London Sew Social was definitely unforgetable, it was all about getting to know the girls, spending some amazing time with them but also doing some fabric shopping, or window shopping. There are fabrics there to die for but my wallet was too small for them. Still, I made some special buys and this Liberty french terry (or loopback fleece) was my sewvenir, ha!

I only got half metre as I knew it would be just enough to make yet another Linden sweatshirt. My only mod was having to make 3/4 sleeves to fit it all and also one of the sleeves has the print upside down *sigh* I can surely live with that.

There´s not much to say about the pattern, I´ve made it a gazillion times and I know it by heart. But this fabric, awww, it just upgrades it from a regular sweatshirt to one with a very special place in my heart and it just makes me smile when I look at it in my closet. And look! Liberty is having a sale and there are some fleeces there, I couldn´t recommend it more as a special treat, go on you know you deserve it.

It wouldn´t be fair not to show everything we will be making with our goodies from our amazing sponsors (and also our little splurdges), we will we will, but also share with everyone some of those goodies. Here´s THE mother of all giveaways!

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What is it that, at some point, makes blogging so boring and dull? We still wanna share and show off everything we´re working on but the writing, gaah, the editing, I believe it´s these little perfectionist bits that live inside all of us that are kind of ruining the fun. I decided to lay back and relax a bit, if the pictures are not with the best lighting or completely focused, whatever man, for now it´s Summer and I either do it like this or not at all. Plus, I gain extra time for sewing haha.

I´ve been doing lots of indulgence sewing but there are some testings still going on: here are the Havanna blouse and shorts by Califaye Collection.

The blouse has a cool and summery vibe, with no closures and all.the.gathers necessary to satisfy a 5 year old twirling game, ha! My version is from a first part of the testing so it´s finished with facings but there´s now an option to fully line the bodice as well. The shorts are just quick and easy, with inseam pockets and a topstitched waistband for a professional look.

For the shirt i used some poplin with embroidered icecreams, from Sweet Mercerie and it´s just the yummiest fabric. Also if you take a look at this dress at Anthropologie you might find some similarities, how cool is that! The shorts are in light tencel from the same shop.

I decided to close up the front with some tassels rather than a button; the purpose is just to add a bit more closure to that area and still have a fun detail. Also, in the shorts I ran out of grommets so I went with the traditional buttonholes.

Check some other tester versions here. It´s just an easy and quick summer outfit and you can save 30% off on your purchase at Califaye Collection (or at Etsy). Sale ends July 2nd 11:59 pm EST. coupon code - NEWRELEASE.

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It´s impossible to talk about this event without refering the moment of excitement when I got the invitation. I was picking my girl from kindergarden and just scrooled thru my mail real quick to find one from Annika; I had to read it twice to make sure I wasn´t crazy. When I realised it was indeed what I was thinking about a big teenage-OH-MY-GOD came out of my mouth right in the middle of the street, then pretty much that was all I was able to say for the rest of the day. I just said to my husband "I´m going to London with my sewing friends", there was no "oh, let´s check if it´s possible" or "hmm, it´s a tricky month" hell no, I was going even if the world was ending bahaha!

It was actually so wonderful to meet everyone in person. The truth is since we spend so much time online chatting and following up with what we all sew, it really is like we already know each other. It was also my first time in London so I was trying to absorb as much as I could. I was one day early there and got to spend it with Marta and Liesl and seriously, Marta is just the best guide! Then we got a really fun night of partying at Olu´s: haha, not really, we were just so tired we left the party for the next days (thanks for having me in your house Olu! And for that wonderful breakfast full of cheese hehe ;) ) The day after we met up with the rest of the group and for the rest of the weekend I think we pretty much did half London by foot, ha! We also got to meet wonderful Rachel from House of Pinheiro and our dear Maria João from Fairies, Bubbles Co met us too for what would be known as my disgrace at Liberty of London, ha!

Now, about the fabric shopping and such: comparatively with what I usually buy and can afford, it´s quite expensive, but that didn´t stop me from doing some splurdges. Also we had incredible and generous sponsors that send us all sorts of goodies for an amazing goodie bag. I don´t even know where to start!

There are some more group pictures at the girls blogs and around IG if you search for #londonsewsocial. All these incredible ladies I got the privilege to meet: