Keep the rhythm – Avocado dyed fabric and embroidered pincushion

June 2, 2017 by nadel&gabel

Somehow I didn’t really see it coming. It was a busy time, but I had the feeling that I’m coping well this time. I must have missed some early sign of my body. So the sign got louder, arrythmic. My heart had lost its rhythm somewhere on the way, I had lost my rhythm. I was eager to regain it, to find my beat again. What helped me (like most of the time): The calming power of nature, withdrawal from […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: avocado, avocadodyeing, colour, dye, dyeing, easy, embroidery, geometric, making, makingmagazine, natural, pincushion, pink, plantbased, sanaeishida, sew, tutorial

One thing leads to another – Creative maker supply case

October 30, 2016 by nadel&gabel

The ones that follow me on instagram may have recognized that I’ve started a new longtime project: Handlettering. Although writing – mainly on chalkboard – is part of my daily routine, I’m definitely lacking a pretty handwriting. I had started a few rather piteous attempts in lettering, but this time, when I came across Frau Hölle and her tutorials I decided to keep up with more honesty and endurance … and professional equipment! And what can I say? – Langsam nährt […]

Categories: At the sewing machine, wallets & pouches • Tags: black&white, case, copper, Craft, drawing, geometric, lettering, maker, marble, pattern, pen, pencil, pocket, sew sweetness, sewing, storage, supply, travel, writing, yellow, zippered

Ornamental christmas tradition – Springerle

December 6, 2015 by nadel&gabel

With christmas time – besides other things – I associate the following situation: I’m coming back to my parent’s home from the cold snowy outside, putting on my knitted socks, leaning my back to the tiled stove and warming my stiff cold fingers with a cup of hot tea. In between taking sips of the hot tea, I am dipping my Springerle cookie into it, let it soak and take a bite. Finally the fingers have warmed, the stomach as well, […]

Categories: cake, cookie & dessert, dairy-free, German/Swabian, In the kitchen, Uncategorized, vegetarian, winter • Tags: anise, aniseed, christmas, cookie, cutter, easy, engraved, floral, geometric, model, modern, mould, ornamental, pattern, picture, recipe, rolling pin, springerle, stamp, sugar, tea, winter

First steps – Quilted baby blanket

July 3, 2015 by nadel&gabel

Here we go – another baby blanket since this knitted one (which is well loved, as I hear with pride). And I am aunt again! And while the little boy makes his first steps in this world (figuratively, of course), I have already successfully absolved my first quilting project. For a long time I’ve had in my mind to attempt this unconquered bastion of sewing. After buying helpful equipment like a cutting mat, a rotary cutter and a quilting ruler, […]

Categories: accessories, At the sewing machine, children, decoration • Tags: baby, batting, bias tape, binding, blanket, cotton, fabric, geometric, green, patchwork, pattern, pinwheel, playing, quilt, quilting, sewing, stich in the ditch, toddler, triangle, tutorial

Into a structured new year – Free printable calendar 2015

December 14, 2014 by nadel&gabel

Christmas is coming closer and closer, final preparations are made, holiday menus are planned, cookies baked, last gifts bought and nicely wrapped … besides a lot of work and christmas party and market appointments. I’m happy that I nevertheless managed to get this calendar for 2015 ready before the new year begins and just in time to serve as christmas gift – for me and for you, my constant readers! Buy some heavy weight paper, turn on your printer, buy […]

Categories: craft & DIY, digital design, freebies, paper • Tags: 2015, arrow, calendar, clip, collage, design, digital, download, font, free, freebie, geometric, graphic, hue too, paper, pattern, print, printable, scrapbooking, structure, texture, triangle, tribal, typography

Indigo shibori dyeing … and a tote, a clutch and a pouch

June 5, 2014 by nadel&gabel

I really do enjoy sewing. After a long break when I used my sewing machine only to trim new trousers, I realized this again. If you watched me while I am sewing you would probably not always  assume this – not seldom it is accompagnied with screams of annoyance when I’ve (again) attached two pieces of fabric just the wrong way … but then, when I finally hold a finished project in my hands, it’s all forgotten and I am […]

Categories: At the sewing machine, bags & totes, craft & DIY, fabric, supplies, wallets & pouches • Tags: bag, binding, blue, case, clutch, colour, Craft, dye, fabric, geometric, indigo, itajime, japanese, pencil, pouch, print, resist, sewing, shape, shibori, tie, tote, tutorial, zipper

My work space IV: Storage and decoration

March 28, 2014 by nadel&gabel

May I invite you to another closer look around my redesigned working place? This time you will mainly see where I store all my stuff – perhaps we shouldn’t exaggerate and speak of “organization”… When I decided to swop my old massive wooden desk – from teenage times – for a new one I had the vision  of a lighter look around the place I am sitting about half of the day. I decided for a simple wooden desktop with […]

Categories: craft & DIY, furniture, interior, storage • Tags: box, brakig, Craft, desk, desktop, folder, geometric, hairpin, helmer, holder, home, ikea, interior, legs, living, office, organization, photo, ps, space, storage, stuva, work

My work space III: Geometric felt coasters

March 19, 2014 by nadel&gabel

Hey, I am just hopping in for a quick and easy DIY and a brief insight into my working space – where at the moment most of my life takes place. 😦 So, in case you’ve already wondered what a tutorial for coasters has to do with a working desk … well that’s the answer. Staring at the computer or the mountain of exams to be corrected – the sunny weather outside always in sight through the window, but unreachable […]

Categories: craft & DIY, interior • Tags: coaster, Craft, decoration, design, easy, felt, geometric, graphic, grey, hexagon, puristic, shape, tutorial

My work space I – DIY geometric memory board and masking tape holder

February 8, 2014 by nadel&gabel

Already weeks have passed since I promised to show the outcome of my working space redo. Ans still there are some things in progress, some improvements to make. Anyway I decided to start my little tour around my desk – showing you the things I made during the last weeks step by step. One of the elements I changed was this (dormer) wall next to my desk. A while ago I had decorated it with a DIY chalk board that […]

Categories: craft & DIY, interior, storage • Tags: band, black, Craft, craft & DIY, decoration, design, display, geometric, holder, masking, memory, mood, office, pin board, rubber, space, storage, tape, tutorial, wall, washi, white, work