Thrift Tuesday

I went thrifting last weekend, and found some things i really liked. I found 8 cones of sewing thread for overlock/coverlock machines, and only paid like $10 for it. Super fancy! I especially liked the turquoise ones, and that it was so much of each left. I'm sure these are gonna be useful for me, since I started sewing more last month and filling my wardrobe with homemade pieces that fit my body and fills my gaps in my wardrobe.

I also found some wool-blend fabrics that I'll use for a dress or skirt, and maybe something else. The fabric is slightly itchy, but it good fabric so I'll just find the right pattern for each fabric.

Three blue bowls is my next find. I really loved them when I saw them, and thought, "why not?" and bought them for when eating sushi, or japan-inspired food, for holding the rice.

I found 4 sweaters of 100% merino wool which is my best thrift find this time I think. A black one was for my fiance, and rest is for my winter plan. It's gonna be a cardigan with pattern from an Ottobre magazine. I just need to find 2 more sweaters that work with the purple which this one was in, since the pattern calls for 3 different colors.

I have also found some books i fell for. One is for home remedies, one is a Finnish cookie-recipe-book (I can't read Finnish :S ) and a mushroom booklet. Although it's almost too late for mushroom-hunting this year, it's good for next year though. The remedies book is for me, who get sick easily, and I need to know some tips and tricks for keeping myself healthy and in top-shape. And the Finnish book, well... It just looked so fun, and the pictures looked really tasty.

Next week we'll see what I find at the thriftshop!

Future posts.

So! I thought about starting some weekly posts, that occur every/every other week, if that particular topic was used or so to say. I have thought about some posts that I would like to write about, and thought I would share them with you guys so you know whats coming ;)

Monday: Mend-it-monday / make-it-monday - I'll either mend some clothes or make something, it just have to be made by hand.

Tuesday: Thrift-tuesday - I'll share my thrift finds or post something related to my finds.

Wednesday: Workout-wednesday - As it says, I'll post about my workout, some info and maybe what I do as workout. We'll just see what comes.

Thursday: Throwback-thursday - Not so sure about this, Maybe I'll post about some memories, or stuff I remember. Dunno at this stage though.

Friday: Fabulous-friday / Fucked-up-friday - Either I post about fashion, or something about gaming. Not really decided yet.

Saturday/Sunday: Sewing-/SWAP-/Slacker - One of these will be used. SWAP is Sewing With A Plan. Progress on my sewing plan for each season, and how it progresses, changes and/or difficulties I'm experiencing during my sewing.

So! These are the topics I'll have for my posts for now, and some random posts also, if there pops up something I wanna share with you guys!

Long time no see!

And I'm back! Again. Oh well, sometime I gotta come back. I hate that my blogging comes in intervalls, and that I'm not so capable of keeping up with the blogging for a longer period of time (read more than 2-3 blogposts at a time). Therefore I'm going to do my best keep blogging, about my life, things i love and my work.

And to start this of, I'll make a announcement.

I found out that my body is a pear shaped one, and apparently I'm not so good at dressing such body for the best apparel. This is something I really need to get working on, starting now! And whilst I found this a few days ago, I joined a facebook-group in which we make a plan for each seasons and sew our own wardrobe, based on the plan. I'll post my plans here, and progress on my clothes as I make them.

For the pearshaped body I found this blog: https://dressesforjulie.wordpress.com/2014/03/19/style-tips-and-tricks-for-the-pear-shape/ Where she talks about the problems with a pearshaped body, and some solutions that worked for her to dress fashionably whilst promoting and hiding different bodyparts. I really liked the style-tips she had, and I went and scavenged  in my wardrobe for items resembling the ones she had on her pictures.

This image tells the specific "requirements" for ones with a pear-shaped body. And, I fall into this category, since my chest is small, waist is smaller than bust, and hips are larger than bust.
Source: http://www.adesignerinfashion.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/pear-body-shape.jpg




For now I'll try to make blogpost about this discovery and solutions, wardrobe refashion and making the new wardrobe to fir my bodytype, that at the same time is fully usable in my work as a kindergarden teacher/free-time teacher.


Until next time! ~Ja nee