Gift for Eleanor

Hi, everyone,
today I missed the light again, so instead I thought to share a little something to do with Valentine's - Count Katzenstjarna's gift to Eleanor, whom he fancies. This huge bouquet!

I'm pretty sure she'll meet him for a date after being sent this invitation! :)

Love and kisses,

Engineer

Eleanor's Autumn/Winter dress collection

Hi guys!
I seriously can't believe somebody is still reading this - and commenting, too! So I wanted to start this post off with a big thank you to our faithful readers, you're great :)
Now, these were made in November when Tiny Lady suddenly decided to go shopping and we paid....well, a lot of beers' worth for fabrics and whatnot (yes, one very educated engineer here, it's fabrics and then mostly just 'those other things' that Tiny Lady needs to make her awesome dresses :D). Then over the course of a single weekend, these two dresses appeared, creating what I've decided to call an Autumn/Winter collection, though I have no idea about fashion at all :D

So, that's that, I'll be back with more - there are three (? I think so :D) more dresses, but I don't have the right light now and pink is orange and so on, so I'll wait a bit :)
Love and kisses,
Engineer

Halloween in Sylvania - party in the hamburger joint

So, totally out of season, obviously :D But things have been a bit hot around the place. That doesn't mean new things for our village haven't been crafted, though, so I'll try to catch up - one step at a time. 

Though it is not really the local tradition, we celebrate Halloween - in 2014, it was with a special package ordered from the United Kingdom and a few little handcrafted decorations. And so the young fox Adele had a massive party in the hamburger restaurant she works at. It was a huge success and so she is now planning another promotion for Valentine's day - but all in good time :) 

Now, here is the celebration at its height:

The witch, the baby pumpkin and the pumpkin all belong to the Halloween set (plus a broom and some party decorations that aren't visible in this picture), we added the bat staff and two small origami bats.
A little more detail:

So, that will be all for now, I'll be back with Tiny Lady's lovely winter dresses for -whom else- Lady Eleanor.
See you around,
Engineer

Vacation

Hi there,
haven't been here for a while, and I'm so sorry! But it's just as I said it would be: back home there's a lot of work and very little time. But Tiny Lady has been sewing away, so I hope that soon we might get to see her newest creations. I'm writing this on my own while she is sleeping, so I don't know how much I can reveal, but I'll give you a hint: it's got to do with a very typical summer activity! ;) I'd add that it's been looking absolutely adorable so far, but then, all of her creations do, so that's hardly a hint at all :D
Now to pretend she isn't the only one working hard around here: I've also been trying something here and there and there is now a house taking shape on my desk :) Two floors and I'm still working with cardboard, so I'm not sure, but so far it's been holding very well, I think. It's a really big project with a lot of detail - 7 windows and 2 doors, probably, and I'll be making roof tiles by hand, also floors, and so on. So that's probably not going to happen anytime soon :(
Also, we've managed to land a fantastic deal on a vacation in Bulgaria, so we will both be gone between 17th and 28th, so sorry about that, no posts scheduled for then....but we'll think about taking someone with us :) So far we can't decide between wanting a Sylvanian along for the ride and fearing for their well-being...oh well :D But if we do decide to take someone with us to the seaside, we'll be sure to share photos of how they enjoyed the experience! :)
Alright, that's it for today, I'm sorry this was all just my blabbering and I promise to do better once we are back :)
Have a great summer meanwhile :)
Engineer out.

Final touches on the white bedroom set

Alright, so I've finally gotten around to finishing the white bedroom set - adding handles and so on. It was a quick job and very rewarding...in short, nothing like last night and just what I'd needed :D So, here we have it, all together:

Here are separate shots of the pieces for more detail, going left to right :)

Well, the hangers didn't come out as well as I'd hoped, but tough life, I suppose :D It's something.

Now, that's all to the white bedroom set - and it's also the last of my vacation, so...before I pack up, I thought to share a look at all the furniture that's coming home with me after this week. This is shot in the kitchen where I've sat night after night making these things and it's where I've slowly collected them as they came to be :) ...and I think I'll be taking that pink teabag with me as a souvenir :D Though nobody can expect me to drink something as horrible as that....grapefruit tea, really, what is the world coming to.

...so small, not much of an accomplishment there :D

Thanks for reading me this past week, though I've spouted solid nonsense :D I'll try to keep posting from home, but it will hardly be every day, I'm afraid :( I really loved doing this and I'll definitely keep going, but there will be much less time from now on.

Have a great time, everyone...I'm now going to spend the last hours of my vacation trying to pack these as safely as possible for transport :D
Engineer out.

Polka dot summer dress

Hi everyone,

so, another dress, another rip-off :D Today I tried to make something similar to one of the Grandmasoriginals designs (I should seriously work on my imagination and come with a design of my own, I know :D) BUT. Although I think my sewing "technique" got somewhat better as I am no longer afraid the dress will fall apart at the slightest touch, I also made several mistakes. First, the width of the skirt is obviously too much and this time I can't hide it behind the "gala feel" (notice how the dresses are dragging behind the figures like a slime? yeah, that ), so something needs to be done about that. Second, the fastening is nowhere near the middle and lastly, yeah, the square part was meant to be sewn between the skirt and the chest belt. I was not satisfied with the outcome, but the longer I look at it, the less horrible the dress looks to me. Or maybe I'm just getting short-sighted  :D

Anyway, here's a picture of the dress (on a second look, it looks kinda like an apron? idk):

This time there's no Eleanor, sadly. The dress didn't fit her as her curls are too fancy for this light summer dress. So, meet our new model, the Chantilly Cat Olli Klein! This dress was much welcome by her as the one she came with was too large (we switched the Chantilly Cat mother and father because the mother was eerily large compared to the father :D now she has enormous feet due to this switch, but what can you do). 

Luckily, you can't see those huge feet under the dress :D

Anyway, thanks for looking and if you have any sewing tips I'd be glad to hear them! :)

Tiny Lady

Garden bench, finished

Frankly, this was a bitch to make :D Pulled an all-nighter for it, not sure it was worth it...well, it holds shape, that's one thing I can definitely say for it - I consider that a success because there really aren't any solid parts to this thing. Most of all, I think this should be made from wood, paper seems the wrong material, but it is holding, so it is possible to use paper. Now, I'd like to say something more to it, but I'm really too tired...Yes, it's safe to celebrate, I'm not going to change my mind :D So, let's get the scaling pictures out of the way, they're the ugliest as usual:

From above

And the side.

Something a bit more presentable ( hopefully? ):

And for the last picture, I opened it - it can be used for storage:

The design is based on IKEA's Ängsö series ( photo I used here ), though I decided I didn't really care for the legs :D And I missed the number of slats in the armrest....yeah, who am I kidding, they look nothing alike :D But I guess tough life, this is the closest I can get on my current level :)

Now, it's lunchtime, best time to go to sleep :D

Take care,

Engineer out.