Abfabulies

Radio Crochet – Continued

Our flag line forRadio Crochet for Radio Crochet will be continued. Nicely. Due to a happy coincidence, all pieces that were made to decorate the Kouter square in Ghent, will afterwards be used to make blankets for an orphanage in Congo. How cool is that? The story behind that? The lady in charge of the parish room we use to...

For apples and pears – Zo geknipt sew along project 11

April was the month to sew project 11 during the Zo Geknipt! sew along. Time for the For apples and pears shirt. And I was looking forward to it. Starting from scratch, I hadn’t done so since pattern drawing class. Drawing went smoothly, the instructions were very clear. And the book doesn’t lie: once you’ve finished the pattern, sewing only...

Radio crochet

On Wednesday 13 May, the Kouter, one of the squares here in Ghent, will be overrun by a real knitting guerrilla. Initiated by Ha’fest, the whole square will get covered in colour. All that to be ready for Radio Crochet, which will take place on Saturday 16 May, and which consists of a sing-along meetup for young and old. No...

Vroom vroom car backpack

Soon, another little boy will be going to school for the first time. Theo, the son of a colleague, is about to set his first steps on the playground. So I asked his mum about his preferences, and I used the same backpack recipe as I did before: the Toddler backpack pattern from Made By Rae, with fluorescent highlights and...

Hobby horse from a lonely sock

Our little guy is an outsider. Literally. The more he can be outside, the better. Staying inside drives him crazy. Running outside, that what he wants to do. Most of the time just that little bit faster than his little legs can cary him. Favourite place to run: the woods. For some kind of reason that my mummy mind doesn’t...

Dinosaur pen case

Drawing is a passtime that’s very much liked in this house. With pencils, crayons and felt tip pens. Felt tip pens of which you can wash out the ink, just to be on the safe side. Before, all these utensils were kept together in a plastic bag. There was definitely some room for improvement. With the backpack theme still in...

Gruffalo booties

Our little boy needed new slippers. The old ones had served their part, and had become too small. And a bit worn as well. Let’s just say that toes were peeping out of them. No denying about it, we needed newer and bigger slippers. And this time, I went for booties. I got the inspiration from the Grufallo, the most...

Jacob – Owl version

Jacob number 3 turned out to be another one in corduroy. Level up for this version: pleated pockets. And of course I had to go the extra mile: owl pockets. Now we have someone walking around with eyes on his back(side)! How to make owl pockets What do you need? Fabric for the pockets Scrap fabric for the owl’s nose...

Dinosaur backpack

The end of mid-term break meant the end of day care for my little boy. 2.5 years old. Time to start school. Our little boy had been ready for weeks. His BFF already started going to school earlier that month, so somebody was aching very badly to start going himself. My plan to make his backpack myself had been ready...

Recycled Jacob

After the previous Jacob I sewed turned out to be so easy, I aimed higher for this second one. With fold. With pockets. And with application. I recycled one of hubby’s trousers to make these. Doing so made it easy for myself, since I could simply reuse the waistband. With belt loops. And with nice finishing on the insde. To...