pajamas party

pj set - self made

it's snowing for days

and i'm having hard time accepting that

so i just avoid going out, or looking through the window

and dress like i'm honeymooning in hawaii

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as a result

i earned a nasty cough

and have to spend time under mountain of blankets

drinking hot tea and strange homemade remedies..

and of course

now that i can't go out

all i wanna do is walk through the snow

or start a snowball fight

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in other news

i cut my hair..

should have done so long time ago

poor thing was crying for some tlc

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mokosha

lucky mistakes

dress - self made

my favorite fabrics

are those from remnant boxes

and not only because of their low price

but because they often come in unusual prints
prints that happened by accident
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fabric i used for this dress
was supposed to be beige
with rows of colorful flowers printed all over
(you can spot those flowers at the skirt hem)
but something went wrong
and these 1.5 meters of fabric
ended up almost without flowers
having this gray leaking pattern instead
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mokosha

gray geometry

top - self made

leggings - self made

these days
in  my head
gray is the new black
shapeless is better than fitted
and leggings are indeed pants
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mokosha

cinnamon wool

 
                         

jacket - self made

skirt - flea market

and cinnamon pull apart bread

lately, i'm obsessed with wool..
i wonder why it took me five years of sewing
to realize that my absolute favorite fabric is wool
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maybe the bouclé is to blame
i sure do love how it looks once a garment is finished
but all the fraying somehow kills the fun
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but gimme the right wool
and i'm in love
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it sews beautifully 
it presses beautifully
and drapes beautifully
it's warm and comfy and luxurious
i even love the smell of wool
(reminds me of childhood
and my grandma blocking sweaters
using dining table instead of ironing board)
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the wool i used for this jacket
is actually double faced
with one brown and one black side (or is it dark gray?)
i love the texture, looks almost like burlap
or some sort of ancient fabric
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what's your favorite fabric?

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