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Flower Power Jacob

Zonen 09, that means patterns that are here to stay, just like Burda or Vogue. Trendy patterns, for trendy sons. A son, that I had. The Jacob pattern too. A son who fitted into the smallest size, for that I had to wait a bit. But look, I got there eventually. And pragmatic as we are, I made a bigger...

And the winners are…

The giveaway came to an end. The winners are: The grey owl: Hanne The purple owl: Laur The green owl: Trui Congratulations! Can you mail me your address at lies[at]abfabulies.com?

Pencil skirt – For myself

I made something for myself. A pencil skirt. And one with a little bit of history. As you may remember, I took pattern drawing lessons. In the first year, we learned how to draw a tailored skirt. As soon as my basic pattern was finished, I started drawing this little skirt. A quick project: narrow the basic model at the...

Giveaway – Owl pin cushion

In an attempt to get my future sewing room already organised, I came across some lost owls from when my little boy was born. And because I think it’s a shame to hide them away in a box, and also because today’s my birthday, I’m giving a few away. These owls can easily be used as a pin cushion, but of...

Tipsy pen case

Hubby loves to have everything at hand to be able to make drawings and take notes. That’s why he’s dragging a pen case along every single day. The old one had been around for years, and needed to be replaced. As did half of its contents, by the way. The tipsy bag from Zo Geknipt 2 looked perfect for the job....

The manly art of knitting

During the holidays, I accidentally came across The manly art of knitting on Plague. Intrigued, that’s the least I could say. The thing kept popping up in my mind, and a couple of amazon clicks (and a few days of waiting) later, it was mine. The book is very simple, both in design as in explanation. It explains the basic stitches without much...

Book binding for lazy housewives – The washi tape method

In my previous post I already mentioned Kathleen’s blog calender, which you can find on her blog Verbeelding. Apart from that, Kathleen also shared a very handy  sewing planner. I’m starting to consider Kathleen as my personal organiser 🙂 To keep all those sewing plans nicely together, I wanted to make a booklet, as I’ve already done before. But since I’m pretty inpatient and...

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...