DIY COSTUME

Last week a lot of people in the South of the Netherlands dressed up in all kinds of creatures; e.g. on Monday morning I came across a gnome on my way to work. Carnival is a big celebration that happens just before spring each year. I think it's kind of nice that people show their costumes in big parades on the streets. And I can imagine that people enjoy the moment of celebrating together in the pubs.

I personally don't like this festival. The city center gets very crowded, people drink a lot and the music has this annoying, plain, continuous beat and superficial lyrics. 

Although, friends of mine convinced me to go to some sort of carnival-party; there wouldn't be carnival-music but you still had to wear a costume. As I had no costume I quickly made something out of stuff I had lying around. 

I used the shape of my favorite hoodie as basis on a piece of brown fabric. Cut a shoulder pad in half - the ears. Stitched light yellow fabric onto the hoodie as base for the face. Used another piece of brown fabric for the eyes and a red button for the nose. An extra piece of woolen brown fabric functioned as a tale:

In the end the party was quite nice, and I think the quick costume worked out fine!

What do you think of carnival? Do you celebrate it?

Liefs

PROJECT CONTINUES | WINTER JACKET

Since winter still didn't commence around here in the Netherlands I got some extra time to finish my winter jacket. I've been working on it in my spare time whilst drinking a good cup of jasmin tea. I added an extra pocket and decided the jacket can be worn inside-out as well. The inside has such a lovely pattern.

It's almost finished now, you can already wear it. But I'm not totally satisfied with the result, so I will tweak it somewhat in the upcoming days before winter really starts.

Liefs

SHOP | FILM SLIDE NECKLACES

New item in shop: Film Slide Necklaces! 

Some time ago I found these old film slides in a second-hand shop in Antwerp, Belgium. I turned them into necklaces. The slides show pictures of day-to-day life, holidays and special occasions of families that I never met. It allows you to imagine what the story behind the picture could be. I like that, creating your own imaginary story.

Liefs

PROJECT | WINTER JACKET

Although summer is still around us I continued making my new jacket for upcoming winter. I started a while ago but unfortunately the graduation project took all of my time so I had to leave this aside. As you can see the inner part is starting to build up. Tomorrow I will look for some strings and buttons at the weekly textiles market that I can use to shape the jacket.

Hope you’ve had a nice weekend!

Liefs

PATCHWORK-PROJECT

Over the past days I continued my patchwork-project. A while ago I already cut some old clothes and other textiles into square pieces. Now I brought the pieces together into a nice composition and started sewing them together.

Liefs!

NEW PROJECT | WINTER JACKET

This is my old winter jacket. I made it by hand a couple of years ago. It was the first piece of clothing I ever made. Since I did not know how to make a jacket I based the pattern-making on one of my favorite jackets (which unfortunately was totally worn out). It took me a long time to finish it, but in the end I was happy with the result.

Right now, 3 years later, I have decided to make a new winter jacket (for next year's winter). Yesterday morning I went to the market to shop for fabrics, I found a beautiful woolen black-grey textile which will be perfect for the jacket. I still had the woolen textile with the Nordic print, which I bought last October. Furthermore I will use a black smooth textile for the lining.

The jacket will be based on a pattern of BURDA that I ordered online, it has a poncho-shape. Now I have to wait for the pattern to arrive. When there's any progress I will let you know!

Liefs!

I'M BACK

It has been a while since I updated my blog. I've had some very busy and chaotic days due to deadline-work for my study. I even forgot to buy breakfast one day! The Netherlands look very fairytale-like at the moment because of the snow. I am happy that I've got some free time ahead, I'm thinking of making a nice walk in tomorrow.

A few weeks ago I went on a little trip together with Paul to Antwerp, Belgium. We ate the usual Belgium Waffles, went to FoMu (Photo Museum) and visited a couple of nice second-hand shops.

I bought a beautiful reversal film in one of the shops of a family I don't know, I'm wondering when the picture was taken and where.

Enjoy the weekend, Liefs!

DIY LABELING

Finally a new post! I've been ill in bed over the last week, but I'm happy to be out of bed now. I'm moving around again carefully and creating small things. I made these labels for my cables because I never can distinguish which one is what, they all look the same.

I used a blue checkered ribbon with a white lace on one side, a pen and a needle with red thread. I wrote the name of the object (which belongs to the cable) on the ribbon. I wrapped it around the cable and fixed it with a stitch of red thread.

The labels aren't only functional, they also add a personal twist.
Hope you are having a good weekend.

Liefs!

TEALIGHT JARS

The other day I made these little cute tealight jars.

The jars used to contain organic yoghurt, yummy! I bought the jars in Antwerp a few years ago when I lived there (I was on an internship for a couple of months). I cut straps out of a white cotton textile with a Dutch Delft print and wrapped them around the jars as a band. The light of the candles shines beautifully through the textile!

Currently I'm thinking about adding the tealight to my Etsy-shop. However, I still have to find a way to pack the Tealight jars for shipping. Have a nice week.

Liefs

DOUBLE-SIDED

Today I updated my Shop on Etsy. I added a new design which I finished yesterday: “Laptop Sleeve Brown Soft Wool Vs. Flowery Grey” The brown wool is so nice & soft and it matches perfectly with the grey floral pattern, I love it!

As you can see you can choose which side to show by turning the sleeve inside-out and the other way around. I also took new pictures of the other designs to show the double-sided option of each design. 

The Dutch Delft Blue can also be turned inside-out to show the Plain Blue side. 

And the Tanzanian Pink has a beautiful clean Off-White Cotton side! Hope you like it as well.

Have a nice weekend, Liefs! 

RAINY SUNDAY AFTERNOON

Holland knows a lot of rainy Sunday afternoons, just like this Sunday. So what better to do than to stay in and to create a new sleeve design! The sleeve will soon be finished and added to my shop. Hope you've had a good weekend as well.

Liefs!

A NEW LAPTOP SLEEVE

Today I added a new Laptop Sleeve to my Etsy Shop: the Dutch Delft Blue Sleeve. Just like the Tanzanian Pink Sleeve I can make it into any size you like. From now on my sleeves are also available for an iPad!

Furthermore I went to the market the other day where I found these inspiring textiles. Maybe I will use them in one of my future designs.

Liefs!

WELCOME!

Hee! And Welcome to my first blogpost.

Finally after some time and effort I was able to open my very own Etsy-shop: JulieHornix. Now it’s just a small shop with my first listing, the Tanzanian Pink Batik Laptop Sleeve. But it will continue to grow with more designs of laptop sleeves and probably other stuff! I hope you like it, I will keep you posted.

I will also show and tell about my daily experiences. When I am not busy with Etsy or finishing my Master degree in Industrial Design I like to cook for friends, sew other things or go on little trips to explore the world!

Liefs!