Proleće/The spring

Nekoliko puta sam već pisala kako mi nedostaje gornih delova (bluza, majci, ...) u mom ormaru, kako ih najređe šijem, i kako ne znam zašto to radim, ali moram da menjam nešto.

Onda sam u poslednjem tekstu pisala kako stvarno nešto moram da menjam u mojoj garderobi. i da sam previše šarena, i da ne mogu da sparim stvari, i da još uvek imam mnogo materijala, pa sam od toga i počela.

Trenutno, već duže mogu reći, pokušavam da nađem odgovarajući kroj za sebe, a tiče se košulja, bluza i pantalona. Kilaža mi se promenila, a sa tim i proporcije i zbog toga moram da prilagođavam krojeve i nađem najbolji za sebe. Proteklih dva meseca sam isprobla par krojeva i sada slede priče o njima, a ovo je samo prva od njih.
I already wrote several times that I miss the top parts (blouses, button-down shirts...) in my closet, as I barely sew them, and I need to change something about it.
Then I wrote in the last text that I really have to change something in my wardrobe, and that it is too colorful, and I can't match garments together, and that I still have a lot of fabrics in my stash, so I started to do anything.
Currently, I can say for a while, I'm trying to find the proper cut for myself, and it's about a shirt, blouse, and pants. My weight has been changed, the proportions also, and therefore, I have to alter patterns and find what best fits me. For the past two months, I've tried a couple of models and now follow stories about them. This is just the first of them.

Kao prvo moram da naglasim, materijal sa slika je predivan. Mislim da još nisam naletela da me nešto toliko oduševilo kvalitetom, a da sam ga nabavila za vrlo malo novca (Na poslednjem vašaru tkanina sam kupila ovaj i još dva po 6€ komad od 1,60m. - Uglavnom tako kupujem ovde.).

Materijal je prelep, a nisam šila haljinu. I to je jedna od stvari koju kočim ove godine. Naime, pokušavam da šijem ono što mi je potrebno, a ne ono što mi prvo padne na pamet, a nije mi potrebno u ovom momentu. Zbog toga je od materijala nastala košulja, a ja sam samo jednom zažalila zbog toga (Stvarno mi ne treba još jedna haljina.).

First of all, I have to mention that this fabric is too beautiful. I don't think that I have ever found something, that I was so delighted with quality that I bought it for very little money (I bought this one at the last fabrics fair (and two more) for € 6 a piece of 1.60m.).

The fabric is utterly fascinating, and I didn't make a dress. That's also one of the things I try not to do this year. Namely, I try to sew what I need, not what comes to my mind first, and I don't need it at that moment. That's why from this material is made this button-down shirt, and I only regretted it once(I really do not need another dress.).

Model za ovu košulju je običan model za košulju bez ikakvih ušitaka, a ja sam dodala faltu pozadi.

Kao što napisah na početku, pokušavam sa raznim krojevima i njihovim izmenama. 

Košulja je predviđena da bude šira i duža nego obično, a na slikama možete videti kako mi pristaje.

The model for this shirt is an ordinary button-down shirt model without any darts, and I only added a pleat in the back.

As I wrote at the beginning, I'm trying with different cuts and their edits.

The shirt is intended to be broader and longer than usual, and in the pictures, you can see how it fits.

U poslednje vreme dosta eksperimentišem sa jednostavnim krojevima. To se naravno ne vidi, ali verujte mi, uopšte nije lako sašiti nešto što vam u potpunosti pristaje (Stoji kao saliveno.) ako niste neke standardne građe. Naravno da će onaj koji zna o čemu pričam primetiti šta je možda trebalo drugačije, a meni je dovoljno da ja znam šta bih još promenila.

Sve u svemu, zadovoljna sam košuljom - prelepa mi je.

Do sledećeg čitanja.

Lately, I've been experimenting with simple cuts. Of course, this can not be seen, but believe me, it's not easy to make anything that completely fits you if you don't have standard proportions. Of course, the one who knows what I'm talking about will notice what may have been different, and to me, it's enough to know what more I could change.
All in all, I'm happy how this shirt turned out.
Until next reading

Bluza ili džemper!?/Blouse or cardigan!?

Ovo stoji već dugo na vešalici, potpuno završeno, ali nisam nalazila vremena da napravim slike. 

Otegne mi se uvek nagradni odmor posle rođendana bloga u nedogled. Nagradni odmor jer sebe nagradim za postignuto u godini pre, pa si dopustim da provedem neko vreme bez šivenja. Ali to vreme se bap produžilo. Istina, šila sam prethodnu jaknu i ovaj džemper još polovinom oktobra, a nedugo zatim i završila, ali mi posle odmora jako teško pada da se vratim u rutinu. 

S obzirom da trenutno malo više vremena posvećujem učenju nemačkog jezika (koji sam potpuno zanemarila) i trudim se da ispoštujem pisanje na BERNINA blogu (za koji se baš trudim da smislim, razradim i ostvarim neku od zamišljenih ideja), a to mi oduzima dosta mog vremena koje inače posvetim šivenju, šijem manje uopšte, a onda i pišem ovde manje (Možda sam malo samo aktivnija na mom Instagram profilu.).

(Najiskrenije, pokušavam da sašijem 2-3 stvari mesečno, tj. sa tim bih bila zadovoljna, ali ne uspevam.)

This has long been on the hanger, completely finished, but I didn't have time to take pictures.

I always take a break from sewing after my blog's birthday. A pleasant break because I reward myself for everything that I reached the year behind us, so I spend some time without sewing. But that time was extended. Right, I was sewing my previous jacket and this cardigan by the middle of October, and shortly afterward they were done, but after a pause, I find it hard to get back to the routine.

Since I am currently devoting a bit more time to learning German (which I have entirely neglected) and I try to satisfy regularly the writing on BERNINA blog (which I am trying to design, elaborate and realize some of my imaginative ideas), and that takes me a lot of my time I usually devote to sewing, I sew less in general, and then I write less here (maybe I'm only a little more active on my Instagram profile).

(Frankly, I try to sew 2-3 things a month, i.e., I would be happy with that, but I can't succeed.)

Da se sad malo pozabavim današnjim naslovom, tj. ovom temom o kojoj treba da pišem.

Bluza ili džemperčić!?

Plan je bio da ovo bude džemper, a sve zbog izabranog kroja i dugmadi, međutim na slikama može da se vidi da sam ga ja upotrebila i kao neku vrstu bluze. (Nisam baš najsigurnija kako da definišem te pojmove pa se služim izrazima na engleskom, nemačkom i internetom da odagnam tačnije značenje pojmova.)

Now, let's take a bit of a look at today's title, that is, the topic I need to write about.

Blouse or cardigan!?

The plan was that this would be a cardigan, all because of the chosen pattern and buttons, but in the pictures, it can be seen that I am worn it as a kind of blouse. (I'm not sure how to define these terms, so I use words in English, German, and the Internet to conclude the exact meaning of them.)

Materijal je štrikan, dezen se vidi na slikama.

Pored toga materijal je i tanak, a nije baš da se može pohvaliti odličnim kvalitetom, ali mogu reći zadovoljavajući.

Bio je u radnji još u plavoj sa zelenom bojom, a ja da bih razbila moju konstatnu opsesivnost plavom bojom, izabrala sam ovaj u crvenoj i smedjoj.

A što se obrade tiče, mislila sam da ću se mnogo mučiti, ali iako je bilo muka, nije bilo toliko da kažem da je težak za obradu. Jedino što mogu napisati razočaravajuće, da iako je štrikani materijal, nema uopšte elastina, a nadala sam se da će biti bar malo. Ovaj kroj sam već dugo planirala za šiti, a sad sam ga prilagodila materijalu jer za ovakav model džempera definitivno treba malo rastegljivosti materijala, tako da se možda čini da mi je džemper malo širi u struku, ali samo sam ostavila mesta da nešto (košulja, majca) ispod može da se obuče.

Kroj je broj 117 iz Burda magazina za mesec februar 2010., a veličina koju sam koristila je 36. 

The material is knitted fabric, and the design can be seen in the pictures.

Also, the fabric is thin, its quality isn't excellent, but I can say it is satisfactory.

In the shop, it could be found even in blue with a green color, and to break my constant obsession with blue, I chose this one in red and brown.

As far as cutting and sewing are concerned, I thought that I would have a lot of problems, but although there were difficulties, it was not so much to say that it was difficult to work with it. The only disappointing thing I can write is that the fabric has no elastics at all, I was hoping even though that it would be a bit. I have planned to sew this pattern for a long time, and now I have adapted it to this fabric. Because for this kind of cardigan, I definitely need a little stretchability of the material so it may seem that my sweater is a bit wide in the waist, but I just left some free space to wear something (button-down shirt, t-shirt) under it.

The pattern is number 117 from the Burda magazine for February 2010, and the size that I used is 36.

Prvobitno sam htela za slikanje obući belu košulju (Mislim da bi košulja u bilo kojoj boji, koja lepo pristaje uz boje džempera, išla uz njega.), ali nisam htela obući kupovnu, a moja šivena mi je omalila, a dve započete čekaju već jako dugo da ih završim. Tako da sam ispod obukla samo običnu belu majcu i sve iskombinovala sa farmericama. 

Trenutno mi je više od pola garderobe spakovano u kutijama (zbog (ne)skorašnje selidbe) pa nisam uspela pronaći sve što bi uz ovaj komad moglo da pristaje.

I originally wanted to wear a white button-down shirt for pictures(I think a button-down shirt in any color that goes nicely with colors of a cardigan would go along with it.), but I didn't want to wear a purchased one, and my sewn is now too small, and the two, whose I started, waiting a long time to be finished. So I put on the white t-shirt underneath and combined it with jeans.

At the moment, more than half of the wardrobe is packaged in boxes (due to (not)recent moving), so I was not able to find everything I have to combinate with this garment.

Nadam se da vam se svidela ova kombinacija i da ste uspeli da zamislite još neke (Moraću da se pozabavim u jednoj priči sa kombinovanjem garderobe iz svog ormara.)
Do sledećeg čitanja
I hope that you liked this combination and that you managed to imagine some more (I will have to deal with combining the wardrobe from my closet in one of my future stories.)
Until next reading

Duga jakna/Long jacket

Toliko sam se radovala jeseni, da sam početkom oktobra prionula na šivenje. Odložila sam sve zapošete stvari prigodne za leto u jednu kutiju, gde će sačekati sledeću godinu, a izvadila iz zaliha sve one materijale, prigušenijih tonova i tekstura, mahom deblje. 

Iskrojila sam jednu vestu i ovu dugu jaknu o kojoj ću sada pisati.

Završila sam obe stvari na vreme, tj. pre 10 dana, a tada su temperature ponovo počele da prelaze 20 stepeni tako da mi je preostalo da ih odložim po strani dok ne dođe vreme da ih mogu nositi.

I was so looking forward to the fall that I was at the beginning of October set only to sewing. I've put down everything I began of summer things in one box, where that wait to the next year, and I take out all the fabrics, the dampened tones, and textures, thicker.

I cut out a vest and this long jacket I will now write about and ended up doing both things very quick, i.e., 10 days ago were they finished, and then the temperatures started to go back to 20 degrees, so I had to leave them by side until the time came to wear them.

Dugo sam planirala šiti ovu jaknu, a na kraju ove priče možete videti sliku sa Pinterest-a koja mi je poslužila kao inspiracija. Neretko mi se desi da me inspiriše neka slika koju vidim, a već sam par puta pokazala modele koji su tako nastali - neki su potpuno identični slikama koje vidim, a neke promenim onako kako želim, što ovde lepo može da se vidi.
I've been planning to sew this jacket for a long time, and at the end of this story, you can find a picture from Pinterest that inspired me. Sometimes happened to me that I am inspired by some images I see on the internet, and I have already here shown few models that have come out of it - some are entirely identical to the pictures that inspired me, and some are changed the way I want, which can be seen here too.

Materijal nisam dugo tražila, ovaj je namenjen za postavu, a ja sam ga kupila za moj karo kaput i nisam iskoristila baš zbog ideje o ovoj jakni.
Materijal je sa obe strane isti, ovakav kakvog ga vidite na slikama, minimalno je vatiran i prošiven tako da su na njemu formirane manje i veće zvezde.
I haven't been looking for fabric, this is designed for lining, and I bought it so for my plaid coat and because of an idea about this jacket I didn't use it for the coat.
The fabric is on both sides the same, as you see in the pictures, it is minimally filled and quilted so that smaller and larger stars are formed on it.

Od same predstave u mojoj glavi pa sve do ovog izgleda koji vidite na meni, moja ideja je ostala ista. Baš tako kako sam prvi put zamislila ovu dugu jaknu, tako sam je i realizovala. 

Za ovu jaknu sam koristila paspul traku sa kojom su opšivene sve ivice, vidljive, ali i one unutra koje nisu vidljive sa spoljašnosti. Koristila sam papučicu sa pomoćnim delom koji omogućava da se traka direktno šije na materijal. Malo je reći da sam oduševljena, prvi puta sam to koristila i stvarno mnogo olakšava celokupan posao.

Stavila sam džepove,a to je ujedno i bila najveća dvojba oko ove jakne.

Da li našiti džepove ili staviti džepove u šavu!? Ipak sam se odlučila za ove druge jer daju jakni čist i jednostavan izgled, a možda ipak malo elegantniji u odnosu na našivene džepove.

Dugmad su drikeri marke Prym veličine 15mm. Imala sam ih u srebrnoj boji i nisam ih stavila jer sam zamislila ovu bakarnu boju pa je potrajalo par dana dok ih nisam nabavila.

From the picture itself in my head up to this look you see on me, my idea has remained the same. Just as I first imagined this long jacket, so I realized it.

For this jacket, I used a bias tape, which is sewed on on all edges, which are visible, but also those that are inside the garment. I used a foot with an auxiliary piece - binder attachment 87 that allows sewing the bias tape directly to the fabric. It's a little to say I'm thrilled, for the first time I used that and it really makes a job much more comfortable.

I put the pockets, and that was the most significant doubt about this jacket.

Do I make patch pockets or side seam pockets? However, I have decided on these others because they give the jacket a clean and simple look, and perhaps a little more elegant than the first one.

Non-sew press fasteners are from Prym, dimensions 15mm. I had them in silver, and I didn't put them in because I imagined these copper-colored, so it took a couple of days until I got them.

Jakna je urađena tako da je pozadi duža nego napred, ali ne mnogo tako da se ne primeti previše. Sama sam modelovala kroj koji sam koristila za kišnu jaknu pa sam izabrala varijantu koja mi najviše odgovara.

The jacket is made so that the back is longer than the front on the bottom, but not too noticeably. I have modeled the pattern I used for a rain jacket, so I chose a variant that best fits me.

Prilikom modelovanja kroja imala sam ovaj put više problema, a izgledalo je kao da to radim prvi put. Pisala sam već nebrojeno puta do sada da nemam klasičnu građu i da svaki put prilagođavam model svom telu. Dugo već šijem za sebe pa poznajem svoje telo, ali još uvek učim kako najbolje šta uraditi.

When making the cut I had this time more problems, and it looked as if I'm doing it for the first time. I have written countless times so far that I have no classic body shape and that I always adapt the cut to my body. I've been sewing for myself for a long time and knowing my body, but I'm still learning how best to do fitting garments.

U nastavku možete videti slike mene u dve kombinacije sa jaknom.

Below you can see pictures of me in two combinations with a jacket.

Ja sam svojom jaknom zadovoljna, uspela sam da realizujem svoju ideju baš onako kako sam je zamislila, a na slici ispod se nalazi slika jakne koja mi je poslužila kao inspiracija. Kao što sam već napisala, ne mora sve biti identično kao na slici.

I'm pleased with my jacket, I managed to realize my idea precisely as I imagined it, and in the picture below is the image of the jacket that served as an inspiration. As I have already written, it doesn't have to be all the same as in the picture.

Do sedećeg čitanja
Until next reading

2.godina bloga/The 2nd year of the blog

Prošla je još jedna cela godina od kako, pre svega šijem, a onda i pišem o tome.

Ova druga godina se u mnogo čemu razlikuje od prve.

Prva je bila puna šivene garderobe, samo sam na to mislila, planirala i ostvarivala planirano. Sve je išlo nekako lako (Mislim na većinu stvari, nešto mi uvek mora muke zadavati.).
It's been another year since I, above all, sew, and then write about it.
This second year is so different from the first one.
The first was full of sewn garments, I constantly thought about it, planned it and made it. Everything went a bit easy (I mean most things, something is always there to cause troubles.).

U ovoj drugoj godine nisam šila toliko mnogo kao u prvoj, nisam stigla da uradim sve što sam planirala, a razloga je bilo mnogo.

Kao i svake godine, krajem godine preispitujem šta sam ili nisam uradila u toj godini, pa sam iz tog razloga počela drugu godinu bloga sa blagim zaostatkom. Manje sam šila, radila neke stvari koje oduzimaju više vremena i donose više napora.

Posle toga su se ređale neke privatne stvari, što pozitivne, što negativne, koje mi nisu dale da se posvetim šivenju.

Naime, u oktobru smo konačno našli odgovarajuću kuću za kupiti (Tražili smo kuću za nas skoro dve godine.), u novembru potpisali papire, u decembru je sve bilo završeno pa smo počeli sa renoviranjem (Nije baš u potpunosti kuća odgovarajuća bila, a za nekoga to znači promena tapeta, poda, plafona i stolarije, a za nas premeštanje stepenica, pravljenje novih soba i slično.) koje još uvek traje iz gomile drugih razloga. 

Početkom januara mi je leva ruka bila u zavoju dve nedelje jer sam posekla jagodicu malog prsta i nisam znala da jedna manja posekotina uzrokuje toliko krvarenja i nezgoda.

Nažalost, početkom februara je iznenada preminuo moj otac, što je svakako donelo neka sasvim drugačija razmišljanja u mom životu.

Sredinom marta je moja majka završila u bolnici, ali se ispostavilo da nije bilo strašno, a početkom juna meseca moj muž, neplanski, a krajem jula on je operisan, ali to je bilo planski.

Sve te stvari su me najviše odvukle od šivenja, a u tim situacijama je to i normalno. Naprosto, ne može čovek da se posveti bilo čemu kad mora da razmišlja o nekim drugim stvarima.
In this second year, I didn't sew as much as in the first one, I didn't get to do everything I planned, and there were many reasons.
Like every year, at the end of the year I wonder what I did or did not do in that year, so, for this reason, I started the second year of the blog with a slight backlog. I sewed less, doing some things that take more time and effort.
After that, there were some personal things, positive and negative, which did not give me to dedicate myself to sewing.
Namely, in October we finally found the right house to buy (We've been looking for a home for us almost two years.), signed paperwork in November, everything was finished in December and we started renovating ((The house was not quite adequate, and for someone it means changing the wallpapers, the floor, the ceiling, and the carpentry, and for us to move the stairs, make new rooms and similar.) that still lasts for a whole bunch of other reasons.
At the beginning of January, my arm was in the bend of two weeks because I had cut my finger and that one wound caused so much bleeding and inability.
Unfortunately, my father suddenly passed away at the beginning of February, which certainly gave me some very different thoughts in my life.
In mid-March, my mother ended up in the hospital, but it turned out not to be terrible, and at the beginning of June my husband was unplanned also in hospital, and at the end of July he was operative, but that was planned.
All these things have taken me away most from sewing, and in those situations it is normal. Sometimes a man can't devote himself to something because he has to think about other more important things like health and family.

Nisam puno šila u ovoj drugoj godini, ali iako mi je neizmerno žao, nisam mogla više.

Sašila sam 27 odevnih predmeta i tri puta sam šila donji veš.

Izuzimajući šorceve kojih je bilo 7 i troje pantalona, najviše sam opet šila haljine i to njih 7, zatim bluze - 5 komada, a iako sam planirala više, sašila sam jedan kaput i jednu jaknu.
I didn't sew a lot in this second year, but even though I was inexcusably sorry, I couldn't do more.
I sewed 27 garments and three times underwear.
Except for the seven shorts and three trousers, I mostly sewed the dresses again - 7, then the blouses - 5 pieces, and although I planned more, I made only one coat and one jacket.

Nisam nezadovoljna, komadi koje sam šila su svakako posebni i meni dragi. Haljine su prelepe, iako ih nisam nosila, volim da ih šijem, a svakako se radujem prilici da ih obučem. Za leto, koje je za nama, sam šila praktične stvari koje su mi bile potrebne i nije ih mnogo.

Bluza opet nisam šila mnogo, ali planiram uskoro više, kao i pantalona.

Kaput je samo jedan ovde, a materijala imam za bar 10 tako da me to čeka i ove zime (A i još uvek mi fale neki modeli i boje u ormaru.). Ista situacija je i sa jaknama.

Donji veš je još jedan u nizu izazova u šivenju novog i meni nepoznatog. Krećem se malim koracima jer sam previše detaljna i precizna pa kad već učim nešto novo to ide sporo.
I'm not dissatisfied, the garments I've been sewed are undoubtedly unique. Dresses are pretty, although I didn't wear them, I love to make them, and I'm certainly looking forward to wearing them. For the summer, which was for us, I was making the practical things that I needed and not many.
The blouses I didn't sew much again, but I plan soon more, just like the pants.
The coat is only one here and the fabrics I have for at least 10, so I'm waiting for this winter (And still some models and colors are missing in my closet). The same situation is with jackets.
The underwear is another in a series of challenges in sewing the new and unknown to me. I'm getting small steps because I'm too detailed and precise so when I'm learning something new it's going slow.

Na slikama ispod možete da vidite sve pomenute odevne predmete i to poređane hronološkim redom, baš kao što sam predstavila i prvu godinu bloga.
In the pictures below you can see all of the items mentioned above, in chronological order, just as I presented the first year of the blog.

Ove godine sa šila i za druge ljude, što inače ne radim. U novembru za moju prijateljicu Claudia, i sa tim je počelo. U decembru sam sašila jedan tipi, ali ga još uvek nisam slikala, ali je moja sestra uspela da sila moje nećake u pidžamama koje sam im šila. U junu sam sašila 4 haljinice za dve devojčice 2 i 4 godine stare, ali nisam napravila slike, a devojčicama su preslatko stajale.

Šila sam, takođe, za dve nepoznate žene. Naime, zamolile su me da pokušam da šijem haljine za flamenco. One su prezadovoljne pa me čeka nastavak šivenja odeće za flamenco.

Umalo da zaboravim, šila sam jednu suknju za rođendanski poklon.

Kao što napisah, ne šijem za druge ljude i neću to ni u budućnosti raditi. Napravim ponekad nešto za nećake (ćebad su bila poslednja) i eventualno za po koju prijateljicu koja baš silno nešto želi i to je dosta od mene.
In this 2nd year, I sewed for other people too, what I don't usually do. In November for my friend Claudia, and it started with that. In December, I made one tipi, but I still didn't take photos, my sister managed to force my nephews into the pajamas and the pictures are on the blog. In June I sewed four dresses for two little girls, 2 and 4 years old, and they were adorable in them.
I also made, for two women, which I don't know before. Namely, they asked me to try to sew flamenco dresses. They are overwhelmed and waiting for me to continue sewing their flamenco garments.
I almost forget I made one skirt as a birthday present.
As I wrote, I don't sew for other people, and I will not do that in the future either. Sometimes I do something for my niece and nephew (last were the blankets) and possibly for any friend who really wants something and that is all from me.

Završila sam jedan izazov i počela drugi. Prvi izazov sam u martu uspešno završila, nisam kupila godinu dana nijedan komad garderobe, a čak i posle toga nisam mnogo kupovala. Ne znam kako to da napišem, ali nemam želju za kupovinom garderobe.

No, preterala sam na nekoj drugoj strani, pa sam pored gomile materijala koje već imam kupila još mnogo, a znala sam da fizički ne mogu da postignem toliko da sašijem. Zbog toga sam sebi zadala novi, drugi po redu izazov.
I finished one challenge and started another. My first challenge in March ended successfully, I didn't buy a piece of wardrobe for a year and even after that, I didn't buy much. I can tell, I don't have the desire to buy a wardrobe.
But I've gone over to some other side, so besides a bunch of fabrics I've already have, I bought many more, but I knew I couldn't physically succeed so much to sew. That is why I gave myself the new, second challenge.

U vezi ostalih sadržaja na blogu, malo sam zakazala. Na blogu je samo jedna priča o hrani i na moju veliku žalost, samo jedna priča o putovanjima i to je priča o prelepoj Barseloni. Zbog svega gore navedenog, nismo mnogo putovali, a početkom juna smo posetili još jedan prelepi grad - Budimpeštu, ali ja o tome nisam pisala niti postavila slike jer nisam imala prilike kada smo se vratili sa putovanja i posle sam odustala od toga.
About the other content on the blog, I've failed. There is only one story about food and my great sorrow, on the blog is just one story about traveling, and that is the story of the overwhelming Barcelona. Because of all the above, we didn't travel a lot, and at the beginning of June we visited another beautiful city - Budapest, but I didn't write or post pictures about it because I didn't have the opportunity when we came back from the trip and after that, I gave up.

Uz sve nevolje koje sam imala na ličnom planu pa zbog toga manje šila, za blog se desila jedna vrlo bitna stvar, tj. za mene, ali zbog bloga i zbog toga što me je muž u prvoj godini bloga častio novom mašinom za šivenje marke BERNINA.

Naime, polovinom aprila me je putem mail-a kontaktirala osoba iz marketing tima Bernine sa ponudom, da li bih možda pisala za BERNINA blog na engleskom jeziku.

Povodom tog odgovora sam se mnogo dvoumila. Pisanje bloga, pre toga šivenje (koje bih i inače radila), pravljenje slika i sređivanje, zahteva mnogo vremena i truda. Ako bi se moralo meriti sa nečim, ja bih rekla da je to kao jedan normalan posao, 5 puta nedeljno, 8 sati, ako ne i više. (Divim se ljudima koji pored redovnog posla uspevaju da pišu i održavaju blog. Istina, neki blogovi su jednostavniji, ali opet zahtevaju mnogo pripreme, rada i realizacije planiranog.) Na kraju je moja odluka bila da - pristala sam da pišem za BERNINA blog, a moj profil se može naći na link-u Jelena.

Što se mojih zaduženja tiče, potrebno je da jednom mesečno, najmanje jednom u dva meseca, napišem jednu priču sa uputstvom za šivenje ili temom šivenja. Priča treba da bude jednostavna i svima pristupačna, što je predstavljalo za mene, a i još uvek je, veliki izazov. Nikad nisam pisala uputstva za šivenje, a pogotovo ne na engleskom jeziku, a sa druga strane, trebalo je smisliti nešto za šiti i razraditi samu ideju. Do sada sam napisala tri priče i nadam se da postajem sve bolja i bolja.

Moja prva priča je bila na blogu krajem meseca juna, a napisala sam uputstvo sa slikama o šivenju tašne za plažu, druga priča sa kraja jula je o jednostavnoj polukrug suknji, a treća od prošlog meseca je priča o šivenju ćebadi. 

Za sada, ja sam zadovoljna sa saradnjom, a videćemo kako će se dalje odvijati stvari.
With all the trouble I had on a personal plane, and therefore less sewing, a significant thing happened to the blog, that is, for me, but because of the blog and because my husband bought me in the first year of the blog the BERNINA sewing machine.
In the middle of April, I was contacted by one person from Bernina's online marketing team by email, if I could have written for the BERNINA blog in English.
On the occasion of the answer, I had many doubts. Writing a blog, before that, the sewing (which I would anyway do), taking pictures and arranging, takes a lot of time and effort. If it could be compared to anything, I would say it's like a regular job, five days a week, 8 hours, if not more. (Some blogs are more straightforward than others but still require many preparations, work, and realization of the plan.) In the end, I decided to write for BERNINA's blog, and my profile can be found on the link.
What are my responsibilities are concerned, it is necessary once a month, at least once every two months, to write a story with instructions for sewing or sewing theme. The story should be simple and accessible to everyone, which was for me, and is still a big challenge. I have never written the instructions for sewing, especially not in English, and on the other hand, I had to think up something to sew and develop the idea. So far I have written three posts, and I hope to become better and better.
My first story was on the blog at the end of June, and I wrote an instruction with pictures about beach bag sewing, the second story from the end of July was about the simple half-circle skirt, and the third of last month was the story about blankets.
For now, I'm happy with that cooperation, and we'll see how it will continue.

A što se tiče mojih mašina, od pre 3 meseca u mojoj šivaćoj sobi je nova endlarica Bernina L460.
And as far as my sewing machines are concerned, since three months ago in my sewing room is a new serger/overlocker Bernina L460.

Evo zaboravih još jednu vrlo bitnu stvar za blog.
Sredinom jula sam dobila etikete za odeću koju šijem. I to samo 50 komada, što će naravno biti dovoljno za celu sledeću godinu, i dobar deo godine posle te, nadam se.
Dizajn slova i boje sam izabrala u roku od 5 minuta i naručila, nisam puno razmišljala moram priznati, ali mi se etikete sviđaju.
Anyway, I forgot another significant thing for the blog and my clothes.
In mid-July, I got the labels for my clothes. And that's just 50 pieces, which will, of course, be enough for next year, and a good part of the year after that, I hope so.
Design, font, and colors I chose within 5 minutes and ordered, I didn't think much I have to admit, but I like it.

Na kraju ostaje priča o stvarima koje trebam da menjam ili da uradim u budućnosti.
Ovaj blog nije savršen, mučim se sa slikama i mojim raspoloženjem na njima, ali se ne opterećujem time. Ne mogu čekati da sve savršeno uradim pa onda da postavim priču jer bi to trajalo u nedogled tako da sam odlučila da me ne opterećuje činjenica da blog nije savršen - jednostavno šijem, slikam i pišem. To se posebno odnosi na temu fotografisanja, sa čime se još uvek mučim i nisam puno odmakla, ali definitivno moram naći vremena za to.
Druga stvar koje me pomalo iritira jeste da previše toga isplaniram, tj. imam mnogo ideja, a ne postižem većinu da uradim. Trudim se da ne pravim velike pauze na blogu i nadam se da uspevam. (2018. je do sada bila mnogo teška godina za mene i jedva čekam da se završi.)
Trudim se da šijem raznovrsnu garderobu jer mi je potrebna, ali uvek mi fali ponešto (Verovatno da će neki sledeći izazov biti uklapanje moje dosadašnje garderobe i plansko šivenje nove kao dopuna moje dosadašnje.). To bi bila treća stvar koju treba da menjam - više da šijem stvari koje se uklapaju u moju postojeću garderobu.
Poslednje je to da ću dobiti novu sobu za šivenje i mnogo se radujem, a već duže planiram kako ću sve organizovati i namestiti.
In the end, there is a story about the things I need to change or do in the future.
This blog is not perfect, I'm still struggeling with the pictures and my moods on them, but I'm not burdened with it. I can't wait to do it perfectly, already I post a story because it would go endless so I decided not to be overwhelmed by the fact that the blog is not perfect - I merely sew, take photos and write. It is especially true of the topic of photography, which still makes me difficulties and I haven't made enough progress, but I urgently have to find time to do that.
The other thing that annoys me is that I plan too much, so I have a lot of ideas, and I don't succeed in getting the most of them. I try not to make big breaks on the blog, and I hope to achieve that. (2018 has so far been a very tough year for me, and I can't wait to its end.)
I try to sew various garments because I need them, but I always miss more. (It is likely that some of the next challenges will be to plan new clothes as a complement to my previous ones.). That would be the third thing I should go to - to sew items that fit into my existing wardrobe.
The last thing is that I will get a new sewing room next year and I'm very happy. Therefore, I'm planning already on how to organize everything.

Uvek pred kraj godine razmatram sve što sam uradila i šta nisam u godini koja prolazi, tako da me opet hvata razmišljanje o prestanku pisanja ovog bloga. Razlog je ponovo taj da bih trebala da završim neke stvari koje su mi potrebne u nekim drugim aspektima mog života, a stvar je u tome da blog nije kriv već manjak volje za te stvari. I žao mi je zbog toga...
Always at the end of the year, I've been thinking of everything I did and what I didn't do in the year that passed, so I was re-thinking about the end of writing this blog. The reason is again that I should finish some of the things I need in some other aspects of my life, and the matter is that the blog is not the reason for not completing them, but the lack of will for those things is. And I'm sorry about it ...

Hvala svima onima koji pogledaju slike, onima koji i pročitaju tekst takođe...
Hvala mojoj porodici, oni znaju koliko ih ja volim i da zbog njih nisam stala.
Thanks to all those who take a look at the pictures, those who read the text...
Thanks to my family, they know how much I love them, and because of them, I did not stop.

Ja volim da šijem i to se ne menja... Ne verujem da će se to ikada promeniti. Kao što sam već napisala, uvek imam novih i starih ideja.
I love to sew, and it does not change... I do not believe that this will ever change. As I have already written, I always have new and old ideas.

Ovo je, inače, moja 100. priča na blogu. Jeeeee...
This is, otherwise, my 100th story on the blog. Yeah...

Do sledećeg čitanja
Until next reading