Abfabulies

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....

We wish you a washi Christmas

After 2 faithful years, our cardboard Christmas tree gave up on us. Not because it wasn’t sturdy enough, far from it, but because the renovation dust got a bit too much for it. So I gave it a proper fairwell and added it to the paper to be recycled. So I searched for a new alternative. At that time, I...

Dragon cowl

You can’t have dragon paws, without a matching scarf, right? I chose to make a cowl. To make it extra warm, I used double-knitting. Green on the outside, orange on the inside. In theory, it’s reversible, but in practice, the dragon spikes – exactly the same as for the glittens – make that impossible. Because a cowl is knit in...

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!...

Dragon paws

Toddler hands like to grab all things great and small. As such, toddler hands don’t like to get caught in toddler mittens. Getting our little man to wear a pair of mittens tends to end in a happy toddler and a grumpy mom, or a big fight ending in a happy mother and a grumpy toddler. Depends on how cold...

Swear jar

Sometimes, we tend to work hard, here at the Abfabulies home. So hard, that sometimes we have a verbal overflow. When we are cutting plywood, for instance, and we took the wrong measurements. Or when the cat decides to swirl in front of our feet on a dark staircase (no lights yet, remember?), preferably when we are carrying a toddler....

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...