Abfabulies

Raindrops keep falling on my head – Free pattern for a raindrop pillow

What do you need? Something round to use as a template to draw the basic circle of your pattern. Think pots and pans, your coffee mug (if you want a small raindrop), your earmuffs, whatever you have lying around. Or you can act like a real professional and use a drafting compass A ruler, paper, pencil and scotch tape Some...

Christmas crafts – part 2

Another pinspired one, these helping hands oven mitts. What you need: oven mitts (the paler, the better), fabric paint, and a cooperating toddler. Result: Christmas presents for the grandmas. Easy peasy.

Christmas crafts

Ever since I saw these tin can lanterns on Pinterest last summer, I’ve had used tin cans filled with water in our freezer. Since I was going to make cosy garden lights. So now I’ve turned them into cosy christmas lights. And it worked better than I had expected. I didn’t even hit my fingers once.

Tablet Cover with magnetic strip and camera hole – tutorial

I already put some clothes on the e-readers in this house, but the tablet we got as a gift when we subscribed to our newspaper has been lying around very naked. Time for action. New cover, again based on the pattern by Eva Maria, but with a magnetic strip and a camera hole. What do you need? A piece of fabric...

Knitting season

A couple of weeks ago, Ikea announced that the sofa season was back. Did you see the campaign? I’m so jealous of the stash that girl has… I guess the sofa is always greener on the other side. It’s been pretty quiet here, on the knitting and crochet front. I didn’t have to take the train that often anymore, and...

Crowned

Yesterday our little boy celebrated his first birthday. 1 year old already. I know it’s the oldest cliché in the book and all moms use it, but time flies by so quickly. It seems like only yesterday that I was waiting for his arrival. You can’t celebrate your birthday without a crown. I used Mina Dotter‘s pattern as the basic pattern,...

Ikea hack – Antilop

Our little man has been eating at the dinner table for a while now, in his Stokke highchair. Nice chair, but a bit heavy and not very practicle to take along when you’re going places. So we bought an Antilop chair at Ikea. Chances are, you’ve seen these plastic thingies around, since a large percentage of new parents tend to...

Kcw summer 2013 – the end

Last Saturday I started a second Kids clothes week challenge: the Pufferfish linnen trousers from Ottobre 3/2012. There are 2 versions for this pattern: a short one and a long one. I chose the long one. The sewing instructions mention 3 parts, but on the pattern sheet I found a 4th part: a pocket. Now, my hubby has a pair...

kcw summer 2013: Day 3, 4 and 5

Finishing the pockets of this onesie took longer than I had anticipated. Not having a coverlock machine, I used a decorative stitch on my sewing machine. But my machine didn’t quite like that, and when my fabric got stuck, it left a small hole. Fortunately I could repair it, so the hole is no longer visible. Phew. So most of...

kcw summer 2013: day two

Today went by faster than I had anticipated, so it was getting pretty late by the time I could finally sit down and sew a little. But I got there eventually. As I’d planned, I cut the bias. I even attached most of it already, and it’s pinned down for the finishing touches. What I haven’t managed yet, is sewing...