Category: sewing

Sofa update

Slowly but surely, our sofa is starting to look like a sofa again. I have finished the seat cushions of the 2-person sofa. For some reason, one of the covers fits more nicely than the other, while I used the same pattern. In my last sofa post, I mentioned that I didn’t quite know what to do with the bottom of...

Quiet book – Tractor

It goes without saying that a quiet book about a farm, should contain at least 1 tractor. And since my brother (who lives in the country, so he should know) claims that a real gent drives a Fendt, I didn’t have to search long to find a good example. This page of the quiet book mainly consists of felt. Only...

Reusable bag

At the end of last year, the sewing book Zo geknipt 2 was published. And as with the first book, a sew along for the second book was organised. And I’m participating again. My first contribution: not one, but two reusable bags. For this project, I recycled a hand-me-down Beatles t-shirt from my hubby. Therefore, the measurements are slightly smaller than what the pattern...

My inner idealist

As you may remember, I sewed a boxershort for my little boy a couple of months ago. I already mentioned then that the idealist in me wanted to sew a whole collection, but that the realist in me knew it would be rather a challenge to do so. But, not only did the idealist in me get going to sew...

Fabric!

That she had some fabric lying around, and whether I was interested. She, that’s my cousin. And me, well, of course I was interested. Especially when I heard that her husband wanted them out of the way and was threatening to throw it all out. Fabric? Thrown out? NEVER! Some fabric turned out to be three full bags. Big bags....

Zo geknipt 2 – Sew along

If you speak Dutch and if you know how to sew, there’s no need to introduce this book anymore. The sequel to Zo geknipt, Zo geknipt 2 is out, and everybody knows it. When the first book was published, Jos and Tialda organised a sewalong. And when the second book was announced, the two ladies didn’t hesitate to start organizing a second sewalong. Woohoo!...

Quiet book – Cow

In the meantime, I finished page 3 of the quiet book. After the scheep and the haan, the cow. It’s not that obvious in the picture, but the sails of the windmill and the horns, ears and tail of the cow are loose. As such, someone in this household already pulled the cows tail. Success, it’s still attached. Ingredients A couple...

Bow ties

There was an official party around here, and official parties ask for official bow ties. I used the Faux Bow Tie pattern from Just Another Day in Paradise, and some left-over flamingo fabric that I used before to make the e-reader cover. Et voilà, ready for the big party! And since it appears to be the time for big official parties,...

Boxer shorts

I must have blinked my eyes, but suddenly onesies became obsolete in this house. Boxers, that’s what we needed. Where did my baby go? Suddenly, there’s this savvy toddler dominating this household… The idealistic me wanted to make a whole series of boxershorts herself. The realist in me knows I can’t work magic, and only made one (and bought the...

Sofa cover

Our house is what you call a work in progress. And that’s one of the reasons why the furniture in it only has our second priority. And why it’s a bit of a melting pot of everything. You should know, I’m a bit of a horder. Whenever somebody asks me whether I can do something with their old table, couches,...