Christmas crafts – part 2 Another pinspired one, these helping hands oven mitts. What you need: oven mitts (the paler, the better), fabric paint, and a cooperating toddler. Result: Christmas presents for the grandmas. Easy peasy.
Christmas crafts Ever since I saw these tin can lanterns on Pinterest last summer, I’ve had used tin cans filled with water in our freezer. Since I was going to make cosy garden lights. So now I’ve turned them into cosy christmas lights. And it worked better than I had expected. I didn’t even hit my fingers once.
Tablet Cover with magnetic strip and camera hole – tutorial I already put some clothes on the e-readers in this house, but the tablet we got as a gift when we subscribed to our newspaper has been lying around very naked. Time for action. New cover, again based on the pattern by Eva Maria, but with a magnetic strip and a camera hole. What do you need? A piece of fabric...
Knitting season A couple of weeks ago, Ikea announced that the sofa season was back. Did you see the campaign? I’m so jealous of the stash that girl has… I guess the sofa is always greener on the other side. It’s been pretty quiet here, on the knitting and crochet front. I didn’t have to take the train that often anymore, and...
Crowned Yesterday our little boy celebrated his first birthday. 1 year old already. I know it’s the oldest cliché in the book and all moms use it, but time flies by so quickly. It seems like only yesterday that I was waiting for his arrival. You can’t celebrate your birthday without a crown. I used Mina Dotter‘s pattern as the basic pattern,...
Ikea hack – Antilop Our little man has been eating at the dinner table for a while now, in his Stokke highchair. Nice chair, but a bit heavy and not very practicle to take along when you’re going places. So we bought an Antilop chair at Ikea. Chances are, you’ve seen these plastic thingies around, since a large percentage of new parents tend to...
Kcw summer 2013 – the end Last Saturday I started a second Kids clothes week challenge: the Pufferfish linnen trousers from Ottobre 3/2012. There are 2 versions for this pattern: a short one and a long one. I chose the long one. The sewing instructions mention 3 parts, but on the pattern sheet I found a 4th part: a pocket. Now, my hubby has a pair...
kcw summer 2013: Day 3, 4 and 5 Finishing the pockets of this onesie took longer than I had anticipated. Not having a coverlock machine, I used a decorative stitch on my sewing machine. But my machine didn’t quite like that, and when my fabric got stuck, it left a small hole. Fortunately I could repair it, so the hole is no longer visible. Phew. So most of...
kcw summer 2013: day two Today went by faster than I had anticipated, so it was getting pretty late by the time I could finally sit down and sew a little. But I got there eventually. As I’d planned, I cut the bias. I even attached most of it already, and it’s pinned down for the finishing touches. What I haven’t managed yet, is sewing...
kcw summer 2013: day one I haven’t known Kids Clothes Week that long, and I let previous versions pass by without participating. But a summer edition right in the middle of my holidays, I couldn’t resist that one. I hope I’ll be able to finish multiple projects, but I’ll be just as glad if I can finish just the one. Project 1: The Star-Star onesie...