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Fit for springtime

Oh, I’m telling you – I was totally knocked out before these photos were taken. Because I wanted to meet up ‘only’ for photos and some chat with my dear Susanne of muckelie. And what have we done? She chased me up the mountain over the 1000 steps trail, a staircase with actually 1150 steps. It’s not like I never do sports or anything, but that was quite exhausting. It’s just a completely different kind of movement from what I’m used to.

No, this is not this staircase, after a refreshing lunch we were also on the Vita Parcours (a sports trail in the forest, there are many places in Switzerland). But it was really fun! So it was just good that I sewed a new sport bra, again the Hold’n’Sporty. In my private life I don’t wear a bra most of the time, especially at home, but when it comes to sports I really do need one too.

Now I’ll probably have to slow down a bit in the next few days because of sore muscles. But I’m slowly getting fitter again, as an absolute fair-weather runner I’ll be out more in spring. Apart from the fact that the garden work is also really strict, I am rebuilding it with Papa’s help.

And there we have it again from very close, the Hold’n’Sporty. Our #Patternoftheweek from today is supposed to animate us all to train diligently – after all, summer is approaching. And I want to fit back into my monokini from last year. Or maybe sew me a new one, because there is still a nice fabric lying around… 😉
Well, tell me, what kind of sport do you like the most?

Love, Carina
:-*

 

Sewing pattern sports bra: Hold’n’Sporty by Sewera
Sewing pattern pants: Sporty Leggings by Sewera
Photos by: muckelie

 

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Leoprint Mother-Daughter Outfit

It feels like yesterday she was still my little girl… Okay, she will always stay that in a way. But now my daughter wants to be cool and big. And she would love to have my clothes too. So what does mummy do when she sews herself a new shirt? She simply sews two 😉

I already knew that I wasn’t the only one in the family who was totally into Leoprint. So when I picked up the fabric, I immediately had the idea to make a partner outfit out of it. So first I sewed my shirt and put it on my daughter. Here and there i had to pin some excess fabric off, luckily she is not as big as me yet. Pattern adapted to her size and shirt number 2 was sewn in a swift. I may consider myself lucky, she looks up to me in many things and I enjoy it very much to be allowed to be her role model. I am fully aware that this is neither a matter of course nor that it will remain so for the next few years. Although, of course, that would be very nice.

We have grown even closer together since we started homeschooling half a year ago. We have become an unbeatable mother-daughter team. It gives us both an incredible amount of time to spend together. Of course it’s not always easy, even here we fight sometimes. But that simply is part of family life. Nevertheless I may be her support and she – together with my son – my life force. The photoshooting for today’s pictures was also a real family act. All three of us got to use the camera. For the partner photos here I put the camera on a tripod and Junior was allowed to press the button.

Daughter also took one or two pictures of me to hold my new Slimmy Shirt a little from a little closer up. After all, this is the centerpiece of this post, because it is the current #patternoftheweek and therefore reduced to half the price in the shop. I think this pattern is one of the most sewn in my collection. But it’s also so nice and versatile, from long sleeves to short sleeves, as a shirt or dress and with an additional subdivision for a spaghetti strap shirt/dress, everything can be sewn from it.

After the first test part here I optimized the pattern again a little bit in the teens size and so there will definitely be some more Slimmy Shirt teens for the daughter this summer. At the moment I’m considering if there would be a need to offer the pattern in a few child sizes. What do you think, would your teenage daughters be interested in this as well?

As you can see, love and solidarity are very important to us – I wish you all such a great relationship too. And let your kids like to be sewn for as well. You only need to find the matching material & pattern 😉

Enjoy the soon to be weekend!
Love, Carina
<3

 

Sewing pattern Shirt: Slimmy Shirt & Dress by Sewera (and adjusted to teens size)
Sewing pattern Pants: Sporty Leggings by Sewera
Photos: Mama, daughter & son

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Sport’s day with the Sporty Leggings

Sometimes I feel as if the weight of all my tasks and worries is pushing me to the ground. But today I carry it with ease on two hands. Including my own weight. Yes, I already know, my belly is squeezed together. That’s what you get when you want to take pictures with a crop top 😉 But the blog post is actually all about the new pants. It was time again for a pair of Sporty Leggings.

Over the last weeks & months more and more of my jeans started ripping apart somewhere or the zipper broke, so I’ve been mainly in leggings for some time now. No matter whether i went for a run or shopping. They are simply super comfortable. And also sewn so fast… I always sew an elastic band directly on it, as a waistcuff. This time I have found one with Animal Print in my stock and find it really great <3

So when we went out to take pictures yesterday afternoon, it just began to drizzle and an icy wind picked up. The plan was to do some gym at the bar. But I couldn’t, because my hands trembled with cold and I probably wouldn’t have made a single move. So you have to settle for very few photos. But at least I still have a little outtake of the attempt. For you to have something to laughing about today 😉

All according to the motto ‘intentional but not skilful’, I’m rather clumsy here for the pictures. That also happens sometimes. More often than not to be honest 😉 In addition there is my perfectionism, one photo shows the outlines of my undie, in the next one, my neck is all twisted unnaturally and the last one is squeezing the fat out of every corner. Those pictures just never make it to the blog. But because here only my bottom is pressed off by the bar, I’ll leave you this for the #PatternoftheWeek and hope you’re happy to get the Sporty Leggings this week at half price <3

Love, Carina
:-*

 

Sewing pattern pants: Sporty Leggings by Sewera
Sewing pattern shirt: Simply Raglan Shirt by Sewera (very much shortened)

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