New bicolored beach crochet skirt

After midi dress it's remained some yarn and as I liked this yarn and I had a time in august I made a new skirt from it.
Crocheting I understood that the yarn it's not enough)) So I added the cotton ecru one which remained from the last year( I wrote about this dress here) . This is the result - bicolored beach skirt, very light and comfortable, flying on the wind.
You can buy the pattern for this skirt on my Etsy site

Denim shorts decorated with lace ribbon

I love the shorts, they are much more convenient for me than short skirts and look great. This year I bought a new pair of denim shorts, so I decided it was time to upgrade the old ones.

You will need:
- lace ribbon (best buy cotton one, not synthetic, since denim shorts are made from cotton...)
- denim shorts
- scissors
- sewing machine
- needle and thread
- pins

Measure the width of the pant leg and cut the lace ribbon little longer.
Lace ribbon that I liked, was wide, so I had to cut it into two parts. The second half of the ribbon I I’ll use to upgrade the jeans.

Ends of the lace will be between the legs so that it will not be seen. Pin the ribbon and then baste it. 

Given that I cut the ribbon along the length I sewed first the top of the ribbon with zig-zag seam to prevent unraveling, then with usual seam I sewed closer to the fringe.

Updated denim shorts with lace decor are ready! All I needed – are a few minutes, and brand new summer item already in my wardrobe!

Jeans are next)

New boho feathers necklace

I wrote here: Katrinshine: Jewelry in boho style about boho necklace and earrings I created because I've been fascinated by boho style. I'm still fashinated)) And I think also many other people because this set was sold. I don't want to repeat it so I decided to make it a little different and not from brown leather but from metallic grey leather. 
Now it's ready only necklace which you can buy here, but I will create also earrings:

Crochet dress

 Spring-summer fashion season brings us a river of bright colors, the sea of neon splashes, delicate shades of the ocean and many colorful prints. But most important is that  you can dig into grandmother's trunk, because crochet dress is back in moda!


Beautiful soft hand crocheted dress makes any woman so feminine. It is soft, gentle, elegant and comfortable dress, that anyone did not want to get off.


I present you my latest creation:

This dress can be dressed to the beach party, and no one will get off eyes from you, or you can wear it with the lining and it will turn into a memorable cocktail dress. It is ideal for summer cocktail meetings, parties, romantic beach wedding. Waist is highlighted with a thin leather belt.
I choose this natural linen color, because it is the best set off tanned skin. So tomorrow I start going to the beach for not look in this dress like pale toadstool)

This beautiful dress you can order here.


I found here many advice that will help you to make this dress.
This is crochet scheme of shells motif I found on the same site:

For net follow scheme: double crochet, chain, again double crochet, chain.


I started to crochet from the waist down. Then, when the skirt is finished, from the waist up. To make dress wider in the chest you can take the bigger hook. The neck you can make any size.
When the front and back of the dress are finished, you need to sew them together through the sides and shoulders. Try dress and if you want you can remake gorge and armholes. Then crochet sleeves. Sew them to the armhole of the dress.
I bought 10 m/10.94 yd of silk ribbon and passed through all four shell lined on the skirt and on the sleeves. You can do not do it.

It's not for beginners and you will need experience to make this dress. I know that for beginners is difficult to make a decision on the crocheting a major thing, but the result is simply amazing and will surpass your expectations!

This beautiful dress you can order here.

My new summer hat

The last weekend was full of events. In the near town of Lecce was an exhibition “Artigianato D'Eccellenza”. The exhibition was held inside the ancient church, and this increased it’s charm. There was a lot of talented young designers and many unique creations. But I immediately was attracted by a table with a lot of hats. There were very broad hats like a Hollywood star of the 50-s, were small hats in the style of 30-ies, or simply beautiful straw hat with decorative flowers. I pulled out the first hat and fell in love. Of course, I measured a lot of others, but this was the best! I bought it immediately.


Before hats were an essential accessory for every woman. This summer after many years hats back in fashion. Nothing is more feminine than women wearing a hat.
Do you think I look like a Hollywood star?

Another event was the day of open doors of wineries. It was Sunday, we visited a few on the way to the sea and a couple returning from the beach. In next post I will write about secrets of wine producing.

Do you think about summer?

Do you think about summer? I love the spring and summer and all that connected with. I found these adorable barefort sandals brousing through blogs of my friends. I always admire crochet work of my friend Vikulya and I'm fascinated by them! I love the look of hand crochet lace and colorful beads. I never saw so beautiful, elegant and femmine barefort sandals. They are so summer! It will be the perfect finishing touch to my beach outfit!

Wonderful beach bag, made from recycled coffee bean burlap. I like this texture and knotes!

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Katrin

Cream earrigns with red beads on Etsy First page!

When I saw first time this collection I thinked I will be on the first page of Etsy. And It was there - "Red in White" treasury collection made by Russian artists team member Natalia HansHolzkopf! And my Cream earrings with red beads was featured with this amazing collection on the First page of Etsy! This treasury is so romantic and completely unique with this splashes of red in white! Thank you, curator and congratulations all featured handmade artists!