The Panties Challenge!
Posted by Inger Carina | Filed under Garderobsreformen, sewing
I challenged my friends over at Garderobs Reformen / The Wardrobe Reform last week to make undergarments. It was really difficult and I had to struggle a lot. In the end I made two pair of panties. They look kind of cute but the polka dot pair are not comfortable at all :) Non elastic fabric was not at good idea but I liked the 50′s feel of it.
I drew a pattern from a pair that fit well and I experimented in different materials. Folded the hem (around the legs and at the waist,) put the soft elastic under and used the zigzag from the front side of the fabric to fasten the elasitc.
Tags: clothes, wardrobe refashion
New Wardrobe reform ReFashion project
Posted by Inger Carina | Filed under Garderobsreformen, sewing
Hi!
I loved the Wardrobe Refashion project that now unfortunately has come to an end.
We are a group of crafters that started a new one on a blog called Garderobsreformen and that means Wardrobe Reform in Swedish. Under the sewing machine in the logo above it says ”Zero Consumption of clothing” which is the goal :)
The idea is to stop buying clothes and stuff you wear, for as long as you can manage. And only make new clothes from old ones or from you stash, and sharing your result & process on the blog. See the fun challenge and join in! If you want to join us just e-mail your e-mail address and the url to your web site/blog (if you have one) to garderobsreformen@gmail.com and start blogging!
But I’m going to buy nylons! haha, they are really really difficult to make! :D
I have a large stash of fabric, yarn and a lot of old clothes. It’s garments I have inherited, found at fleemarkets over the years and new pieces I never wear because they are horrendous. Now I challenge myself to make stylish nice things that I can use at my work place and at partys out of all this.
From my stash
Tags: clothes, wardrobe refashion
Rose bouquet with winding crocheted Ivy
Posted by Inger Carina | Filed under Crochet, flowers, sewing, textile stuff that normally are not textile
I lost my dad the 5th of March 2010. I wanted to make a funeral decoration myself. I was his only child and I got my crafting skills from him. I made this bouquet of fabric Roses with crocheted leaves and long winding Ivy.
I’m working on a tutorial with patterns and all the pieces :) If you want to make one like it yourself.
See you soon! :)
/Inger Carina
Do ReDo Refashion project: ragged old dress
Posted by Inger Carina | Filed under sewing
Do you have a dress that you just loved (wore) to pieces? I’ve worn this dress a lot – A LOT! : -) It has turned to rags… I have a body that often don’t fit in dresses from the rack. Found a super wonderful and talented Swedish designer – Jenny Hellström – and all her dresses fitted me like a glove. AND it was all in my taste – everything! Bought a dress form every season. I’m sad to say her wonderful fashion line went busted! Bankrupt in the finance crisis! OH NO! What to do?
I cut up my absolut favorite dress, altered it a bit (like put a zipper in the side instead of buttons. Widened the skirt in the bottom to get more of an A-line skirt instead of the straight skirt that would have been difficult to walk in when I skipped the side buttons that was functioning as a slit) Used some old plastic mini belt buckles to make cute bows to replace the ribbons & made a belt with a vintage green plastic belt buckle, matching the tiny riding helmet pattern on the fabric (brown background color). 
Tags: clothes, wardrobe refashion
Sometimes I can see birds in there
Posted by Inger Carina | Filed under comics and sketches, embroidery, moly x project
Sometimes I can see birds in there.
I think about all the importence of ”feeding” the artist to be able to give to other people in your life. My art work tend to talk a lot about the struggle to run a life with work, family and being an artist at the same time :) I like the Swedish expression ”Kitchen sink realism” — This is my theme in all the Molys nowadays
The paper-part of this Moly has the programming language Php ”sentence”, a reminder of what I want…
If you click on this image you can see how the whole textile part of this Moly turned out so far. We continue to send it round the group and everyone is going to contribute with at least one more embroidery. This is a attempt to paste different images together so it’s not perfekt :)
Concept of "RadioVideo"
Posted by Inger Carina | Filed under comics and sketches
Watch a video with subtitles in English and listen to the Swedish voices and original sound. (YouTube) Pencil & water color
You can download a TV-pod version to you phone /pencil & water color
Sorry I have been gone for such a long time!
I work at the most wonderful and inspirational place nowadays – I’m so sorry I haven’t had the time to craft at all. I still have all this projects going on though – in bags all over the apartment :)
Soon i will post some new Craft stuff – I’m for example working on an embroidered part of the Moly_X_project again. Other embroidered parts of that project here and here .
At the Radio where I work I have a project with Swedish Award wining radio documentaries that we have translated to English. It’s what we call ”RadioVideo”. They are very interesting and amazing You can listen/read to some of them on YouTube or at the Documentary Dept. English web site
I have been working on sketches to explain the concept.
Listen to the Swedish podcast with original sound and simultaneously read an Enlish transcript. /pencil & water color
See you soon!
It’s springtime in Sweden!!
Love
Inger Carina
Lace-Competence/Top skill-Competence – SPETSKOMPETENS
Posted by Inger Carina | Filed under moly x project
This is Elizabet’s Moly (Japanese Fold sketchbook from Moleskine) . We are a group participateing in the International moleskine sketchbook exchange.
The theme for this book is -Silver, Gold & Lace.
If you want to see what the rest of the group made this month, please visit our blog at http://moleskinex16.blogspot.com.
I have made a simple Flash slideshow with the 7 images. You will need Flashplayer 8 to be able to see it. Download free here Please write in the comments if you have difficulties viewing all images. If this works I want to use it more. But if you don’t like it I won’t use it again :)
Please write in the comments if you have difficulties viewing all images. If this works I want to use it more. But if you don’t like it I won’t use it again :)
21th International Sketchcrawl in Stockholm, January 10, 2009
Posted by Inger Carina | Filed under comics and sketches
Yesterday it was the 21th International SketchCrawl. We where a group of 10 ”Crawling” all day at Kulturhuset in Stockholm City . Sketchcrawling means that you meet up and sketch all day with some nice breaks for coffee and lunch. I had a great day! Thank you all! Next time we meet up at Arlanda Airport sketching my worst nightmare – aeroplanes…think I need a drink first :)
Left: Crane on top of a roof at Sergel’s Square, pencil. Drew over the spread….
Right: High-rise ”5th Hötorget building” with sculpture ”Crystal – vertical accent in glass and steel” by Edvin Öhrström in the front at Sergel’s Square, Stockholm City. Pencil & Stabilo marker.
Suddenly two men (or should I say dudes?) stod in my way talking very loud about the demonstration down at the square. First I wanted to ask them to move away a bit but their conversation was so ”crazy-great”…. -”the police violence in the 70′s ..bla bla The Cuba movement bla bla” I don’t think they had been awake since the 70′s actually :) My sketch ended up a little crooked because they blocked my view.
Happy new Craftyear 2009! Ending this year with my flea market find from the Christmas trip up north.
Posted by Inger Carina | Filed under other designers
Must say that I would have liked to craft more this year – It began okay the first 6 months when I still was on maternity leave and had time on my hands :) Unfortunately, after I began working again I didn’t have the same possibility to craft. – I hate not having a craft project on my mind. This new year of 2009 I have to make a plan to be able to craft more again. Maybe I can book a meeting with my self in my calendar and write ”Craft-meeting with Carina 6 hours” :)
It’s a good idea actually. More meetings with your own creativity – taking it seriously.
I wish you all a
HAPPY HAPPY CRAFTING NEW 2009!
And thanks for all your encourageing comments and all your own inspiring work on all your great blogs!
Flea market find à la 65 Swedish kronor (approx. $8,4 or 6€)….mmmm….. red shoes MY FAVORITE.
This makes me want to do leather crafting – have all the tools but it was such a long time ago I workt with leather. Hm, maybe a project for 2009 :)
Big hugs and lots of love
♥♥ Inger Carina
Tags: clothes
My new re-upholstered heart-chocolate rococo dream sofa!
Posted by Inger Carina | Filed under furniture DIY
Couldn’t wait until I got the chance to take a picture in daylight! I just had to post these rather yellow images of my newly re-upholstered sofa! I’m so excited. I had the fabric for several years and the rococo sofa was in really poor state – the fabric was torn and the stuffing was starting to spread in the apartment. I could never have dreamt that it would turn out this fabulous. I just screamed when I first saw it. It’s so yummy. Like a big Christmas candy in our livingroom.
I left it with a proper re-upholsterer and I would never had been able to save that old wreck on my own. Money well spent. They found stamps inside that said that it was made in Sweden 1700-late-something and that it was made for export. I only know that my grandparents got it sent from the Swedish embassy in Moscow in the 50th.
