Abfabulies

Cuddly baby swaddle blanket

If you follow me on instagram, you may already know, but here on the – slightly neglected – blog, I hadn’t mentioned it yet: the Abfabulies home has welcomed a new occupant. A little person. A little son. A little brother for our big brother. Little people, sons and brothers deserve cuddly projects. That’s a fact. So I got out...

Halloween and sewing a bat costume in less than an hour

That the kids could come to school wearing a costume, said the note on the class door. That this meant I had about 2 days left to make a costume, sounded the alarm bells in my head. A quick search on the internet using the terms ‘easy’, ‘diy’ and ‘halloween costume’ showed me this bat costume. And our little boy...

Cisse shorts

It was about time to sew some pants again, here at the Abfabulies home. I’d had the Cisse pattern from Zonen 09 lying around for quite some time now, and now was as good as ever a time to start using it. I went on a fabric hunt in my own stash, and I found some petrol blue ribbed velvet. Originally, I...

Upcycling towels – Here’s how you do that

Towels live forever, in this household. Well, almost forever, that is. The old towels that I took with me from home when I went to live on my own moved along with me through each stage in my life. Now and then, one doesn’t make it. Depending on how it ends of this one, it sometimes gets upcycled. That’s what...

Operation Save Our Sofa – Mission completed

I finally did it. I finished repairing the sofa. And it ‘only’ took me about 2 years. Previously, on Operation Save Our Sofa When we had only just started renovating our house, I accidentally got two sofas, free of charge. We used them for a couple of years, but then the fabric started to wear out. At that point, I...

Spiderman glittens

The dragon era at the Abfabulies house has passed. I no longer have a full-time knight in the house, he started working part-time. And the time that was freed up, is now filled with Spiderman. I honestly don’t know where this new love comes from. Here at home, we’ve never watched Spiderman. Still, our little boy does know him. And...

2016: New Year resolutions and a sweater or 3

2015 has closed its door behind us for more than a week now, and, to be honest, I don’t miss it one bit. Not that 2015 didn’t bring any fun, on the contrary, but still. Just when I thought I would boost my own – and hoping I’d boost some of yours as well – positivity, both hubby and myself...

Happy 2016!

Make something nice out of it!

Our own Jurassic World – The dino sweater – With free knitting chart

Sweater pattern – By Yarnspiration Knitting chart dinosaurs Knitting is something I do in frenzies. Sometimes I don’t touch the needles for months, sometimes it takes me months before I can put them down again. Lately, I’ve been doing a lot of the latter. In an attempt to get through the ever-growing stash I dug up some yarn. Then I tried...

An owl backpack for Jules

A couple of weeks ago, Jules the class doll came over to spend the weekend with us. Our boy was very happy about that. I a bit less. I’m not that fond of class dolls, to be honest. They tend to bring some Sunday evening stress. Sunday evenings are not my best time, to be honest. The trash needs to...