Retro Romantic Bag with a Fringe – Full written pattern

Hello,
I spent my holiday on one beautiful Greek Island. Quite a few of the Ladies were wearing all sort of stripy retro crocheted bags with a fringe. I really liked it.

When I got home I tried to come up with something similar and here it is. My version of a summer, romantic, crossbody bag with a fringe. It is not a bag for heavy shopping but big and strong enough for all necessities.

The pattern is made for a bag cca 30cm(12’’) wide and cca 30cm(12’’) high at the most, where one square measures cca 22,5cm x 22,5cm (9’’ x 9’’), diagonally cca 30cm (12’’). You can vary the size of the bag by using different type of material and size of hook and/or adding/taking off the rounds of the square.

The pictures are there to help guide you through the crocheting, and supporting the written pattern for this bag with a fringe. I have added a little chart as well. 

I am providing the pattern for this very romantic bag for a symbolic price only, and you can find it here:

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/retro-romantic-bag-with-a-fringe

or here:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/632499412/crochet-bag-pattern-by-emmhouse-flower?ref=shop_home_active_1

Have a nice week
Clara

Backpack and sacks – denim re-purposing ideas

Hello,
For the Summer I made a backpack for myself, and sacks for both my daughter and me.
Take these pictures as denim re-purposing inspirations.

I’m not a professional sewer and I have very little sewing skills, all from Youtube only. I wouldn’t dare to write instructions of how to make those items. You can see you don’t really need much to make nice fashionable sacks. Just a bit of dedication, few pairs of interesting jeans and some stickers, bubbles or buttons you find at home. I got most of the material in local charity stores – all for less than 10 pounds.

My only enemy was the time – I did “waste” quite bit of time thinking and preparing how to do it. But I’m not sorry; the bags came out excellent. We are using them a lot; perfect for holidays or school and nobody else has got the same one. 

Have a nice day

Clara

Circular vest– free chart and basic instructions

Hello,

The Summer time pasted really quickly and I was unbelievably busy. So busy, that I was neglecting my blog a little, which I can only apologize for. I wasn’t lazing around and I crocheted and sewed a few items.

I custom made another “Circular vest”. This vest is very versatile; you can wear it all year around. I wore this vest while I was pregnant as well. 

The size is rather universal and fits most of the body shapes and sizes, or you can adjust the size by changing the size of the hook and/or material. You can use any material which suites your purposes.

This vest can be worn with jeans as well as with a more formal outfit.

Unfortunately I don’t have the written instruction for the vest but you can find a free chart and basic instruction here:

http://emmhouse21.blogspot.com/2015/04/flowers-everywhere.html

Have a nice day

Clara