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2013-09-24T04:56:21+02:00

A new directory of tutorials : Totally Tutorials

Publié par Le petit atelier de Tika

This site assembles a very big number of tutorials (en Anglais) on about all subjects from sewing, knitting, crochet, DIY, computer science, ... It looks a little bit like Blue Marguerite site which is in French (sorry but if you need help to traduce...

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2013-09-23T04:31:12+02:00

Mummy you sew me a Superman costume please

Publié par Le petit atelier de Tika

And that's how you end up again try to find clothes on a saturday afternoon in Emmaüs... Lucky day (as for the Mad hatter's costume), I find a Superman t-shirt in size L. One look on the shelves of the fabric pieces, bedding and curtains and I find a...

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2013-09-22T05:08:45+02:00

Put a cord to reduce the size of pants

Publié par Le petit atelier de Tika

Here are trousers that keeps causing me troubles. Razmoket actually wears 6 years old trousers, mostly because of the legs length cause his waist in very thin. These trousers are 5 years old, very long and very large. When I bought them I didn't pay attention...

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2013-09-19T05:00:37+02:00

A Tim Burton's Mad Hatter costume

Publié par Le petit atelier de Tika

New year, new costume : last year, it was Princess Peach costume. I'll try to take time to traduce the tutorials for you. As every year, my husband company holds a party and this party is costumed. This year theme is fantastic. My husband plays live role-play....

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2013-09-14T05:00:12+02:00

A customized t-shirt with buttons

Publié par Le petit atelier de Tika

A few times ago I was given a t-shirt because there was a small tear on it... I thought that's not a problem because I'm used to mend my husband's wool sweaters. But the mend was to be done on a stripe... and it was difficult to make it invisible Once...

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2013-09-13T05:00:42+02:00

Tables of measurements in inches and converter

Publié par Le petit atelier de Tika

A few times ago I published a post about tables of measurements but it was in centimeters. I said that I would try to find some time to convert the tables into inches. Job's done !!! You can find the file attached to the post. Whenever you need to convert...

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2013-09-10T05:00:11+02:00

A very useful storage for your sewing machine spools

Publié par Le petit atelier de Tika

If you're like me, you've got a pretty large number of spools which allows you to leave them with threads when you regularly change color... Unfortunately, a few times ago, I realized that my spools had the bad habbit of unwinding in my standard box....

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2013-09-09T05:00:14+02:00

My failed skirt

Publié par Le petit atelier de Tika

In mai I found in the supplies cupboard some organza I bought on "le bon coin" for nothing including the transport. I measured myself very carefully to make a pencil skirt. I had an ideal pattern for this work (Butterick or Burda I can't remember and...

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2013-09-06T05:03:53+02:00

Going from trousers to bermuda

Publié par Le petit atelier de Tika

Last school year Razmoket came back from school with 3 ripped trousers : not on the same day but he did it on 8 class days which is an exploit !!! Among the 3 trousers, our futur bermuda (on the left) wasn't up to a lasting repair as trousers. So here...

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2013-09-05T05:00:27+02:00

My next investment 2 : a dress form

Publié par Le petit atelier de Tika

I've got an awesome husband !!! My sewing workshop is in our living room. I permanently squats the end of the dining table (our only table) with my sewing machine and my serger and he's the one who gave me the idea. Lately I complained about having difficulties...

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