Hand Made Lace

These lovely  and delicate lace pretties were made by my gran Ilona. I cannot even wrap my head around how she managed to make them as they are done in such a thin manner. She has promised to teach me how to make them. I have already taken up crochet in the last weeks but I have done really basic projects like flowers using basic steps. I will have my first workshop with her over the weekend and I am really looking forward to it. Anyway I guess it will take some more time and a lot of hard practice to create such delicate creations.And until then I am happy to have taken these images to admire.

New Pouches

A quick post in order to show some of my latest crafts that I have just published on my Facebook site. This is a small accessory I made for Zsófi. She won the 30$ voucher back some weeks ago.The other little pouch is for my mama together with the eye patch so she can sleep much better.
I have made a good collection of bags and accessories as well over the weekend. Mostly Ireland and natural themed with pastel colors. I once again worked with lilacs, greens and browns. Which are my favorite colors for this coming spring. I have also taken up crochet, which I enjoy a lot mostly doing it on the way home. I crochet flowers mostly to decorate my creations.

 

 

I have taken the pattern from the new Tilda book which I have posted about previously. The bag is fairly easy to make still some practice and good skills are needed for precise work.I was really happy that the small bag turned out so delicate. I have used my favorite Tilda cotton/linen fabric with a lovely silhouette pattern. To impress I have added a vintage ribbon and a hand crocheted flower.

To get the details, availability or to buy similar things, please visit my online shop on etsy or email me.

If by any chance you won't find some or all of these things anymore that means they have been sold out, but don't worry, because week by week, based on materials availability and mainly time as I have a day-job as well, I will continue to add brand new goods to the shop which might be similar to the ones above.

Spring? I don't think so......

Just a quick post of the horrible we had over the weekend..... unbelievable. It is March and we had so much snow that people had to abandon their cars as roads were closed. We cozied up at home for the whole weekend. I even put some of the Christmas lights on....

Pencil Holder from Household Can -Tutorial

 I have made this  small project over the weekend. I used a fruit can. We had all the fruit for lunch the day before and the size and shape was perfect for my pencils. After washing and drying I just covered it with fabric and it all turned out really well. So well that I thought that I will share it here in pictures. Hope that it will inspire you to have a turn and make your own. If you do please share it in the comments with a link!!!Happy stitching!! Click on the pictures to enlarge.

 

 The embroidered word means pencils in Hungarian, but you can embroider anything on the felt.

ON?....OFF!!

I decided to take the weekend off. I was full of ideas and made the best discovery last weekend at my grans ( will write about that sometimes later in the blog) but I just feel so. . . weighted down. I just feel completely drenched by winter cold and the dullness of grey winter days. It's raining since days. It’s windy, and cold with rain and snow. Still I am sure that spring is on its way. Cannot wait for that fresh start.

I used this weekend for lying in and taking time for self-indulgence in my self-pity. I don’t really write much about myself. Moreover I try to keep things balanced in the blog about good things that I make- and might be inspiring for others. Still now I decided to change that. I know I am not the only one but sometimes it is just takes a lot out of you to fight what life throws at you from time to time. For me it is the worst when people come to you on FB or in snail mail with messages that turns the knife in you which has already been there for more than a year. I know they don’t want anything wrong, or to hurt me. But they do… What do you say to them? I do not mean to be rude but I just feel that people just being so insensitive sometimes and I just want to say anything without hurting them. But I just can’t. I feel soul destroyed lately. I hope that I get the chance for the fresh start I am looking for very soon. As I feel really shredded lately and disconnected with who I am and who I want to be.

I feel the biggest need recently to turn my up to now successful little crafty business into something bigger. I just not sure that I am ready to take the step to turn my hobby something that I love and makes me relax into something so serious as a real business. It mightn’t time for it as yet as I am not sure that the constant pressure of making enough money to support myself would be something I would find easy to deal with on a day to day basis.

I love to come up with new lines of products and then turning this creative thought into doodles and turning those into reality: products. Just getting inspired by buttons or materials even ribbons that I find anywhere. Sometimes it is hard to get things realized due to limitations of materials but I love challenges like that at all times. The most important ever is: nevertheless sometimes I make series or things alike all should be to a certain standard of craftsmanship and quality. I know, what I make come from the heart. I make all things with all means with the labor of love. Every seam is earnest and done with the best intentions. I honestly do my best in every product and I am proud of that. I will see if I am always successful in my Viri-ish style. Still I know I will have to balance my creative job and my real job for some time on. I know this all might seem to be a kind of a monologue full of complaint but I do not think of it as such any more, more like a personal debate that I can constantly learn from. Something that inspires solutions for the future…. Whatever that might be for me.

Outside of the above I used my time to do a bit of surfing for inspiration and ideas. I do keep up with my usual internet surfing with blogs that I am subscribed to on a day to day basis. Outside that I do not do much surfing other than keeping up my own sites which seems like more than enough sometimes or even too much with my office job. This weekend I found some quiet hours to look at other people’s sites. I just admire them and ask, "How do people find time for this?". “I wish I ever had that!” The craft blogs out there are just so beautiful! For years I have been collecting magazines like Country Living and Interiors. When I can get my hands on anything of that quality I treasure it. I would read it over and over again. Flip through the pages several times to make sure I take in all the colors and dreaming. Dreaming of how I would use it in my home or sewing. Even when I did not have a home I used to do that for a long time, since even after we got married with my hubby we did not have our own home for years.

Craft blogs are the same for me. I love to hunt for ideas, look at color schemes and read all articles on anything. I enjoy every minute when I discover something new….it keeps me going even at hard times…. Like this weekend.

Winner Announced

I would like to thank everyone who has taken part at the game for the 30$ voucher mainly on Facebook. I have gathered all the likes, shares and comments .The winner is Zsófia Lakos!!!!!Congratulation! I'd like to thanks all who took part, for them shortly a new game will follow.

Cross Stitch Rose Pillow

I love to do cross stitch embroidery. Unfortunately the one on the picture was not made by me. I wish I was this good in it. But I adore the person who has made the effort.The miniature crosses are embroidered with sewing thread and  I know it is defiinitely done by hand as it has some small flows. Unbeliveable. I fount it in my favorite charity shop. Back then it was a shirt. Some whitener and a good wash and it was as good as new. Ready to be re-thought as a pillowcase, better than ever...Love it!

Win!!! Win!!! Win!!!

You can win a Tubaroza design vaucher worth 30$!!!! Vaucher can be used in my Etsy shop for any item or custom listing. All you have to do is leave a comment here and like  Tubarozadesign on Facebook or share a link to my contest on your blog. Anyway you will have to leave a comment here. I will have a draw on the 26th January and will announce the winner the same day.

Best of luck to all of you!!!

Due to lack of comments I will involve all facebook share and likes.

New Year Resolutions

I don’t believe in new year resolutions. I admit it I tried and failed several times miserably ( I guess I am not alone with that)pushing myself to do something new I thought will make me better. I just had to come to terms that they weren’t for me as I hate to be restricted .I know I had been quite sporadic in the last months, due to the amount of time I had to put into my day job. December is always so busy work wise. Still I can feel that this year some unsaid resolution is on the way for me. A real one. One I actually can keep and one that is a lot of fun . It is not something I have decided but something that just comes to me day to day without deciding or wanting it. It feels good and calm more structured. What do I mean?
I try to take it easy and let things go more easy and be much less rigid on things if they do not work out perfectly. I am much less stressed in years and it feels perfectly fine. I hope I don’t ruin it by tagging it as a resolution but anyway I have said it out aloud.
The only thing it isn’t working on is my crafts. I can start something over and over again a million times if I think it is not good enough if it is not up to my standards. I always keep in mind that I want to do something that someone else would love to use for years sometime putting too much pressure on myself. Still I don’t think it is a bad thing to do. I actually find this inspiring and something that makes me improve my trade from product to product.
The other discovery that ended in a resolution is a bit more adventurous. In the end of November I come across a lot of lovely things for my sewing. By accident I was passed on some beautiful lace, handmade lace-like crochet, vintage buttons (some form the 20’s mother of pearl) and fabric. All vintage. Mostly from my gran and her friends . What I like the most about them is every small bit of fabric came with a story to it. I have listened to all, from simple stories about friends and family occasions to war memories.
The more I heard the better it all got. I got the bug. Even before I loved foraging in the antique shops for fabrics, buttons and any sewing accessories but from now on I want to make sure each product I make will have a bit of the past.
It just adds so much even to the simplest thing and the textures…oh… heavy but in a nice way. Back then they knew how to add weight with lace and embroidery. I love to touch things and feel the fabrics. It means a lot to me to come up with a product that has more to give not only pleasing for the eye but for the soul too.
From now on my shop will have products with a little bit of extra special additions. I will try to include some stories here too. I don’t want to turn into some history expert just share some of my discoveries as an amateur who has a great interest in happenings of the past. Love stories of wives , lovers and outsiders and tales friendships and great escapes of course together with the finds. I kind of feel that I owe this much to these people for their kindness. I have already incorporated some of the buttons in the bag that came out in my shop some days ago.I think they work quite well with the contemporary design. Have a peep in the shop by clicking here.

{ Tubaroza Etsy Shop}

Getting Ready for Christmas