Hello from Maramures! We made it and it’s great! But we kind of already knew that, other wise we wouldn’t never have chosen this place for our adventure… So maybe it’s more appropriate to say: it’s still exactly like in our dreams! Fantastic! After driving for 3 days Bjorn arrived in Cluj, where he came to pick us up at the airport. The ladies were travelling the luxurious way! By plane… From Cluj, we moved to Breb. Visiting this village is like travelling back in time. People live in wooden houses in a self-sufficient way. It’s hay harvest season, so people are working really hard at the moment. We stay at Babou: a campsite & hostel owned by a very friendly Dutch young couple that moved here two years ago. They bought the house, but had to give the previous owner (a very old lady) a place to stay with them! I think this grandmother became Lisa & Nore’s best friend, because she’s their cookies provider at the moment! Njam!
Yesterday, I had the chance to create my very first Romanian sewing moment. During the afternoon nap, I drew a new pattern that was in my head for a long time already. I kind of ‘flipped’ my own shirt pattern to a skirt. At first I drew a basic A-line skirt by hand! Normally I draw everything directly with the computer, but yesterday I just took a blanket, my pattern drawing book and started drawing this new pattern the traditional way… For the fabrics I had some options, but I choose the orange fabric as a tribute to the Dutch owners. Orange is ‘the Dutch colour’, that dominates the country from the time there is something special to celebrate.
The round shape of the yoke was my inspiration to make big round pockets at both sides… I took exactly the same pattern piece! The coordinating fabric for the waistband and pockets is another ‘Great Flower Design’ for an unknown brand. The orange one is from the Ki & Ko webshop. I added some blue piping to accentuate the big round pockets. All children love pockets and Nore was really happy with this extra large ones! The pockets go from the front towards the back! Difficult to show, so I turned the skirt 180°!
To be honest, I was a little bit lazy and under time pressure when I was making this skirt. I would love to change the waistband with the elastic to one with a blind zipper version, but I didn’t had the time or energy left… But I love the model, that’s for sure. What do you think about this one? A new pattern option or not? Just a small note for my little guest series: I’ll move An’s post to Sunday, because posting tomorrow would be rather fast after this very long one….
Super leuk, alleen jammer dat ik geen dochter heb. Zal voor de nichtjes worden :-)
yes please :)
veel plezier gewenst ginder, ziet er supergezellig uit!
Erg leuk bedacht! En inderdaad nog mooier met ern blinde rits!
Ik ga vanavond, nu alle vakantiewas is weggewerkt, beginnen met de Mara blouse :) zin in!
Heel knap, vooral die zakken!
Love it and the story behind it! I’m sure a pattern would be a hit!
Doen! Heel leuk rokje :-D
Beautiful pics, and what nice country pictures!
Very lovely. The print is a perfect compliment to the orange. I am in love with this skirt.
Gorgeous! All of it! The skirt, the village – lovely, Marte!
Perfect summer skirt, love it!
yes please! Would love to be able to purchase this pattern – I love it!
Awesome marte. What an adventure. I see you snuck in your sewing machine!!
The tents on top of your car look like such fun! And this skirt is just adorable!
Beautiful!
Mooie zakjes! Veel plezier!!
A beautiful pattern! The pockets are really fantastic!!
Glad you all made it safely to your paradise back in time! Looks beautiful and so does your new skirt!
Was a wonderful nap!!!! ;)
Very cute! Love the pockets going to the back! Enjoy your trip. I am from Ukraine, and your pictures remind me of very rural parts of Western Ukraine.
Heel tof rokje, vooral het idee van de zakken…
This skirt is amazing! I love everything: wide pockets, the inverted pleat (I made a dress lately, with one of these in the middle front, and I like the result a lot!), fabrics you matched!
And.. MAra is a great name for your first blouse pattern… Something tells me there are a lot more coming! You’re a Volcano of ideas LOL
Hugs,
MammaNene
beautiful!
definately a pattern please! I’m so enjoying the glimpse into Romania. What an amazing holiday. x