To use a word that is oft in the casual conversation of Team Fabelhaft – I’m CHEESING that Angela from Sew I Thought nominated me for this award! (Cheesing means that you’re chuffed to bits… no wait, is that a British term too? I’m really happy anyway!)
The rules of the award are as follows:
1) [...]
Entries from February 25th, 2010
I’d like to thank the Academy… and SewIThought…
February 25th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Uncategorized
Tags: fun things·sewing
German Wednesdays : Ich liebe Brot
February 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Short and sweet today.
I love German bread. I really do. I bought a loaf today and I’ve eaten almost half of it already. No, I don’t miss sandwiches or pasties in the slightest, it’s all about the belegten Brötchen thank you very much. Salami with cream cheese is my favourite, OM NOM NOM
Loving the [...]
Tags: food·german wednesday·Germany
Und am ende der Strasse steht ein Haus am See
February 23rd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
Been listening to a lot of Eins Live lately while sewing, and this was one of the songs that came on as I finished this project last night. Thought it would be an appropriate title, the song talks about a house by the lake, orange trees and the sun shining – I couldn’t help [...]
German Wednesday : Sewing auf Deutsch
February 18th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized
Sorry it’s a day late!
I thought I’d use this edition of German Wednesday to talk about my sewing course at the Volkshochschule (community college).
It’s been really enjoyable so far, though I am moving at a snail’s pace, or so it seems! I’m creating View C of Butterick 6582, and I think it’s going [...]
Tags: german wednesday·Germany·music·sewing
Taking the plunge
February 16th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
So I’ve signed myself up for a 2 month pledge over at Wardrobe Refashion…
For those of you that don’t know about Wardrobe Refashion, now’s the time to find out! Wardrobe Refashion is about giving up buying mass-manufactured clothing in favour of crafting your own clothing and refashioning preloved items. A few of the bloggers [...]
Ahhh Rosenmontag
February 15th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
And I’m ILL. FANTASTISCH.
For those of you that don’t know, Rosenmontag is the highlight of the German Karneval, when all the floats ride down the streets and Germans *shock horror* DRESS UP. I have to say, I have seen very little fancy dress since living in Germany; in the U.K it’s pretty normal to see [...]
German Wednesday : Kino Tag!
February 10th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Tuesday is Cinema Day at Dortmund Cinestar, so I went with a fellow assistant to get some German film watching on the go.
I’ve made a pact with myself for the duration of my stay here in Germany; that is, to only watch German-language films, and I’ll tell you why.
Dubbing. The god-damned dubbing. I understand [...]
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Project fail
February 3rd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
The version of the Night Flurries dress has officially FLOPPED.
I’m beyond irritated. Been working on it for ages, the skirt came out crappy, scrapped it and then attempted to just make a bustier out of the remaining fabric, but that has also flopped. I’m not having a good sewing day
In fact, [...]
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German Wednesday : The German Stare
February 3rd, 2010 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized
Bit of a late German Wednesday this time, because I’ve spent all this morning under my bedsheet cover, dosed up on painkillers, trying to get rid of a headache. Yay me!
The first thing that struck me in my first weekend in Koeln was the amount that people just outright stared at us. In all fairness, [...]
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Name change!
February 1st, 2010 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
I bet you all thought Insert Title Here was actually the real title eh??
So this blog will be called Can’t Say Strawberry from now on, not that the URL or anything changes as a consequence, but if any of you (three) readers have me bookmarked, then the title needs to be changed!
As for [...]
