://www.chicaandjo.com/2009/10/20/finding-your-way-around-the-machine/). So for several hours, once the little one was fast asleep, began to make my future nieces quilt. It is a simple three colored block quilt, nothing fancy, but I wanted something that I could do quickly since her arrival is quickly approaching.

So, after re threading too many times and cursing at my younger self for not paying attention to the weekly sewing classes my abuelita gave us, I have successfully sewn together three rows out of the ten total. I will hopefully finish the top part today and then will move on to the next challenge...sewing the three layers together!!!

Since Christmas is almost upon us I have several things that I want to try to make and have yet to begin. Also, it is quite difficult to find the things I need because of where I am located and my terrible German.

Well, back to my Bernina!