Abfabulies

Grannies in Normandy

Things have been pretty hectic here at home. We’re still in the middle of huge renovations, and will be for a while longer. Since we try to do most of it ourselves, we only have evenings and weekends to actually do something. And now that we have a brand new baby, most of the work is down to my hubby....

Oops…

Last Monday I had the second pattern drawing class. I was still well-prepared when I got there. My bag was still very neatly organized, and I had bought all the supplies we needed. I had 5 extra tape measures in different colours so that I could puzzle it together to create a professional size-taking tape measure. I even thought of bringing...

I won!

A couple of months ago, I took a subscription to the Ottobre Design magazine. I thought it would come in handy: loads of cool patterns for children’s clothing. Anything to spoil my little fellow rotten 🙂 Ottobre Design also has a blog, and some weeks ago they organized a draw. All you had to do was leave a comment and...

Off to a good start!

The first class of pattern drawing has come and gone, and it was nice. Nice to see most familiar faces from last year back, nice to see some new faces, nice to see the teacher back, and nice to start drawing again. After the first obligatory red tape that needed to be done, we got going already. Luckily I could...

Back to school!

It’s not just the children that have to start school again today. Evening classes are starting again as well. So, tonight I’m starting the second year of pattern drawing. On the programme this year: blouses and dresses. I’d better start losing those last pregnancy pounds before we need to take our measurements! I’m a bit ashamed to admit, but I...

Sneaker peek

So… Once again it’s been a while since I last wrote something here. But not the usual excuses this time. No, this time, I can proudly say that I gave birth since I last posted a blog post here. That’s right, I’m a mommy now! And a very proud one, that’s for sure. So here he is, our son. Our...

What’s that coming over the hill?

Is it… A monster? Well, yes, it’s Irving, the icebox monster! You may notice the “hill” used in these pictures is nice and grassy, and taken in a public park. Now, why is that? Didn’t we have our own rubble hill in the backyard? Well… No! It’s gone! We actually have a garden now, just in time for summer...

To infantity, and beyond!

At the beginning of May, I started knitting a Baby’s first tattoo cardigan from Debbie Stoller’s Stitch ‘n Bitch Nation. I used some of my stash yarn, and while knitting, I figured out quickly enough that I had plenty of green and not enough yellow. So I started adding stripes to make sure I would end up with a complete...

Dressmaking for dollies

Today, I found out about the website Dress your doll. Basically, it consists of a pre-printed fabric that kids cut out and then sew together, all to make a dress for their dolls. It kind of reminds me of the old cardboard version, where you could fold the cardboard clothes over a cardboard mannequin. Anyone remember those? Of course, this...

Excuses, excuses

The last few weeks, I’ve missed practically every pattern drawing class. Not a good thing, since classes were already running to an end. Not only did I miss how I did on the test we had last month, I also missed the first part of the exam. Of course, I have loads of good excuses why I missed the last...