Pregnancy skirt / Umstandsrock

Birthday Presents for my pregnant friends

I've got so many pregnant friends at the moment and two of them recently had their birthday. I always wanted to try to make a pregnancy skirt and here they are! I've chosen very colourful jersey fabric for both skirts with a stretchy jersey for the top...the part that is supposed to grow with the bump. 

The sewing was pretty simple. I've asked for their waist measurements and I've taken the measurement minus 2 inches and cut one large piece of fabric. I've sewn the skirt together at the sides. The plain coloured jersey got folded over and sewn onto the skirt. Et voila...

 

Both skirts are in the post and I hope they will be loved and last a very long time, as you can wear them even after pregnancy.

I am sure I will make myself some of these skirts as they are sooooo comfy! 

I NEED new furniture / Ich brauche Moebel

As we left most of our furniture in England we had to fit out our new flat with new furniture, BUT without spending lots of money we asked friends and family for unused items...and here we go.

Our new wardrobe...well, the glass front doors are missing here and the shelves, BUT I love the end result. Unfortunately I have not tided the new wardrobe, so feeling a bit bad that I can't take a picture of the endend result...;-) 
We cleaned all spiders of it, sanded it down inside and out. We used a green satin colour for the outside and white for the inside of the wardrobe. 

Our new bathroom cupboard and old style chair. We originally wanted to paint the chair but decided after sanding it, that a simple varnish would do the job and it keeps the chair looking original. 
The white cupboard was blue! and took weeks to get the paint of it. I tried sanding it down with a sanding machine, with an hot air gun and with chemicals! Many times I felt like giving up and going to Ikea.

It was originally thought to go into our kitchen. When we moved in there was no space for it in the kitchen and I almost cried...Until we decided to put it in the bathroom. Now it looks like a little old pharmacy cupboard and houses all our toiletries and towels. Apart from sanding for weeks, we gave it two coats of white and treated it against woodworms. The glass fronts had to be replaced too. So far this was the longest and 'endurance' testing project. 

BettyBrown'sBigChallenge

and here comes the challenge for the next 12 months:

1. I will try not to buy any new cloths for a whole year (I am starting to panic already thinking about it)
2. I will try to make all presents myself  (unless I am being dragged into contributing to a present)
3. I will try to be more creative in the kitchen

Let's go baby...